Past Chairs
| Year | Graduate Council Chair |
| 2022-2023 |
Dr. Wissam AbouAlaiwi |
| 2021-2022 |
Dr. David Giovannucci |
| 2020-2021 | Dr. Wendy Cochrane College of Health and Human Services |
| 2019-2020 | Dr. Song-Tao Liu College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
| 2018-2019 | Dr. Jerry Van Hoy College of Arts and Letters |
| 2017-2018 | Dr. Andrea Kalinoski College of Medicine and Life Sciences |
| 2016-2017 | Dr. Constance Schall College of Engineering |
| 2015-2016 | Dr. Rebecca Schneider Judith Herb College of Education |
| 2014-2015 | Dr. Ron Opp College of Social Justice and Human Services |
| 2013-2014 | Dr. David Giovannucci College of Medicine and Life Sciences |
| 2012-2013 | Dr. Nick Piazza College of Social Justice and Human Services |
| 2011-2012 | Dr. Michael Dowd College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences |
| 2010-2011 | Dr. Mark Templin Judith Herb College of Education |
| 2009-2010 | Dr. Susan L. Pocotte College of Nursing |
| 2008-2009 | Dr. Patricia Relue College of Engineering |
| 2007-2008 | Dr. Michael Dowd College of Arts and Sciences |
| 2006-2007 | Dr. Max Funk College of Arts and Sciences |
| 2005-2006 | Dr. Thomas Barden College of Arts and Sciences |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. Arunan Nadarajah College of Engineering |
| 2003-2004 | Dr. Michael Dowd College of Arts and Sciences |
| 2002-2003 | Dr. Alvin Compaan College of Arts and Sciences |
| 2001-2002 | Dr. Walter Olson College of Engineering |
| 2000-2001 | Dr. James Price College of Health Sciences |
| 1999-2000 | Dr. Max Funk College of Arts and Sciences |
| 1998-1999 | Dr. Patricia Komuniecki College of Arts and Sciences |
| 1997-1998 | Dr. Krzysztof Cios College of Arts and Sciences |
| 1996-1997 | Dr. Richard Komuniecki College of Arts and Sciences |
| 1995-1996 | Dr. William Messer College of Pharmacy |
| 1994-1995 | Dr. James Price College of Health Sciences |
| 1993-1994 | Dr. Thomas Dunn Judith Herb College of Education |
| 1992-1993 | Dr. James Fry College of Arts and Sciences |
| 1991-1992 | Dr. Charles Gibson |
| 1990-1991 | Dr. Frederick Kitterle College of Pharmacy |
| 1989-1990 | Dr. Richard Irey College of Engineering |
| 1988-1989 | Dr. Ken Bachmann College of Pharmacy |
| 1987-1988 | Dr. Jimmie Edwards College of Arts and Sciences |
| 1986-1987 | Dr. Max Funk College of Arts and Sciences |
| 1985-1986 | Dr. Bernard Bopp College of Arts and Sciences |