X = In Attendance
Council of University System Staff
Council Meeting Minutes
January 20, 2015 – UMUC – Largo, MD
P = Attending by Phone
Bowie State University
X
X
Trish E. Johnson
Trenita Johnson (Member at Large)
Linda)LLarLarge)
Parker-Ford
Large
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Coppin State University
X
X
P
X
Sheila Chase (Co-Secretary)
Sherrye Larkins
Keri S. Hickey
Yvonne V. Cook
Frostburg State University
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Jay Hegeman
Jesse Ketterman
Rubin Stevenson
Stacy Wassell
Salisbury University
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Lisa Gray (Co-Secretary)
Paul Gasior
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Towson University
X
X
Mary Hickey
Gay Pinder
Deniz Erman
Primary
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Alternate
X Bill Crockett (Chair)
P Roy Ross
P Kevin Watson
Colette Becker Beaulieu
P Amanda Azuma
Janet Nance-Richardson
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County
X
X
X
X
Ben Goldberg
Keisha Campbell (Member at Large)
Sheryl Gibbs
Kevin Joseph
Michelle Massey
Frederick Kowalski
Sasha Hudson
Keiver Jordan
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
University System of MD Office
X
JoAnn Goedert
Chancellor’s
Liaison to CUSS
Primary
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Alternate
UM Center for Environmental Science
P Barbara Higgins
P Curtis F. Henry
University of MD, College Park
Primary
Primary
X Dana Wimbish (Vice Chair)
Dylan Baker
X Sister Maureen Schrimpe
P Willie Brown
P Debbie Grover
X Sarah Goff-Tlemsani
X David Klossner
Primary
Primary
Primary
Ex-Officio Chr.
Alternate
Alternate
Alternate
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Chenita Reddick
University of Baltimore
X
X
X
Primary
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Alternate
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
University of MD University College
X
X
X
X
Larry Hogan
Debby Mathis
Candace Johnson
Aaron Zaccaria
GUEST SPEAKER
Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Call to order by CUSS Chair Bill Crockett.
1. Welcome by John Petrov, Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer at UMUC.
a. Thanked CUSS members for their time and commitment to shared governance.
b. Importance of CUSS is to provide a check and balance system to do what’s right for staff.
c. UMUC has 90K global students and is the largest not-for-profit college in the U.S. They
traditionally serve adult learners.
d. UMUC has had a tough two years with declining enrollments and increased competition.
e. Things at UMUC seem to be turning around, as they have experienced enrollment growth for
the past two semesters.
f. Guest from UMUC introduced by Larry Hogan
Alyssa Petroff, Deanna Mayer, Mark Freeman, Sase Leaknarth, and Monica Graham
2. Consent Agenda
a. http://bit.ly/1kOSTIt
b. Please review the Chancellors Council Meeting Report and the Excel spreadsheet on budget
reductions by institution.
3. Approval of minutes from December 2014 meeting
a. Motion was made by Bill Crockett and 2nd by Larry Hogan. Minutes unanimously approved
with corrections.
4. Board of Regents Staff Awards Evaluation Process
a. Presentation by Sherrye Larkin and Tim Casey on Share Point
b. This is the site we will be using to evaluate the BOR Award Nomination Packets.
c. See attached Share Point document.
5. Chair’s Report
a. Chancellor’s Council Meeting – January 5th
i. Budget – Chancellor Kirwan met with Governor-Elect Hogan regarding the budget for
USM.
ii. Misconduct Policy – all schools have hired coordinators. Institutions will be
conducting a climate survey to get information from faculty, staff, and students to see
how we can make our policies better.
iii. Guest speaker Becker from GA State discussed ways to use the Community College’s
to better prepare students which would help with retention and graduation rates.
iv. Since the announcement of the budget reductions, four institutions have asked for a 2%
increase in tuition mid-year.
v. Shared burden - $40M reduction is difficult and it could have lasting effects.
vi. HBU’s have not released any information regarding their plans for the reductions.
b. BOR Meeting
i. UM Ventures – 1st equity investment Harpoon Medical
ii. UMB – 1st trial of the ebola vaccine
iii. Frostburg – List in the Top 25 for Graduate Programs
iv. Towson – NPR reported on TU using goats to combat English ivy.
