STATED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
April 8, 2005
A meeting of the Board of Trustees was held in Room 326, Stewart Center, West Lafayette, Indiana at 8:30 a.m. on April 8, 2005.
The following Trustees were present: Hardin (vice chairman), Birck, Cusick, Edmondson, Essex, Peterson, Powers, Townsend. The absences of Trustees Edwardson and McGinley were excused by consent of the Board.
Also in attendance were President Jischke, Provost Mason, Executive Vice President and Treasurer Olsen, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer Almond, Legal Counsel Benton, and Secretary Behringer. Present by invitation to make reports to the Board were Alysa Rollock, Vice President for Human Relations; Athletic Director Burke; Professor William McBride, Chair, University Senate; Mr. Aaron Schnur, President, Purdue Student Government; PNC Chancellor James Dworkin; Professor Judith Hack, President, PUC Faculty Senate; and Mr. Chris Yahne, President, Student Government, IPFW.
I. FUTURE MEETING SCHEDULE.
Vice Chairman Hardin drew attention to the listing of future meetings and commencements, paying special attention to the revised dates for the June 2005 meetings and the dates for the 2006 calendar year. (List filed with Minute Material.)
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Upon proper motion duly seconded, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the following meetings:
Executive Session, February 10, 2005 Stated Meeting, February 11, 2005 Executive Session, February 11, 2005
III. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT.
President Jischke reviewed the effects on higher education of both the Indiana House version and the Indiana Senate Appropriations Committee's version of the biennial budget for 2005-2007; reported rankings of various Purdue colleges, departments and programs; congratulated Drs. Leah Jamieson, Ed Coyle and Bill Oakes for recognition of the EPICS program by the National