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President’s Meeting 8/31/07

President’s Meeting 8/31/07. Enrollment. >385 new students >560 returning Budgeted goal 910 FTE Hard work by admissions Hard work by all in retention. Budget. 910 FTE budget goal Balanced budget in May Have added items since then due to needs brought about by success

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President’s Meeting 8/31/07

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  1. President’s Meeting8/31/07

  2. Enrollment • >385 new students • >560 returning • Budgeted goal 910 FTE • Hard work by admissions • Hard work by all in retention

  3. Budget • 910 FTE budget goal • Balanced budget in May • Have added items since then due to needs brought about by success • Have committed to a surplus budget if we exceed goal • Revised budget for BOT approval in October

  4. Capital Projects • Picket Hall • Saunders Gym • Paolozzi Center • New Dorms

  5. Programs • Nursing • Feasibility study underway • First part of report documented clear need and strong support from health care providers in region • Second part will deal with business model, i.e., is it affordable and/or what makes it affordable? • Then we go to curriculum design and begin approval process

  6. Branch Campus/Extension Site • Long sought an opportunity for a branch campus for “degree completion” • Working with Ed Alliance determined that “extension site” is probably best/simplest approach • Have worked with three CC at this point: Schenectady for CA, Finger Lakes for ES and Adirondack for RATE • Best opportunity short term may be Schenectady • Goal is to establish programs that will help us deal with demographic downturn of traditional age potential students.

  7. Follow-up from Spring • Waiting to hear from Franklin County DA • May empanel a Grand Jury • Aim is to convince involved students to come clean with law enforcement • May bring us back into the news • Tried to get DEC to ban alcohol on easement lands • Overall, received strong local support

  8. Wellness Committee • Co-Chaired by Elizabeth Stearns-Sims & Gail Gibson-Sheffield • Aimed holistically • Will have sub-group focused on alcohol and drugs • Again, strong, local support

  9. President’s Climate Commitmentwww.presidentsclimatecommitment.org • Signed in May-we were one of first • Now over 300 signatories • September 15 we begin countdown to meeting goals • Complete an emissions inventory within one year • Within 2 years, climate action plan to reach neutrality • Within 3 years, report GHG emissions and progress • Take immediate steps to reduce greenhouse gas by choosing from list of short-term actions, e.g., purchase wind power • Integrate sustainability into the curriculum • Make our plan, inventory and progress reports public • Must establish “institutional structure” for development and implementation of plan. • For now Environmental Resource Management Committee • Volunteers needed

  10. Faculty & Staff DevelopmentDegree/Credential elevation • Very pleased with response as we enter third year. • 5 faculty have entered program • We added funds for staff this year • 5 staff involved • Donor has committed $500,000 to endowment for faculty development fund

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