President’s
Cabinet Meeting
Tuesday, March 25,
2008
9:45 a.m.
Vail Hall Board Room
Minutes
Attendees: President
Ivory V. Nelson, Vice
President
William B. Bynum, Vice President Howard E. Merlin, Vice President
Michael B.
Hill, Dean John O. Chikwem for Vice President Grant D. Venerable and
Ms. Diane
M. Brown. Attending for
portion of meeting: Dean Gladys J. Willis and Mr. John Thompson, Director of Physical Plant
MINUTES
Cabinet minutes of March 18,
2008, were approved.
PHYSICAL PLANT BRIEFING
Student Union Building – Waiting
on parts for the
elevator. Hope to have certificate of
occupancy by May.
Langston Hughes Memorial Library – Contractor has
started
demolition.
High-technology Science & General
Classroom Building – Contractors have
begun laying
slab (flooring) for the second floor of one wing.
2008-2009 Capital Budget – The 2008 summer capital
projects list submitted
by SAEM was discussed and revised slightly.
Cabinet agreed that Rendall Hall laundry room would be expanded
to
include more than one washer and one dryer given designation as a
first-year
female building for 2008-09 academic year. This cost will be in
addition to the
$736,488 in summer projects; however, some of the projects included,
i.e.
painting, may be folded into 2007-08 or 2008-09 Operational Budget for
Physical
Plant. New residence hall furnishings
for Rendall and Houston Halls are on the list.
Frederick Douglass Hall furnishings will be placed on the 2009
summer
capital projects list if funding permits.
PRESIDENT
Cabinet discussed a plan for
budget adjustment if a significant number of students do not qualify
for
student loans in light of the federal student lending situation.
STUDENT AFFAIRS & ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Student Government Association
(SGA) on-line elections will be held this week.
Student Housing Selection Lottery
is this week.
Fall 2008 Class Registration is
taking place this week.
SAEM has asked to utilize the 1st
& 2nd floors of the Living-Learning Center Guest Wing to
house
honors students for the 2008-2009 academic year in order to accommodate
the
anticipated student enrollment.
Admission Statistics for fall 2008 (as of March 24, 2008)
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2008……………………….. 3848*
# Undergraduate applications received for fall
2007……………………….. 4460
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2008……………………………
1071
# Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………………
1244
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2008………………………………….
17
# Undergraduate deposits paid for fall 2007………………………………….
54
# Graduate applications received for fall
2008…………………………….... 37*
# Graduate applications received for fall 2007………………………………. 129
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2008……………………..……………
33
# Graduate students admitted for fall 2007……………………..……………
6
*Actual number of applications received is higher than shown
though undergraduate applications are less than fall 2007 numbers. On-line applications direct input into new
Datatel system has not yet been accomplished.
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Dean Chikwem proposed possible
avenues to address need for developmental math instruction for students
with
special needs. He was encouraged to take
appropriate steps to rectify the situation.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business,
President Nelson adjourned the meeting at 12:40 p.m.
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