Present: J. Cummins, B. Ferguson, K. Jacobson, J. Meehan, R. Osgood, S. Rebelsky, J. Swartz, E. Willis.

Paula Smith was in attendance in her role as the new Dean beginning in July, 2008. Mark Schneider was in attendance in his role as the new Chair of the Faculty beginning in August, 2008.

The meeting came to order at 4:15 p.m. in room 226 of the Rosenfield Student Center.

The minutes and excerpts of April 30, 2008 were approved.

President’s Remarks

The President made no remarks.

Dean’s Remarks

The Dean thanked Council, and especially S. Rebelsky, for their hard work with respect to faculty voting.

The Dean noted that the search for a new Registrar is moving forward with some good results. The Committee hopes to be able to bring several candidates to campus in the next few weeks.

Office of Interdisciplinary Studies--Advisory Board Membership

It was decided that this would be discussed at the next meeting.

Position Proposals

Council continued its discussion of position proposals.

The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese