Professional Staff Senate
Regular Meeting - May 7, 2004
Senators Present: Lin Brummels, Stan Gardner, Cheri Polenske, Ruth Smith, Dorothy Weber
Senators absent: Rollie Bullock, Mitch DeBoer, Phyllis Spethman
Guests: Linc Morris, Admissions
Visitors: Bev Buhrman, Eddie Elfers, Karen Granberg, Marilyn Liedorff,
Lin called the meeting to order at 9:35; a quorum was present.
Guest, Linc Morris, the Dean of Admissions and Recruitment, provided admissions data and explained the direction of the Admissions office. They are currently utilizing half of the alumni house as a visitor center for prospective students. Linc also discussed the possibility of purchasing new recruitment software, the success of the online admissions application, application and enrollment comparison data, admissions publications and positions in the admissions office.
The April minutes were approved as written. M-Stan S-Dorothy.
No change on the Treasurer's Report.
Committee reports:
- Mentoring (Brummels) no report
- Social (Spethman) no report
- Recognition (DeBoer) no report
- Continuing Education (Gardner) The library has a binding operation and
would like to provide a couple walk-through training sessions
- Membership (Polenske) no report
- Hospitality (Weber) cards to David Fuller, Todd Barry, Eric Henderson,
Mary Jo Gross and Joy Smith-Nelson. The balance is Balance in Courtesy
Club fund is $150.27. The hospitality committee has put together guidelines
to follow for life events. The committee has sent out a total of 15 cards
this year.
- Policy (Bulock) No Report
- Communication (Smith) The email lists have been updated.
*Committee Note*
A recommendation was made to combine the duties of the Treasurer and the Hospitality committee. The senate will discuss the issue at a future meeting.
Agenda Items
*The Program Viability Audit document was discussed with union representatives Marilyn Liedorff and Karen Granberg. The senate will re-visit this issue at the next meeting.
*The new senators were welcomed and the outgoing senators were thanked.
*Senator Rollie Bullock would like to remove himself as chair-elect.
*Curt Frye was nominated for the Wildcat Well Done Award. The senators unanimously agreed.
The next regular meeting will be Friday 8:30 A.M. June 4, 2004, Bluestem.
Meeting adjourned 11:00.
Respectfully submitted,
Cheri Polenske, Secretary
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