Present:  Michael Arnush, Sue Bender, Phil Boshoff, Allison Kupfer, Jon
Ramsey, Amelia Rauser, Anita Steigerwald
Absent: Steve Hoffman, Emily Levy, and Chris McGrath.

The Meeting began at 9:00 am, President's Conference Room
The Council approved the minutes for the previous meeting.
1.  Overseas Policy:
Final revised form for study abroad Honors experience was approved. This
will be published on the Honors Forum WebPages
(http://hudson2.skidmore.edu/academics/hfc/overseas.html).
2.  Memo to Community:
Michael met with Gerry Erchack, Ann Henderson and Jon Ramsey to discuss the
Honors Forum Curriculum:
-Departmental Courses - three or four credits
The curriculum currently contains courses designated 'honors' that are
single-section courses, single sections of multiple- section courses, or
one-credit add-ons. The memo will outline these and three other
opportunities: HF 100-300 one-credit stand-alone courses (topical
workshops, discussion groups, lab/studio experiences
or seminars); HF271/272 Honors Independent Study - variable credit
(independent research or project opportunity for unusually well qualified
first-year or sophomore students at 'honors' level); Honors Courses in
Overseas Programs - variable credit.
The memo will go out to the Skidmore community after the break.
3.  11/20 Monthly Meeting and other upcoming events:
--Meeting this Friday with HF students: students requested a meeting with
an academic tone, so the program will include three participants (Linda
Motzkin, Pat Trosclair, Rory McVeigh) leading a discussion on racism and
ethics.
--Monday, November 30 - A Roundtable Discussion of Arcadia, Fractals and
Points of View (Lary Opitz, Dan Hurwitz, Felice Frankel, Jay Rogoff, cast
of "Arcadia") - open to the public
--Wednesday, December 2 - Anne Turner and "Amahl and the Night Visitors"  -
open to the public.
--Thursday, December 3 - HF students are invited to an informal dinner
followed by a presentation by Prof. Joanna Zangrando and Krista Senator '99
on their summer 1998 collaborative research project.
--Dec. 3 - Opening of the Honors Forum students Art History Exhibit, Amelia
Rauser's AH101 Honors section.
--Wednesday, December 9 - Anne Turner, "Amahl and the Night Visitors" Dress
Rehearsal - open to the public.
--Friday, December 11 - The first-annual Honors Forum gala reception at The
Surrey.
4. Logo:
- Logos were submitted to Michael; the Council suggested that the logo that
was chosen go to College Relations for a more professional version for our
WebPages.
5. Summer Session II  (July 4 - August 8)
- The Office of Special Programs is inviting applications from Honors Forum
students to serve as resident advisors to the HS students resident on the
campus in the PASS and AP/Art programs. Michael sent out emails to
encourage HF students to apply. Jon reminded the Council that all Skidmore
students are eligible to apply.
Jim Chansky has invited us to offer an Honors course during SSII; Phil
offered to try to persuade either Tom Lewis or Alan Wheelock in the English
Department to participate.
6. Evaluation:
--Amelia Rauser and Sue Bender will meet with Fran Hoffman to design an
evaluation form for HF courses.
7.  Admissions:
Michael is scheduled to meet with Mary Lou and Tabitha of Admissions on
December 2 for the Honors Forum review of all applicants to the College.
Michael, Phil, Anita, Allison and Jon will be available for reading files
early Dec.
8. Proposals for Fall '98:
Two courses received approval as Honors courses for the fall semester:
PH103, BI190 (the Council recommends that the add-on be 60 rather than 90
minutes/week). Two courses require additional input from the proposers:
TH103, LSIV 037=PY1XX.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 am, next meeting is scheduled for December
2, 1998, PCR at 9 am.