Voting members present: Frank Chaplen, Mak Khan, Jeff Luck, Filix Maisch, Shawn Tucker
Voting members absent: Tekla Bude
Ex-Officio members present: Budget & Resources Planning Office – Sherm Bloomer
Report Back from University Budget Advisory Committee
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Discussion of topics for the upcoming year and who would be continuing on the committee next year.
Program Proposal
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Humanitarian Engineering Certificate, Key #781 – New Undergraduate Certificate
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The humanitarian program is very popular with students and an ecampus offering is a good idea.
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The narrative and budget justification are complete and well thought-out.
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They recognize they won’t be cash positive for the first couple of years.
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Course development is required to be done by an instructor or tenure-line faculty.
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Still needs justification of enrollment numbers.
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS), Key #971 – Change Undergraduate Major
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Regarding concerns about the GC-MS:
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A quote was received from Shimadzu for a basic GC-MS that costs roughly 80K. Takes a trade-in of current equipment into consideration.
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Model requires little maintenance and can be maintained by existing instructional and lab staff.
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Enrollment projections are based on market research by enrollment services.
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They agreed it was low but the startup budget is in line with other recent hires at Cascades campus.
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To offer the major with options, they need to offer 24 credit hours of new courses at Cascades. The new TT hire will teach roughly 15-18 of those credits. Part-time instructors are budgeted to cover additional new courses.
Action: Motion to approve; motion seconded and passed with 5 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 votes in abstention.
Other Business
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There was an issue with a proposal Frank Chaplen originated – due to an error in CIM, it mistakenly skipped over the BFP committee. He is working with Janice Nave-Abele to roll it back so the committee can review it properly.
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