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Chairs & Faculty Meetings

2008/2009 Academic Year

Council of Chairs and Directors

Location: CAS 132, 685 Commonwealth Avenue

Dates	Division
November 5, 2008	All	Agenda		Minutes
December 10, 2008	All	Agenda		Minutes
January 14, 2009	All	Agenda		Minutes
February 4, 2009	All	Agenda		Minutes
February 18, 2009	Humanities	Agenda	Handout	Minutes
March 4, 2009 – CANCELLED	All
April 1, 2009	All	Agenda	Small Class Merit Info	Minutes
April 15, 2009 – CANCELLED	Social Sciences
May 6, 2009	All	Agenda		Minutes

Arts & Sciences Faculty Meetings

Location: CAS 522
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Dates
November 12, 2008	Agenda		Minutes
December 10, 2008 – CANCELLED
February 25, 2009	Agenda	Handout DRTS Info	Minutes
March 25, 2009	Agenda	Handout Eng Info PO Info	Minutes
April 29, 2009	Agenda	Back-up: Proposal to Revise English Major Back-up: Proposed Humanities Courses Task Force Report on the First Year Experience (PDF) Task Force Report on the First Year Experience (Word)	Minutes