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GERBER RECEIVES APSA RESEARCH GRANT
Dr. Mitchel Gerber, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Southeast Missouri State University, has been awarded the 2000-2001 American Political Science Association (APSA) Small Research Grant.
The research grant will fund sabbatical research for Gerber in Spring 2001. His sabbatical research will focus on 17th century English political thought and concepts of public interest and community. The research is entitled, “A Critical Reinterpretation of the Levellers’ and Thomas Hobbes’s Political Thought: A Communitarian and Classical Republican Political Philosophy.” Gerber will conduct research at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
“APSA is a national professional organization of political scientists,” said Dr. Mitchel Gerber. “To receive one of their awards is pretty important.”
Proposals were read by members of the Association’s Research Support Advisory Board and the Committee on Education and Professional Development. After completing individual reviews and a group discussion, the reviewers selected 16 proposals to receive funding.
The APSA small research grant program supports research in all fields of political science. The intent of these grants is to support the research of political scientists who are not employed at Ph.D. granting institutions and to help further the careers of those scholars. It is a highly competitive and prestigious award provided by the discipline’s national professional association.
REGENTS APPROVE FY2002-2003 DRAFT CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents today approved a tentative list of capital and maintenance projects totaling $67.2 million for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.
The request for fiscal 2002 includes $21.4 million for interior and exterior renovation of Academic Hall. This project will include extensive interior renovation, upgrading of mechanical and electrical systems and upgrading all classrooms with information technology.
Dr. Pauline Fox, vice president for administration and enrollment management at Southeast, says more than 200 single glazed windows will be replaced, and the slate roof will be repaired. Exterior stone walls will be cleaned and waterproofed, and the entrance doors will be replaced, she said.
Also included in the fiscal 2002 request is $21.2 million for upgrading the science complex. This project will involve upgrading and remodeling laboratories and classrooms, and upgrading mechanical and electrical systems. Current information technology infrastructure also will be installed in the complex, which includes Johnson, Magill and Rhodes halls.
The request for fiscal 2003 includes $19.3 for renovation of Kent Library. This project will include reconfiguring faculty and staff offices, and work areas, and upgrading mechanical and electrical systems, and interior lighting. The renovation of Kent also will involve removing and replacing masonry on the west and south facades, replacing the roof and adding new windows on the south side of the building.
Also included in the fiscal 2003 request is $5.28 million for renovation and remodeling of the Grauel Building. Fox says this project will provide needed renovations to relocate the Capaha Arrow, move the Department of English into Academic Hall and expand spaces for the Department of Communication Disorders and the Department of Mass Communications.
Several projects for four years past the next funding cycle (2004-2007) are also included in the request for long-term planning purposes.
REGENTS APPROVE $75 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET FOR FY2001
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents today approved a $75 million operating budget for the University for fiscal 2001, the year which begins July 1.
The new budget includes funding for current operations along with new allocations for academic initiatives - for the recently established University Studies Advising Center and for additional graduate assistants in the University’s growing graduate program. Also included in the budget is funding for administrative initiatives, including monies for Financial Aid, cashiering and Admissions to enhance student services in these critical, high-volume areas. The budget includes funding to support students to attend research conferences and compensation packages for faculty and staff.
The budget was developed by the Budget Review Committee during the spring 2000 semester. The Budget Review Committee is comprised of 27 individuals who represent all major interest groups on campus. The Committee considered the level of state funding for Southeast, student fee rates approved by the Board in March, enrollment projections, programmatic enhancements, and faculty and staff compensation committee reports, said Bill Duffy, vice president for finance at Southeast.
The budget includes estimated income of $50.3 million in state appropriations, less three percent withholding for the Governor’s executive reserve, a net of $48.8 million. Income from state appropriations accounts for 65 percent of the University’s total operating budget.
In addition, the University’s fiscal 2001 budget includes estimated income of $24.2 million from student fees and $2 million from other sources. Income from student fees accounts for 32.3 percent, and income from other sources for 2.7 percent of the University’s total operating budget, Duffy said.
The operating budget includes merit-based salary increases for all faculty and employee groups, he said. Under the approved budget, salary increases for faculty will be drawn from a 3.75 percent base merit pool. Faculty recognized for exceptional merit will be drawn from an additional 1.25 percent pool. Salary increases for all other staff will be drawn from a four percent pool. No automatic increases will be given, Duffy said, adding that all raises are based on meritorious performance.
In addition, the Board approved the fiscal 2001 operating budgets for the University’s “auxiliary” units, totaling $22.5 million. These self-supporting operations, which do not receive state appropriations, include campus housing, Southeast Bookstore, the Show Me Center and the Student Recreation Center.
