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DRAFT

GRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 10:00 a.m.


325 Graff Main Hall

Members Present: Rob Dixon, Carol Angell, Bernadette Taylor, Kasi Periyasamy,
Vijendra Agarwal, Glenn Wright, Michele Thorman, Abdulaziz
Elfessi, Tom Krueger, Kristin Van Vleet, Michelle Stertz, Jim
Finch.

Consultants Present: Charles Martin-Stanley, Ray Abhold, Chris Bakkum, Amelia


Dittman (for Bruce May)

Guests: Kathleen Enz Finken, Jay Lokken, Michelle Tyvoll, Diane


Sasaki

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Rob Dixon.

1. M/S/P (12/0/0) to approve the minutes from the September 11, 2009 meeting with the
amendment that Charles Martin-Stanley’s name is removed from the list of
consultants present.

2. Announcements
VJ announced that an informational presentation about graduate programs will be
made to the UW-L Foundation Board this afternoon by VJ Agarwal, Rob Dixon,
Mark Sandheinrich and John Porcari.

3. M/S/P (12/0/0) to approve funding the two graduate professional travel grants
submitted for the September 18, 2009 deadline in the full amounts requested.

4. TOEFL score requirements for admission to UW-L graduate programs.

A discussion was held to assess whether a change in policy is needed because there
have recently been multiple granted requests for waivers of the UW-L TOEFL score
requirements. Rob Dixon presented TOEFL requirements in the UW-L Graduate
Catalog, documents that compare TOEFL scores to other test scores such as IELTS
and an article highlighting the difference between academic and conversational
language proficiency. VJ presented TOEFL score requirements at peer institutions.

M/S/P (12/0/0) to retain the TOEFL score requirement of 550 as written in the
International Student Admissions section of the Graduate Catalog.
Meeting adjourned: 11:02 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Bernadette Taylor

C: Graduate Council Members


Department Chairs
Graduate Program Directors
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