Regrets were received from: C. St. Peter, H. Cazes, R. Rajala, C. Caws, L. Williams, R. Miles, J. Zwicky, G. Kuchar, C. Brunk, J. Lutz

1. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

MOTION: (R. Pickard, N. Galichenko )
"That the agenda for the meeting of the Faculty of Humanities be approved with additions (see 8a)." CARRIED.

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

MOTION: (P. Golz, N. Galichenko)
"That the minutes of the meeting of the Faculty of Humanities held on 20 April 2007 be approved." CARRIED.

3. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES - nil

4. DEAN'S REMARKS

a) The Dean informed members that the open-access, downtown course, University 101, has received a $10,000 grant from the Victoria Foundation for next year's operations. Special thanks to Karen Whyte, Lynne Marks, Kristin Semmens, Annalee Lepp and Elizabeth Vibert for all their hard work in obtaining this grant.

b) The Dean announced that the vote had been held on mandatory retirement at UVic and the framework for an agreement had been reached for ending mandatory retirement as of today. This is good news for departments who would have lost highly valuable and extremely knowledgeable members who wished to continuing their teaching, research and other contributions. However, there are also some significant short-term implications concerning space and budget with which departments will now have to grapple.

5. ASSOCIATE DEAN'S REMARKS

Dr. Carlin advised members that she will be available over the summer to discuss grant applications. She also mentioned that applications for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship and the Scottish Studies Faculty Fellowship will be accepted shortly. Dr. Carlin announced that John Esling of the Department of Linguistics was this year's Humanities Excellence in Research winner.

6. CORRESPONDENCE - nil

7. MATTERS INVOLVING CONVOCATION (L. Charlton, S. Butler)

a) List of candidates for degrees and diplomas (copies circulated at the meeting)
Mrs. Charlton and her replacement, Sue Butler, attended the meeting to answer questions should any particular issue arise regarding convocation. 357 graduates were on the list including 36 BA Honours degrees, 309 BA Major or General Program, 1 Honours B.Sc., 11 B.Sc. Major program, and 5 Diplomas with approximately 137 students graduating with distinction.

MOTION: (T. Haskett, P. Liddell)
"THAT the Faculty of Humanities recommend to the Senate that the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and the diplomas in Applied Linguistics and Humanities be granted to the candidates listed in the document circulated at the meeting; and that, if any error be discovered in the lists following the meeting of the Faculty of Humanities, the Dean and the Secretary be empowered to rectify such error." CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

b) Medal Winner
The Dean announced that the Faculty of Humanities Medal Winner is Jennifer Hyde, a student majoring in French with a minor in Hispanic and Italian Studies. Her graduating GPA is 8.56.

c) Students on the Dean's List
The top 10% of the graduating class will receive a letter indicating that they have been placed on the Dean's List.

d) Dean's Waivers
The Dean reported that so far there are no Dean's Waivers.

8) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

PRO FORMA MOTION: (T. Saunders, D. Russek)
"THAT the Faculty of Humanities approve the recommendations of the Committee on Committees regarding the membership of the Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee and the Committee on Committees." CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

a) REPORT OF THE HUMANITIES COMPUTING AND MEDIA COMMITTEE
Peter Liddell discussed the overview of changes and opportunities ahead now that his term as Director of HCMC was coming to an end. Dr. Elizabeth Grove-White will be taking over as Acting Director for one year, effective July 1, 2007.

9. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business it was moved by Simon Devereaux and seconded by Scott Woodcock that the meeting be adjourned at 3:05 p.m.

Dean Andrew Rippin, Chair
Jennifer Lefler, Recorder