President's Council Meeting Summary

April 21, 2004

 

 

Present:  Dene Thomas, Kathy Martin, Rob Lohrmeyer, Richard Moore, Tony Fernández, Whitney Pugh, Allen Schmook, Bert Sahlberg, Polly Blasko, Steve Bussolini, Williams, Justin Coleman, Dave Taylor, Dawn Byers, Kathie Wilcox, Chet Herbst, Janis VanHook

 

Guest:  Ken Clark

 

Calendar Review

Calendars for April and May were distributed noting the administration’s travel and major campus events.  A campus meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11, at 3:00 p.m. to provide updates on strategic planning and budget actions.

 

President’s Report

 

Representative Mike Mitchell and Representative Mike Naccarato joined President Thomas at the ASB sponsored Dine with Dene on April 15.   Legislators encouraged students to be very active and to continue to deliver their message regarding student fees to the legislature.   The next three years will be difficult with continued fund restrictions. 

 

The Women in Higher Education Roundtable (WHER) was Friday, April 16, at Whitworth College.  President Thomas joined the presidents from regional institutions throughout eastern Washington and northern Idaho in a President’s Panel discussion with WHER members.

 

The search for the Vice President for Administrative Services position is underway.  Several applications have been received and the committee is striving to identify a finalist pool by mid-May.

 

Provost and Vice Presidents’ Reports

 

Provost:

 

State Board of Education meeting in Coeur d’Alene on Thursday and Friday, May 22 and 23.   The SBOE meeting agenda can be found at www.idahoboardofed.org

  

Candidates for Chair of the Nursing Division are being interviewed this week.  The candidates are Susan Odom LCSC and Mary Hassett. Fort Hays State

 

FY2004 fall headcount for week three is 1577; FTE is 1388.   

 

Administrative Services: 

 

CEC recommendation is for 2% for all employees.  In order for classified staff to receive a salary increase, a

current satisfactory performance evaluation must be on file with the Idaho Department of Human Resources.  The Unsatisfactory evaluations will not be considered for increases.   Employees hired after January will not be eligible for an increase.


FY2005 small capital projects approved by the President’s Cabinet are listed below.

 

Source

Department

Building

Project

Budget

 

 

 

 

 

General Education Funds (10-09-881105-56099)

 

 

 

Athletics

Batting Cage

Entire project ($15,000 carryover)

29,477

 

Admin Svcs

 

Extend steamline to TH, Phase II ($8000 carryover)

13,600

 

Admin Svcs

 

Safety inspection deficiencies

7,500

 

I T

SGC

with OBT: Divide SGC B28 ($7000 carryover)

7,000

 

I T

Library

Relocate help desk to Library 123

4,500

 

Natural Sciences

MLH B10

Electrical Match for Grant

5,450

 

Natural Sciences

MLH 215

Remodel Autoclave/Storage Room

3,000

 

Admin Svcs

 

Tree trimming

2,500

 

Media Services

Lib

Student Editing Shuffle @ LIB 146 ($2000 carryover)

2,000

 

Student Health

SGC

Replace restroom linoleum - Student Health

850

 

Student Serv

RCH

Linoleum at 3 counter work areas

2,400

 

T & I

M&T

Replace wall panels between welding booths

1,750

 

Admin Svcs

ADM 201A

Carpet

1,300

 

T & I

M&T

Wiring & Foundation for Walk-in Cooler

1,000

 

T & I

M&T

Handrail at Turnstyle

1,000

 

T & I

M&T 108/109

Replace 3 overhead doors

4,500

 

NLTC

WFT N. Lewiston

New Linoleum in restrooms

500

 

Humanities

SPH Basement

A/C at the Pit

650

 

I T

Media Svcs.

