Minutes from meeting of
February 18, 2002

Call to Order 6:37

no representative
originally asked for $2-3000
planning huge conference
considered funding for $1000 w/ option to come back depending on how outside money works out

requesting $505
much lower numbers last time b/c of $15 charge
two year long program of workshops consisting in 6-8 people working on dissertations
open to all departments

last year very successful; attendance ~100
Budget: Catering $1500; Publicity $600; Correspondence $200; Supplies $200; Honoraria $500; Materials $500 = total $3500
Speaker Pynke Gohaner-Lyles
Theme: Black Women: Our Hope for Tomorrow
Funding from the Provost of International Affairs
trying to make multicultural links with other women of color and reach out to larger university community
expecting maybe 200 participants Requesting $1000 Have ~$2000 committed from other sources

Robert unable to be here
You can fund BWL conf as much as we'd like; $1500 cap for rel. studies; $500 for the WC would be fine - if we spent all that plus the money for the research fair and the party, we'd be done for the year
surplus is $5-6000
WC for $505
BWL $1000

via email re: informed retraction failed at last honor meeting; one of honor committee reps got it put on the StudCo agenda so it will go to referendum
Kelly: we should take a position on this before the issue goes to vote.

Erika Bryant - Chemistry
new format for meetings; 7:15 Tues leaders from the community come to speak about things that are going on in StudCo meeting room on 3rd floor
summer scholarship $1000 applications available outside StudCo office
further attempts for us to get an office

fellowship apps due
increase in grad dissertation fellowships
Dean Osheim will be going back to being a professor - the New Dean of Research and Graduate Studies is Peter Brunjes in Psychology

SHIC: can't say much at this point.
Athletic department: nothing to report
Party: Thurs. 9-1; coupon system; no entrance fee, so if you don't drink, no fee. $2.50 Coupons, $3 after; Darden $500; Bio-sci maybe $300
Dial-up petition: petitions are coming in; faculty displeased with discontinuation of service; deans are not happy
Research fair: Need volunteers; posters; need judges 2-5 (or less) on March 7th; 23 grad students registered so far

none

Meeting adjourned 7:55pm