The additions and changes to committee rosters were reported. Letters are being sent out by President Gring to those who have been added to committees. Three students still need to be appointed to committees. Chris Phelan has met with Greg and is working on this.
Leslie reported both on the process used by the Institutional Purpose Committee to develop a draft of a new College Statement of Purpose and on the objectives the committee had in shaping the statement. The proposed Statement was circulated and discussed. After considerable discussion, the Steering Committee decided: (1) to have Leslie immediately send the proposed Statement to faculty and staff through e-mail, (2) to have the Statement shared with the Board through a summer mailing, (3) during the summer, to decide at what early-in-the-academic-year venue the Statement would be discussed, (4) in a manner determined by the Communications Committee and Brian Clark, to share the Statement with students early in the fall semester, and (5) to include the Statement on the campus SACS web page. Comments and suggestions from all constituencies will be solicited and considered. Ideally, endorsement of a new Statement by the faculty and administration will be received during the fall semester, and approval by the Board of Trustees received in its October or (Executive Committee) meeting in February.
The status of work by the other Self-Study committees was briefly reviewed by the respective chairpersons (Greg on Compliance Audit and Strategic Study; Adrienne and Dan on the Calendar; and Dan on Communications. Work throughout the committee system is on track for this point in the Self-Study process.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:25 p.m.
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