Lobby area

2,500

 

Admin Svcs

ADM

Convert door into wall

500

 

Student Serv

RCH 110B

New door w/window

350

 

Total, G.E. Funds

 

 

92,327

 

 

 

 

 

Facility Fund (11-09-886601-56099)

 

 

 

 

ASB

 

Two bus stop shelters 20% match & installation

3,660

 

Athletics

Tennis Center

Resurface Courts ($8000 carryover)

8,000

 

Res Life

T-Hall

Replace 2 old shower stalls

3,800

 

Total, Facility Funds

 

 

15,460

 

 

 

 

 

Residence Hall (32-30-977902-56099)

 

 

 

 

Res Life

Parrish

Wire for added wash/dry

850

 

Res Life

Clark Hall

5 New A/Cs

2,250

 

Total, R.H. Funds

 

 

3,100

 

 

 

 

 

Bookstore (33-30-982901-56099)

 

 

 

 

Bookstore

WCC

Repair roof

11,000

 

Total, Bookstore Funds

 

 

11,000

 

 

 

 

 

Athletics - Local - Clubhouse Account (11-30-976622-56099)

 

 

Athletics

Batting Cage

Entire project ($15,000 carryover)

10,523

 

Total, Athletics Local Funds

 

 

10,523

 

 

 

 

 

SUB (31-30-987904-56099)

 

 

 

 

SUB

SUB

Replace vinyl wainscot at movable walls

3,500

 

Direct Reporting Units

 

Athletics:  At the recent NAIA annual meeting, a constitutional bylaw amendment was approved to reduce the amount of contests, effective August 1, 2005.   Reductions are baseball 55 contests; men and women’s basketball 30 games; cross country 8 meets, golf 14 matches, tennis 24 matches, and volleyball 28 dates.

 

Information Technology:  Chris Lau, Datatel regional manager, visited campus on Tuesday, April 20. 

Two major concerns were reviewed:  financial reports formats and content issues, and tracking of non-credit course offerings.  

 

Faculty access to Datatel will be reviewed.   Some faculty continue to need access for advising non-assigned students while many others utilize WarriorWeb.

 

College Advancement:  Alumni giving is up 21% to date.  An average 4% of alumni giving back to the college.  

An annual appeal will be mailed before the end of the year.   Polly Blasko will be requesting assistance with identifying events and classes on campus next year in order to invite Foundation contacts to learn of programs of interest.  New scholarships have been established in Auto Mechanics, Nursing, Humanities, and two general scholarships.  Planned giving program is being promoted.

 

College Communications:  A photo make-up session for President’s Council members will be scheduled.

 

LCWarriorMail policy explanation has been developed for feedback.

 

The explanation:  The following is being sent out as a reminder and clarification which re-emphasizes an existing policy at Lewis-Clark State College. This policy was established to provide a standardized way for faculty and students to communicate outside the classroom by using LC WarriorMail. Although the policy has been in place for two years, everyone was not clear about how it applied. Students can always use personal e-mail accounts for other communication, however they will always need to access their LC WarriorMail account to communicate about school and classroom matters.  As of Aug. 23, the first day of the fall semester, students, faculty and staff will be required to follow this LC WarriorMail standardization. This is to ensure students learn of important events, such as deadlines for dropping/adding classes, and so forth. The following is the school policy on LC WarriorMail:

 

The proposed policy:  Email is a mechanism for official communication within Lewis-Clark State College.  An LCSC assigned student e-mail account will be the college's official means of e-mail communication with any student. Students, faculty and staff are responsible for receiving, reading, complying with, and responding to or acting upon official email communications from the college, faculty, staff or students in a timely fashion.  Official e-mail communications are intended only to meet the academic and administrative needs of the college community.  Students, faculty and staff are responsible for the consequences of not reading in a timely fashion college-related communications sent to their official LCSC e-mail account. 

 

Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment: IPEDS Graduation Rate Survey of Spring 2004 Summary was distributed and can be accessed at http://intranet.lcsc.edu/reports/Default.asp.

 

Assessment groups are operating.  Student Affairs and Administrative Services groups have met and the Academic Programs group is scheduled to meet.

 

Other Reports

 

Classified Staff and Professional Staff representatives presented a summer hours proposal.  President Thomas and Provost Fernandez will take the proposal under consideration.  A notice will be posted on the intranet inviting feedback to the proposal from all employees by Tuesday. 

 

Faculty Senate:  A Faculty Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 27.   Jeff Mathews has resigned as chair-elect.  Mike Vernon has been nominated for chair.  Committee nominations are being recommended for consideration.

 

Around The Table

 

Community Programs will present to the Orofino Chamber of Commerce today.

 

Meeting Adjourned

The next President's Council will be on Wednesday, April 28, at 9:00 a.m., in the Alumni Board Room.