November 16, 2004
Present:
Boozer, Brown, Buchanan, Gulley, Taunton (for Barber), Baxter (for Pinkerman), Love,
Harrington, McDaniel, McClanahan, Myrick, Rowe, Sauter, Simmons, Stevens, Hartman,
Herring and Whitney.
Dr.
McClanahan opened the meeting with a prayer.
A motion was made by Dr. Buchanan to adopt the minutes of the September
meeting. A second was offered by Mr. Herring. The motion carried to adopt the
minutes.
Dr. Buchanan updated
the council on the football program. Applications are currently being received
for the head coaching position; 72 applications are in hand. The search committee will meet on December 1st
to receive their charge. Four games are
scheduled for fall 2006. Facilities’
planning is proceeding. Resurfacing of the field at Callaway Stadium is in the
bid process; the construction should take place in early spring 2005.
Ms. Whitney
advised that the budgeting process
is underway. Departmental budget
requests are due in early December.
Open enrollment for health
insurance is currently taking place through November 24th. Our health insurance coverage remained
stable with no increase in premiums and no decrease in benefits.
Dr. Boozer
reported on Institutional Effectiveness
expectations. He desires to meet
with all non-academic units to review of the status of the existing plan and
the content of the annual report. These
reports are due by Thanksgiving.
Dean Simmons
advised that workload reduction plans
for faculty are being examined as a part of the curriculum item of the
Strategic Plan. The committee is
currently looking at classes and class size.
Plans are in place to give an Undergraduate Research Award to a faculty
member and to recognize faculty and students involved in research.
Ms. Myrick
reports that Recruitment Plus is on
line and has imported 19,000 names of potential students. Letters are currently being generated. The Axiom-Banner bridge to Recruitment Plus
should be complete in January. Work on
new web recruitment tools should unfold in January-February.
President Gulley
reported that the conceptual work is completed on the new library, and a presentation will be scheduled shortly. The Board of Trustees and Advancement are
busy fundraising; the silent phase of the campaign is currently in process.
The next meeting
is scheduled for January 11th
at 3 PM in the Assembly Room of the Student Center.
Respectfully submitted,
Shirley Harrington