Attendees: President Ivory V. Nelson, Vice President Michael B. Hill, Vice President William B. Bynum, Vice President Howard E. Merlin, Dean Gladys J. Willis and Ms. Diane M. Brown

Attending for portion of meeting: Mr. John Thompson and Mr. Steve Carol Minutes of the April 28, 2003

Cabinet Meeting were approved. 2003-2004

Operating and Capital Budgets Revised budgets are to be submitted for review by the Cabinet at its next meeting. Proposed budgets will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval before the end of June.

Information Technology Three categories of projects (SIS RFP, Web improvements and POISE-related projects, and Infrastructure - especially wiring of dorms) have been identified for funding by Title III. Thus far, approximately $111,600 have been committed to perform the following technology improvements & POISE-related projects: Campus Connect web front-end, POISE upgrades, replace 4-year old server for POISE, Omniupdate web content management system, and rebuild and improve web server.

Student Affairs & Enrollment Management
Admission Statistics for fall 2003 as of May 12, 2003
# of Undergraduate applications received for fall 2003……………… 3763
# of Undergraduate applications received for fall 2002……………… 3489
# of Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2003…………………. 1144
# of Undergraduate students admitted for fall 2002…………………. 1291
# of Graduate applications received for fall 2003…………………….. 119
# of Graduate applications received for fall 2002…………………….. 126

The Cabinet meeting adjourned at 12:00 PM.

Diane M. Brown
Assistant to the President