Present:
Len Frey
Sandra Bevill
Gail Hudson
Carleen Marburger
Jeff Pittman
Tina Quinn
Steve Replogle
John Seydel
Jim Washam
Mark Young

Others:
Chris Collins

Absent:
Charles Ford
Gauri Guha

Meeting was called to order by Dean Frey at 3:30 p.m.

STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE PRELIMINARY REPORT
Dr. Replogle discussed the preliminary report with the committee. A Mission Statement was attempted on the first page. There is a list of Guiding Principles on which this program would rest. The second sentence under Oversight should read Director of Professional Development Programs, not Board. Dr. Replogle commented that Melodie Philhours and Dan Marburger have done a great job putting this together. They have talked about starting this for the seniors next year. There is a tiny portion required to receive credit for Strategic Management. Next fall would be to register in “Smoke Signals” with Career Services, submit a resume to Career Services and register and attend an Interviewing Techniques Workshop by Career Services. Also attend an Ethics in Business Seminar.

Beginning in the spring (same as above), plus two elective events listed below Jr. or Sr. years. Career Testing takes about 30 minutes in conjunction with Myers Briggs test. Discussed the models for freshman, sophomore, and Junior and Senior years. Mandatory and elective events listed for each semester.

Planning Committee Meeting Minutes
March 28, 2005
Page 2

Dr. Frey asked Dr. Replogle if this was just a proposal and at the next Planning Committee put this in effect. Dr. Frey asked that the Department Chairs talk to their faculty about this and get feedback so we can address this at the next Planning Meeting.

Students who transfer in with 60 or more hours are only required to do the Jr./Sr. level activities.

How will the distant site students do the Career Testing etc.? Dr. Replogle will check into this.
AACSB requires us to offer the same degree to all sites. So if we make exceptions we may not be following AACSB guidelines. Dr. Seydel asked if the site coordinators could offer other options.

Dr. Seydel sees this as a Retention & Recruitment tool, therefore, the University should help us with this.

April 25th will be voting on this at next Planning Meeting.

Discussion was made regarding NOT planning a speaker during Spring Break.

COB HONORS BANQUET
Beta Gamma Sigma Honoree – Henry Jones was suggested
Distinguished Alumni – Frank Burge – 1972 Graduate of Business Administration and went into banking. 1992 – the bank was a small $20 million bank and he grew the bank to be a $450 million bank in Destin, Florida. The bank is being sold for over $100 million around 4/24. He will not be able to join us for the Honors Banquet, therefore; we can honor him later on.

Departmental Award Recipients
Scholarship Recipients
Wall Street Journal Award Recipient

Budget Reallocation – 2% increase and 2% reduction. Don’t know anymore than we knew in the previous week. Dr. Frey felt there may be some cases where there may be reallocations within colleges but not across the college. Dr. Frey will know more by Thursday.

Dr. Seydel said we got some nice press in Computer World regarding Rural Sourcing.

Planning Committee Meeting Minutes
March 28, 2005
Page 3

Carleen stated that Sr. Preview Day is Thursday and she has only heard from one Chair. Diversity Day is on Saturday and Pat Toney-McLin will be doing this. Business Expo will be on the 20th.

Bo Adams Estate – Dr. Frey had lunch with Tina Adams and got more details. She is interested in the Bo Adams Foundation getting involved in this. Need faculty involved and external people.

Dr. Bevill – Friday is the Community College Conference. Courtney has the Agenda if anyone needs one.

Dr. Seydel – Assessment Server is now set up. Can look at survey and evaluation stuff for this. Survey Questionnaire is set up on a scantron and Dr. Frey ask if we can run this through and Dr. Seydel said yes.

Dr. Seydel stated that Dennis Thiedig’s office will be available so do we know if anyone has asked for this space. Dr. Frey stated that Herb has asked about utilizing this space. The SBIC has been abandoned, but the equipment will not be abandoned. If they take the equipment, Herb will not have any need for this space.

Mark Young – GSA Office in Fort Worth will be renting space out of their office. So, Dennis will be working out of this office and paying rent.

The meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

Next meeting scheduled for April 25, 2005.

Submitted by

Chris Collins