UNIVERSITY
TOWN HALL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013
CONGRATULATIONS!
Effective September 1, 2013
Promotion to Associate Professor
• Dr. George Boger, Management
• Dr. Angela Sikorski, Psychology
Promotion to Professor
• Dr. Terry Bechtel, Accounting
• Dr. Igor Aizenberg, Computer Science
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KUDOS!
CASE Awards for Marketing Campaign
• Tracy Pounds, Graphics Specialist
• Alex Rain, Student Marketing Specialist
• Justin Hubbart, Student Marketing Manager
Casino Night
• Celeste McNeil, Coordinator of Student Engagement and
Activities
Core Curriculum Project
• Doug Julien, Assistant Professor of English
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KUDOS!
New Website Rollout
• Scott Lent, Associate Vice President for Information
Technology and CIO
• IT Staff
• University representatives from each functional area
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WELCOME!
Ricky Norton
Director of Human Resources & EEO
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TUITION AND FEE UPDATE
• Will go before the May Board of Regents meeting
• No request for increase in designated tuition for
FY2013-14
• Fee requests
• Recycling Fee—establish at $5 semester
• Technology Fee—raise to $15/SCH from $10/SCH
• Athletics Fee—establish at $9/SCH
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INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
• Our state representative and state senator have
introduced legislation to enact a $9 per credit unit fee
(up to $108) that, if approved would start being
collected in Fall 2013 and, given the current enrollment,
would provide @ 360k per year.
• Intercollegiate athletics may begin as soon as fall 2014 if
the fee bill is approved and becomes law.
• As recommended in the white paper produced by the
TAMU-T Athletic Council, we will initially seek
membership for our intercollegiate athletics in NAIA.
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INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
• In May 2013, the university will bring in a consultant with
NAIA and intercollegiate athletics start-up experience
to work with the Athletic Council on the
recommendations made in its white paper and to
develop a plan for the initiation of intercollegiate
athletics.
• The consultant is Dr. Darin Wilson, founding Athletic
Director at Georgia Gwinnet College and NAIA
National Athletics Director of the Year in 2010-2011, and
he is scheduled to visit Texarkana on May 6 & 7.
• The Athletic Council is the university group charged with
making recommendations to the President about
intercollegiate athletics.
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CLUB SPORTS
• In 2011, A&M-Texarkana initiated club sports as a means
of “jump-starting” intercollegiate athletics.
• Unlike traditional club sports, the university hired
coaches and provided funding for the clubs.
• Community supporters were told that if they raised
funds to cover this model of club sports that these sports
could continue.
• Community supporters have been very generous in their
support and raised the funds necessary to continue
funding for the fall semester. Thus, club sports will
continue in Fall 2013, assuming student interest.
• Coaches will be expected to work with returning team
members to recruit additional members from the
existing student body. Club sports report to the Interim
VP for Student Affairs.
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ATHLETIC FACILITIES
• The university will actively engage in planning and
fundraising for athletic facilities on campus.
• The first facilities will be “dual use,” i.e., will serve the
initial needs of intercollegiate athletic programs while
also providing recreation facilities for students, and
possibly, the community.
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EAGLE CLUB
• The Eagle Club is a non-profit entity that provides
support to athletic activities on campus, composed
primarily of community citizens who generously give of
their time and dollars.
• The organization’s liaison with the university is the
Assistant Vice President of University Advancement,
who works with its board to identify fundraising priorities
and needs.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
• Budget—House and Senate bills both have some
increase for A&M-Texarkana (but will be
decreased because of spring enrollment drop)
• Tuition Revenue Bonds—A&M-Texarkana building
still on the table
• Special Requests—still pending
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ACADEMIC UPDATE
DR. ROSANNE STRIPLING
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UNIVERSITY UPDATE
Texas A&M University Board of Regents
Committee on Academic and Student Affairs (CASA)
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Student Success Measures (Metrics/Analytics)
Sub-Committee (Hart)
Common Measures for Student Learning Outcomes
(SLO) Task Force (Hart, Carwile)
PK-20 Initiatives Task Force (Ballard)
Advising Task Force (Nakashian, Patterson)
Faculty Recruitment and Retention Task Force (Stripling)
Student Affairs Task Force (Stripling)
Access, Acceptance, and Advancement
Sub-Committee (??)
• http://empoweru.tamus.edu/
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4. Advising Task Force (Nakashian and Patterson)
Charge: To identify common challenges best practices
(empirical and anecdotal) regarding the who, what,
where, when, why, and how of academic advising, while
operating within current rules and statutes
5. Faculty Recruitment and Retention (Stripling)
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Charge: To improve processes and lead efforts in public
understanding of:
Recruitment and Retention of Outstanding Faculty
Annual Evaluation of Faculty
Granting of Tenure
Post-Tenure Review
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6. Student Affairs Task Force (Stripling)
Charge: To identify the three most significant challenges
facing student success under the purview of the student
affairs officers and develop a systematic means of
addressing such challenges
7. Access, Acceptance, and Advancement SubCommittee (??)
Charge: To identify and operationalize best practices in
facilitating a successful path from a student’s application
to enrollment, with emphasis on increasing diversity
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