COMMITTEE: University Budget
Committee
MEETING
DATE: February
28, 2008
PERSON
PRESIDING:
Ralph Scott
REGULAR
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Gene Dixon, Ralph Scott, Cynthia Bickley-Green, Edward
Treadwell, Tim Gavin
EX-OFFICIO
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Joe Gaddis, Kevin Seitz
OTHERS
IN ATTENDANCE: None
ACTIONS
OF MEETING
Agenda
Item: Approval of November 15,
2007 Minutes.
Action
Taken: Committee approved the
minutes.
Agenda
Item: Overview of Capital
Funding Projects at ECU
Discussion: Kevin Seitz presented an overview
of planned new buildings, renovations, and additions for the ECU campuses that
will be funded by (1) State Appropriated bonds:
and (2) Non-Appropriated, Self-liquidating funds. He distributed copies
of the East Carolina University Master Plan Framework, The University of North
Carolina 2007-2009 Capital Plan, and the ECU Six Year Non-Appropriated Capital
Improvements Priorities 2007-2013.
Action
Taken: Committee
discussed items in the reports and thanked Kevin Seitz for the review.
Agenda Item: ECU Compact with Eastern North
Carolina
Discussion: Items related to the compact
included increasing attendance of Eastern Carolina students at ECU; providing
scholarships for this population; providing additional mentoring in Eastern
North Carolina high schools; transferring Community Engagement projects from
the Service Category to the Teaching Category in faculty evaluations;
establishing an EPP subcommittee to review existing programs that do not focus
on university goals and mission; building better ties with the community
colleges 2X2 programs. One question the committee voiced concerned identifying
with whom or what body the pact would be made.
Action
Taken: Dr. Scott will invite
Rita Gonsalves to the March meeting to learn more about Engagement and
Service Learning and possible budget models to fund these activities.
Agenda Item: Relation of DE to the Master Plan
Discussion:
Joe Gaddis briefly
discussed the relations between anticipated enrollments, regional growth, and
the Master Plan
NEXT
MEETING: March 20, 2008
ITEMS
TO BE DISCUSSED: Funding
of Engagement and Service Learning