Campus Assembly Minutes
December 9, 2003
1. Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the November 4, 2003 Campus Assembly were approved as posted on the Assembly Website.
2. Presidents Update
a) Welcome: Dr. Lund introduced and welcomed the new Director of Student Activities and Hoke Center, Jeffrey Dunbar.
b) Thank you: Dr. Lund mentioned that she enjoyed the social time with students last night at the late night dessert. There were one hundred and fifty plus students and leftovers were passed around to labs that were in session and dorm rooms. Dr. Lund also thanked everyone for attending the Open House last night.
c) Partnership: Dr. Lund mentioned that there was a nice article in the Observer announcing the partnership between OIT, OUS, EOU, the City of La Grande, and OHSU's School of Dental Hygiene. We are moving forward with this great program and opportunity.
d) Presidential Transition Team: The team will be available to Dr. Fatemi for a full year on an as need basis. Bill Grigsby is the liaison to the Executive Committee. Lee Lindsey and LeeAnn Case will be updating Dr. Fatemi on our budget situation next week. Dr. Fatemi has asked that everyone hold off on other business emails until he arrives. Cards are welcome. While Dr. and Mrs. Fatemi are here, there will be several receptions and meetings. If you have questions please contact Donna Heinzman or Tim Seydel.
e) Enrollment/Retention: Dr. Lund gave an overview of the current numbers indicating that we are down some in total enrollment at the end of 4 th week. For winter term we have removed the tuition plateau. We are watching registration carefully. Retention is just as important as enrollment. Last fall we were up 8%. Currently we do not have a figure to compare, but the figures indicate that there is not a lot of variation from the 4 th week and other OUS campuses. PSU is growing, UofO is showing a slower growth, WOU was good in the fall.
f) Performance Indicators: Dr. Lund mentioned that the performance indicators are on the web at www.eou.edu/aca/performance . There are seven indicators of which we only brought out four. We definitely have room for improvement. A brief discussion took place.
g) Budget Update: Dr. Lund touched on three points:
1) Financial Exigency – we will not need to declare. We are currently looking at the potential budget cuts, reallocations and the University's fund balance.
2) EOU's future success – the EOU community must and is planning for the future success of the University. We need to focus on keeping doors open and use to capacity the new science building. This type of planning will involve change. We have been projecting on a 4% enrollment growth and a 10% tuition increase. In addition we have the big uncertainty of the Feb 3 vote and PERS and health benefit issues.
3) 2004-05 – there are no proposed program reductions at this time. However, we are looking at the possibilities of staff reallocations. There will not be any tenure track eliminations.
h) Accreditation Report: Dr. Lund indicated that the report has been received but is not currently available for public disclosure. Dr. Lund thanked Sarah Witte and Tom Hoffheinz for their hard work. The Accreditation Team was very impressed.
i) Info-line postings: Dr. Lund mentioned that infoline is unavailable for posting. There is current discussion regarding just what it is to be used for.
j) Java City vs. Jitters: Dr. Lund mentioned that a discussion took place with Chris Ellison, food service director, regarding issues. It was mentioned that Java City is open until 9:00 p.m. feel free to use the Jitters area for collaboration and visiting.
k) Giving Trees: Dr. Lund reminded the campus assembly of the giving trees that are up in various locations around campus. The presents are starting to roll in but there are still a lot of tags on the trees.
3. Provosts Update
a) EPCC – Dr. Miller mentioned that there are new forms and documents for the EPCC process
b) Advising Council – Dr. Miller mentioned that the Advising Council is collaborating with various departments in Student Affairs.
c) Catalog – Dr. Miller mentioned that the 2004-06 Catalog is going to be very different. There will not be as much campus information as before. However, we will be publishing it and also having it available on-line.
d) Joint Board Articulation Committee Meeting – Dr. Miller mentioned that he and Dea Hoffman attended the JBAC meeting last week. It was very informative. There is a movement to move to a common core curriculum focusing on outcomes. Community College students leave before they receive an Associates degree. Twenty-eight out of fifty states have adopted the common core curriculum.
e) Academic Standards Committee – Dr. Miller mentioned that he met with the Chair of the Committee and discussed the I, W, add, and withdrawal issues that have surfaced.
