Thank you to Hikaru Peterson, the new Undergraduate Program Coordinator, the current members of the undergraduate committee (Andy Barkley, Arlo Biere, Orlen Grunewald, and Cherie Hodgson), and to all of you have served directly on or provided input to the undergraduate program review process over the last two years.

Although the process should be continuous, the committee is seeking approval next Tuesday, September 6th, of the proposals resulting from the many, many hours devoted to the program review. Hikaru distributed a very complete and comprehensive set of documents early this morning that are ready for faculty vote. The committee provides an excellent set of recommendations to enhance the quantitative abilities of our incoming students, combined with a longer range goal of adding a more advanced class focusing on quantitative analysis and decision making in agricultural and applied economics. It is anticipated that the reformulation of our introductory quantitative courses will strengthen the continuing process of integrating quantitative, and especially computer-aided, analysis throughout our undergraduate program.

Please plan on attending the meeting next Tuesday. If you cannot be there, the committee still wants to hear from you with suggestions and hopefully a vote of approval for the proposed changes in the undergraduate curriculum.

Thank you.