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MCC Daily Tribune

News from the August MCC Board of Trustees Meeting

The MCC Board of Trustees met on Monday, August 7, 2023, and took the following actions:

  1. Adopted the consent agenda effective August 7, 2023
  2. Approved the Monroe Community College Board of Trustees 2024 Meeting Calendar: Monday, January 29, 4:00 p.m. Board Meeting, Monday, March 4, 4:00 p.m. Board Meeting, Monday, April 22, 2:00 p.m. Budget Workshop, 4:00 p.m. Board Meeting,, Monday, June 10, 4:00 p.m. Board Meeting, Monday, August 5, 4:00 p.m. Board Meeting,  Monday, October 7, 4:00 p.m. Board Meeting, Monday, December 9, 11:00 a.m. Board Workshop, 4:00 p.m. Board Meeting
  3. Elected the Board of Trustees officers nominated to serve until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and/or until their successors have been elected and qualified: Chair: Allen K. Williams, Vice Chair: Daniel M. DeLaus, Jr., Esq., Secretary: Dr. Daniele Lyman-Torres
  4. Accepted operating disbursements totaling $7,545,792.20 for the month of May 2023, and $7,530,458.49 for the month of June 2023, subject to a final audit. (A detailed listing is available upon request.)
  5. Accepted the Interim Financial Reports as of May 31, and June 30, 2023
  6. Authorized Purchase of items over $20,000 as listed for the months of May and June 2023
  7. Continued/extend resident tuition eligibility for the 2023/24 academic year to students with Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
  8. Approved for Non-contract Administrators, salary increases of 2.75% added to base for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, effective September 1, 2023
  9. Approved for the following College Officers, salary increases of 2.75% added to base for the 2023-2024 fiscal year: • Robin Cole, Jr., Vice President, Economic & Workforce Development & Career Technical Education • Calvin Gantt, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Belonging & Executive Director, Downtown Campus • Greg Hinton, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, Administrative Services • Gretchen Wood, Vice President, Institutional Advancement & Executive Director, MCC Foundation
  10. Approved for the President, salary increase of 2.50% added to base for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, effective September 1, 2023. The Board authorized the chair of the Board of Trustees to amend the employment agreement with the President upon such terms as the Board of Trustees and the President mutually agree
  11. Approved Reappointments of the following College Officers, effective September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024: Candice Baldwin, Chief of Staff; Robin Cole, Jr., Vice President, Economic & Workforce Development & Career Technical Education; Calvin Gantt, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Belonging and Executive Director, Downtown Campus; Greg Hinton, Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, Administrative Services; Margaret Semmer, Provost and Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs; Gretchen Wood, Vice President, Institutional Advancement & Executive Director, MCC Foundation
  12. Expressed its sincere appreciation for professional services, and in recognition of their years of dedicated service to the College, the following be appointed, at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees, to Emeritus Status: 
    • Professor Emeritus: Burke, Donna, ESOL/Transitional Studies; Tshibangu, Sherry, Business Administration
    • Associate Professor Emeritus: Tsai, Joanna, Biology; Wright, Bobby, Mathematics
    • Associate Professor Emeritus-Posthumously: Hachee, Matthew, English and Philosophy; Watson Payne, Rochelle, ESOL/Transitional Studies
  13. Approved the authorization for the President to take the necessary steps to plan and implement a 2023-24 Voluntary Retirement Incentive Plan for full-time faculty teaching positions as a first-step measure to right-sizing fiscal operations and reducing structural operating deficits
  14. Approved a resolution to enter executive session

The Board heard presentations from:

  • Student Testimonial by Elle Parrota
  • Student Trustee Ana Santos
  • Student Success Dashboard with Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Measurements William Dixon, Director, Research
  • Dr. DeAnna R. Burt-Nanna provided the President’s Update, which included a briefing on the July 10-11 Saratoga President’s Retreat. All 64 Presidents of SUNY colleges and universities met at the invitation of Chancellor John King for a summer convening where they received highlights from the Enacted Budget, the Chancellor’s priorities for SUNY, and received and shared updates from peer institutions. In the Enacted Budget for FY’24, the State allocated $75M in Transformation Funding to be focused on enrollment, students’ success, the workforce, and operational efficiencies. A $1.1M allocation has been set aside for MCC pending SUNY’s approval of MCC’s plan of action to deliver results in related categories. Our plan will be submitted by August 15. Also, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) annual Presidents Academy Summer Institute was held in Toronto, Canada, last month and it provided the ability to engage with other Presidents in a series of professional development opportunities focused on topics essential to the presidency for the benefit of our colleges. In addition, President Burt-Nanna reported that there are some bright spots in our enrollment forecast compared to the prior year. As of July 24, New Student applications were up 9.8% (807 headcount) over the prior year for a similar period. Approved applications (19.9% over last year or 1025 headcount) as well as Registered Students (6.1% or 125 headcount) were both up over the prior year for the same period. While these numbers are unofficial and merely reflect a single point in time, one month prior to the start of the semester, the trend is encouraging in that it marks a long-awaited shift away from steep declines in enrollment to more stable (albeit a flat) enrollment pattern.
  • Dr. Robin Cole Jr., Economic & Workforce Development & Career Technical Education (EDIWS) on EDIWS activities, Dr. Calvin Gantt, Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Belonging and Executive Director, Downtown Campus on division activities; Greg Hinton, CFO/Vice President, on Administrative Services activities; Dr. Margaret Semmer, Provost & Vice President on Academic Service activities; Gretchen Wood, Vice President, Institutional Advancement and Executive Director, MCC Foundation, on Institutional Advancement activities and Foundation activities on behalf Board of Directors Chair Lori Van Dusen, including the upcoming Salute to Excellence on December 6th.
  • Shared Governance representatives, including Student Government Association President Joseph Leichtner, Faculty Senate provided a written response, President Burt-Nanna representing Administration, and Support Staff Planning Council provided a written report.
  • Faculty Association and the CSEA leaders provided written submissions.

Attached Files:
Divisional Highlights_8.7.23.pdf

Patrick Morris
Community Relations
08/10/2023