Provost Claire Sterk took the opportunity of the Faculty Council’s first meeting of the 2014-2015 academic year to welcome new faculty, and she encouraged council members to visit the provost’s website to learn more about their new colleagues. She called on faculty to consider interdisciplinary opportunities as the implementation phase of recommendations presented by the Commission on the Liberal Arts begins in earnest. With the addition of new programs, including a master’s degree in environmental sciences and a neo-natal nurse practitioner program, Sterk also suggested that the council look closely at the role of master’s degree programs at Emory and the opportunities they present for the university.