Graduate Education

Faculty Resources

MEES Program

Below, you will find a variety of helpful documents that will assist you as an advisor to a student or as a faculty member preparing to teach a course. 

Curriculum and Course Guidance

The UMCES Graduate Faculty Council has created this course guidance document to give faculty an overview of the curriculum and a basic structure in how to create a course. If you have any further questions about course creation or the curriculum, or if you want to submit a new course for approval, please email umcespcc@umces.edu.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Information regarding course and program learning outcomes, including resources for drafting and assessing, can be found here. 

About the Graduate Faculty Council

GFC Function

The UMCES Graduate Faculty Council acts on behalf of the UMCES Graduate Faculty in the development and facilitation of all Center policies relating to graduate education. The Graduate Faculty Council is described under the UMCES Policy and Procedures on Graduate Education (III-7.10).

GFC Representatives

The Vice President for Education is Chair of the Council. Each Laboratory Unit is represented on the Council by two members of the Graduate Faculty. One member is the Chair of the Laboratory’s Graduate Education Committee; the second member is elected by the faculty. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Graduate Student Council, are voting members on the Graduate Faculty Council. The UMCES President and Faculty Senate Chair are ex officio members of the GFC.

Council Chair
Lawrence Sanford

Appalachian Laboratory
Mark Castro
Katia Engelhardt

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Michael Gonsior

Horn Point Laboratory
Louis Plough
Cindy Palinkas

Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
Eric Schott
Yantao Li

Student representatives
Isabel Sanchez-Viruet (GSC Chair)

Abdulmajid Alrefaie​ (GSC Vice Chair)

GFC Meetings

The UMCES Graduate Faculty Council meets at least twice yearly in person or over Zoom.