Each institution should have a group of faculty members active in graduate programs who serve as a graduate council, review graduate curriculum proposals, set university-wide academic standards for graduate programs, and develop policies and procedures for the effective administration of graduate degrees. All academic matters pertaining to graduate degree programs should be determined by this or a similar group. 2023-2024 Graduate Council Members FirstLastVoting or Non-VotingCollegeEmail Amber Adcock Non-Voting Interim Register amber.adcock@uah.edu Michael Anderson Non-Voting Engineering michael.anderson@uah.edu Nilsa Black-Meade Voting Nursing nilsa.black@uah.edu Larry Carey Voting Science lawrence.carey@uah.edu Joseph Conway Voting CAHS joseph.conway@uah.edu Lingze Duan Non-Voting Science lingze.duan@uah.edu Wafa Hakim-Orman Non-Voting Business wafa.orman@uah.edu Jon Hakkila Non-Voting, Chair Graduate School jon.hakkila@uah.edu Keith Hollingsworth Voting Engineering keith.hollingsworth@uah.edu Tracy Lakin Voting Nursing tracy.lakin@uah.edu Xiaotong Li Voting Business lixi@uah.edu Nicholas Loyd Voting Engineering nicholas.loyd@uah.edu Hamsa Mahafza Voting Education hamsa.mahafza@uah.edu Sophia Marinova Voting Business sophia.marinova@uah.edu David Moore Non-Voting Library david.moore@uah.edu Louise O'Keefe Non-Voting Nursing louise.okeefe@uah.edu Maria Pour Voting Engineering maria.pour@uah.edu Jodi Price Non-Voting CAHS jodi.price@uah.edu Lenora Smith Voting Nursing lenora.smith@uah.edu Derrick Smith Non-Voting Education derrick.smith@uah.edu Ming Sun Voting Science ming.sun@uah.edu Tanya Sysoeva Voting Science tatyana.sysoeva@uah.edu Lisa Vangsness Voting CAHS lisa.vangsness@uah.edu Stephen Waring Voting CAHS warings@uah.edu Paul Whitehead Voting Education paul.whitehead@uah.edu Minutes August 2023 Graduate Council does not meet during May, June, or July. April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 Graduate Council did not meet during May, June, July or August. April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 November 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 Graduate Council does not meet in June or July. May 2020 April 2020