Senate Snapshot
2/29/08

Barbara Pierce, Security Director, will come to our Faculty Association
Meeting on 3/6 which starts at 3:15 in the Library TCC. She will be
giving us information about student/employee safety on campus and
answer faculty questions about security issues.

Please remind your faculty colleagues about the upcoming Faculty
Association meeting.

Everyone is invited to the Nursing/Health Sciences Building Groundbreaking Ceremony, Friday, March 7 at 10:00 AM

Agenda:

v      Welcome              Dene Thomas, President

v      Comments            The Honorable C.L. “Butch” Otter,
                          Governor of Idaho (Lt. Gov. Jim Risch)

v      History of Project  Tony Fernandez, Provost

v      Recognition   Legislative and Government Officials, Permanent
Building Fund Advisory Council, Division of Public Works,
Design/Build Team and Architects, Nursing/Health Sciences
Building Steering Committee, Nursing/Health Sciences Building
Public Advisory committee

v      Comments      Building Description-Chet Herbst, Vice President;
Design/Build Team Comments, Tom Zabala, AIA, ZGA Architects
and Tom McAlvain, President, McAlvain Design/Build; Nursing
and Health Sciences Division, Lori Stinson, Chair; Natural
Sciences and Mathematics Division, Matthew Johnston, Chair;
Associated Students of LCSC, Matt Smith, President; City of
Lewiston, Doug Havens, Mayor

v      Reception to follow the ceremony in Talkington Hall or, weather
permitting, on site.

Susan attended the State Board of Education meeting in Boise on
Thursday, 2/28. VP Herbst discussed Clearwater Hall, the LC residence
hall in downtown Lewiston. There may be an opportunity to purchase
the facility in the future. Currently, we rent the building. BSU, as the
SBOE meeting host school, presented a report on the school’s initiatives
and current programs. They will be building a new nursing facility also,
to open fall, 2009. President Kustra showed a recruitment video entitled
“Research Matters” highlighting faculty and student research from a
variety of disciplines across the BSU campus.

The Student Fee Hearing took place on 2/25 at noon in the TCC. The
Administration and Student Leadership invited students to provide
feedback about the proposed 5% increase in student fees. Overall,
the students attending the hearing were in favor of the 5% increase.

Faculty Affairs Committee members: Andena Hibbard, Rhona Alboucq,
Lynne Bidwell, Ray Esparsen

Susan Odom