Present: Susan Coultrap-McQuin (presiding), Mary Beth Bell, David King, Lanny Karns, Linda Rae Markert, Rhonda Mandel, Yvonne Petrella, Sara Varhus
Guest: President Deborah Stanley

1. President Stanley joined the groups for a discussion of current topics in Academic Affairs, including accreditation and retention. We also discussed the Campaign Launch.

2. Director, Research Administration and Development: We discussed the first draft of the ad for a new director of ORSP with responsibilities for promoting faculty and student scholarly and creative activities. Several suggestions were made. The draft will be reviewed by SCAC, ORSP, and others as a search committee is created.

3. Quest and Honors Convocation: We discussed the timing of last year's Honors Convocation and the alternative of having it on Wednesday evening, instead of Friday. We agreed to consult various groups. including Quest, which would be affected by the decision.  (A subsequent meeting of affected groups led to the decision to have the Honors Convocation on Friday, April 21 at 3pm and to encourage faculty participation by tickets and other means.)

4. Student Affairs Committees: we discussed the request for faculty membership on student affairs working groups and decided to suggest that the FA Admissions and Student Services Council should be encouraged to be involved.

5. Other: we briefly discussed the upcoming DSI meeting with committee chairs and the upcoming Academic Affairs agenda.  Deans are discussing the online reporting process with department chairs. When those discussions are complete a letter from the Provost will announce this year's implementation.

-Adjourned