HFC Minutes -- January 25, 1999
Present:
Michael Arnush , Phil Boshoff, Fran Hoffman, Rory McVeigh, Jon Ramsey, Amelia Rauser, Anita Steigerwald.
The meeting began at 9:00 am, Purchasing Conference Room in Dana.
1. Fall '99 courses
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Michael Arnush handed out a list of anticipated honors forum proposals for Fall 1999 semester.
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Course proposals for the Fall will be distributed to Council members this Friday for review.
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The deadline to submit proposals to Curriculum Committee is January 27.
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2. Fall '98 programmatic assessment; revision of assessment forms:
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Michael Arnush to arrange a meeting with Fran Hoffman and the nine faculty members who taught HF courses Fall'98 to discuss how the courses went and what changes we need to make for future courses.
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Student activity assessment:
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Shows that student need more choice of courses
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The Council needs to re-think the amount of activities offered each semester (e.g., perhaps fewer lectures, better timing of events, etc.)
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Monthly meetings to be handled by the students
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Too many of the courses required pre-requisite
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Students need greater involvement in decision-making
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The HF needs to select a student to serve on the Council
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discussion of criteria; Fran Hoffman suggested that we have the students register votes for the nominated students (Andrew Cencini, Francesca Cichello and Katie Cella)
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3. Upcoming Events:
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January 28 - Dinner and Presentation with Tom Lewis/Larry Hott
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"Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life.
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February 11 - Dinner and Lecture Classics Professor Charles Segal
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February 22 - Induction Dinner scheduled for February 24
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Invitations to apply mailed out January 22 to Class of 2002 Dean's List.
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March 10 - Tentative Greenhouse dedication
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April 28/29 - Academic Festival
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Michael to announce it at the next faculty and academic staff meetings.
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Social events: bagel brunches, field trips, informal gatherings; student committees may have other plans in the works
4. Logo:
- The College Relations office should have the logo ready in a few weeks.
5. Admissions: Class of '03
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Reading of files
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April 15-16 ACD & evening event ( Dinner at the Surrey)
6. Advising Students: re continuing membership in the Forum
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70 students
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1 transfer
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2001 30 students
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2002 40 students
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25% of the class of 2001 did not meet the required GPA
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38% of the class of 2002 did not meet the required GPA
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The Council to advise students re: limited co-curricular participation and academic profile; the mechanism for advising was discussed and established (fac/staff on the comm. will meet individually with those struggling academically, otherwise individually or in groups)
The Council will meet weekly thru February.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00; next meeting will be Monday, February 1 at the Staff/Faculty
Lounge.