Department Chair Role (Step 6)

Overview

The Department Chair is responsible for approving all graduate student committees in their department. This documentation explains how to do that in GradPoint

• Overview

  • Video Instructions

  • Step by Step Instructions

  • Committee Exceptions

  • Conflict of Interest

  • Approving

  • Denying

Video Instructions

(8 minute demo)

https://vimeo.com/864183281

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

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.

Approving

Once you have finished, you can click approve, and the workflow will continue.

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.