Present: R. Osgood, J. Brand, J. Swartz, P. Smith, D. Caulkins, W. Ferguson, B. Grey, K. Kamp, T. Moore, M. Pillado Miller, B. Voyles.

The meeting came to order at 4:20 p.m. in the Nollen House Conference Room. The minutes and excerpts from the 4/4/01 meeting were approved.

President's Remarks

The President presented an extensive overview of the issues surrounding the sequencing and financing of new physical facilities planned for the next several years. He is working on a draft document which would present a likely scenario.

Dean's Remarks

The Dean updated Council on the status of searches.

The next faculty meeting agenda includes Faculty Organization Committee elections, approval of candidates for the bachelor of arts degree this spring, and approval of the fall sports schedule and discussion of athletic scheduling guidelines.

The Dean announced that Katya Azoulay and Alan Schrift have been awarded National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend awards for their research.

The Dean noted that his memorandum to departments on the second round of the diversity initiative has gone out.

He mentioned that Carol Trossett from the Office of Institutional Research will present information concerning progress of department's in carrying out their assessment plans since it is Council's responsibility to monitor that situation.

Discussion of Proposals for Faculty Positions

Council spent considerable time discussing the merits of departmental proposals for faculty positions in biology, economics, English, geography, history, Japanese, psychology, and statistics.

Council Remarks

B. Grey noted that the faculty sub-committee working on the mission statement will come to Council in two weeks with a final draft.

He also noted that the Instructional Support Committee will be presenting Council with its written objections to the Instructional Technology Support group's plans very soon.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese