Graduate School

The Graduate Council reviews and recommends to the President, through the Provost Office, and subject to approval of the Graduate Dean, policy matters pertaining to graduate education, such as graduate teaching, graduate program needs, and graduate student and faculty research. The Graduate Council reviews and evaluates proposed and existing graduate programs and recommends priorities to be adopted in graduate education, scholarship, and research. The Graduate Council includes graduate faculty members from each college and school that grants a graduate degree, Faculty Senate, the Graduate Dean, Associate Dean, and the current Graduate Student Association President.

2009-2010 Members

Chair, Donald Hardy

Interim Graduate Dean
Marsha Read
read@unr.edu
VPR/0403
327-2363
Graduate School/0326
784-6106

Agriculture
Tamzen Stringham
tstringham@cabnr.unr.edu
Animal Biotechnology/0202
784-6755
Term: 2009 – 2012

College of Liberal Arts - Social Science
Barbara Walker
bbwalker@unr.edu
History/0308
784-4304
Term: 2007 - 2010

College of Liberal Arts - Humanities
Don Hardy-Chair
donhardy@unr.edu
English/0086
784-6689
Term: 2007– 2010

College of Science
Grant Mastick
gmastick@unr.edu
Biology/0314
784-6168
Term: 2009– 2012

College of Liberal Arts - Fine Arts
Peter Epstein
pepstein@unr.edu
Music/0226
784-1501
Term: 2009 – 2012

Business Administration
Rahul Bhargava
rahulb@unr.edu
Managerial Sciences/0028
Term: 2009 - 2012

Education
Julie Pennington-Vice Chair
juliep@unr.edu
Educational Specialties/0299
682-7871
Term: 2008 - 2011

Engineering
Andrzej Trzynadlowski
chin@engr.unr.edu
Elec & Biomed Engineering/0260
784-1490
Term: 2009 - 2012

Division of Health Sciences
Elizabeth Amos
eamos@unr.edu
Nursin/02134
682-7156
Term: 2009 - 2012

Journalism
Michael T. Felts
mfelts@unr.edu
Journalism/0310
784-6532
Term: 2008 - 2011

College of Science
Slaven Jabuka
jabuka@unr.edu
Mathematics and Statistics/0084
784-6816
Term: 2009 – 2012

Faculty Senate
Swatee Naik
herzik@unr.nevada.edu
Mathematics and Statisitics /0084
784-6020
Term: 2009 – 2010

GSA President
Jillian Murdock
pgsa@unr.edu
GSA/0057
784-1093
Term: 2009 - 2010

Graduate Council Agenda, Graduate Council By-Laws, Graduate Council Minutes, Consent Agenda Items, Graduate Council Archives

Meeting Dates:
Graduate Council meets the last Tuesday of the month. Meetings are from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center Bible Conference Room, room 402

2009 - 2010 Meeting Dates:
August 25, 2009, September 29, 2009, October 27, 2009, November 24, 2009, No meeting December 2009, January 26, 2010, February 23, 2010, March 30, 2010, April 27, 2010