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Metro State Board of Trustees June 3, 2009 1 METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE of DENVER BOARD OF TRUSTEES Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:00am – 11:30pm Tivoli Student Union Room 320 Auraria Campus AGENDA I. CALL TO ORDER II. EXECUTIVE SESSION a. The Board may convene into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(b)(I), C.R.S. or to possibly confer with the Board’s attorney to receive specific advice on legal questions in accordance with 24-6- 402(3)(a)(II), C.R.S. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of May 6, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes IV. REPORTS (Optional) a. Chair's Report - Chair Adele Phelan b. AHEC Board – Trustee Maria Garcia Berry c. President – Dr. Stephen Jordan d. Legislative Report – Capstone Group, LLC e. Student Government – Student Government Assembly President Andrew Bateman f. Finance Committee – Trustee Ellen Robinson g. Academic and Student Affairs Committee – Trustee Antonio Esquibel h. Public-Private Partnerships – Trustee Dawn Bookhardt i. Foundation Report - Trustee Rob Cohen j. Faculty Senate – Professor Lynn Kaersvang, President k. Council of Chairs – Mr. Greg Watts l. Alumni – Alumni Representative Gerie Grimes Metro State Board of Trustees June 3, 2009 2 V. ACTION ITEMS The following items are presented by the Office of Administration and Finance: a. Proposed Fiscal Year 2010 MSCD Operating Budget b. Preliminary FY 2009-2010 Student Charges c. Draft Policy Statement on Future Tuition and Fees The following items are presented by the Office of the President: d. Proposed Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule e. Proposed Board of Trustee Retreat Dates VI. CONSENT ITEMS The following item is presented by the Office of Human Resources: a. Personnel Items VII. INFORMATION ITEMS (Requires no approval by the Board of Trustees): a. End of Session Legislative Report The following item is presented by the Office of Human Resources: b. Additional Personnel Items The following item is presented by the Office of the President c. President’s Report to the Board VIII. ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 X. PUBLIC COMMENT XI. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS XII. ADJOURNMENT Metro State Board of Trustees June 3, 2009 3 AGENDA ITEM: EXECUTIVE SESSION BACKGROUND: The Board may convene into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters in accordance with 24-6-402(3)(b)(I), C.R.S., to possibly confer with the Board’s attorney to receive specific advice on legal questions in accordance with 24-6- 402(3)(a)(II), C.R.S., and to discuss real estate matters in accordance with 24-6- 402(3)(A)(I), CRS. Metro State Board of Trustees June 3, 2009 4 METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE of DENVER BOARD OF TRUSTEES Wednesday, May 6, 2009 8:30am – 11:30pm Tivoli Student Union Room 320 Auraria Campus MINUTES I. CALL TO ORDER a. The meeting was called to order at approximately 8:13am. Trustees Present: Chair Adele Phelan, Vice Chair Robert Cohen, Trustee Michelle Lucero, Trustee Antonio Esquibel, Trustee Dawn Bookhardt, Trustee Ellen Robinson, Trustee Bill Hanzlik, Faculty Trustee Gene Saxe, Student Trustee Kailei Higginson Representatives Present: Gerie Grimes, Alumni Representative Trustees Absent: Trustee Maria Garcia Berry, Trustee Melody Harris, Metro State Personnel Present: Stephen Jordan, President; Lee Combs, General Counsel; Carl Powell, Vice President for Information Technology; Kathy MacKay, Vice President for Student Services; Linda Curran, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Natalie Lutes, Vice President for Administration and Finance; Cathy Lucas, Associate Vice President for Communications; Sandra Haynes, Dean, School of Professional Studies; Kathy Heyl, Assistant Dean, School of Professional Studies; Joan L. Foster, Dean, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences; John Cochran, Dean, School of Business; Lynn Kaersvang, Faculty Senate President; Shirley Price, Executive Assistant to the President; and others. II. PRESENTATION OF AWARD TO MARK MARTINEZ III. EXECUTIVE SESSION a. The Board convened into Executive Session from 8:14 to 8:46am. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of April 1, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes i. The minutes were approved as recorded. Metro State Board of Trustees June 3, 2009 5 V. REPORTS (Optional) a. Chair's Report - Chair Adele Phelan congratulated all those involved in the master’s program bill signing. Chair Phelan attended the Great Teacher Conference Luncheon. She also attended the Association of Governing Boards Trustee Conference with President Jordan. They attended sessions on high-performing boards and assuring academic quality and accountability. Chair Phelan has been attending the Finance Committee meetings and participating in the provost interviews. She encouraged Board members to attend the May 17th Commencement exercises. b. AHEC Board – Trustee Maria Garcia Berry No Report c. President – Dr. Stephen Jordan reported that the commencement speaker would be Rob Reuteman and