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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFSTATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNINGSeptember 19-20, 200713I know you are looking forward to not traveling so much so you can spend quality time with yourhusband, daughters, and your two granddaughters. We wish you well in retirement.< I’d also like to formally introduce all of you to Dr. Jim Borsig. Dr. Borsig joined us last Thursday asour new Assistant Commissioner of Governmental Affairs and Special Projects. Many of you probablyremember Jim when he served Southern Miss as its Legislative Liaison back in 2000, as well asResearch and Development Coordinator at Mississippi State’s Stennis Institute in the early 1990’s.Most recently, Jim has worked in the Department of Corporate Information and Planning at the SouthMississippi Electric Power Association. Jim met with the legislative liaisons today, and will beinstrumental as we move toward this next legislative session. Jim, welcome aboard!< Speaking of the next legislative session, our Joint Legislative Budget Hearing is scheduled for nextTuesday, September 25, beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the Woolfolk Building, downtown Jackson. You allshould have seen the agenda—some of you are on it! Your Board Office is working on all aspects ofthe hearing, and we hope you will attend.of Southern Miss’ Dr. Joe Paul, MUW’s Dr. Bucky Wesley, and all themembers of our university community who served on the Tuition and Financial Aid task forces. Youheard their recommendations today, and I think you will agree that they have discussed some positive,innovative ideas toward increasing both accessibility and affordability in Mississippi’s higher educationsystem.< Part of encouraging Mississippi’s citizenry to pursue a four-year degree is directly tied to the leadershipwithin Mississippi’s schools and universities.< I’m pleased to report that the Mississippi Department of Education is taking the lead in putting togethera Blue Ribbon Committee for the Redesign of Leadership, much like Dr. House’s presentation to youlast month regarding the Blue Ribbon Committee for the Redesign of Teacher Preparation. Some of theindividuals serving on this new committee include Trustee Bettye Neely, Doc Foglesong, and otherMDE, IHL, and community representatives. The BRC for Leadership Redesign will begin meeting inOctober and is working in tandem with the SREB. Dr. House, we look forward to your keeping usabreast of the new BRC’s progress.< Also in October (October 7-9) is the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities’ (MAC)conference, hosted by Jackson State. The theme of the conference is “achieving enhanced studentretention and graduation rates in Mississippi post-secondary education.” System representatives willjoin individuals from our private and community colleges to discuss how Mississippi can achieve thisimportant mandate. Dr. Reggie Sykes will present a special session on the community college transferprocess, as well as how our institutions can better recruit Mississippi’s Phi Theta Kappa students. Ithink Reggie’s involvement in the MAC conference will be a positive step as we work to increase thenumber and quality of baccalaureate degrees in our state.< Another positive move in that direction is that student enrollment is up! For the first time inMississippi’s history, enrollment at Mississippi’s eight public universities has surpassed 70,000students. Preliminary Fall 2007 enrollment figures show an increase of 1.2% in the student population,up from 69,941 students in Fall 2006 to 70,800 students in Fall 2007. Mississippi has enjoyed thisupward trend for 13 consecutive years; a positive, necessary sign as we continue to compete in today’sglobal economy.< The time has come again for your third-annual Best Practices competition! Each year, your BestPractices competition helps develop and promote current best practices among our institutions so thatthe state’s financial resources continue to be efficiently and effectively managed. Institutions may enterin the categories of Academics; Finance, Business, and Administration; Student Services, and1111/13/2007
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFSTATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNINGSeptember 19-20, 200714Technology. First place winners receive $10,000; second place winners receive $5,000; paid from yourincentive pool. Entries are due Friday, October 19, and will be announced during your January, 2008Board meeting. Institutions are encouraged to visit www.mississippi.edu for details!< And finally, in good news from your institutions:< Alcorn State University’s School of Education and Psychology has proven its commitment toproducing quality teachers by achieving accreditation under the performance-oriented standardsof the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the organizationresponsible for professional accreditation of teacher education. Alcorn’s accreditation wasrecently re-affirmed through 2013.< Each year, Delta State University’s Madison Center honors the U.S. Constitution on or aroundSeptember 17, the original adoption date of the Constitution in 1787. This year, the MadisonCenter will welcome back to campus Delta State alumna Associate Justice Ann H. Lamar fora free lecture to the university community. Justice Lamar is the third woman to serve on theState Supreme Court.< Also in good news, in August, Jackson State University’s School of Engineering was accreditedby the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc., the recognized accrediting bodyfor college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and technology.JSU’s School of Engineering evolved from the Ayers higher education desegregation settlement.It opened in Fall 2000 and, per ABET requirements, began the accreditation process in January2006 after graduating its first class of students.< A September 22 nd ribbon-cutting ceremony will officially open Mississippi State's WelcomeCenter and the Cullis and Gladys Wade Clock Museum. The museum's 400-piece collectionrepresents the lifelong fascination of Cullis Wade--a 1940 MSU electrical engineering graduatefrom Bogalusa, LA--with timepieces, especially their internal mechanisms. Dating from theearly 1700s, the clocks and watches were purchased from throughout the United States andrepresent nearly every American manufacturer.< On Thursday, Sept. 27 th , presidential historian Michael Beschloss will speak during the 2007Welty Gala sponsored by the Mississippi University for Women Foundation. Beschloss is anaward-winning historian and the author of eight books including the acclaimed New York Timesbest-seller The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945. He serves as NBC News Presidential Historian and is a regular on PBS’s The NewsHourwith Jim Lehrer.< This Thursday, the Washington County Alumni Chapter at Mississippi Valley State Universitywill host a luncheon for all Valley student athletes in appreciation of their dedication to theirstudies and to the Delta Devils.< A novel animal model of clinical depression devised by a University of Mississippi researchpsychologist shows promise for better diagnosis and treatment of the syndrome and may resultin a technology patent for the university. Ken Sufka, professor of psychology and pharmacologyat Ole Miss, has been studying the connection between anxiety and depression for several years,seeking ways to better diagnose and treat clinical depression.< And finally, the University of Southern Mississippi School of Social Work Director Dr. MichaelForster recently received this year's Mississippi Conference for Social Welfare 2007 MeritAward for his contributions toward the field of social welfare and social services. Dr. Forsterwas nominated by his colleagues, who called him a “strong advocate for the state’s child welfareworkers.”1211/13/2007
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