The Meeting began at 9:00 am, Faculty/Staff Lounge.
The minutes for the previous were corrected and approved.
Michael welcomed Katie Cella to the council, our first official Honors
Forum student.

1.   Honors Forum applications -
142 students were eligible
38 students applied
Some of the applications did not meet Honors Forum standards, so the
Council agreed to give some students a second chance to articulate their
reasons for seeking membership in the Forum. The application process will
continue via email 'hfc-list' in order to select the accepted applicants.
2. Curriculum Committee Update:
 - AH101 - Art History:Survey - Katie Hauser - Approved
 - AN101N - not yet approved
 - BI190 - not yet approved
 - BI275 - was denied by CC
- CC can't approve as honors without any changes, because the course was
already approved as a regular course. They recommend that the course be
taught for a year.
 - CL220 - Classical Mythology - Leslie Mechem - Approved
 - CH107 - Inten Gen Chemistry - Vasantha Narasimhan - Approved
 - EC104 - Intro to Microeconomics-Course Offering,TBA -Approved
 - ED200 - Child Development - Pending - Ruth Andrea Levinson
- CC need more info on the Honors Component
 - EB105H - Expos. Writing - Barbara Black/Linda Simon -Approved
 - EN211H - Fiction - Linda Simon - Approved
 - EN303H - Peer Tutoring in Expos - Phil Boshoff - Approved
 - FF221  - 20th C. Literature - Lynne Gelber - Approved
 - FL263  - Fantastic in Fiction - John Anzalone -  Will not be offered as
Honors.
 - FS203  - Intens. Int. Spanish - Paty Rubio - Pending
 - GE113  - Dangerous Earth - Richard Lindeman - Approved
 - HI221  - American History to Civil War - Jennifer Delton - Approved
 - ID201  - LS1 Peer Tutoring - Michael Marx - Approved
 - MA111H - Calculus 1 - David Vella - Approved
 - PH103  - Intro to Philosophy - Frank Gonzalez - Approved
 - SO101  - Sociological Persp. Rory McVeigh - Approved

3. HF Member Stat:
 Katherine Hjerpe - Transferred
 Katelin Berkeley - withdrawn
 Rosalind Rolls - withdrawn
 
4. Other issues:
 Enrollment caps
 - Guidelines for honors courses
 - Caps as low was 8 and high as 25
 Proposals:
 - For regular meetings with students
 Subcommittees: -
        1) Academic: - Anita, Amelia & Katie
   Presentations for Independent Study
   Andrew Cencini and Kerim Odekon
  2) Academic Festival: - Amelia R. Chris, & Michael
  3) Admissions: Anita, Phil, Rory  & Michael
   - all 10's are being invited
   - 9's are being reviewed
   Meeting every two weeks.
  4) Mission Statement: Jon, Michael, Emily & Fran
  - Operation Code
   - Honors courses.
  - what constitutes an honors course
  - relationship between honors courses & regular courses
 
 Cum. GPA Vs. Course GPA discussed. Council decided to retain current policy.
The Meeting adjourned at 10:00 am, next meeting Monday, March 1,
Faculty/Staff Lounge.

Respectfully submitted,
Amelia Clarke, Secretary
Honors Forum