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USMSC Minutes

Annapolis 101

January 18, 1999

Welcome from Senator Frank Komenda.

In attendance were: Tony Savia (UMUC); Susan Woda (Student Regent, BoR); Lisa Reese (UB); Andy Rittler (SSU); Antonio (FSU); Steven Mogila (UB); Kasey Schneider (SSU); Mia Murthy (Chair, USMSC); Delroy Morgan (independent student, UB); Elmus Mosby (UMCP).

Campus Updates

All prepared campus updates were submitted electronically or in written form.

A Word from Senator Komenda

Suggestions for the Council

1. develop a consensus on issues
2. attend budget hearings to show student support
3. work with our respective administration to bring legislators out to our campuses

"How To's" of Lobbying (in order of effectiveness)

1. Personal contact (develop relationships with legislators; send thank you notes)
2. Phone calls
3. Handwritten, personal letters
4. Form Letters
5. Postcards

Rules of Lobbying

1. Make friends before you meet!
2. Always tell the truth
3. Never ask the impossible

Old Business

Academic Advising

Kasey Schneider (SSU) gave an overview of the rough draft of the proposal to the Education Policy Committee

Proposal Recommends:

1. Intrinsic advising vs. strategic advising
2. Formal statements from students and advisors on what advising should be
3. Student/advisor ration should be reasonable (ratio is 30:1)
4. Everyone involved should know what is going on
5. Must have support from high admistrators (i.e. university presidents)
6. Advising program should be modeled after the mission and goals of the individual institutions
7. Increased training of advisors
8. What advisors should learn in training sessions

 How to advise

 How to obtain support from administration

 What the training objectives are

9. Take a developmental approach to advising (how students grow from freshman to seniors); help students understand the importance of higher education and help clarify goals of students
10. Allow advisors to attend advising conferences
11. Advising evaluations must have a strong link between student satisfaction and reward programs (professional advisors would be rewarded differently than academic advisors)
12. Supplements to advising (available to students)

 computerized audit

 "Smart systems"

 Web-based Audit

13. Concerns

 Proposal is geared toward the undergraduate level, although that is not specifically stated in the proposal

14. Recommendations

 Each institution should have one year worth of class planning to allow students to know what classes will be offered a full academic year ahead

Campus Safety: Hate Crimes on College Campuses

All delegates decided that, as a Council, there was not enough information available at this time to form a stance on this issue.

It was suggested that we should look for an angle to take in addressing the issue:

1. Percent of crimes related to alcohol and drugs
2. Role of security on campuses
3. Crime prevention education

In further discussion¼

4. Susan Woda, Student Regent, informed the Council that the BoR will not micromanage schools. She said that the most the Council would be able to do is to let the BoR know that students are concerned with the increase in crime on their respective campuses, and to submit their opinion of best practices as an information item.
5. Lisa Reese (UB) suggested that the Council refrain from making any recommendations.
6. Steven Moglia (UB) proposed that the Council should bring in the following: (1) security reports from campuses; (2) information on campus crime; and (3) any information on existing preventative programs and measures to the next meeting. Otherwise, he said, it is a "dropped subject."

The Council agreed to bring all information to the next meeting in order to further discussion and action on the topic.

Virtual Learning: Student Participation in the Virtual University Task Force

Susan Woda informed that Council that there are two virtual university task forces

1. "Actual" Virtual University Task Force

 competes with the likes of University of Phoenix

 not an area for student participation

2. Subcommittee of the ICC

 discusses how students participating in virtual classes get their diplomas, advising, etc.

 WELCOMES STUDENT PARTICIPATION

In further discussion...

1. Tony Savia (UMUC) said that he was not concerned with student participation because the CIO of UMUC is on the committee and she is in tune with student concerns - she can also get in touch with him should she need information or opinions.
2. Kasey Schneider (SSU) would like a UMUC student to serve on a Council subcommittee for the subcommittee for the student perspective.
3. Susan Woda, Student Regent, wants someone to can represent all systems sytem-wide.

New Business

Lobbying for the USM Office/Higher Education

Mia Murthy (Chair) created a list of things the Council should do:

1. attend budget hearings
2. talk to State Relations officers of individual schools
3. have personal contact with State Legislators
4. write personal letters

USMSC Public Relations

1. Mia (Chair) put forth invitations for her and Kasey (SSU) to visit the student governments of each institution; she asked the Council to decide when everyone wanted her to visit.
2. Kasey (SSU) added that both of them would be available to write letters for campus newspapers.

Officer ReportsOfficer Reports

Mia Murthy, Chair

Written report submitted.

Kasey Schneider, Vice-Chair

No report given.

Kelly Newsome, Secretary/Treasurer

Not in attendance.

Susan Woda, Student Regent

Microsoft Proposal

1. now in the decision-making stage
2. this is the time to express to the all university/college presidents how the Council feels
3. campuses can still have other computer programs (e.g., Lotus, Quattro Pro)
4. cost $14/student
5. Susan will make a recommendation that the fees should be paid out of the Governor's supplemental budget

Executive summary of final report of the Task Force on USM Governance, Coordination and Funding

1. Task Force re-confirmed goals of the 1998 legislation
2. Task Force does not recommend that any institution leave the USM
3. Susan addressed any concerns with the Task Force Funding Recommendations for FY 2000; she urged the Council to not become alarmed if their institution is not on the list.
4. There will be a Regent retreat during the first week of February with the institution presidents
5. Delroy (independent student, UB) asking about a program approval and if MHEC will be taken out of the approval process.
6. Susan informing the Council that the Task Force recommends that the presidents of each institution approve or eliminate programs.

Comments for the Good of the Council

Susan also requested that the Council would bring back information on undergraduate and graduate education requirements (CORE) for all disciplines, in addition to any fees that are associated with the institutions.

Mia asks that everyone complete the self-evaluation forms and return them to her.

 

Meeting Adjourned

*Note* January minutes prepared by Elmus Mosby, UMCP Delegate.