THE
UPDATE

Summer 2002
Vol. XXII * * * NOTES FROM THE DEAN * * *

This was, for all of us, a difficult year. After receiving the best budget increase that even the old-timers could remember, we were faced with three rounds of budget cutting that eventually bled sixteen positions and more than $1.8 million from the Academic Affairs budget (and more than $2.3 million from the UNO budget). One of the positions that was eliminated was that of Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, which means that my planned one-year temporary role in that position will become (at least) a two-year "opportunity". Consequently, I have already outlasted my predecessor, Shelton Hendricks, and am closing in on Chris Reed's tenure. Sadly, I cannot claim to have had the positive impact that Shelton had, but some very good things have happened in graduate education at UNO, with more to come in the immediate future. The new 152 hour option in the M Acct degree will serve our students well as they prepare for CPA licensure. I hope to see the approval of the new PhD in Information Technology and the Joint UNO/UNK MFA in Writing early in the Fall. Dramatic Arts is (are?) now Theatre, spelled "Theatre" not (entirely) because of my background, but to celebrate the French rather than the Germanic tradition. We have seen the elevation of 25 new Graduate Faculty Members and 17 new Graduate Faculty Fellows, increases that reflect the continuing growth in scholarship at UNO. Once again, a UNO graduate student took top honors in the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Thesis Competition..

In Fall 2001, graduate enrollment exceeded 3000 students for the first time in our history, and our faculty taught more than 15,700 graduate student credit hours, also a record. In Spring 2002, both new records were broken, with 3,011 students and 16,189 credit hours. The coming biennium, perhaps the next two biennia, will bring additional budgetary stress. But through it all, UNO and its graduate programs will continue to grow, and I predict that those new records will also fall. All of this success and growth despite the dubious leadership of a part-time dean. The lesson, for anyone who is foolish enough to contemplate a career in university administration, is clear: inherit and maintain a fabulous staff, and make sure that you work at the university with the best faculty on the planet. Then stay out of the way and take credit for everything that happens. This university is on the right track, and it cannot be deterred or distracted by mere budget shortfalls.

I thank you all for your toleration of me throughout this past year, and hope that you have another year of tolerance in you.

Derek Hodgson

1. Policy on Credit for First Professional Degrees
   
   Students who hold a first professional degree (e.g., DDS, DVM, DO, JD, LL.B., MD, PharmD, etc) may transfer up to 1/3 of the credits for their program requirements to the Masters, Educational Specialist, and doctoral degrees sought subject to the approval of the graduate program committee and the Dean for Graduate Studies.
   
   
2. Three year bachelor's degrees
   
   International students with a 3-year degree are referred to the program in which they wish to pursue graduate studies for evaluation of their transcripts to determine possible additional course work. They can be considered for graduate admission.
   
   
3. The addition of "(3.0 on a 4.0 scale)" to all policies where a grade of "B" is required for clarification purposes.
   
   NOTE: This policy was create to avoid any confusion due to the addition of "-" grades.
   
   
4. Quality of Work Standards
   
   NOTE: Further revisions were made at the March 11, 2002 Graduate Council meeting. The link takes you to the policy as approved on March 11, 2002, which includes all changes.
   

   October 2, 2001

5. Approved the Advanced Writing Certificate
   
   
6. Approved revisions to the Public Administration doctoral program

   November 12, 2001

7. Approved the Master of Arts degree in Language Teaching

   December 8, 2001

8. Approved the 152 option to the MAcc degree
   
   
9. Approved the recommendations on electronic theses/dissertations
   
   

   February 11, 2002

10. Response to the concern expressed by the Graduate Faculty about the process used by the Library to make decisions affecting teaching and teaching quality
    
    
11. Quality of Work Standards
    

    March 11, 2002
    

12. Approved the Joint UNO/UNK Low-Residency MFA in Writing degree proposal
    NOTE: This proposal has been sent to the Executive Graduate Council for approval.
    
13. Approved the Joint UNO/UNL Ph.D. Proposal in Information Technology
    
    NOTE: This proposal has been sent to the Executive Graduate Council for approval.
    
    
14. Transfer of Hours between Graduate Concentrations, Minors, and Certificates
    
    A maximum of 1/3 of the course work required for a graduate concentration, minor or certificate may consist of courses from a previous or concurrent graduate concentration, minor or certificate.
    
    
15. Transfer of Credit from the Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC)
    
    
16. Juniors Approval to Enroll in Graduate Courses
    
    

    April 8, 2002
    
    

17. Approval of a non-thesis option within the Master of Arts in Psychology with a concentration in Developmental Psychology
    
    

    May 13, 2002
    

1. Elton S.Carter Award for Excellence in a Thesis All material for each department's/school's nominee are due in the Graduate Studies Office (EAB 202) no later then September 20, 2002 . Those eligible for the 2002 award include students who completed a thesis and graduated during the following semesters: Fall 2001, Spring 2002 and Summer 2002.*
   
   

*To ensure Summer 2002 nominees are included in the cycle, no theses for the competition will be accepted until after the Summer graduation date (August 16, 2002) .

