Committee members provided updates on their individual work:

Lambert reported on the work of the Institutional Purpose Committee (Section 2) and the intended timetable for bringing the issue to a faculty meeting (November) and to the Board of Trustees.

Weiss reported that his investigation and meetings with resource persons relevant to Section 1 have been completed and that a draft of Section 1 has been prepared. Resource persons have been very helpful. When all supporting documentation has been assembled, he will revise the draft and distribute to the Committee. The Committee will then review the chapter and documentation at a meeting(s) near the end of fall semester. Work is continuing on Section 3.

Ergle and Lynch reported that work on Section 6 is going very well and that resource persons have been very helpful.

Wilson, Steehler, and Wisnefske reported that work on Section 4 also is going very well and that their contacts have been very helpful.

Hakkenberg and Umberger also reported that work on Section 5 is going very well, and, like the others, they have met with complete cooperation. Umberger inquired about the reporting protocol for programs or changes that might be occurring at the college in the semester of our visit or the following semester. Weiss responded that: (1) our focus should be on the college as it exists at the time of the self-study, (2) that we should be open about any prospective or possible changes, and (3) that he will add this question to others that he will inquire about at the SACS annual meeting.

All agreed that work is proceeding on course, that most of investigation/collection of documentation will be completed by the end of fall semester, and that committee review of Sections 2 - 6 will occur early in spring semester.

The meeting ended at 3:55 p.m.

GLW