KASTENS NAMED NEW HORIZON CLUB MEMBERS
Nelson and Alice Kasten have become the newest members of the Horizon Club by naming Southeast Missouri State University in their estate plan.
Nelson Kasten is a 1947 graduate of Southeast, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in science and majored in chemistry. He returned to Southeast to complete his degree in chemistry following active duty in World War II. He retired in 1985 after working 38 years at the Monsanto Company in St. Louis as a senior research specialist in the corporate research department. Alice Kasten is a homemaker.
The Horizon Club recognizes donors who have named Southeast Missouri State University as a beneficiary of planned gifts - real estate, a will, living trust, annuity or insurance policy. Those gifts are the result of careful planning involving the family attorney, family trust officer, insurance underwriter and accountant. Planned gifts are crucial for the long-term financial well being of the Foundation and ultimately, the University, as the need to raise private funds increases.
REGENTS TO CONSIDER PROPOSED $75 MILLION FY2001 OPERATING BUDGET
The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents will consider approving a $75 million operating budget along with fiscal 2001 auxiliary operating budgets for the institution when the Board meets June 30 in Kennett, Mo.
The meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the Kennett Area Higher Education Center in Room 108 and will precede the dedication of the new higher education center, scheduled for 2 p.m.
The first item of business on the agenda will be consideration of a motion to go into a closed session for appropriate considerations. The open session is expected to reconvene at about 11 a.m., when an announcement will be made regarding Board action during the closed session.
The primary agenda item on the open session will be the proposed budget, which includes funding recommendations for academic initiatives - for the recently established University Studies Advising Center and for additional graduate assistants in the University’s growing graduate programs. Also included in the proposed budget are funding recommendations for administrative initiatives - for positions in Financial Aid, cashiering and Admissions to enhance student services in critical, high-volume areas. The funding package also includes recommendations for many other initiatives, including support for students to attend research conferences, and compensation packages designed to keep faculty and staff salaries competitive with state and peer institutions.
The Board also will consider approving a fiscal 2001 Auxiliary Operating Budget of $22.5 million. The auxiliary operating budget includes funding recommendations for a number of auxiliary enterprises, including Residence Life, the Student Recreation Center, the Show Me Center and the University Center.
In other action the Board will consider approving capital budget requests of $42.6 million for fiscal 2002 and $24.6 million for fiscal 2003. The fiscal 2002 request includes projected costs for interior and exterior renovation of Academic Hall and upgrades to the science complex. The fiscal 2003 request includes projected costs for renovating Kent Library and the Grauel Building.
Other action items on the agenda include consideration of an academic program change that would establish an educational studies emphasis on the master of arts degree in secondary education. The Board will consider approving two Faculty Senate bills on Faculty Senate and University committees and the Faculty Promotion Policy.
In addition, the Board will consider several resolutions of honor for Jeremy Johnson, who was named the 2000 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Male Athlete of the Year, Southeast’s women’s athletic program which received the OVC Women’s All Sports Award, Becky Shull, who was named to the third team GTE Academic All-America women’s spring at-large squad, and Dr. Dennis Holt, who has served for the past year as interim provost.
The Board will hear a report from President Kenneth W. Dobbins that will include information on the A+ Schools Program, Title IV refunds and progress on contracts and Facilities Management projects. The Board also will receive information on a proposal Dobbins and President John Cooper of
Three Rivers Community College have submitted to Dr. Kala Stroup, Missouri commissioner of higher education, requesting fiscal 2002 state funding to support instructional activities and operations for the area higher education centers in Sikeston and Kennett, Mo.
Consideration of a motion to go into a closed session for appropriate considerations will be the final item of business on the agenda. When the open session reconvenes, the only item of business on the agenda will be consideration of a motion to adjourn.
B. MARIE RUESTER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
The B. Marie Ruester Endowed Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. John and B. Marie Ruester have made a gift of $10,378 to establish the scholarship. It will be awarded for the first time this fall.
The scholarship is open to United States citizens with proven financial need. Students must have a 2.0 high school grade point average or have completed their GED with a combined standard score of 300 or above. The scholarship is renewable provided that a 2.0 grade point average is maintained without dropping courses. Preference will given to descendants of Clarence and Norma Allen or Theodore and Edna Ruester.
B. Marie Ruester was a graduate of Jackson High School. She was employed by and retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in 1985 as a maintenance supervisor. She took all available horticultural courses in the Department of Agriculture and some sewing courses in the Department of Home Economics at Southeast after her retirement.
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