Graduate Policy and Affairs Committee (GPAC)

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 (AH) 102 unless noted otherwise.

• September 21, 2026 (Monday) at 3:30 p.m.
• October 19, 2026 (Monday) at 3:30 p.m. 
• November 16, 2026 (Monday) at 3:30 p.m.
• December 21, 2026 (Monday) at 3:30 p.m.
• February 16, 2027 (Tuesday is a Monday schedule) at 3:30 p.m.
• March 22, 2027 (Monday) at 3:30 p.m. 
• April 21, 2027 (Wednesday) at 3:30 p.m. - All proposals must reach the GPAC step in Curriculog by Monday, April 12 at Noon to be included on this GPAC Agenda and subsequent Faculty Senate Meeting on May 3, 2027.

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

• Michael Ciuchta, Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation*  (Committee Chair)
• William Johnson, Finance

Francis College of Engineering

• Nese Orbey, Chemical & Energy Engineering
• Oshadha Ranasingha, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

• Christine Leider, Education
• Wilson Palacios, Criminal Justice

Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences

• Suzanne Moore, Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences
• Lisa Marchand, Nursing

Kennedy College of Sciences

• Andriy Danilov, Physics
• Indrayani Waghmare, Biological Sciences

Student Government, Graduate

• TBD
• TBD

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