The renovations would upgrade the research labs and the expansion would allow facilities for Food and Nutrition programs, now housed in Quigley Hall, to be moved to the Agriculture Building. If the renovations and expansion are made, all College of Agriculture departments will be housed in the same building. This will allow better interactions among not only the faculty from the various departments, but also among the students in each department. Discussion followed regarding capital requests and the need to be more aggressive in presenting our capital requests. The committee is still working on an article to communicate the progress for this fiscal year and to better explain the budget process.
Negotiations are still underway.
A full report will be given at the next meeting. The committee is still working on the process for allocating funds for improving undergraduate education. For Indirect Cost Recovery, a proposed plan was distributed and discussed. The Chancellor requested that an analysis be made of how ICR was distributed and the impact that the proposed changes would have. There was also discussion of matching funds for grants.