All faculty may apply for these funds, although priority will continue to be given to junior faculty and faculty from departments without access to flow-back funds. The Office of Sponsored Programs will publish this information on its web-site. Finance Committee chair, Dr. Leon Giles reported that the Finance Committee met recently with Gil Brown, the Interim budget Director, Janet Allis and Craig Woody. These administrators appear to be seeking a broader communication with the Senate. A calendar of meeting dates has been set for both the Finance Committee and The Executive committee.
Undergraduate enrollment is up, whereas graduate enrollment presents a mixed picture.
Jack Donnelly noted that all earlier business plans and projections modeled athletics as self-sustaining. The Student Relations Committee chair, Joe Kraus, reported a recent meeting between the committee student representatives. Students report that they are primarily concerned with the University's decision-making processes and feel that more consensus building is needed. Student leaders feel that the BOT is not composed of educators and tends to treat students as products rather than students. Students remain concerned about parking, about timely transfers of credits, and about Ph.D. student access to the Ritchie Center.