- B. attended IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, December 4-7, 2016, in Washington DC, where he presented 2 papers (listed above), chaired the session “Algorithms and learning systems for e-health” and served as the technical program committee chair of the Fifth International Workshop on Cloud Computing Systems, Networks, and Applications.
- B. Marcia Bastion
- 1. Introduced the Assessment Coordinator for the WVU system, Louis Slimak, who was visiting campus
- 2. They are working together to streamline the procedures for assessment and accreditation.
- 3. HLC visit will occur March 4-5, 2018, and it will be a full visit. They are now occurring on a 4-6 year cycle rather than the old 10 year cycle.
- III. Administration Report – Carolyn Long
- A. A campus meeting will be held next Tuesday, February 7, 2017, to update the campus on the move to Beckley.
- B. Construction on the Beckley campus is on schedule and on budget
- 1. Shroyer Hall has been complete gutted and the remodel is under way
- 2. Construction has begun on the new engineering building
- 3. Staff on the Beckley campus have remodeled the commuter lounge near the Bear’s Dean to make it more welcoming to students
- 4. A faculty lounge is being remodeled to make it more friendly
- C. HLC on-site visit will be March 2-5, 2018
- 1. There is still some debate whether WVU Tech should be treated as a divisional campus or “other location”
- 2. For now, it will be left as “other location”
- D. Packing for Beckley move is underway
- 1. A central location will be found in each building where boxes and packing supplies will be left for faculty and staff to use
- 2. You can request that boxes and packing supplies be delivered to a specific location by physical plant.
- 3. If you need specialty packing materials, let them know wo it can be ordered.
- E. The state-wide budget crisis will not affect the move to Beckley because the fund for that have already been appropriated.
- F. Montgomery Campus
- 1. An agreement is in the works for the use of most of the buildings but the WVU Tech administration are still under a confidentiality agreement so she couldn’t give us any details
- 2. The other side of the agreement is free to announce the agreement at any time.
- G. Faculty need to get involved in looking at new degrees and programs to offer on the Beckley Campus
- H. The budget is tight all around and it will be tough to make it balance in the near future.
- I. Enrollment is up, particularly in-state students and transfers
- J. She thanked the faculty for their continued support and patience during the move.
- IV. Provost Report – Nigel Clark
- A. Harmonization
- 1. Next year our course catalogue will be fully integrated with Morgantown
- a. When the information is the same for WVU and WVU Tech, the website will use a WVU webpage
- b. When the information is different for WVU Tech, there will be a page with the Tech specific information.
- c. It will be largely automated and smaller than the current catalogue because some of the information will be on program/department websites, not in the catalogue
- d. Some of the information will be pulled from Banner.
- 2. We still have some rules that are different from WVU and we need to look at whether to keep our rules or harmonize with WVU.
- 3. As of Fall 2017 semester, there will be no developmental courses. They will be co-requisite courses
- B. Move to Beckley
- 1. Offices will be moved after graduation while faculty are still under contract (May 8-15)
- 2. There will be few desktop printers and more Bizhubs, including color copiers.