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

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30p.m.

Location: Microsoft Teams

  1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call (recorded from virtual attendance list)
  3. Announcements
    1. Announcements from the Dean of the Graduate School
  4. Automatic Consent
    1. Minutes of the Graduate Faculty Meeting of February 16, 2026
  5. New Business
    1. Discussion led by GFC Chair
      1. Grade forgiveness – Itzi Lazkano
      2. Change/reset of GPA with various conditions – Jerald Thomas
  6. Continuing Business
    1. Faculty Doc. 3197R1: Qualitative Reviews of Graduate Programs – proposed revisions (vote needed) – Josh Mersky
  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