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Agenda
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Discussion
Notes
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Action
Items
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Reports
from Vice-Chancellors
Student
Affairs
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Hale
Haumana buildings update:
- Project
manager will be needed to oversee renovation.
- HOST
is considering using two buildings for hospitality center.
- Nursing
may be interested in some of the rooms.
- Removal
from bond system; letter transmitted to Howard Todo January 20.
Kulana`ao
student housing update:
- Some
issues to be discussed with management, including non-student rentals.
Marketing:
- Website
needs to be refined and looked at from prospective students’ point of
view.
- Maui
CC and UH Center baccalaureate degrees need to be posted clearly on
website.
- Events
need to be posted on the website and put in Katie’s newsletter.
- Katie
described use of Twitter for marketing and news purposes.
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David
to contact contractors’ association and union.
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Suzette
to follow up with nursing.
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Awaiting
response from Todo’s office.
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Alvin scheduling a
meeting with Cary Lefton on April 15.
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Katie
and Eryck to refine web- site and work with program coordinators, department
chairs, and student life coordinator to get news of events posted in a timely
manner.
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Newsletter
to be posted on the web.
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Administrative
Affairs
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Budget
report:
- David
reported that additional restrictions could be implemented; may need to
hold back an additional $100,000 in anticipation of restriction.
- Electricity
costs lower than anticipated; looking at ways to invest in equipment to
lower future electricity costs, e.g., new LED lighting replacements that
can be installed without changing fixtures.
Management
services contract update:
- David
meeting with Sodexho on Monday to work out details of contract.
Repairs
needed on campus:
- Sidewalks
broken
- Chillers
need repairs
- Roof
repairs, re-roofing, and removal of asbestos
- Library
dome leaking
- Moloka`i
ag greenhouse panels falling
- Air
handlers in TLC
- Faculty
hale exterior needs repainting; will need to talk with contractors about
removal of paint possibly containing lead
- Emergency
sewer pump lift station; in the event of a power outage, sewer may back
up
- ADA door buttons
need to be examined regularly to ensure that they are working properly
Training
opportunities:
- Students
could be taught repair skills and introduced to profitable business
opportunities, e.g., air conditioning duct cleaning. Need to spend
money to strengthen instructional programs; need to invent new
solutions.
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- Suzette
compiling a prioritized list of department needs.
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Academic
Affairs
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WASC
senior commission:
- Telephone
conference with Suzette, Clyde, Michele, Teri Cannon and John Morton
held on Tuesday, March 10.
- Structural
change application form: consists of items that we already
have (resources, budget, staff); to be presented for institutional, UH
system, and BOR approvals.
- Two-member
WASC team will visit campus on June 2, 2009.
- Review
team will report to commission at end of June 2009.
- Review
in 2012, followed by a team visit in 2013.
- Faculty
credentials: terminal degrees not required for AA. Terminal degrees may
be expected, but are not required, for some BA degrees, depending upon
the discipline. In certain fields, such as business, terminal degree may
be a master’s.
- Senior
commission membership would mean one visit; one report; fewer members on
visiting team; should not need to do a junior commission report in 2009.
Update
on program proposals:
- Applied
Engineering Technology: approved by STEM and curriculum committee; will
go to Academic Senate on March 13.
Update
on ATPs:
- IT:
currently on hold.
- Gerontology:
Nancy and Lee are revising the ATP to include more of the social
sciences; will be bringing in a consultant.
- Applied
Ocean Studies: approved by STEM, being reviewed by curriculum
committee. Dr. Lemus to visit Maui CC in mid-April.
- Dental
Hygiene degree: the only two-year program in the state;
class started this week.
- Cultural
and Natural Resources (two-year): will go to the curriculum committee
next week.
Education
center reports:
- Will
be submitting monthly reports, using template recommended by the
Executive Committee.
- Moloka`i
Farm Spring 2009 class enrollment: AG 232 Tractor, 7 students (2 over
normal maximum); AG 235 Irrigation,13 students; BOT 101/BIOL 102 General
Botany,18 students.
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Chancellor’s
Report
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Classroom
shortage:
- Campus
built for 4,500 FTE; have not reached capacity.
Laptop
initiative:
- Funds
received; looking into possibility of getting a matching donation from
Dell.
- Meeting
with Dr. Landry of Seton Hall University, where students have been
issued laptops for 11 years, scheduled for April 20. Dr. Landry to
serve as consultant for laptop initiative.
- Hyperspace
software has offered to have its software installed on campus
machines without charge.
Workflow
and document tracking update:
- In-house
software being designed for document tracking and document approval.
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Palauea
Transfer
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- In
final stages of resolving legal issues; transfer to go before Board of
Regents by April or May.
- UH
Foundation in the process of creating a 501c3.
- Field
school will start this summer with Moku`ula.
- Lau`ulu’s
role is unclear; meeting should be scheduled between Hawaiian Studies
faculty, Friends of Moku`ula, and Janet Six.
- Opportunities
need to be designed.
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President
McClain’s visit
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- UH
President David McClain will visit Maui CC on May 1, 2009. This will be
his final visit before retirement.
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