Minutes of Meetings, 1983-1984

Minutes of Meetings, 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