Regents to Consider Fees for FY 2012

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., May 12, 2011 -- The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents will consider setting incidental fees for fiscal 2012 when it meets at 1:30 p.m. May 13 in the Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Room 112, at 920 Broadway.

The Board also will consider approving several changes to academic programs: a new program – a master of science in organizational management; a new minor in biological and medical sciences entrepreneurship; and deletion of the adult health clinical nurse specialist/care manager option on the master of science in nursing degree.

The Board will consider six Faculty Senate bills, including an amendment to the Faculty Merit Pay Policy and Faculty Tenure and Promotion Policy; and revisions to the Academic Distinction in the Department of the Major Policy, the Academic Fresh Start Policy, the five-year calendar, the Jane Stephens Honors Program Policy and the Academic Honesty Policy.

The Regents will consider conferring degrees for spring 2011 and summer 2011 graduates. The Board also will hear reports from: outgoing Faculty Senate Chair Sophia Scott and incoming Faculty Senate Chair Kevin Dickson; and from outgoing Student Government President Katie Herring and incoming Student Government President Patrick Vining. Other reports will include an update on the schedule of bond-funded capital projects, a progress report on contracts and Facilities Management projects and the President’s Report, including informational items on the “Economic Impact of the Campus Improvement Projects, 2011-2015,” and the Missouri Department of High Education’s approval of the bachelor of science in cybersecurity.

The Regents will consider a motion to go into a closed session for appropriate considerations. When the open session reconvenes, the only item on the agenda will be consideration of a motion to adjourn.