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May 9, 2002, 2 p.m.
President’s Conference Room
Members Present: Carpenter, Choate, Harris (chair), Jared, McMillan, Zimmerman
Members Absent: Davis, Dillon, Hooper, Jackson, Klein, Russell
Others Present: Watson and Chambers
Chairperson Harris called the meeting to order at 2 p.m. She reported that a special telephonic meeting with the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) was scheduled today; therefore, President Bell was absent from the Staff Advisory Committee meeting.
Election of Officers
Motion by Ms. McMillan to nominate Ms. Jared as the chairperson for the 2002-03 fiscal year; Ms. Zimmerman seconded. Nominations were ceased, and Ms. Jared was elected chairperson.
Ms. McMillan made a motion to nominate Ms. Choate as vice chairperson for the 2002-03 fiscal year. The motion was duly seconded and nominations ceased. Ms. Choate was elected vice chairperson.
Other such matters
The committee reviewed the following idea/suggestion that referred to the SAC minutes of March 7, 2002:
Please give Tech employees another chance to vote/decide about the required annual days to be taken during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The last survey was in 1985 and the majority voted for one extra day at that time. It is believed there will be more than one negative response IF employees are allowed to vote again. Thanks for considering this request.
Ms. Chambers reported that the TBR has approved the holiday schedule for Tennessee Tech through 2004. The committee briefly discussed the suggestion and agreed to no action by the committee at the present time.
Remarks by President Bell
President Bell made the following remarks to the committee via a prerecorded message:
Budget situation—It has been an up-and-down year, with a lot of uncertainty in budgetary matters. And that uncertainty will continue through most of the summer. We will be dealing with program reviews, 120-hour reviews, cost containments, and hopefully new budgets.
A University Task Force has been formed to complete program reviews. Reports on program reviews will be due to the TBR on October 15.
With all these detriments, we are still moving forward on a number of important initiatives, like:
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A new residence hall—bids are in for the construction of the new residence hall complex, and actual construction should start in early June. The new residence hall is scheduled to open to students at the start of fall 2003. It will house a maximum of 360 individuals, including resident advisors for each floor and a resident manager.·
New scholarship endowments including a major gift from the Boeing Corporation·
Endowments for the President’s School in Information Technology·
Endowments for programs in information systems, computer science and computer engineering·
Endowments for the Challenger Learning Center that will attract students to Tech beginning in the fifth grade to study science, social science and mathematics·
A new building for the School of Nursing
The University’s tradition of excellence will continue to be the focus as we move forward. With your help we will continue in our endeavors.
Calendar changes—The University academic calendar has been altered slightly for the upcoming year. The revised schedule will allow us to better serve students during the registration period.
Award recipients—The following award recipients were recognized:
Ambassadors—April 2002, Kaye Loftis, secretary in the College of Engineering; May 2002, Jody Norton, word processor in the College of Business
Outstanding Professional Award—Lauren Neal, academic microcomputer specialist in Information Technology Services
Howard Love Outstanding Community Service Awards—Dr. Margaret Phelps, director of the Rural Education Research and Service Consortium, and Mr. Lucas Yeary, engineering student
TBR Innovation Awards—Dr. Marketta Laurila, associate professor of Spanish, Dr. Bonita Barger, assistant professor of Decision Sciences and Management, Dr. Srini Ramaswamy, chairperson of Computer Science, and Dr. Kristin Walker, assistant professor of English
Outstanding Faculty Service Award for 2001-02—Dr. John Harris of the College of Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Awards for 2001-02—Dr. Corinne Darvennes of the College of Engineering and Dr. Stuart Wells of the College of Business
Retirements—Recent retirement announcements include the following individuals:
Faculty
Dr. Robert Bode—College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Evans Brown—College of Education
Mrs. Frances Crawford—College of Arts and Sciences
Mr. Francis Elliott—College of Education
Dr. Walter K. Hood—College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Clayton Kerr—College of Engineering
Dr. Steve Khleif—College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Robert Martin—College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Elinor Ross—College of Education
Dr. William Schrader—College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Alan Slotkin—College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Harry T. Smith—College of Education
Administrators
Mr. Robert Freeman—Institutional Research
Mr. Billy Gaw—Admissions
Clerical
Ms. Jody Norton—College of Business
President Bell expressed his gratitude to all for helping to make the year successful. He stated that the hard work of students, colleagues and peers accounts for a major portion of the University’s success.
The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.
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