1. The Office of Graduate Studies has moved to our permanent location in Eppley Administration Room 202.
   
   
2. The Executive Graduate Council approved:
   
   ■ the department/degree name change from Dramatic Arts to Theatre at UNO;
   ■ a proposed Ph.D. in Natural Resources Sciences degree at UNL;
   ■ a proposed Ph.D. in Survey Research and Methodology degree at UNL;
   ■ a proposed M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering degree at UNL;
   ■ a discontinuation of the Dentistry Interdepartmental Area Graduate Program at UNMC; and
   ■ a proposed Master of Architectural Engineering degree at UNL.
   

Timi Barone, Sociology
Robert Blair, Public Administration
Dora Chen, Teacher Education
Marchell Cuppett, Health, Physical Education & Recreation
Lana Danielson, Teacher Education
Leon Dappen, Educational Administration & Supervision
Sidney Davis, Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
Todd Edwards, Theatre
Mary Friehe, Special Education & Communication Disorders
Weiyu Guo, Finance, Banking & Law
Karen Hayes, Educational Administration & Supervision
Jody Neathery-Castro, Political Science
John Noble, Health, Physical Education & Recreation
David Ogden, Communication
A. Olu Oyinlade, Sociology
Rebecca Pasco, Teacher Education
Barbara Pickering, Communication
Mary Ann Powell, Sociology
Hugh Reilly, Communication
Beth Ritter, Sociology
Lisa Sample, Criminal Justice
Scott Snyder, Biology
Susann Suprenant, Theatre
Maria Villamil, Foreign Languages
Ethel Williams, Public Administration

FELLOWS

John Bartle, Public Administration
Kathy Coufal, Special Education & Communication Disorders
G. Griffith Elder, Mathematics
Richard File, Accounting
Carolyn Gascoigne, Foreign Language
Lisa Kelly-Vance, Psychology
Wikil Kwak, Accounting
John McCarty, Biology
Susan Nittrouer, Special Education & Communication Disorders
Tatyana Novikov, Foreign Language
Richard Ortman, Accounting
David Raabe, English
Carey Ryan, Psychology
Suzanne Sollars, Psychology
Scott Tarry, Public Administration/Aviation
Zhenyuan Wang, Mathematics
Ilze Zigurs, Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis

NEW GRADUATE COURSE SYLLABI

ACCT 8270 - E-Business & the Accounting Profession
AVN 3600/8605 - International Aviation
AVN 4080/8086 - Airport Safety & Security
BSAD 4360/8366 - E-Marketing
BSAD 4700/8706 - Economics of eBusiness
BSAD 8240 - Leadership Development
BSAD 8620 - Valuation of Intellectual Property
ECON 4700/8706 - Economics of eBusiness
ENGL 4880/8836 - Technical Writing
ENGL 8780 - Pedagogic Field Experience in TESOL
ISQA 8240 - Telecommunications Planning, Analysis & Design
ISQA 8570 - Information Security Policy, Privacy & Ethics
ISQA 9010 - Foundations of Information Systems Research
ISQA 9020 - Technical & Process Issues in Information Systems Research
ISQA 9030 - Behavioral & Organization Issues in Information Systems Research
MATH 8400 - Dynamical Systems & Chaos
MATH 8460 - Integer Programming
MATH 8670 - Topics in Probability and Statistics
PA 9920 - Teaching & Professional Skills Workshop
PE 3900/8905 - Motivation for Physical Activity
PSCI 3640/8645 - Governments & Politics of the People's Republic of China & the Pacific Rim
PSCI 3660/8665 - Governments & Politics of Modern Japan & the Pacific Rim
PSYC 4630/8636 - Organizational Psychology
PSYC 4640/8646 - Personnel Psychology
RUSS 4940/8946 - Russian Masterpieces
SOC 4550/8556 - Social Diversity in Organizations
SOC 8550 - Organizational Culture
SPCH 4190/8196 - Computer-Mediated Communication
SPCH 4700/8706 - Interpersonal Conflict
SPCH 4800/8806 - Conflict Mediation
THEA 4430/8436 - Directing I
THEA 8930 - Graduate Seminar II: Theory & Criticism Applied to Theory in Our Community

Committee A - Committee on Policy and Planning

John Bartle - Public Administration
Donald Baum - Economics
Donna Dufner - Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
Jeff French - Psychology
Darryll Lewis - Finance, Banking and Law
Tom Lorsbach - Special Education & Communication Disorders
David Low - Music
Ineke Marshall - Criminal Justice
Sheryl McGlamery - Teacher Education
Angela Eikenberry -Graduate Student

Committee B - Committee on Courses, Programs, and Evaluations

Jack Armitage - Accounting
Sid Davis - Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
Karen Falconer Al-Hindi - Geography/Geology
Judy Harrington - Goodrich
Jeremy Lipschultz - Communication
Gary Marshall - Public Administration
Elliott Ostler - Teacher Education
Laura Schulte - Educational Administration & Supervision
Henry Serenco - Art & Art History
Sandra Squires - Special Education & Communication Disorders
Katherine Denker - Graduate Student

Committee C - Committee on Faculty and Student Affairs

Jerry Cederblom - Goodrich
Bruce Chase - Biology
Lynn Harland - Marketing/Management
John Hill - Special Education & Communication Disorders
Deepak Khazanchi - Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
Wilma Kuhlman - Teacher Education
Graham Mitenko - Finance, Banking and Law
Cindy Phaneuf - Theatre
Marshall Prisbell - Communication
Katie Hruska - Graduate Student

Chair of the Graduate Council

Derek Hodgson, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Dean for Graduate Studies