gave background information about him. President Jordan also mentioned the quality of the art that is being displayed at the CVA center and commented on the excellent production of “The Diviner”. He then spent some time discussing some of the issues that he has had the opportunity to influence in terms of the NCAA Division II sports program including greater gender and ethnic diversity and more appropriate team schedules. Dr. Jordan shared the latest edition of the Champions magazine that has an article in it that he wrote. Dr. Jordan updated the board on some legislative victories that will keep Metro moving in a positive and exciting way in the next years, namely the approval to move forward with the two new buildings for Metro State and the approval of the authority to offer Master Degree Programs. Dr. Jordan also commented on matters related to setting tuition from the legislative perspective as well as adaptations that Metro might make in the coming months to price its own offerings more competitively. Dr. Jordan concluded his report on the budget noting that the governor has agreed to a base budget restoration of 350 million dollars that will be supplemented by 150 million dollars of federal stimulus funds for each year. Dr. Jordan talked about the provost search and that the plan is to bring back two candidates for further conversations. d. Legislative Report – Capstone Group, LLC No Report e. Student Government – Student Government Assembly President Andrew Bateman thanked President Jordan and College Communications for working closely with the Student Government Assembly on the graduate bill. He congratulated Student Trustee Higginson on his appointment to the Board of Trustees. Student Government Assembly finished elections and appointed President Bateman to one more term and new senators were also elected. The SGA has been particularly interested in the tuition flexibility bill. The Associated Students of Colorado had very strong opinions about tuition flexibility. f. Finance Committee – Trustee Ellen Robinson congratulated everyone involved on the approval of the first new building that should be ready for Metro State Board of Trustees June 3, 2009 6 occupancy in two and a half years. The students approved their part in the financing of the building, and the Finance Committee can now look into how best to get the financing in place. Trustee Robinson recapped an overview of the budget. There will be a $10 million base cut starting this fiscal year, which will be backfilled for two years with one-time federal money. Tuition for students could potentially be raised to a cap of nine percent, a total of $199 increase per semester. g. Academic and Student Affairs Committee – Trustee Antonio Esquibel No Report h. Public-Private Partnerships – Trustee Dawn Bookhardt No Report i. Foundation Report - Trustee Rob Cohen reported that the Foundation Board has spent a considerable amount of time talking about the Hotel Learning Center. The Foundation has been in negotiations for purchasing the building for the Center for Visual Arts and will continue to move forward in this regard. The Foundation Board was uncomfortable with the comps and market pricing as it continues to move. This issue will be discussed at the upcoming Executive Committee meeting and then be moved to the next Foundation Board meeting. Trustee Cohen also reported that the Board of Trustees made recommendations to the Foundation and Legal Counsel regarding the naming rights policy discussed at the April Board of Trustees meeting that has been incorporated into the document. j. Faculty Senate – Professor Lynn Kaersvang, President reported that Faculty Senate was pleased to hear that the bill for masters programs went through. They are also excited about the new buildings, which will allow for growth and to add new programs. At the last cabinet meeting, President Kaersvang discussed taking a focused look at the shared governance processes in the institution and refining them. The Faculty has concerns about the budget process and the provost search. President Kaervang believes that it’s necessary to recognize the impact of the budget changes on faculty members. Faculty elections have been underway with Gene Saxe and Hal Nees in the running for the position of faculty trustee. k. Council of Chairs – Mr. Greg Watts reported that a number of chairs participated in the interview process for the Provost position He also noted that the chairs had been working on a job description for the position of department chair. Mr. Watts thanked everyone that was involved with the Center for Visual Arts. l. Alumni – Alumni Representative Gerie Grimes reported that the Alumni Association was going through many changes in staff and had brought in new board members. The Alumni Association will be involved with Spring Commencement, helping to welcome the new alums. Janell Lindsey reported that Felipe Mosqueda, a marketing student, won the Apprentice Challenge. He will receive a full tuition scholarship from the Alumni Association as well as an internship from one of the companies involved with the Apprentice Challenge, namely Colorado Housing Finance Authority, Comcast and LiveWell Colorado.