[RESTRICTED] Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1983-1984 and 1984-1985, 1983-1986

[RESTRICTED] Minutes of the Board of Trustees, 1983-1984 and 1984-1985: [CONFIDENTIAL] 1983-1984: September 23, 1983: - Approval of minutes, agenda, and acceptance of Corporate membership minutes - Committee Reports - Annual Report and evaluation of President Renner based on the Annual Report for 1982-1983 - Library Plans - CSB-SJU Coordinate Relations: Renner and Thimmesh recommendation, the Joint Board Committee on Cooperation met on September 22 to evaluate the on-going cooperation. Their final report will be presented at the December Board meeting - President's Report: - Institutional Goals for 1983-1984 - Fall 1983 enrollment - Chairman Alex Didier's Report *Not part of minutes, but located here: memo from October 21, 1983 regarding the changes to the HCS major* December 9, 1983: - Recommended Actions: - Restructure of Home and Communiy Service Department : Social Work to become a separate department. HCS and Art Departs are to restructure area of Textiles, Clothing, and Housing into an Interior Design sequence to be offered by the Joint Art Department; Gathering together areas of Nursing, Dietetics, & Nutrition Science, Physical Therapy, and Medical Technology to form an Allied Health Division Identifying a faculty member in Social Science Division to advise students interested in an individualized sequence in the area of Family Studies - Courses needed by current HCS majors will be provided the courses they need to complete their programs - Faculty Handbook: a motion that in the future only substantive changes be brought to the whole Board vote. Non-substantive changes will be approved by the Academic Affairs Committee - Committee Reports: Board approved the concept of a merit scholarship program for 1984-85 - See the Minutes of the Student Development Committee's minutes: Board approved the combination of the Academic Affairs and the Student Development Committees and of amending the By-Laws to reflect this change. This recommendation was made by the Trusteeship Committee because SJU has a combined committee and it could enable the two colleges to work together when joint projects arise. - President's Report: - Review of the Planning Process by S. Colman O'Connell on the 15 years of evolution of planning [see printed report in the file for December 9, 1983 Board Minutes] - Joint Board Committee on Cooperation Report [see printed copy of their report in file for December 9, 1983] The Board approved several recommendations [see minutes of December 9, page 9] - Video tape show presented by Justin Lombardo, chair of the on-campus capital campaign - Chairman Didier's report March 2, 1984: - New Business: - Administrative Reorganization: Sister Colman will become the Executive Vice President, reporting to the President for the duration of Sister Emmanuel's tenure - Approval of candidates for tenure, promotion, sabbaticals, and leaves of absence - Progress report on the on-going debate over the January Term [see minutes for a more detailed description of the history and issues] - Board approval of construction of a regulation gymnasium [named the Claire Lynch gym] and renovation for social space [in former Horsemanship building] - President's Report: - Fall 1984 Enrollment projections - Library Plans - schematic design is completed - Scholarship Announcement of Freshman Leadership Recognition Awards, 1984-1985 June 1, 1984: - Priority Decisions: - Gymnasium: construction company approved - HEFA financing - Board approval of the Administrative Handbook - Enrollment Issues: discussion of the fact that the projected decline in college-age students will be less severe and thus there are three options for CSB - Committee Reports - Efforts for parallel CSB/SJU policies in Faculty Handbooks - January Term is still an issue but slated to vote again in early September at request of the two Boards - Executive Session: - Evaluation of President Renner and contract for her second term - President's Report: - Annual Reports of the Board Committees available at the end of the March/June 1984 file 1984-1985: September 7, 1984: - Priority Decisions: - Library (accepted the design and development documents and authorize Warner, Burns, Toan and Lunde as architects) - Academic Computer System - Report - Committee Reports - President Renner's Report: - Institutional Goals - Chairman Alex Didier's Report December 7, 1984: - Priority Issues: - Retention - Report on the Work of the Task Force on Student Attrition and Retention - Objectives and Action Plans of the Administrative Staff for Retention of First-Year Students - Housing Needs: Rationale for a Student Dormitory Building - HEFA Report and Debt Analysis - Capital Campaign Progress Report - Library Planning - Capital Campaign Needs Report - Committee Reports - President Renner's Report - President Larry Osnes of MPCC will give 1985 Legislative Report - Chairman Didier's report March 1, 1985: - Priority Issues: - Financing the Library - Selection of Contractor for the Library - Design, Location, Cost, Financing of new dormitory - Committee Reports - President Renner's Report: - Library Groundbreaking - CAPHE grant, - Legislative issues - April 12, 1985-special session dealing with financing the library June 7, 1985: - Chair Didier announced that Herman Ratelle would be the Chair of the Board for 1985-1986 - Committee Reports - Note report on the January Term (p. 4 of minutes) - President Renner's Report: - Facilities Planning - Enrollment of 1794 for 1985-1986 - Housing alternative - Search for new VPAA to replace Sister Linda Kulzer Bateson Symposium - President's Report to the Board for the 1984-1985 Academic Year Lay Trustee Fact Sheets, 1983, 1983, 1985