School of Business and Entrepreneurship
VIRTUAL ADVISORY BO ARD MEETING
Ma y 18, 2011.
Please provide your feedback and comments on the following by end of day Monday, May 23
1.
Discontinuing the Banking Certificate.
Comments:
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I have no objection if the program is not serving its intended purpose or the level of interest is low.
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I’m not sure what the Banking Certificate is but am interested in knowing.
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I do not know enough to comment.
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I think the Certificate should be discontinued since one Certificate for Money and Banking was awarded in
2000-01 and no other certificates awarded through 2007-08.
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2.
Not up to date on this.
Expanding the Advisory Board with the help of the active members.
Comments:
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I would support this.
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Please let me know who you are looking for as far as possible candidates and I can help with the expansion.
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This is a good idea, as long as there is a concrete purpose in mind. More members provides more connections
and I think that is probably the main purpose of this board.
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We currently have eight members on the board which is a manageable number. It also appears to be a wellbalanced board. I think we should replace members who have not been active. I don’t think we should expand
the board to compensate for members who are not active. I know this is a very difficult task for a volunteer
board of this type.
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3.
Yes, it would be of value to the school.
Feelings on the local economy and areas on which to focus to support economic development and create
employment opportunities in our community.
Comments:
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This is a tough question to answer quickly.
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The local economy, based on what you hear and read, continues to struggle although there are signs of
optimism with minor improved unemployment. Business folks continue to be cautiously optimistic and slow to
expand/hire additional folks as there is too much uncertainty regarding the ability to pay those wages from
growth.
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My self-interested opinion, but also my opinion for the good of the TMCC program, is that the TMCC program
should associate itself with the Entrepreneurship Nevada effort I have been organizing. The simple concept is
to create circles of people in the community that are working on projects that develop entrepreneurship, either
by developing talent (educational mission) or fostering entrepreneurship directly (a support mission).
Associating the TMCC effort with the UNR effort and other efforts through Entrepreneurship Nevada, will bring
resources to TMCC over time and will add one more node to the Entrepreneurship Nevada network. As more
nodes are added to this network, the whole network will be strengthened, including the TMCC node.
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We should prepare students for jobs and not try to create jobs. The BUS 101 textbook includes a brief section
on how to evaluate a job offer. In class I summarized it by saying, “In this economy, if you get a job offer:
take it!” That also summarizes my thoughts on the area economy. I think we should support economic
development by preparing students for jobs and careers that are created or reasonably anticipated to be
created in the market place. I do not think we should even attempt to create employment opportunities. We
are educators, not employers. We already have a well-rounded set of classes to support economic
development. We need to listen carefully to the advisory board to see if there are areas within those classes
that need adjustments or emphasis. I think we should focus on education and not the number/percentage of
degrees and certificates conferred.
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We will remain flat for a long time. Until companies create new types of jobs not related to construction,
tourism and retail sales, our economy will stay on the bottom. Entrepreneurship must be promoted. New ideas
that lead to new business models must be sought. The old will never come back. We must accept that and
create new based on what others are doing in other states.
4.
Inviting our new Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Services, Dr. John Tuthill, to one of our Advisory
Board meetings.
Short bio on Dr. Tuthill:
John Tuthill has served as chief academic officer of three community colleges: the College of the Marshall
Islands, in the tropical Pacific; Ilisagvik College, in Arctic Alaska; and NorthWest Arkansas Community College,
in Walmart’s hometown. His greatest job satisfaction comes from solving problems and helping people. Prior to
moving into administration, Dr. Tuthill taught history full-time for seventeen years, earning tenure at the
University of Guam. He has a B.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, an M.A. in history from
Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley.
Comments:
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I would enjoy meeting Dr. Tuthill.
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This would be fine.
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I think we should have a carefully structured meeting to give the advisory board an opportunity to express its
views and the VP an opportunity to express his views. That should be followed with an unstructured chat.
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5.
Fine
Suggestion for fall board meeting.
Comments:
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Tahiti. If we can’t do Tahiti, we could have a working meeting that seeks to identify (at least during a portion
of the meeting) a “project” that could be defined that would allow people in the community the opportunity to
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put their support behind the TMCC entrepreneurship program. (This is the Entrepreneurship Nevada model:
Define a project that allows people to do a little to help create a culture of entrepreneurship).
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Present a few completed Master Course Outlines (MCOs) to advisory board members and get their feedback.
Perhaps we could get general opinions and then solicit answers to specific questions. Present a few completed
Programs Discipline Course Assessment Reports (PDCAR) for the same feedback described above. I’m
interested in seeing if the business community sees value in our assessment process. I’m also interested in
ideas for more effective assessment.
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Overview of how the final state budget affects this department within TMCC and a projection of where the
school goes from here.
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