University Council Minutes
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
SUB 233
Waded Cruzado | Nancy Cornwell | Robert Hawks | Shelley McKamey | Lynda Ransdell | |
Kenning Arlitsch | Dennis Defa | Bob Hietala | Helen Melland | Michael Reidy | |
Kregg Aytes | Chris Fastnow | Chris Kearns | Mark Nook | Leslie Taylor | |
Jeff Bader | Peter Fields | Greg Kegel | Renee Reijo Pera | Susan Wolff | |
Matt Caires | Destini French | Ilse-Mari Lee | Martha Potvin | ||
Kari Cargill | Brett Gunnink | Terry Leist | Nicol Rae |
- Call to Order
President Waded Cruzado- President Waded Cruzado called the meeting to order at 8:30 AM.
- Approval of Minutes for April 1st, 2015
- Peter Fields moved to approve the minutes for March 4th, 2015, and Kregg Aytes seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.
- University Wide Information/ Announcements
- Several events are taking place in March, including the Neil DeGrasse Tyson event, a lecture by David Quammen, and a lecture by Sherman Alexie as part of the President's Fine Art Series. University Council members recognized the hard work of our student leaders during the legislative session.
- Informational Items
- CHOICES
Cathy Hasenpflug, Director of Operations, Human Resources- Cathy Hasenpflug gave a presentation on the updates to the CHOICES benefit enrollment interface as part of a Service Excellence project.
- Strategic Plan Update: Engagement
Chris Fastnow, Director, Office of Planning & Analysis- Chris Fastnow provided an update on the Engagement section of MSU's Strategic Plan. Chris presented a chart of new data illustrating the progress.
- CHOICES
- Updates
- Members of University Council provided brief updates about their departments.
- Public Comment
- No public comment was offered.