Membership

It shall consist of six elected Graduate Council faculty members, plus one graduate student representing the Graduate and Professional Student Association. One-half of the membership normally shall be elected each year. The Immediate Past Chair and the Dean, Senior Associate Dean, and Director of Graduate Council Administration of the Graduate School shall be ex officio members of this committee.

Selection

By the Graduate Council. All elected Graduate Council faculty members who have at least two years left in their terms will be on the ballot, unless they request to be removed. The Council will elect the Committee members electronically by secure and secret ballot. The three candidates who receive the largest number of votes are elected to the committee. The candidate with the fourth largest number of votes will serve as an alternate and will take over for any of the three committee members elected that year if they cannot complete their term. In the event of a tie, the results of the election shall be determined by drawing lots among the tied candidates.

Duties

1. It shall recommend appointment of members of all other Standing Committees. To the extent possible, it shall take the following criteria into account:
   1. Member preferences and availability;
   2. Continuity of committee membership; and
   3. Diversity of perspectives, including but not limited to discipline, college, and faculty rank.
2. It shall assist the Chair in the appointment of Ad Hoc Committees if requested.
3. It shall elect its own presiding officer. The chair must be elected after June 1 (when committee terms begin) and before the September meeting of Graduate Council.
4. It shall periodically review these Articles, Bylaws, and Standing Rules and recommend changes as necessary.

2023-2024 Membership

• Hans Baumgartner, Smeal Professor of Marketing (Smeal College of Business), 2022-2024
• Kathy Brasier, Professor of Rural Sociology (College of Agricultural Sciences), 2023-2025 - Chair
• Xun Cao, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy (College of the Liberal Arts), 2023-2025
• Susan Stewart, Associate Teaching Professor of Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering), 2023-2025
• Emily Weinert, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Eberly College of Science), 2022-2024
• Yang Yang, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology (College of the Medicine), 2022-2024
• Jan Reimann, Chair of Graduate Council, Ex Officio
• Ken Davis, Immediate Past Chair of Graduate Council, Ex Officio
• Levon Esters, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School, Ex Officio
• Michael Verderame, Senior Associate Dean, Ex Officio
• Robert Bannon, Director of Graduate Council Administration, Ex Officio