Present:

• Joyce Almaguer
• Kathy Ensor
• Arthur Few
• Paul Harcombe
• Priscilla Huston (staff)
• Walter Isle (chair)
• Bill Leeman
• Donald Ostdiek
• Mark Wiesner
• Gordon Wittenberg

THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED:

1. Meeting dates

It was determined that Mark Wiener would not be available for the March 2^nd date schedule with the Deans of Natural Science and Engineering. Priscilla Huston agreed to go back to the Deans and try to find an alternative time. The schedule below represents the schedule following these negotiations.

Meetings for the Spring 1999 semester (as of 2-8-99) in 2014 Duncan from 9:15-11am unless otherwise noted:

Thursday, Feb 4 -- Sciences Division report

Tuesday, Feb 9 &emdash; Plan for Science and Engineering Deans

Thursday, Feb 18 &emdash; Review for Deans. Humanities and Social Sciences

Tuesday, Feb 23 -- Meeting with Dean Burrus and Dean Matthews in Dean of Engineering's Conference Room from 10:30-11:45am

Thursday, Mar 4

Thursday, Mar 18

Thursday, Mar 25

Thursday, Apr 8

Thursday, Apr 15

Thursday, Apr 22

Thursday, Apr 29

Thursday, May 6

Thursday, May 13

Thursday, May 20

2. Next Meeting

The purpose of the next meeting will be to plan for presentation and discussion with the Deans of Natural Sciences and Engineering. 

3. Natural Sciences Strategic Plan Assessment

Paul Harcombe led this discussion with support from Arthur Few and Bill Leeman. The distributed overview can be found on our internal committee website at http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pjh/epsc/SciRevFeb99.htm