UGC Nominating Committee report - None. Faculty Council report - John Amend. This is a new policy, not negotiable at this time, and will be charged each year. It is not clear if this is a pass-through fee from INS or if this is an International Education processing fee. The noisy demolition is pretty well done.
Dust is still a problem.
There are holds on vacant tenure faculty lines while budgets are being reviewed, perhaps for six weeks. According to the Provost, after that, decisions to fill positions will be made by department heads and deans, as money is available. Tom Stump is scheduled to attend UGC Steering Committee tomorrow to discuss budgets while it is still early in the planning process. The meeting is open. Professional Council report - Vicki Orazem.