STATED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
September 29, 2006
A meeting of the Board of Trustees was held in Room 135-136, The Conference Center, Purdue University Calumet campus at 8:35 a.m. (CDT) on September 29, 2006.
The following Trustees were present: McGinley (chairman), Birck, Brouillette, Butler, Cumberbatch, Hardin, Oesterie, Powers, Spurgeon, and Townsend.
Also in attendance were President Jischke, Provost Mason, Executive Vice President and Treasurer Olsen, Vice President and Assistant Treasurer Almond, Legal Counsel Benton, Director Mukerjea, Executive Assistant Vibbert, and Corporate Secretary Behringer. Present by invitation to make reports to the Board were Vice President Robinson, and Calumet representatives: Chancellor Cohen; Dr. Maureen Marthaler, Chair, Faculty Senate; Mr. Stephen Lynch, President, Student Government.
I. REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN MCGINLEY.
Chairman McGinley thanked Chancellor Cohen and the Calumet staff for hosting today's meeting. He thanked the community for their support of the Calumet campus and pointed out that current Trustee Mamon Powers and former Trustee Donald S. Powers are from this area and are great supporters of Purdue Calumet. Last night (9/28/2006) the Purdue Trustees and administration had an opportunity to visit with community leaders, members of the administrative staff and other supporters of the University.
Chairman McGinley pointed out that it has been the Board's policy to annually rotate the site of the Trustees' meetings to the various regional campuses in order to recognize the vital work that the campuses perform and to demonstrate the Board's concern for the specific issues that relate to the regional campuses.
Chairman McGinley welcomed new Trustees JoAnn Brouillette and Susan Butler to their first meeting of the Board.
II. FUTURE MEETING SCHEDULE AND WECOME TO NEW TRUSTEES.
Chairman McGinley drew attention to the listing of future meetings and commencements and asked the Trustees to put these dates on their calendars.