{"id":10,"date":"2015-09-28T18:32:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:03:00","slug":"gaac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Academic Affairs Committee (GAAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: linear-gradient(-45deg, #C8C8C8, #ffffff); ; border: 3px solid #660033; padding: 3px;\">\n<h2>GAAC Committee Navigation<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/course-proposals\/\"><strong>Course Proposals<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/program-proposals\/\"><strong>Program\u00a0Proposals<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/academic-policy-proposals\/\"><strong>Academic Policy\u00a0Proposals<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/other-proposals\/\"> | <strong>Other Proposals<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/submission-deadlines\/\"><strong>Submission Deadlines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Curricular Updates<\/h2>\n<p>Academic Affairs maintains a real-time curricular update: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1kIvW6fFPvXT24VqWUNTCbejq5GgH4IYBHTXhA6Kl67E\/edit?usp=sharing\">\u00a0GAAC Tracking Spreadsheet.<br \/>\n<\/a> *Look to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1q2K8EtQce1X0Af-Ms1n2p4ZkrDwi0eAphPRXhGlcMgw\/edit?usp=sharing\">AAC\/GAAC Summary Update<\/a> for information prior to the 2018-2019 academic year.<\/p>\n<h2>Meetings and Agendas<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Qi4eZXgCuYtJ30D26CWByqctzCLw56hiz4lD0fn3IWg\/edit\">GAAC Semester Summary: Fall 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Past years\u2019 materials, including agendas and minutes can be found in the<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1yxIIE6z8LffwokYSNN1Cgl8SiOJcaKyy\"> GAAC Archives.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Graduate Academic Affairs Committee (GAAC) Voting Members<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Anders (PsyD), SoH, 2025-27<\/li>\n<li>Adriane Brown (MAL), SoHSSE, 2024-26<\/li>\n<li>Katie Clark (MAN\/DNP), SoH, (Chair), 2025-27<\/li>\n<li>Cory Erickson (MBA), SoB, 2024-26<\/li>\n<li>Alex Fink (MSW), SoH, 2025-27<\/li>\n<li>Juyoung Lee (MMT), SSoA, 2024-26<\/li>\n<li>Ryane Lester (PA), SoH, 2025-27<\/li>\n<li>Jason Lukasik (MAE\/MAT), SoHSSE, 2024-26<\/li>\n<li>Lindsay Starck (MFA), SSoA, 2024-26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional Members<\/p>\n<p>One shared vote between:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Vanessa Bester, Director, School of Health<\/li>\n<li>Jeanne Boeh, Director, School of Business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Advisory (non-voting) Members<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Kelsey, University Registrar<\/li>\n<li>Dave Matz, Associate Provost<\/li>\n<li>Director of Graduate Recruitment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>GAAC Proposal Submission<\/h2>\n<p>To submit a proposal for GAAC Committee review, please follow the steps outlined below.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the link to the desired proposal template (links below) and select \u2018Create a copy\u2019 to create a copy of the template in your personal Google Drive.<\/li>\n<li>Once you\u2019ve filled out your proposal and obtained the required signatures, submit the document to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSc2O9mEsA2XfeD74iC8iMVWAiPBbViWnWIZ6arW4NuO2GXxhw\/viewform\">this Google Form<\/a>. Please see note about required signatures below.<\/li>\n<li>Any supplementary materials that you would like to include to support your proposal should be emailed to gaac-proposals@augsburg.edu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please note that department chair signatures and any other required approvals or signatures must be present on the document before you submit your proposal. Signatures indicate that the individual has reviewed the proposal, they do not necessarily indicate approval by the individual. Submitting the form creates another copy of your document, so signatures obtained after you use the submission link below will not be accessible to GAAC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KXK6wEOaxJXx_OEvGFVQUdrf8Zov25w3XlA6zobA4aM\/edit?usp=sharing\">Template: Course Proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1TFNWygCdZGoSWOTzdK0OwFHLG-GZcFnx1xhDmrA8_RE\/edit\">Template: Program Proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1zrjMtVH276_brXot7_7j9HwLeRSvamNYGMWS2_rUeNo\/edit\">Template: Academic Policy Proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Sk82PenSumauWzgvEJT4kEbmSqja17ROZ-djNL2M7aE\/edit\">Template: Other Proposal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Submission Deadlines<\/h2>\n<p>See information about submission deadlines <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/submission-deadlines\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAAC Committee Navigation Course Proposals\u00a0|\u00a0Program\u00a0Proposals\u00a0|\u00a0Academic Policy\u00a0Proposals | Other Proposals\u00a0| Submission Deadlines Curricular Updates Academic Affairs maintains a real-time curricular update: \u00a0GAAC Tracking Spreadsheet. *Look to AAC\/GAAC Summary Update for information prior to the 2018-2019 academic year. Meetings and Agendas GAAC Semester Summary: Fall 2023 Past years\u2019 materials, including agendas and minutes can be found in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/gaac\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Graduate Academic Affairs Committee (GAAC)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template.full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":87,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1150,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/1150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}