Senate Snapshot
1/18/08

Welcome back to school!

Brian Christenson and I attended the first two days activities during Higher
Education Week in Boise on 1/14-15. On Monday evening we co-hosted the
Legislative Reception along with BSU, ISU, UI and NIC. It was a great
opportunity to meet and greet legislators, higher education faculty and
administrators from the other schools. The legislators were interested in our
priorities here at LCSC and we also learned about some issues they are looking
at this legislative session. The President’s JFAC presentation on Tuesday
morning was very well received by the committee.

Remember the Idaho Human Rights Day activities on 1/21. The event starts
at 6p at Pioneer Park. A procession will end at the LCSC Activity Center
where Rev. Happy Watkins will speak at 7p. Thanks to Chris Riggs for letting
us know about this special event.

Many of you have been involved in the NorthWest Colleges and Universities
Accreditation self-study preliminary work. The first group work has been
completed and group leaders have reported to the Provost. The next phase
will be writing the first draft of the self-study. The Provost will give group
leaders a template to follow. If you were part of a group you will be hearing
more about this next phase soon. The group meetings are getting underway
now. 

All of our Senate meetings this semester will be in SGC room 41.

Early this semester I would like to review the Senate priorities we developed
last fall during our retreat. If you chair or are on a committee of the Senate
please take a look at the priorities to determine the progress we have made
and next steps.

  Susan Odom