President's Council Meeting Summary
Present: Dene Thomas,
Absent:
Guest: Polly Blasko
Calendar Review
Calendars
for September and October were distributed noting President’s travel and major
campus events.
The Idaho
Education Forum is scheduled for Friday, September 26, at
The State
Board of Education will meet on October 2 and 3 in
President’s Report
President
Thomas will be traveling to Cascade,
Provost and Vice Presidents’
Reports
Provost:
Provosts and vice president will be reviewing roles
and missions of colleges and universities within the state prior to the State
Board of Education’s review. The role
and mission statement reflected in the Board policy and procedures manual is an
accurate reflection of LCSC.
A state-wide satellite conference will be held on
Tuesday, September 23, from
The conference will focus on the uninsured population
and the dilemma for businesses in providing health care coverage.
Administrative Services:
·
Student Fee
process for FY2005 will begin soon. The
student fee hearing is scheduled for November 11.
·
The Budget
Liaison Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 23, at
Information Technology:
·
Outside access to
My LCSC Intranet has had extremely low hits--
·
The changeover to
the new Internet Service Provider is still pending. Information Technology will provide prior
notice of three weeks. It could take one to two days for the
changeover. The campus could experience
an internet outage while programming the DNS servers. The outage will be planned on a weekend
·
All MP3 found on
the file server will be deleted if the copyrights have not been purchased. 60 song files have been found.
College Advancement:
·
The Foundation
has awarded $57,000 in scholarships. The
Alumni Association will begin the telethon this week with the goal of $25,000.
·
Polly Blasko and
·
Polly Blasko will
meet with division chairs to determine needs for extra money and points of
pride discussions.
·
The Adopt a Seat Campaign
is underway
·
Proposals are
being developed for
·
Advancement goal
is to meet with 15 businesses and individuals each week.
·
Polly Blasko and
Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment: Unit Action Plan timelines and planning
materials to be distributed by Friday through vice presidents and deans.
Other Reports
PSO Staff: First
meeting is scheduled for today.
Faculty Senate: A
senate meeting is scheduled for September 18.
A handout is being prepared for the education forum on September 26.
Classified
Staff: First meeting is scheduled next
Wednesday. The CSO Flea Market is scheduled for September 25 at
Around The Table
The Information Commons lab is heavily used. The only complaint has been that students
have to wait for use.
Harriet Huseman is
coordinating a master event list.
The Red Lion has provided wireless internet service to
the residence area leased by LCSC.
The next President's Council will be on Wednesday, September
24, at