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President's Advisory
Council :: Minutes
PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL
June 20, 2006
Minutes
Present: Alcorn, Clapp, Fowler, Hudson,
Jaso, C. McGuill, Meyer, O’Connor, Simons, Ward, Wu
Absent: Blackwell, Brockman, Cain,
Goodson, Hernandez, Jacob, Kvinta Jr., McCrohan, J. McGuill,
Murphy, Rollins, Russell, Saxon, Schaefer, Thomas, Walker
I.
Organizational Business
A.
Approval of Minutes – Chair, Randy Clapp called the
meeting to order. The minutes from the March 29, 2006 PAC
meeting were approved as written.
B.
Report from Nominating Committee – Mr. Clapp, Chair,
Nominating Committee, presented two nominees for new
membership: 1) Regina L. Morales, Director of Economic
Development for the City of Sugar Land, 2) Lance LaCour,
President / CEO of the Katy Area Economic Development
Council, Inc. (KAEDC). New member terms will expire in 2009.
C.
Regent Morgan Dunn O’Connor moved to approve all
nominees as presented for membership and Linda Ward seconded
- Motion Approved Unanimously.
D.
Election of Officers – Regent O’Connor moved to elect
Linda Ward as Chair and Susan Cain as Vice Chair of the
President’s Advisory Committee for the fiscal year 2007 and
Celena McGuill seconded - Motion Approved Unanimously.
II.
Presidential Update – Tim Hudson, President
Dr. Hudson updated PAC on the staff raises that are
scheduled for January, instead of September and that the
raises are contingent upon enrollment and growth and are
merit-based. The upcoming staff raises are being provided
by UHV as the state had excluded university employees from
the salary increases approved in the legislature.
Dr. Hudson informed PAC about the proposed future UHV
internet access detailing LEARN (Lonestar Education and
Research Network) that will provide a high-speed network
infrastructure within the state for connections to the
Internet, Internet2, and other research networks. He also
announced that UHV may be initiating baseball and softball
programs at the NAIA level and that these programs would
attract and support new students.
Dr. Hudson then spoke on the trip to Egypt with the deans
and passed around pictures. He also added that the Mexico
news conference in May regarding the agreement with
Universidad International, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico went
well and the MBA program will start in the Fall or Spring of
FY 07. Regent O’Connor complimented the university on the
commercials advertising the studying abroad program.
Dr. Hudson announced that he would be attending the American
Association of State Colleges and Universities, Summer
Council of Presidents in Santa Fe, New Mexico on July 15th.
He also announced that he had been asked to take a seat on
the West Houston Association Board, representing UHS.
III.
Budget Update/Tuition Discussion – Wayne
Beran, Vice President of Finance and Administration
Wayne Beran
announced to PAC that the university was funded 100 % of the
22.9 million asked. He provided a handout on the Total
Project Budget and funding for the FY 2006-2007. The total
amount for the new construction is $54,200,000 and total
amount being funded is $44,953,000. The projects that are
being funded are the UHS-Sugar Land Building, the Regional
Economic Development Building, and the Allied Health
Building. Regent O’Connor announced that Geanie Morrison
and her staff were to be thanked for all their hard work.
Mr. Beran then stated that UHV was the only institution that
received a budget for 3 projects.
IV.
Academic Update – Don Smith, Provost
Dr. Smith
announced that he would be covering for Dean Bullock, Dean
Stansell, and Dean Di Leo. Dr. Smith gave a brief overview
of each school.
School of
Business: Enrollment was up 9% officially, exceeding the 5%
expectation and the hiring and replacement of faculty
positions have been completed.
School of
Education: The Nursing Department has hired three new
faculty members and are interviewing for the fourth. The
VOICE program has been a great success.
School of
Arts & Science: Enrollment was up 20% officially and the
fall Intra-Session offerings would be larger than
anticipated. The American Book Review is coming to UHV and
an ad will be forthcoming. Dean Di Leo will be the editor
and UH will be collaborating with UHV.
V. Advancement Update – Richard Phillips,
Associate Vice President, University Advancement
Mr. Phillips
reported on the receipt of recent donations from South Texas
Higher Education, the Tracy Foundation, the Sunrise Rotary
and others. Mr. Phillips advised PAC that Dr. Hudson was a
UH System leader in fundraising. Mr. Phillips also noted
that there has been 1 million pledged and $269, 000
proposals towards the nursing program.
VI. Student Senate Update – Danny Ochoa,
President, Student Senate
Mr. Ochoa reported that the new Student Senate
officers had been officially installed and would hold their
first meeting July 14th. He noted that their
goal was to work toward making Student Senate as inclusive
as possible and mentioned that a meeting in Sugar Land was
planned.
VII.
Faculty Senate Update – Dr. Sandy Venneman, President,
Faculty Senate
Dr. Venneman,
as Faculty Senate President, updated PAC on the progress of
the provost search. She explained that the three
candidates’ campus visits have been completed and that they
hope to come to a decision soon. Dr. Venneman announced
that the mentoring program for junior faculty is going
well. She also described to PAC what the summers are like
for the faculty members in each individual school.
Dr. Hudson
announced to PAC that Dr. Venneman is the first to receive
the New UHV Distinguished Faculty Service Award.
VIII. Discussion
Dr. Hudson
thanked outgoing PAC members, Nancy Blackwell and Beverly
Russell for their service. Mr. Clapp informed PAC members
that for future meetings a brief report will be requested
from each member. Mr. Clapp called to adjourn the meeting
after thanking all for their attendance and participation.
Submitted by: A. Bagwell |