v. UMCP – 1st Rhodes Scholar
vi. UMES – Transition team for Gov. Hogan
vii. Reduction of FY15 Budget and FY 16 Proposed Budget due on Friday. The system
office is meeting with the transition team. Expect system wide cuts. The regents need
to be proactive in promoting the value of Higher Education.
viii. 53 new legislators took a tour of Maryland and visited several of our campuses.
ix. Non-exempt pay plan was not approved. This will be voted on in February.
x. Students reported on the Sexual Misconduct Policy.
xi. CUSF – Policy review of shared governance.
xii. Discussion regarding the budget impact of a new project at UMCP – New athletic
facility with a gift of $40M from Under Armour – renovating the Cole Field House for
indoor practice facility.
6. Chancellor’s Liaison’s Report – JoAnn Goedert
a. Transition time with a lot of change in the system office.
b. Positive interaction with Governor-Elect Hogan.
c. Robert Caret named as the new Chancellor.
d. Beginning July 1st, there will be 8 new regents to the Board.
e. The Human Resource position search should conclude in early March. Can reach out to JoAnn
or Tom as questions come up.
f. Budget – Cut was more than expected. 2% mid-year tuition increase was requested by four
institutions. Deferred maintenance is part of the solution for most institutions. Furloughs have
only been utilized by UMCP at this point, but they cannot be ruled out completely.
g. Retirement Incentives – we may see the state offer a voluntary separation plan similar to one
before, more details will be forward if this happens.
h. Tuition remission will come up again, we are expecting it.
i. Wellness Program
i. HR’s biggest challenge was identifying all the contractual employees who were eligible
now under ACA. This process is now complete and all employees were notified.
Please notify HR if you know of someone that was missed.
7.
Committee Meetings – please meet offline
8. Committee Updates
a. Executive Committee
i. Need volunteers for the shared governance committee
b. Benefits & Compensation Committee – No Update
c. Communications & Marketing Committee
i. Larry presented a draft of the quarterly newsletter for review and it was approved for
release.
9. Annapolis Day Planning
a. Date is February 26, 2015 from 8 am – 2:30pm
b. Delegate Frush is sponsoring our group
c. Look for other delegates that we may want to talk with that day regarding CUSS.
d. Develop talking points
e. Discussion of joint day with CUSF.
10. Old Business
a. Review of HR Policies
b. Instructions for the portal are in the Dropbox.
c. We are reviewing the policies for technical changes only.
d. Review and submit changes by Feb. 6th.
11. New Business - None
Meeting Adjourned
Next Meeting – CUSS Annapolis Day – February 26, 2015 in Annapolis, MD
AGENDA
January 20, 2015
University of Maryland University College-Largo
Academic Center
1616 McCormick Drive, Largo, Maryland
10:00AM
Bowie State University
14000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, MD 20715
Coppin State University
2500 W. North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21216
Frostburg State University
101 Braddock Road
Frostburg, MD 21532
Salisbury University
1101 Camden Avenue
Salisbury, MD 21801
Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252
University of Baltimore
1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
University of Maryland,
Baltimore
620 W. Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
University of Maryland Center
for Environmental Science
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD 21613
University of Maryland,
College Park
College Park, MD 20742
University of Maryland
Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD 21853
University of Maryland
University College
3501 University Blvd. East
Adelphi, MD 20783
University System of Maryland
Office
3300 Metzerott Road
Adelphi, MD 20783-1690
Call to Order
1. Welcome

Mr. Javier Miyares
2. Consent Agenda
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http://bit.ly/1kOSTIt
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Approval of the December Meeting Minutes
Chair’s Report
Annapolis Day Planning
Communications and Marketing Quarterly Newsletter
Board of Regents Staff Awards Evaluation Process
Chancellor’s Liaison’s Report
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Q & A and CUSS Liaison expectations
9. Committee Meetings
10. Committee Updates
Benefits and Compensation
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Board of Regents Awards
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Communications and Marketing
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Legislative Affairs & Policy
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Executive Committee
11. Old Business
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Items Moved off Consent Agenda
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USM HR Policy Portal
12. New Business
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