The Minutes were read and approved by the Council.
1. Announcement:
Michael Arnush to meet with the new incoming President, Jamie Studley -
(any issues or concerns should be forwarded to Michael via email).
2.   Funding Policy draft to be revised by Anita and Jon.
     Discussion on the purpose - The Honors Forum has a modest budget to
support/co-sponsor activities, events and projects that contribute to the
intellectual quality of life on campus.  The Honors Forum expects that all
co-curricular programs that it supports will promote the mission and goals
of the Forum to its members and/or the College community at-large.
 Criteria and procedures - requests for programming funds are reviewed and
decided upon by the Honors Council.  Co-sponsorship support is determined
on the basis of program merit, demonstrated need and availability of Honors
Forum resources at the time of the request.
 Review Process - Requests for Honors Forum Programming Funds should be
made at least three (3) weeks in advance of the program date.
All proposals should be submitted to:  Michael Arnush, Chair, Honors Forum
Council.
- types of expenses:
 - Honors students planning major events
 - Faculty request for honors events, e.g. Field trip,
 - One major Honors event per semester
3.  Upcoming Events:
- 3/29/99 Greenhouse opening 'Mysteries of Amazonian Herbal Medicine:
Voyages of Discovery from the Jungle to the Lab" by Dr. Mark Miller.
- Pre-registration late March early April.
All Honors Forum members are allowed to pre-register for one         Honors
course. HFC faculty members will be available for advising.
Honors students who which to do an independent study in Honors
or will be overseas in the fall and wish to designate a course
as Honors should speak with Michael Arnush or Jon Ramsey.

- 4/14/99 - Gallery Talk with Ellen Levy, Saisselin Bldg.
- Accepted Candidates Days - 4/16, 19 & 23.
- 4/15/99 Dinner, Theater and Discussion, 6 - 10 pm - The Surrey Inn. The
evening begins with dinner and pre-theater
discussion with Carolyn Anderson, Chair of Theater Department,
continues with a viewing of the spring theatre production,
"The Skin of our Teeth".
 
- 4/23/99 - Honors Art History Symposium (Amelia Rauser)
4:30 - 6:30 pm - The Surrey Inn. Students pairs will offer
a comparative analysis of the difference between an object
they have researched in its original context of display
(i.e., an African mask as used in a performance), versus its
current display in a museum.  "The Object in Context".
- 4/28-29 - Academic Festival
Michael reported that we have 28 submissions for the Festival.
- 4/29/99 - Honors Convocation
- 5/5/99  - Picnic and tour at the Saratoga Battlefield
- 5/17/99 - Honors Forum Summer Workshop - The Surrey Inn.

Discussion on visible recognition for Honors Forum students who are
graduating seniors.

Other issues for Fall '99
- restructuring of the Honors Forum Council
- second opportunity for students to re-apply to the forum
The Meeting adjourned at 10:00am, next meeting April 5, 1999.

Respectfully Submitted,
Amelia Clarke