Resources

Review and make recommendations to the Dean of Graduate Studies and/or the Graduate Faculty on policies and regulations of the College of Graduate Studies, including the composition, nature, and functions of Graduate Council;
Review and approve/disapprove all new graduate courses and graduate programs, including changes in courses and programs;
Review and make recommendations to the Dean of Graduate Studies on nominations for graduate faculty membership;
Make recommendations on specific issues of College of Graduate Studies operations properly brought before Council;
Serve as a channel of communication between the graduate faculty and the Dean of Graduate Studies;
Serve as the executive committee of the College of Graduate Studies between meetings of the graduate faculty;
Make such studies and take such actions as it deems necessary and proper to foster the development of graduate work of high quality at Youngstown State University.

**GRADUATE COUNCIL MEMBERS 2019-2020**
Name	Department	Type of Membership
Christine McCullough	Art	CCA&C Grad Program Director
Paul Louth	Music	CCA&C CGS Committee
Tomi Ovaska	Economics	CLASS CGS Committee
Dolores Sisco	American Studies	CLASS Grad Program Director
Matthew Paylo	Counseling	Education Grad Program Director
Lauren Cummins	Teacher Education	Education CGS Committee
Christopher Bellas	Criminal Justice and Forensic Science	HHS CGS Committee
Valerie O’Dell	Nursing	HHS Graduate Program Director
Virgil Solomon	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	STEM CGS Committee
Mark Womble	Biological Sciences	STEM Grad Program Director
Patrick J. Bateman	Management	WCBA Grad Program Director
Kendra Fowler	Marketing	WCBA CGS Committee
Jonathan Cambouris	History	Student Representative
Errek Pham	Biological Sciences	Student Representative

Mark Womble
Graduate Council Chair

Kendra Fowler
Graduate Council Secretary

Dolores Sisco
Graduate Admission and Appeals Committee chair

Virgil Solomon
Graduate Curriculum Committee Chair

Sal Sanders
Exceptions Chair

Christopher Bellas
Grievance Committee Chair

TBD
Policy Committee

Graduate Student Advisory Council Minutes:

Research at Youngstown State

Youngstown State University is committed to fostering high quality, nationally competitive research to promote faculty and student development in support of the teaching mission of the University. As noted in its mission statement, “The College of Graduate Studies supports the continued development of faculty scholarship and serves as the principal point of coordination for both internally funded and externally funded and externally funded programs at Youngstown State University.

Youngstown State University faculty members are heavily invested in scholarship on an individual basis. Graduate faculty research interests are listed for each degree program in the Graduate Bulletin and on numerous departmental websites.

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Forms

GA Evaluation Form

Form to be used to evaluate a Graduate Assistant’s performance at the end of each term.

Petition for Late Withdrawal Form
Form to request a withdrawal from a course with a grade of F assigned due to circumstances beyond the student’s control. Not applicable if the student completed the course.
Transient Status Form
Request for Transient status. Required before taking a course at another institution.
Transfer Credit Form
Request for Transfer of Graduate Credit.
Undergraduate to take Graduate Course Form
Application by an undergraduate to enroll in a graduate (5800 or higher level) course
Dual Enrollment Form (for approved programs only)

Resources

Thesis & Dissertations

Provisional admission to regular admission

Workshop Registration Form

Program Review

Graduate Studies Academic Policies & procedures

Graduate Records

Graduate Faculty

Program/Curriculum Change Process

New Program Proposal Process

2019-2020 members

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