f) Mission – Dr. Miller mentioned that Rob Davis will be presenting the latest to the Assembly later today.
g) University Center Grant – Dr. Miller mentioned that he has been working very attentively with local government to bring back the University Center Grant at no cost to EOU. We are discussing the possibilities with EOCCC partners and support from state and federal government.
h) Business Summit – Dr. Miller mentioned that he and Tim attended a business summit that focused on the vision of higher education.
i) OHSU Partnership – Dr. Miller mentioned that he met with Dr. Dorsa recently with the focus being joint appointments and recommendations to hire. There have been several fine research scientists identified. With this partnership, the Science Center will have many spin-offs with new ideas, discoveries, and research.
j) OSU and Ag Program Partnership – Dr. Miller updated the Assembly on the continuing relationship with OSU and the Ag program.
k) Collective Bargaining – Dr. Miller mentioned that a lot of hard work has gone into negotiations so far. Dr. Miller thanked everyone involved.
4. Discussion Items
a) Mission Statement – Rob Davis presented the newest version of the Mission Statement. A discussion took place. Rob Davis will take the comments and suggestions given back to the Committee for discussion and/or inclusion.
b) Committee Openings – The Chair of the Assembly, Nancy Knowles, discussed the openings that are currently available, indicating that nominations and elections will take place soon.
5. Action Items
a) EPCC Action Items
1) School of Arts and Sciences
A motion was made and seconded to accept the following changes:
• Course Name Changes
• MUS 112, MUS 114, and MUS 116 from “Aural Skills” (2) to “Musicianship” (2)
• MUS 430 from “Composition” (3) to “Arranging and Composition” (3)
• MUS 312, MUS 314, and MUS 316 from “Aural Skills” (1) to “Musicianship” (1)
• History of Western Music to Music History I, II, III
• In Course Credit Changes
• MUS 312, MUS 314, and MUS 316 from 1 credit to 2 credits.
• MUS 202 – World Music from 2 credits to 3 credits
• Core Music History Sequence from 4 credits to 3 credits per term
• MUS 421 – Studies in Ethnomusicology from 1 credit to 2 credits
Motion Passed.
It was mentioned that the next EPCC meeting will be held on January 13, 2004. Requests need to be submitted the 1 st Tuesday (January 6) for discussion at next meeting.
b) Election – The election for the Campus Assembly Secretary took place. Sue Cain will be the new Assembly Secretary, Welcome!
5. Five-minute access
a) Athletic Department Update – Rob Cashell gave an overview of the post-season awards for athletes indicating that the Cross Country men's team is ranked 10 th in the NAIA, women are ranked 21 st . Ben Welch has been named Region I Coach of the Year in the Men's Cascade Conference for eleven years in a row-Congratulations. Rob Cashell also mentioned that EOU's Dual Affiliation status will end fall 2004 at which time we will be NAIA only. We will know on Thursday whether or not football will be accepted to the Frontier Conference. Rob also gave an update on Coach Fenwick indicating that he is improving and has undergone his first series of treatments. Coach Fenwick sends his thanks for all of the kind thoughts and prayers.
b) Diversity Committee Update – Regina Braker mentioned that there are vacancies on the Committee, 1 administrative and 2 classified staff positions.
c) PCSW Update – Anna Cavinato mentioned that the membership has grown. The Committee has set three goals: 1) educate EOU about gender issues, 2) create a safer environment, 3) identify special needs for women. In addition, the Committee has formed a few sub-committees: 1) listening committee, 2) education committee, 3) community safety committee.
d) Women's Resource Center – Rosemary Powers announced that they have some grant money from the American Associate of University Women and have requested a grant from the vending committee for furniture. Some of the issues the Women's Resource Center has been working on include childcare on-campus, SAGE gender equity safe zone decal, non-traditional student tips on how to navigate school.
e) FAR Update – Jeff Dense gave an overview of the accomplishments of the student athletes. It was mentioned that graduation rates of athletes are being reviewed and tracked.
f) Major Fair – Sally Click reminded the Assembly what the Major Fair is all about and mentioned that this year the Fair was held in the residence halls. Sally thanked all that participated. The winner of this years Major Cup goes to the Math department – congratulations!
Meeting adjourned.
The next Assembly will be held on February 3, 2004.