Board of Visitors Meeting, April 26, 2004
Summary of Actions/Discussions
Approved minutes for this meeting (Microsoft Word format)
The James Madison University Board of Visitors met Monday, April 26, 2004, in the Board Room of JMU's College Center. Following is a summary of actions taken by the board and key areas of discussion at the board meeting:
- Set the costs for tuition, fees and room and board for Virginia students at $11,356 for 2004-2005 - a 5.2 percent increase over the current charges of $10,794. Tuition, fees and room and board for out-of-state students will increase by 6.75 percent, from $19,016 to $20,300. Costs for commuter students will increase from $5,058 to $5,476 for Virginia students and from $13,280 to $14,420 for non-Virginians. Room and board increases - from $5,736 to $5,880 - will be the same for in-state and out-of-state students. Charges for graduate work will increase from $201 to $226 per semester hour for Virginians and $605 to $660 for non-Virginians.
- Received a report from Dr. Daniel A. Wubah, special assistant to the president on efforts being made to enhance diversity at the university. The efforts include a variety of efforts toward expanding diversity on the faculty and staff and the creation of scholarships for students from underrepresented groups.
- Saw a presentation on the work of a team of four JMU students who won first place in the national Microsoft Windows ChallengE program. JMU's winning project, which won the top award of $4,000 from Microsoft, is an airport security checkpoint device designed to help protect the millions of people who fly each day.
- Approved the establishment of the Alvin V. Baird Jr. Centennial Chair in Psychology in the College of Integrated Science Technology. The chair is named for Baird, who is a major benefactor of the University.
- Approved the establishment of the Jackson Ramsey Centennial Chair in the College of Business. The chair is named for Jackson, who is a retired business professor and provost of CISAT.
- Approved the following new academic programs:
- A master of education in mathematics.
- An undergraduate major in justice studies in the College of Arts and Letters.
- A Ph.D. research track in the existing doctoral program in combined-integrated clinical, school and counseling psychology.
- Was told by President Linwood H. Rose:
- That JMU leads all state colleges and universities in providing wireless computer access, according to a study by the Intel Corp. JMU ranked 39th nationally in the ranking done by Intel.
- That two JMU graduate programs have been cited for excellence in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. The master's level audiology program was ranked 27th in the nation and the speech-language pathology program ranked 32nd in the country.
- That three JMU students who had served in the military in Iraq recently discussed their experiences at an on-campus forum, which was covered by the national cable network, C-Span. The forum was sponsored by OrangeBand initiation, a organization founded at JMU that promoted open discussion of issues.