Approval of minutes. The minutes for the meetings on December 5 and 12, 2007 were approved as amended.

Remarks by the Secretary. Professor Leslie reported that the dinner meeting, held on Tuesday, January 15, was devoted to the voting process. The next dinner meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 12. Professor John Bagger, from Physics and Astronomy, will be the guest. He will be speaking about HopkinsOne with a focus on its implication for academic issues.

Professor Leslie reminded the Council that the Faculty Assembly meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 13. Charlene Hayes, Vice President of Human Resources will be there to discuss benefit dollars and the Health Risk Assessment survey. Provost Johnson will also be on the agenda to discuss strategic planning and feedback on the restructuring of the Provost's office.

The proposal for a Master of Science in Engineering in Bioengineering Innovation and Design was approved.

The Council discussed proposed changes to the Academic Council Procedures (bylaws) reflecting changes to Council nomination and election procedures. Professor Dagdigian, chair of the Administration and Bylaws subcommittee, recapitulated the issue of how to tally the votes and two possible options-the modified Borda count and the Single Transfer Vote (STV). Because of the upcoming elections in the spring, all changes to the bylaws must be voted upon at the February 20th meeting.

It was reported from the Appointments and Promotions subcommittee that the following promotions and appointments were approved: 1) Dr. Saurabh Dube as Visiting Professor in Anthropology for 3/15/08-6/15/08; 2) Sheela Kosaraju as Lecturer in Computer Science for 1/1/08-12/31/08; 3) Brian Plow as Lecturer in English for 1/1/08-5/31/08; 4) Doug Sadler as Lecturer in English for 1/1/08-5/31/08; 5) Dr. Karen Milbourne as Visiting Assistant Professor in History of Art for 1/1/08-5/31/08; 6) Jane Kamau as Lecturer in Language Teaching Center for 1/1/08-6/30/08; 7) Aijun Zhu as Lecturer in Language Teaching Center for 1/1/08-6/30/08; 8) Rachel Moran as Lecturer in Language Teaching Center for 1/28/08-4/30/08; 9) Wally Coberg as Lecturer in Writing Seminars for 1/1/08-5/31/08; 10) Helene Poplyansky as Lecturer in German & Romance Languages & Literatures for 1/28/08-5/15/08; 11) Yeong Sung Suh as Visiting Professor in Mechanical Engineering for 3/1/08-2/28/09; 12) Dr. David Rosenbloom as Visiting Associate Professor in Classics for 7/1/08-6/30/09; 13) Dr. Timothy Besley as the Richard T. Ely Visiting Professor in Economics for 4/1/08-4/30/08; 14) Dr. Luciano Castillo as Visiting Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering for 1/15/08-7/15/08; 15) Dr. Anant Godbole as Visiting Professor in Applied Mathematics & Statistics for 2008/2009.

It was reported from the liaison to the Board of Review that the following appointments were approved: 1) Dr. Alexey Voinov as Principal Research Scientist in Geography & Environmental Engineering for 5 year period effective 1/1/08 and 2) Dr. Mehran Armand from APL as Associate Research Professor in Mechanical Engineering for 12/15/07-12/14/2010.

The Council considered a new checklist and a proposed sample referee table for ad hoc committees. A draft checklist, which was designed to ensure that dossiers are completed by the ad hoc committees before distribution to Council, was prepared for the Council's consideration.

There was a discussion on electronic materials and what may or may not be sent electronically. The council voted to establish as official policy that materials that are sent out electronically should not include confidential information.

The appointment of Dr. Aviel Rubin to serve on the Board of Review through August 31, 2009 was approved.

There were no reports from other subcommittee chairs or standing committee liaisons.

There was no open discussion or remarks by the Chair.

Remarks by the Deans. Dean Jones reported that Dr. Joelle Frechette, of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received an NSF career award.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 p.m.

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