4.1 Presidents Report 4.1.1Report on Cabinet and Meeting with President ... 4.1.1.2Trent Lott Center: President indicated that the first floor will be completed but that a budget of between six and seven million dollars was currently needed to complete construction. .... 4.1.1.4Stadium expansion. Henry reported that Thames indicated that the shortfall for the stadium expansion would come from bonds and a bank loans. 4.1.1.5Foundation fundraising. Henry reported Thames indicated that the Foundation fundraising was going well, but there were no large donors and money is not coming in as fast as hed like. Thames indicated that fifteen million was raised last quarter. ... 4.1.1.9 Dr. Henry reported on the Presidential search process. He stated that the Search Advisory Committee was fully engaged by IHL board members and had numerous opportunities for input. SAC spoke to each of the finalists and all were strong candidates. Senators asked that Henry email Dr. Saunders and request a meeting with the executive committee. 4.2President-Elect report 4.2.1 Professor Judd opened a discussion about inviting Dr. Saunders to the Faculty Senate retreat. He was authorized to issue that invitation to Dr. Saunders....5.0
Committee Reports ... 5.2Administration and Faculty Evaluations: Dr. Oshrin reported on the response rate (n=364). Coast senators indicated that they were not able to evaluate Provost Grimes but were given evaluation forms for Pat Joachim. Henry indicated that evaluations of Thames were delivered to Commissioner Meredith. ... 5.6Faculty Welfare: Dr. Davis reported on working with Joan Exline and Russ Willis to set up a spreadsheet to evaluate salaries, SCHs, grants and other data. A discussion about dissatisfaction with FAR insued. ... 7.0 Old Business: Dr. Henry is to complete a draft concerning reflections of events in Faculty Senate at USM over the past five years.