Call to Order:
- Melissa Bassham won’t be here. Any volunteers to take note?
Approval of Minutes:
Chancellor’s Update:
Old Business:
- Grizzly Gear Day: Let’s make a data-driven decision
- Campus Participation
- Flextime is an option. Here are the guidelines: http://www.missouristate.edu/human/staffhandbook/Chapter4.htm#4.1 (a copy is also on the next page)
New Business:
- Treasurer report – Caitlin Crouse
- Welcome Week Steering committee request
- Annual Auction committee – Joe Kammerer
- Welcome to Alyssa Collins, new Procurement/Huam Resources Specialist
- We met the potential new registrars: what did you thinks?
- Lee Denim Day Oct. 8: do we want to do anything different than the chili contest?
Announcements:
- Dr. James E. Cofer, Sr. was selected as the 10th president of Missouri State University, and he will begin his duties Aug. 1. Dr. Cofer has been president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe since 2002.
- The legislative session ended May 14. Two bills related to higher education were never brought up for a vote but could resurface in future legislative sessions. One bill would alter retirement benefits for future state employees, and the other bill proposed the merger of Missouri’s Department of Higher Education (MDHE) and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
- Banner Upgrade was successful: special commendations to CJ Collins and Biff Bird.