Present: Paul Sestak, Dan Rich, Pamela Brown, Nancy Brickhouse, Kathleen Minke, Chris Clark, Barbara Curry, Janet Hethorn, Bahira Sherif, Michael Gamel-McCormick, Kristine Ritz, Kim Yackoski.

Excused:  Jo Fitzpatrick, Sylvia Brooks, Pat Sine.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Sestak at 12:03. 

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion to approve the Minutes of December 13 : Gamel-McCormick, second: Sherif, vote: unanimous. 

CHAIR'S REPORT

• Chair Sestak noted that the current meeting would focus primarily on the CHEP Planning Report.  He announced that a draft of the document wiould be placed on the CHEP web page on April 6, 2001.

 
• Chair Sestak reported that the second CHEP college forum will be April 20, 3:00 p.m. in Willard Hall Education Building, Room 007.  

• Committee on Committees 
  
  • No report 
    
    
• College Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 
 
• No report 
  
  
• College Graduate Curriculum Committee 
  
• The committee has not met since the last Council meeting. It was noted that the HRIM masters program is moving through the University process and it is anticipated that the program will receive approval by the end of the year.

Dean Rich reported that the Middle States Accreditation process is underway.

• CHEP Planning Report Update
• Dean Rich led the discussion of the draft CHEP Priorities document. The document outlines four priorities for CHEP for the next five years. The priorities are: 1) enhance undergraduate education for all students in ways that better reflect the college mission; 2) strengthen CHEP graduate education in ways that focus on student success; 3) increase programmatic and collaborative research and scholarship that is integrated with instruction and service; and 4) extend programs of public, professional, and comunity service that benefit our communities and are integrated with instruction and research. Enabling objectives and progress indicators (for the years 02, 04, and 06) are included in the document.
  
  
• Dean Rich encouraged council members to offer additional comments and suggestions over the next few weeks. The draft will be revised based on the comments received and it will be available for the entire community to review on April 6. The document will be discussed by the CHEP community at the College Forum on April 20.
  
  
• Chair Sestak encouraged council members to consider the role the council should play in addressing priorities

• No new business on the agenda..

The meeting was adjourned at 1:29 pm. 
Minutes submitted by Kathleen Minke (minke@udel.edu, Ext. 1648 ); thanks to Bahira Sherif for taking notes at the meeting.