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UCC Board of Trustees Meeting - January 2007

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	Release date: 01/12/07    Bentley Gilbert
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Winchester— The Umpqua Community College Board of Trustees opened its January 9 regular meeting with a visit from the women’s basketball team, the Riverhawks.

The Presidents report included the following:

The UCC Crisis Response Plan was given to the Board members. Several “first responders,” including some who are members of the UCC faculty have reviewed it.
UCC’s day at the 2007 Oregon Legislature will be Tuesday, March 6. On that day, members of the UCC faculty, administration, advisory and Board members, students and other supporters will tell our lawmakers of the value of the education the college offers and the need for adequate financial support.
The President announced that the members of the College Council have been named.
A grant to purchase a couple of additional defibrillators has been approved and that Steve Buchko deserves credit for preparing the successful grant application.
The GED graduation ceremony on Friday, January 19, was announced.

Trustee Tom Keel announced the date of the Oregon Community College Association board meeting, January 23 and 24, and that the association will lobby for $529 million they believe is necessary for the Community College Support Fund. The Associated Students of UCC announced its new officers, Jeff Robin, acting president and current ASUCC public relations officer and Kaila Fromdahl, vice president. The Faculty Association and the Classified Association also made oral reports.

Ann Fauss, director of counseling, provided a program focus with the work of her department and the success it is having with students. They handle students on a “drop-in” basis, she said, when the student believes he or she needs the attention, not by appointment, and individually, not in groups. Still, they handle three times as many students as other community college counseling departments.

Other Board action included:

Accepting the budget reduction report form Administrative Services.
Approving first reading of Institutional Strategic Plan 2007-08.
Approving first reading of Policy 302.8, regarding filling of vacancies for fulltime positions.
Appointing Verniece Paterson to the vacant position in the Budget Committee for Zone 3. The term expires June 30, 2008.
Approving the 2007-08 academic calendar. The calendar matches the spring break for local schools and the Oregon University System, something requested by families.

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