Cabinet--
9 October 2001
Present: Mike Metcalf, Chris Farren, Peggy Lankford, Donna Rees, Julie Morales, Cissy McAndrew, Chris Casey, Tony Macias, Steve Reed, Christie Miller, Faye Vowell, Jerry Harmon, John Counts, Gwen Cassel
Chris Farren encouraged everyone to attend Homecoming events which take place all week.
College Day was yesterday. Students from an hours drive were invited--Cliff, Silver, Cobre.
Chris Farren is working with the Registrar to create a list of data needs such as a retention tracking study.
Document imaging software is available in the Business Office. We are looking into using it to make storage of information more easy. If departments are interested in electronic storage of information by scanning in documents and perhaps burning them on to CDs, contact Steve Reed to get on the list for an imaging software license.
Shirley Sias from the Registrar's office is the Employee of the Month for October.
Donna Rees attended the NM Virtual College meeting in ABQ last week. Speakers from the Texas Virtual University and from Oklahoma Virtual University presented.
Last week of this month is the date for Deming building opening. More information will be forthcoming.
Tomorrow 22 graduate students from Cobre will be enrolled in the Teaching withTechnology class. Every graduate hour is worth 5 times the amount of a lower division course in the formula.
Nursing is creating a CNA which is needed in T or C in Deming. The one year program will go to C& I this fall
Coach Mondragon will speak at Rotary today.
On the radio program this week: Mary Dowse for Earth Science Week, David Kent, Donna Rees, Jack Ellis and Students, Coach Fox and alumni here for Homecoming.
Tree Planting on Thursday morning at 10:00 am near tennis courts. I
ssues in the mail room--personal packages volume is increasing. Packages need to be solely in person's name and picked up within regular mail room hours.
We won the football game last Saturday!!!!
Chris Casey will be at CHE on Thursday and Friday. T or C child development center is on the agenda.
Auditors are gone. There will be findings in travel and purchasing.
Council of University Presidents Priorities for Legislature: 1. Compensation request for 8.5 % increase, 2. Institutional support formula adjustment, 3. Extended service G component (Next year forecast for I is $130,000 less than last year. Looks like off campus will go up), 4. Building Renewal and Replacement.
November 2 ABE Regional conference here on campus.
Gwen Cassel reported on the process of creating "we-ness" in the new school. Issues being dealt with include the internship agreement with Ft Bayard. UTEP and Western's OTA program are doing a collaborative class via ITV. Faculty are discussing how to merge kinesiology classes in WMS and OTA to eliminate duplication. This will go to C&I soon.
IT reduced trouble log by 50% last week.
NM Tech and Western are discussing a joint agreement with Campus Pipline to save us money. We are working hard to create a good relationship with Tech. We are doing a joint Banner training with Tech and Eastern.
The preliminary persistence study is out. Third Friday initial data will be available at the end of the week.
Campus update of IT projects has gone out.
From ACHE meeting, flagged M A in Reading will come up for scrutiny next year.
Brochures for SOE Foundation scholarship are out and circulating at all sites.
MAT in Multicultural Education discussions are being held between Dean Harmon and administrators in Deming.
Frank Merritt will go over to advise Education students in T or C students periodically. An MOA agreement between Social Sciences and SOE in regard to School Psychology will come to VPAA this week. Clinical faculty rated use of technology as the number one rated skill of our teacher ed candidates. Nine program outcomes. President Counts announced that Cabinet will have a new schedule. It will meet every two weeks rather than once a week. VPs will continue to meet each week.