Overview
The Department Chair is responsible for approving all graduate student committees in their department. This documentation explains how to do that in GradPoint
Video Instructions
(8 minute demo)
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Step by Step Instructions
In this step, the Department Chair will review the Committee, any exceptions to the committee, and any conflicts of interest.
The Department Chair will receive an email prompting them to log into GradPoint with their NetID and Password.
Sample Email:
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When the Department Chair is logged in, they will be automatically directed to the Committee Create Action.
They will be able to review all of the members:
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Committee Exceptions
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If the committee is not valid, they will be able to review the exception document that was uploaded by the Staff Graduate Advisor.
Conflict of Interest
If anyone disclosed a Conflict of Interest, then the Department Chair will review that information, and will report how the conflict will be mitigated.
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Approving
Once you have finished, you can click approve, and the workflow will continue.
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Denying
If you need to deny the action, you must enter a comment in the Step Comment box describing why you denied the committee so that the student has the information needed to submit a committee that is acceptable.
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