The Social Sciences are lacking space and they need a building. The full strategic review will be happening this winter with a full report this spring. It will include a recommendation for the future needs and direction of all the academic departments at Colby. Inflation is part, a 3.3 percent annual increase in real dollars. Information technology is another, their budget is now over 3.4 million annually.
Salaries are a big part of the budget.
We have gone from 452 to 638 employees in this period. But that still leaves us well behind our peers and thus more dependent on tuition, which makes us less flexible to adapt or add new programs and ideas. Lisa coordinates everything for students from COOT to commencement. There was an interesting discussion on what is happening on campus now. There are four substance free residence halls, more and more cultural activities than we remember, for example, the annual Mr. Colby pagaent, and the Millionaire game.