February 16, 2026 – Graduate Faculty Committee (GFC)– Agenda

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Time: 3p.m. – 4:30p.m.
Location: Hybrid meeting – Mitchell Hall 245 and via videoconference on Teams

  1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call (recorded from virtual attendance list/in-person attendance)
  3. Announcements
  4. Automatic Consent
    1. Minutes of the Graduate Faculty Meeting of December 8, 2025
  5. New Business (times are approximate)
    1. 3:15PM: Overview of Policy 3320 on prior learning assessment – Shane Haensgen
    2. 3:35PM: Updated Revisions to Faculty Doc. No. 3197R1 Graduate Program Reviews (Procedures for Qualitative Reviews of Graduate Programs) – Josh Mersky
    3. 3:55PM: Introduction to Graduate course forgiveness discussion – John Boyland
    4. Discussion of potential ‘systematic issues’ in graduate programs – Chair
  6. Continuing Business
  7. Reports from Committee Representatives (if any updates)
    1. Academic Planning and Budget Committee
    2. Academic Policy Committee
    3. Physical Environment Committee
    4. Research Policy and Advisory Committee
    5. Graduate Program Review Committee
  8. Other Business
  9. Adjournment