Bill Padgett summarized the strong support from campus groups and students, and Chancellor Fox noted the importance of the partnership with surrounding neighborhood communities. She commented about the bond issue and ideas for educating the state's citizens about the University's capital needs. She also reminded the members of the upcoming Board of Trustees meeting September 16 and 17, 1999. Vice Chancellors' Reports Provost Kermit Hall introduced Yvonne Coston, the ACE Fellow from St. Augustine's, who will work with Chancellor Fox and the Provost. The first round of the Compact Planning Process is now complete, and the second round will begin soon with special attention to diversity and resource issues.
Documents addressing budget principles and tenure and promotion procedures are under review.
Vice Chancellor of Finance and Business George Worsley gave a brief update about plans for a public golf course, hotel-conference center, and residential housing on Centennial Campus. Further discussions addressed the area's watershed, and the interdependence of the three projects. Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Graduate School Debra Stewart updated graduate enrollment statistics and plans to submit graduate proposals in food safety and genomic science. She noted that, pending approval of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Governors, Tom Covington would be named Director of the North Carolina Progress Board, now located at NC State. Vice Chancellor of Research, Outreach and Extension Charles Moreland noted the October 8 deadline for all EPA employees to complete a Conflict of Interest form which is required by Board of Governors' policy.