1. In Howard Handelman's absence, John Lynch agreed to chair the meeting, which was called to order at 2:30 p.m. Committee members introduced themselves.
   
   
2. The HCC meeting minutes of April 12, 2005 were approved.
   
   
3. Director's Report.
   
   Baldassaro made the following announcements:
   
   * On September 14th, the Senate voted to approve faculty document #2505, a resolution to change the name of the "Honors Program" to "Honors College." The name change process was completed on September 20th when Provost Cheng sent a memo to UW System confirming her and the Chancellor's concurrence with the name change.
   
   * Anonymous donors again donated $6,000 to the Honors College for scholarships.
   
   * The Honors College and Honors College Student Association sponsor a number of events each year, including a new freshman orientation in September, writing and scholarship workshops, and two booksales. A summary of these events from 2004-05 was distributed; Baldassaro then reported on the events scheduled for this year. At the Honors College new freshmen orientation, 117 students attended-- another excellent turn-out; the writing workshops, presented by Lydia Equitz, were also well attended. The HCSA Booksale, scheduled for October 5-6, is always an excellent fund-raiser for the HCSA. Baldassaro noted that used book donations are needed for the booksale.
   
   * Baldassaro asked Kate Coffaro to report on other HCSA activities, as well as the scholarship workshop she organized. Coffaro reported that her scholarship workshop went well, with 15 students attending. The HCSA pizza party attracted 63 students, and the AIDS walk "HCSA team" raised $1500.00. The HCSA will offer two booksales this year, and will participate in the "Toys for Tots" toy drive.
   
   * Baldassaro informed the committee that the Honors College will be conducting a search in Philosophy this year to replace Scott Spiker, who will have fulfilled his three-year term as Bradley Visiting Assistant Professor by the end of the 2005-06 academic year. John Koethe (from the Philsophy Department) agreed to chair the search committee; other search committee members include David Southward, Lydia Equitz, Philip Lorenz, and an Honors College student.
   
   
4. Kim Romenesko explained the approval process for new Honors seminars and provided Faculty Handbooks and Course Description Books to members who wanted them.
   
   The titles below were approved by email between October 9, 2004 and September 29, 2005.

   Honors 200	The Question of Tragedy (P. Lorenz)
   Honors 200	Knowledge and Reality (S. Spiker)
   Honors 200	Descartes and Locke (S. Spiker)
   Honors 200	Revenge Plots (D. Southward)
   Honors 200	The Idea of the Nation in Modern History (A. Singer)
   Honors 200	The Idea of Progress in Modern European History (A. Singer)
   Honors 200	The Birth of the Modern: 19th Century European Social & Political Thought (A. Singer)
   Honors 680	Bodies-of-Power in Literature and Film (P. Lorenz)
   English 685	Thinking Through Narrative: Making Sense of Things That Happen (M. Bullock)
   English 685	Aslant & Askew: Unreliable Narration in Fiction and Film (C. Schuster)
   English 685	Bloomsbury and Modernism (1904-1940) (S. Roberts)
   English 685	Contemporary Commonwealth Fiction (G. Clark)
   Geosciences 381	Landscapes of British Literature (N. Lasca)
   Geosciences 381	Cuvier, Lyell, and the Interpretation of Earth History (M. Harris)
   History 398	Art, Politics, and Society in Modern France (D. Sherman)
   History 398	Pope John Paul II and the 20th Century World (N. Pease)
   Philosophy 381	Intelligence: Concepts, Content and Consequences (Bob Schwartz)
   Political Science 380	Law and Courts in America (E. Kaheny-Olson)

5. Kim distributed the fall 2005 Admission Report and fall 2005 Enrollment Report. New freshmen admissions and enrollment in Honors College courses remain strong.
   
   
6. The meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m.
   
   

Respectfully submitted by Kim Romenesko, Secretary