Graduate Council
Duties of the YSU Graduate Council include: 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 membership in the graduate faculty; make recommendations on specific problems 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.
For more information, contact Sal Sanders, dean, College of Graduate Studies, at sasanders@ysu.edu.
Members:
Samuel Adu-Poku, Art, CCAC Grad Program Director
Paul Louth, Music, CCAC CGS Committee
Laura Beadling, English, CLASS CGS Committee
Dolores Sisco, American Studies, CLASS Grad Program Director
Gail Saunders-Smith, Teacher Education, Education At-large
Matthew Paylo, Counseling, Education Grad Program Director
Lauren Cummins, Teacher Education, Education CGS Committee
John Hazy, 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, Student Representative