University Council

Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. JCK 11th Floor - Reed Parr Room

Approved Minutes

Voting Members Present: Rosalinda Barrera, Scott Bowman, Brock Brown, Stan Carpenter, Jaime Chahin, Richard Cheatham, Russell Clark, Christopher Covo, Susan Day, Ann Marie Ellis, Debra Feakes, Ray Fisk, John Fleming, Steve Furney, Krista Haynes, Sam Lee, Joey Martin, Cindy Kruckemeyer, Tommy Luna, Milt Nielsen, Michael Nowicki, Kim Porterfield, Curt Schafer, Stephen Seidman, John McGee, Vedaraman Sriraman, Dan Tamir, Ruth Welborn

Non-Voting Members Present: Gary Beall, Lloydean Eckley, Robert Gratz, Michael Heintze, Joe Meyer, Perry Moore, William Nance, Joanne Smith, Denise M. Trauth, C. Van Wyatt

I. Approval of Minutes – September 10, 2009 Minutes were approved as written.

II. Budget Update – President Denise M. Trauth President Trauth gave a report titled, Budget Allocation for Fiscal Year 2010. The 2010 budget was approved by the Board of Regents at their August 2009 meeting. The approved budget included $12,440,597 in new funds. President Trauth presented the uses of these new funds. Any increase in revenue from tuition increases and enrollment increases will be kept in reserves in anticipation of reduced funding in the 2011 legislative cycle.

III. Enrollment Report – Dr. Michael Heintze Dr. Heintze presented the enrollment report for the fall 2009 semester. The total enrollment increased by 5.9% (30,816 total enrollment) from fall 2008 with a 12% increase in the graduate enrollment.

The RRHEC saw a 14.1% increase in their enrollment. RRHEC enrollment is 1,737.

All enrollment reports can be found on the Texas State Web site at http://www.emm.txstate.edu/marketing-resources/enrollment-reports.html

IV. New Business No new business.