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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES

MEMORANDUM

TO: ?

Senate

FROM: ?

Jonathan Driver, Dean of Graduate Studies

SUBJECT: Composition of SGSC

DATE: ?

19th October 2004

cc:

At the SGSC meeting of 18

October 2004 a proposal for a change in the composition of

the committee was discussed. SGSC recommends to Senate that the changes described

below be implemented immediately. I therefore propose the following motion:

That Senate approve the changes to the composition of Senate Graduate Studies

Committee, as set out in paper

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Pro p

osed changes:

delete "Registrar (or designate)" from membership

add "Director, Graduate Admissions, Records and Administration" to membership

delete "Director, Graduate Admissions, Records and Administration" as secretary

add "Secretary to the Dean of Graduate Studies" as secretary

(non-voting)

Rationale:

Until 2003 the administration of graduate admissions and records was the responsibility

of the Registrar. In 2003 the Assistant Director, Graduate Records was transferred to the

office of the Dean of Graduate Studies. In 2004 a new position, Director, Graduate

Admissions, Records and Administration was created. It therefore no longer makes sense

to have a representative of the Registrar on Senate Graduate Studies Committee, and the

Registrar should be replaced by the person responsible for admissions and records.