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MCC Daily Tribune

College Forum Meeting Notes - February 25, 2020

College Forum
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Warshof Conference Center, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center (Monroe B)

Members of the Board of Trustees and invited guests in attendance: Chairperson Barbara P. Lovenheim; Trustee Carla M. Palumbo; Trustee Dale R. Rehkopf II; Interim President Katherine P. Douglas; Linda Hall, Board Secretary; and Kristin Lowe, Director of Human Resources.

Registered speaker and topic(s):

  1. Paul Emerick (Biology); topics: Enrollment and Fund Balance
    • See attached remarks

Action items:

  1. Action item identified by Chair Lovenheim:
    • Continue to engage in budget development as a collaborative process.
  2. Action item identified by Trustee Rehkopf:
    • Continue to research costs associates with consultants and analytical software purchases.
  3. Action item identified by Interim President Douglas:
    • Publish update to the campus community in Daily Tribune on February 26, 2020 about actions taken to eliminate budget deficits.

Action responses will be published in The Tribune and attached to speaker's document as they become available. A full audio recording of the College Forum meeting is available in the LeRoy V. Good Library.

The next College Forum will be held on April 23, 2020 at the Downtown Campus in High Falls A/B (more details to come).

Attached Files:
College Forum Statement 02 25 2020_P. Emerick.pdf

Linda Hall
Office of the President
03/02/2020