Semester-End Report
Fall Semester
Academic Year 2006-2007

Significant Events

October                                               Graduate Open House  was held October 12, 280 prospective students attended

October-December                              Work on Revision of Bi-Laws – bi-laws revised and submitted to Committee on Committees

December Graduate Commencement will be Saturday, December 16, 2006.  Snow Date Sunday, December 17, 2006. 

Graduate Studies Policies Passed Fall 2006

POLICY ON 500 LEVEL COURSES TAKEN AS NON-MATRICULATED STUDENT

At the discretion of the advisor and the Dean, School of Graduate Studies, 9 credits at the 500 level taken as a non matriculated student may be applied to the student's graduate degree's planned program of study.  In addition, at the request of the student, the Department and Dean will review the student’s graduate transcript for courses taken as a non-matriculated student and may approve other courses, beyond those nine credits, that he or she wishes to be applied to that degree program.  Students must be admitted to a graduate program in order to be awarded a degree in that program.

POLICY ON 400 LEVEL COURSES AND ABOVE

(Revision for clarity)

Courses numbered 400 and above may be included in a planned program of graduate study when they are listed in the graduate catalog and the course description so allows.  Students may have a maximum of nine credits (and in some cases zero to six, depending on the program) at the 400 level when approved by the program advisor.  The nine credit limit on 400-level courses does not apply to graduate post-baccalaureate teacher certification programs and to some official certificate programs.  Graduate students enrolled in 400-level classes are required to do additional work as compared to their undergraduate classmates.

Courses numbered under 400 may be applied toward teacher certification and official certificate programs when recommended by the advisor but will not be approved for inclusion in other graduate degree programs.

POLICY ON ADMISSION OF STUDENTS WITH GPA LOWER THAN 2.40

(No Change)

The GSC decision was that the standard should not change.  The committee felt that lowering standards was not appropriate and that if a student wished to be admitted to CCSU, this potential applicant would need to take courses to elevate the GPA to at least a 2.40.

Scholarships

The following nominees were recommended for Graduate Academic Awards:

Student Name                                                Graduate Program

Amundsen, Allan                                              M.A., History

Camposeo, Katherine                                       M.S., Art Education

Curraro, Marriah                                              M.S., TESOL

DePeau, Edward                                              M.S., Data Mining

Dickson, Robert                                               M.S., Music Education

Girard, Brian                                                    M.S., Biological Sciences: Anesthesia

Harrington, Marcia                                           M.S., Early Childhood Education

Heverling, Kerry                                               M.A., English

Howard-Bender, Katherine                              M.S., Reading and Language Arts

Kwasnick, Dennis                                             M.S., Criminal Justice

Leavitt, Katherine                                             M.S., Computer Information Technology

Linabury, Mark                                                M.S., Teacher Education

Liu, Qing                                                          M.A., Mathematics

McCarthy, Brian                                               M.A., Spanish

McGurn, Katherine                                           M.A., Public History

McKay, Elizabeth                                             M.A., Psychology

Mihalyo, Marianne                                            M.A., Biomolecular Sciences

Murugan, Senthil                                               M.S., Data Mining

Murphy, Cherilyn                                              M.S., Physical Education and Human                                                                                                    Performance

O’Brian, Richard                                              6^th Year Certificate, Reading and Language                                                                                                       Arts

O’Connell, Carli                                               M.S., Special Education          

Oliveri, Nadine                                     M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy

Powell, John                                                     M.A., Biology

Preli, Linda                                                       M.S., Natural Sciences: Science Education

Putt, Rebecca                                                   M.S., Communication

Schmidt, Matthew                                            M.S., Technology Management

Sigel, Pat                                                          M.S., Professional and Rehabilitation                                                                                                    Counseling

Sikora, Behn                                                    M.S., Educational Leadership

Smith, Scott                                                      M.S., Geography

Sparrow, Ryan                                                 M.S., Engineering Technology

Weatherby, Carol                                             M.S., Elementary Education

The following nominees were recommended for Outstanding Scholar Awards:

Student Name                                                School & Program

McKay, Elizabeth                                             Arts & Sciences

                                                                        M.A., Psychology

Oliveri, Nadine                                     Education & Professional Studies

                                                                        M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy

Sparrow, Ryan                                                 Technology,

                                                                        M.S., Engineering Technology

Respectfully submitted by

Glynis Fitzgerald, GSC Chair