Reformed Presbyterian Minutes of Synod 1995 - Rparchives.org

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 73post-graduate program which would focus on some area of Christianperspective of jurisprudence.The Center for Law and Public Policy shows continued growth both innumbers and impact under the leadership of Brad Jacob, Director ofOperations. At its April meeting the Board approved a final version of astatement of Affirmations, Commitments and Mission for the Center.With campus visitation completed in the Fall of 1994, the Collegeadministration expects word on its application for ABET accreditation thisSummer.New faculty and staff appointments for the 1994-95 academic yearinclude: Mrs. Lori Galley as Assistant Professor of Business Administration,Dr. Seong-Hwoon Kim as Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, MissJackie Myers as Associate Director of Athletics, Associate Professor ofPhysical Education and Head Women's Basketball Coach, Dr. PhilippaThomson-Bailey as Assistant Professor of English, and Dr. Fred Walters asAssistant Professor of Biology. A successful search has been completed in theEducation Department resulting in the appointment of Miss Essie Johnson asAssistant Professor of Education, to be effective in the Fall of 1996, as wellas Mr. Gary Vander Plaats as Assistant Professor of Accounting.Three faculty resignations took place during the past academic year.Bruce Miller retired in December from the Math Department. Retiring at theend of the 1994-95 year are Mary Cleland from the Library and JohnMitchell from the Business Department.BUSINESS/DEVELOPMENT RELATED AREASThe operating budget adopted for 1994-95 showed general fundrevenues of $20,969,500 and general fund expenditures of $20,846,500.In spite of careful budget preparation and prudent expenditures there is ananticipated deficit in the 1994-95 budget. Causes have been researched andseveral steps have been proposed or taken to alleviate the problem and toprevent future occurrences of similar difficulties.A number of campus improvements continue including the installation ofinitial conduit to handle the Internet connection, Phase II of the revision ofthe campus electrical distribution system, installation of new windows inMemorial Hall and new lights in Reeves Stadium, renovation andimprovements of Patterson House, the Bookstore, the Athletic Office andsome classrooms.At the January and April meetings, a Master Plan for CampusDevelopment was presented to the Board with suggestions for both short andlong term improvements. A major factor in this development is the reroutingof Route 18. Progress continues on this project with a decisionpossible in August.In order to facilitate many of these anticipated improvements, the Boardhas authorized a five-year Capital Campaign titled "Keeping Faith with theFuture" with a goal of $20,000,000 to be run in connection with the 150thanniversary of the College. The revenues from the campaign are to be