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September 7, 2011 - Board Minutes - 2 D. Approved Staff and Chair Appointments Name Title Effective Alexander Bolorin Student Support Initiatives Specialist Grade I 9/1/11 Daniel Burke Dolores Jones Dawn Lowe Technical Assistant for Admissions, Grade I 9/1/11 – 1/31/12 Technical Assistant for Student Support Initiatives, Grade I 9/1/11-12/31/11 Financial Aid Technical Assistant, Grade I 7/19/11 E. Approved Management Confidential Appointment Name Title Effective Heather Perfetti Vice President for Academic Affairs 7/5/11-8/31/12 F. Approved Staff/Chair Resignation Years of Name Title Service Effective Michael C. Roe Director of Admissions and 11 8/26/11 Recruitment IV. PRESIDENT’S REPORT- William Richards ‣ President Richards and college community are looking forward to AY 2011-2012. ‣ This was another banner year for facilities area, and a review of the college-wide projects follows: Renovation of the Tower Building should be finished in January 2012 The renovation of the Greenhouses are delayed, and the dedication has been moved from October to April 19, 2012 No delays are anticipated for the Lab School or the Center for Architecture, Science and Engineering (CASE) The parking garage on Wawayanda Avenue will be completed on time with a gain of 300 new parking spaces. The Harriman parking lot will be off line during the CASE construction and 30 parking spaces will be lost. The lot behind the Christine Morrison House gained 30 spaces this summer. ‣ The 2011-2012 budget is flat since NYS funding decreased by 10% and county funding increased by 2%. The College has identified $700,000 in reduced spending, e.g. conference travel, maintenance, subscriptions and delaying vacancies though January 2012. These cuts will not harm the College’s mission in academic affairs and student services. Budget discussions with the County for 2012-2013 will begin earlier next year to allow for improved negotiations. ‣ Interim Chair of the Science and Engineering Department John Wolbeck received international recognition for his contribution to a research paper entitled “Climate Control of Terrestrial Carbon Exchange across Biomes and Continents.” The Norbert Berbier-MUMMM International Award was presented by the World Meteorological Organization, an agency of the United Nations. ‣ The ceiling of the Newburgh Great Room in the Kaplan Building is the focus of an advertorial that appears in the September issue of “The Architectural Digest” magazine. ‣ On 9/15 in the Gilman Center, Professor John Wolbeck will present a lecture entitled “Engineering the Flying Machine and the Flight of the Vin Fiz” about the evolution of flight and the development of the airplane. Wolbeck will discuss Cal Rodgers who flew his Vin Fiz on the first US transcontinental flight in 1911
September 7, 2011 - Board Minutes - 3 ‣ On 9/17 Professor John Wolbeck and the architectural students will attend a 100 th Anniversary ceremony at the Galleria commemorating the first cross country flight. The students’ Vin Fiz replica will be on display and eventually will hang from the ceiling of the new CASE building. ‣ The College received a very generous donation ($125,000 from a charitable trust and $664,000 for unrestricted scholarships) from the Estate of George Shepard. The memorial for Dean George Shepard has been rescheduled for 10/14 at 4 pm in the Shepard Center. ‣ The College will receive the Orange County Chamber of Commerce Green Business award for the Newburgh Campus on 10/26 at the Falkirk Golf Club. ‣ Today’s new trustee orientation will be postponed. ‣ The College received a generous monetary gift from the SUNY Orange Foundation to install a wireless system on the Middletown campus. ‣ The Middle States accreditation process will begin shortly and continue for one and a half years. Committee co-chairs include Vice President for Academic Affairs Heather Perfetti and Institutional Planning, Assessment and Research Officer Christine Work. VPAA Perfetti brings a wealth of information to this process since she has been involved with Middle States for a number of years. Trustee Joan Wolfe will represent the Trustees. They will engage the college community and the outside world to look deeply and thoughtfully at the criteria required by Middle States. ‣ Enrollment this semester is flat. The Newburgh campus enrollment increased by 8%. Trustee Mokotoff requested enrollment demographics. She also noted that the College should be more welcoming to transfer students. Discussion continued. ‣ Tomorrow at 1:15 pm Governor Cuomo will visit the College to view the 9/11 memorial and attend the ceremony in the Shepard Center. Trustees who wish to attend should arrive by 12:45 pm. V. REPORT OF THE COLLEGE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM 1. Despite the earthquake, the first Assembly meeting of the year was held in the Great Room of Kaplan Hall. This was a good opportunity for the Middletown faculty to see Kaplan Hall. 2. A main focus of last year’s work in our shared Governance was creating a system that would represent one College at two campuses. The ad hoc committee on governance recently received the report on this topic. The report will be brought to Assembly for discussion and a vote in October or November. The remainder of the academic year will be spent revising the Governance By-laws. Implementation is anticipated in the fall 2012 semester. 3. Most recently, Governance has been dealing with the fallout from a federal mandate; this mandate affects our academic policy. Governance has put this on the fast track so that our shared governance system has voice in the academic grading policy affected by the mandate and ensures that the College has time to meet compliance requirements. VI. REPORT OF THE STUDENT TRUSTEE – None ‣ Student elections are scheduled during the week of 9/12. As soon as the election results are verified, the trustees will be notified. The new Student Trustee’s term will commence with the November board meeting. VII. OLD BUSINESS – None
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