Faculty Senate Summary
April 19, 2012
Visit with President Marc Johnson:
Administration has begun the background work towards a capital campaign. Part of the process was
preliminary designs on projects, such as the new Student Achievement Center. They have looked into
renovating Getchell and demolishing and rebuilding. The biggest issue with Getchell, was that there was
approximately 160,000 square feet of space and they would only need about 75,000 square feet of space
for this building. They would meet with architects to discuss this at a later time to look at alternatives and
costs.
According to many in the community, the university is the best kept secret. Administration wants to reach
out to the community. There has been a groundswell in the Reno/Sparks area to create a university
community and they were willing to work with the university to make this happen.
Johnson said that he appreciated the broad level of support that he received from faculty, staff, and
students.
Questions/Discussion:
To market the university, we must have a focused message.
To help the university move forward in a positive way, he has been doing several things, beginning with the
Presidential address, the open forum, he and the provost have been meeting with departments to discuss