University Executive Committee Meeting Notes

July 19, 2007

Rollin Richmond

Jená Burges (for Rick Vrem)

Rob Gunsalus

Steve Butler

Carl Coffey

Denice Helwig

Carol Terry

Anna Kircher

Patty Lindley, Staff Support

President’s Report

President Richmond reported:

  • that he attended the NCAA President’s Summit on June 22-24, highlighting points of interest. (HSU is hosting the CCAA Executive Council on June 3-5, 2008).
  • that he attended the June 25-27 CSU Executive Council retreat. Some of the discussion topics included:
    • information technology
    • MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
    • JOLT (Journal of Online Learning and Teaching) was also discussed. It was suggested that faculty recruitment material include a statement that the position requires the development of online courses.
    • textbook pricing -- textbooks will be discussed at a fall semester meeting of the President’s Council; a pre-meeting to include Rollin Richmond, Steve Butler, Burt Nordstrom/Bookstore representative, Academic Affairs representative, Anna Kircher, Kevin O’Brien, and a librarian will be scheduled.
    • Accountability and providing a web site for students to view comparative information about various universities. Jená Burges noted that HSU will administer the CLA (Collegiate Learning Assessment, http://www.cae.org/content/pdf/CLA.brochure.pdf) exam this year.
    • Emergency management was discussed (the University Executive Committee will review HSU’s enhanced emergency notification process at a future meeting)
    • 2007-08 budget
  • that he attended the July 10-12 CSU Board of Trustees’ meeting. Carol Terry and her staff are to be commended for meeting the deadline for accomplishing HSU’s year-end closing on schedule.
  • that he attended meetings of the Broadband Task Force on June 29 and July 12 where significant progress is being made, with a final report to be presented to the Governor in October.
  • that he has organized a tour of the new Behavioral and Social Sciences building for tribal and community leaders (July 25, 3:00).
  • that he spoke to the Garberville Rotary group on July 17.

Article, “Compare and Contrast: Public Colleges Release Accountability Plan to Measure Their Performance”

Article, “Counting and Recounting: Assessment and the Quest for Accountability”

President Richmond reviewed information contained in these two articles.

Other Reports

Vice President Butler reported:

  • that Summer Preview took place on July 13 with approximately 400 prospective students attending.
  • that Humboldt Orientation is taking place on July 20-22 for approximately 250 freshmen and 75 transfer students.
  • there is a significant number of new students coming to HSU as a result of the athletic program (87 new students in the football program), partially due to the WUE (Western Undergraduate Exchange) program.
  • that the annual report for Student Affairs has been completed; he distributed copies to the University Executive Committee members.
  • HSU, in partnership with the CHP and Arcata Police, has received a $72,500 grant related to alcohol education, promotional activities, and enforcement.

Jená Burges reported:

  • that Academic Affairs has been monitoring fall enrollments, especially the GE courses.
  • that many office moves have been taking place on campus as a result of the completion of the BSS building.
  • that the WASC effort is continuing; an awareness campaign is being coordinated with Public Affairs.

Vice President Gunsalus reported:

  • that additional candidates for the Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications position will be invited to campus.

Vice President Coffey reported:

  • that the Chancellor’s Office has authorized HSU to keep the west gym, rather than demolishing it.
  • that a new, larger marketplace will be included in the new housing project which will replace the existing marketplace in the Student and Business Services building.
  • the recently-acquired apartments on campus are being prepared for student housing.
  • the campus houses identified for demolition will be removed before school starts (or moved if someone meets the required guidelines).

Carol Terry reported:

  • that she participated in an exit conference for the athletics audit – there are outstanding items which will need to be addressed by the campus.

Anna Kircher reported:

  • that there was a recent IT security breach – appropriate notifications will be made.
  • the new Information Security Officer, John McBrearty, started on July 19.
  • expansion of wireless coverage on campus will be in place for the start of fall term and a streamlined approval process for guest access is being developed.

E-mail Guidelines

Anna Kircher reviewed the draft electronic mail guidelines, which is a white paper for information only and not intended as a policy.