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 and Affairs Committee (GPAC) meetings will take place on Mondays at 3:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall 102 unless noted otherwise.

2023-2024 Meeting Minutes:

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