Provost Hoag indicated that is part of the discussion and partially why a First Year Seminar Director had been requested at the forum. There continue to be meetings with the downtown partners and the regent university presidents. The competition is fierce and Dean Joe Alber has worked hard on these matters. The recent Admission Open House went well with an increase in number of students attending. There are new threats on the Federal level.
Education is a current topic on several levels of government.
Senator Gilbride asked what President Ray expected his role in the transition to the new president would be. He replied that he would offer his help and follow President Maxwell's lead and requests. Senator Strentz asked that President Ray convey to the new president the openness and candor with which he has dealt with the Faculty Senate and that it has worked well. President Ray indicated he would share what he had observed about being inclusive and indicated that President Maxwell will have an appreciation for the faculty, noting that for Drake to succeed, we all must be in the same basket. She outlined the ad hoc group that had assisted in the preparation of the two step survey.