Attendance: Abraham, King, Klatsky, Pan, Silky, Vanouse.

1. Approval of Minutes. Minutes of Dec. 2, 2005 were approved as written.
2. Graduate Dean Report.
   1. Program director meeting will be held at least twice, possibly three times, in the Spring semester.
   2. Shared graduate program marketing material. The one page standardized marketing brochure is currently being created. The program directors will work with interns to fill in program content.
   3. Agency was identified and contracted to launch marketing effort to attract more MBA students internationally and nationally.
   4. Outside reviewers finished the on-campus visit. The council will need to revisit MAT Math program when the report is done.
   5. Potential evaluators are identified for reviewing English MAT program.
   6. Brief discussion over the issue of off campus instructional facilities.
   7. Brief discussion over the issue of offering more teaching assistantships to full time graduate students who will help professors to run sessions and labs.
3. Chair’s report
   1. The Chair will explore the possibility of inviting Dr. Pagano to talk to Graduate Council regarding “The Great Lake Center.”
   2. Committee members should be prepared to form a scholarship committee. The charges of the committee are to review applications for graduate student scholarships and to recommend the recipients of the scholarships. The deadline for completing the task is April 15th.
   3. The council approved CSC courses last semester. These courses will be reported to Faculty Assembly by Vanouse.
4. Old Business
   1. Review TED courses. The Technology Department did not have a representative present the meeting. The council asked the Chair to contact the department to make sure a representative will attend the next meeting when the council discusses the course proposals. The council decided to table the course proposals for next council meeting.
5. New Business

Meeting adjourned at 8:55.

Respectfully submitted by Ming-te Pan