Board of Visitors Summary of Actions and Discussions, January 18, 2013
The James Madison University Board of Visitors met Friday,
January 18, 2013, in the Board Room of Madison’s Festival Conference and
Student Center.
Following is a summary of actions taken by the board and key
areas of discussion at the board meeting:
- Approved the September 28, 2012 BOV meeting
minutes;
- Approved committee
reports from Athletics, Audit, Development, Education & Student Life, and
Finance & Physical Development;
- Received the President’s Report presented by Mr.
Jonathan Alger;
- Received a Strategic
Planning Update presented by:
- Dr. Mark Warner,
Senior Vice President for Student Affairs & University Planning
- Dr. Brian Charette,
Associate Vice President for University Planning;
- Received a
presentation on Disruptive Technologies: Curriculum Delivery presented by:
- Dr. Jerry Benson,
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Dr. Teresa Gonzalez,
Vice Provost
- Ms. Sarah Cheverton,
Director, Center for Instructional Technology
- Dr. Carol Hurney,
Director of the Center for Faculty Innovation;
- Received a
presentation on Proposed Summer 2013 Tuition and Fees presented by:
- Mr. Charles King,
Senior Vice President for Administration & Finance;
- Received the Governor’s 2013-14 Budget Update
presented by:
- Mr. Charles King,
Senior Vice President for Administration & Finance;
- Received a Presidential Inauguration Update,
presented by:
- Mr. Joseph Funkhouser, JMU BOV Rector
- Actions taken following Closed Session:
- Mr. Nick Langridge has been named vice president of University Advancement
- Approved the purchase of real property at 45 East Fairview Avenue for $345,000.
Was told by President Jonathan
Alger:
- Listening Tour Update:
- Dozens
of meetings on and off campus, including all the colleges and other academic
and administrative units, student leaders and organizations, Parents Council,
academic advisory groups, faculty emeriti, etc.
- Visits
all around VA, CA (Bay area), Charlotte, Dallas, Philadelphia
- Special
thanks to hosts at home events (Hollands, Roberts, Leeolous, Smiths)
- Hundreds
of comments, shared with Madison Future Commission (strategic planning process)
- More
meetings are planned for this spring (DC, Baltimore, Hampton Roads,
Charlottesville, Tampa, NYC)
- Feedback
from each event is shared on the website (see http://www.jmu.edu/whymadison/ )
- The
university is reviewing and organizing the feedback, and some key themes are
consistent (e.g., importance of faculty-student interaction; public
service/civic engagement; continued growth of national reputation; need for
more private funding; need for competitive faculty compensation and support)
- The
Listening Tour events are helping us set strategic planning and fundraising
priorities;
- Task Forces at Work
- Madison
Future Commission (strategic planning)
- Faculty
and staff compensation
- Diversity
(faculty, staff, and student issues)
- Support
of junior faculty;
- Ongoing Academic Leadership Searches
- College
of Business Dean
- Next
year: Deans for newly configured
colleges (Health and Behavioral Studies; Integrated Science and Engineering)
- Vice
Provost for Research;
- Institutional Accreditation
- SACSCOC
10-year review site visit is coming in April 2013
- Preliminary
report has been received and reviewed internally
- At
December meeting in Dallas, JMU was featured prominently (and recognized for
its strength in assessment)
- Site
visit will focus on the Quality Enhancement Plan – Madison Collaborative: Ethical
Reasoning in Action
- BOV
members may be called upon for interviews;
- December 2012 Commencement
- Degrees
conferred on 648 undergraduates, 127 master’s, 3 educational specialist and 4
doctoral students
- Featured
speaker was Justin Constantine (Class of ’92, Iraq War veteran);
- General Assembly
- 2013
General Assembly Session began on January 9 (a full report was presented by Mr.
Charles King, Senior Vice President for Administration & Finance);
- Admissions/Enrollment Outlook
- Early
Action applications continue to go up – up by 23 percent over last year
- There
is a trend for out-of-state applicants to apply early rather than regular
decision (other universities have seen this as well, probably due to the
non-binding nature)
- Steady
increase in the academic quality in early applications;
- Momentum in Fundraising
- Increases
in Annual Giving, Individual Major Gifts, and Organizational Gifts with
additional various gift conversations underway
- Templeton
Foundation gift – Project Title: Test of
Rational Thinking (Dr. Robin Anderson and Dr. Richard West, graduate
psychology)
- Other
significant gifts to academics and athletics;
- JMU Recognitions
- Top
Fulbright ‘Producer’: Two Fulbright
professors in 2012-13 (Dr. Anthony Tongen, mathematics and statistics; Dr. Sang
Yoon, art, design and art history)
- National
leader in Study Abroad (second nationally among similar institutions)
- Debate
Team (ranked #3 and #5 out of 127 schools in the category)
- Best
Values in Public Colleges for 2013 (#20)
- One
of 5 regional universities in the South that operate most efficiently (US News
& World Report);
- JMU’s Relay for Life
- Won
national and regional awards:
- South Atlantic Division Awards
- #1 Top Fundraising Relay Team: Duke Royale (Relay Exec) -- $46,452
- Marketing Award (best use of social media and
our website to promote our events, meetings, and fundraisers): Relay for Life of JMU
- #3 Top Individual Fundraiser Award: Tina Magee -- $10,800
- National Relay for Life Awards
- #1 Nationwide Collegiate Per Capita Award
(15,000-24,999 students) -- $13.04
- Nationwide Youth Team of Excellence Award: Duke Royale (Relay Exec) -- $46,452 (average
of $1,601 per team member).
