FACULTY MEETING: MARCH 3, 2004

Announcements(Schwitters)

-All groups/faculty will receive bills from the department asking for donations to help pay for recruitment weekend.
-85 offers were made to US students. There were 260 applications from international students. They have not yet made all of their decisions yet about the international students.

Recruitment Weekend (Fitzpatrick)

Weekend of March 13-14. There will be around 35 US students. The format will be similar to last year's, with student lectures and overviews of the research groups in the morning on Saturday. The turnout of the faculty is very important, perhaps the most important factor in the students' decisions about whether to choose UT. Dr. Fitzpatrick urges the professors to email him to tell him when they will be around on Saturday.

Ken Shih

Dr. Shih has decided to stay at UT. He was offered a position at Michigan State University which he declined.