Academic Year 2024-2025
This committee shall have responsibility for all graduate programs and policies, including procedures for the review and monitoring of graduate programs. In addition this committee is responsible for the adjudication of individual student appeals.
Meeting Schedule
All Graduate Policy & Affairs Committee (GPAC) meetings will take place on Mondays at 3:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall 102 unless noted otherwise.
- September 23, 2024 in Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) Perry Atrium
- October 21, 2024 in Saab ETIC Perry Atrium
- November 18, 2024 in Alumni Hall 102
- December 16, 2024 in Alumni Hall 102
- February 18, 2025(Tuesday = Monday schedule) - Location TBD
- March 24, 2025 in Alumni Hall 102
- April 25, 2025(Friday = Monday schedule) in Saab ETIC Perry Atrium
Meeting Minutes:
- Minutes of September 18, 2023 GPAC Meeting (pdf)
- Minutes of October 23, 2023 GPAC Meeting (pdf)
- Minutes of November 20, 2023 GPAC Meeting (pdf)
- December 18, 2023 - Cancelled due to power outage
- Minutes of February 20, 2024 GPAC Meeting (pdf) (Tuesday = Monday Schedule)
- Minutes of March 18, 2024 GPAC Meeting (pdf)
- Minutes of April 19, 2024 GPAC Meeting (pdf) (Friday = Monday Schedule)
Meeting Agenda
Meeting agendas are available in Curriculog. Go to "Agendas" and click the "All Agendas" tab.
All course proposals and program proposals will be added to the agenda through Curriculog. Please see the Curriculum Proposal Deadlines (pdf) for suggested date ranges to launch proposals in Curriculog.
Other items to be placed on the agenda are to be e-mailed directly to: GPAC@uml.edu by noon Monday the week before the meeting. If the Monday deadline falls on a holiday, please submit by the Friday before that.
Committee Membership
Manning School of Business
- Saira Latif, Finance
Francis College of Engineering
- Noah Van Dam, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering*
- Nese Orbey, Chemical & Energy Engineering
Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Elizabeth Bifuh, Education
- Neil Shortland, Criminal Justice
Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences
- Suzanne Moore, Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences
Kennedy College of Sciences
- Ramanpreet Kaur, Physics
- Jeff Moore, Biological Sciences
Student Government, Graduate
- Mubarak Ayinla, GSA President, Chemistry
- Shakira Fedna, GSA Vice-President, Biology
Faculty Senate President (ex officio)
- Kevin Petersen, English
Representatives of the Administration (non-voting)
- Mai Nguyen (Registrar’s Office)
- Nancy Ludwig (Provost’s Office)
- Deborah White (Graduate Studies)
*Denotes Committee Chair