1 1 2 ---------------------------------------X 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING 4 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5 AMMERMAN CAMPUS, ALUMNI ROOM 6 BROOKHAVEN GYMNASIUM 7 MEETING OF MINUTES 8 Thursday, February 14, 2008 9 8:30 a.m. 10 ---------------------------------------X 11 12 13 WILLIAM D. MOORE Chairman 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 REPORTED BY: BethAnne Mennonna, Court Reporter 23 24 25 2 1 2 A P P E A R A N C E S: 3 4 ERNESTO MATTACE, JR. 5 DAVID OCHOA 6 DENNIS McCARTHY 7 BELINDA ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN 8 DR. SHIRLEY PIPPINS 9 AVETTE D. WARE 10 YICHAO LI 11 FRANK C. TROTTA 12 WALTER C. HAZLITT 13 JERRY KANE 14 Also Present: 15 Teri Kopp - Secretary 16 17 - o0o - 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 3 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 MR. MOORE: I ask that we bring this 3 meeting to order. Happy Valentine's Day. I 4 love you all. Do we have any guests I should be 5 recognizing, that I should know and don't see 6 without my glasses on? If you're here, we 7 welcome you. 8 MR. McCARTHY: Jerry is always accusing 9 me of being a guest. 10 MR. MOORE: We've got a special 11 recognition this morning of our women's cross 12 country team. You all know they were 2007 NJCAA 13 Division three National Champions. Apparently, 14 they are out in the hallway. They are a modest 15 group. I'm told they are in the hallway and 16 they are nervous. Welcome them warmly, when 17 they run in. 18 (Applause.) 19 Dr. Dranoff, the Athletic Director here 20 at the campus will introduce the coaches and 21 fine athletes. 22 DR. DRANOFF: First of all, we 23 appreciate any opportunity for recognition of 24 student athletes here at Suffolk. This is 25 great. I'm real proud that we had an 4 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 opportunity to host such a great event. This is 3 the first time. It was an extremely emotional 4 championship. We did that at Sunken Meadow 5 Park, back in November. I guess some people 6 could say it was kind of a setup, because we 7 went ahead and won the national championship. 8 But it wasn't, really. 9 I want to say, I'm always impressed by 10 the student athletes here at the college. This 11 is a group that Coach Bob Mott and Coach Matt 12 French had worked hard with. They are long time 13 coaches here, in cross country. They are former 14 student athletes themselves and graduates of the 15 college. They moved on to be here and stay with 16 us and help guide this team. This is the first 17 national champion team we had in a little while. 18 We had a few basketball championships. This is 19 one that we're very proud of. I'm real pleased 20 we had an opportunity to give them more 21 recognition. I'd like to introduce Coach 22 Bob Mott and Matt French, the assistant cross 23 country coach. What I should add too is, Bob, 24 won't say it, he was also voted Women's Cross 25 Country Division Three, Cross Country Coach of 5 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 the Year. And the other part that I should say, 3 before I forget, we sent it in a little while 4 ago, is the great academic achievements of the 5 student athletes. This is going to be probably 6 one of the top teams, academically, in terms of 7 team GPA, in the county, when the numbers come 8 through. All very good students. We benefit 9 twice as much with this group. 10 MR. MOTT: I'd like to introduce 11 Brittany Carter, also a member of the basketball 12 team. Doing very well this year; Brittany 13 Rysick, who has accepted the Division one 14 Cross Country and Track in Stony Brook; next is 15 Desiree Bolaru, a freshman this year; next to 16 her is her high school teammate, Kathryn 17 Sherbrook, also from William Floyd; next is 18 Nicole Lomeli, who is possibly going to 19 Farmingdale for nursing and run Cross Country 20 and track, maybe; Next is Kaitlyn Wagner, one of 21 our sophomores, who is not sure where she is 22 going next year. One of our sophomores, who is 23 missing is Christen Tyley, who is not here for 24 some reason. 25 MR. MOORE: Well coach, we've got a 6 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 proclamation for the team, recognizing the great 3 accomplishment. Come up and accept that, on 4 behalf of the team, with certificates as well. 5 MR. MOTT: Thank you. 6 MR. MOORE: Congratulations. We have a 7 certificate for Kaitlyn Wanger; Christine Tyley, 8 who could not be here today; Kathryn Sherbrook; 9 Brittany Rysick; Nicole Lomeli; Brittany Carter; 10 Desiree Bolarue; Coach French and Coach Mott. 11 Thank you, and congratulations again. 12 Stay up on your feet. I'm told we've 13 got a banner to take a quick look at. Let's 14 take a walk to the gym and see the banner 15 honoring this achievement. 16 (Whereupon, the Board members left the 17 room.) 18 MR. MOORE: Let's resume our meeting, if 19 we can. 20 DR. PIPPINS: The next piece is really 21 in preparation for Major Gifts Campaign. 22 MS. ARANEO: Marylou Araneo, 23 Vice President for Institutional Advancement. 24 Well, ladies and gentlemen, as you know, we have 25 been talking for a little while now about the 7 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 upcoming major gifts effort that the foundation 3 will be hosting on behalf of the benefit of the 4 college. We're moving along with our timeline 5 for preparation. We have engaged a consultant 6 to assist us with completing the feasibility 7 study. We have officially organized the work 8 groups that have been really working very hard, 9 for several months now, to start to pull 10 together the major project ideas that they are 11 proposing for consideration, as part of the 12 funding that we will be raising through the 13 effort. So, today we have three presentations 14 by the major working groups that are currently 15 engaged in the projects. They are going to give 16 you a three minute overview of their project 17 proposal. 18 The next step is, these proposals are 19 put together in a format and presented to those 20 of influence and affluence in the Long Island 21 Region, to gain the public's interest and, in 22 general, determine what the level of support for 23 each of the project ideas would be. And from 24 that, we'll break it down into the actual 25 projects that will be part of the Major Gifts 8 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 Campaign. The first team leader is Dr. Asberine 3 Alford and Dean Nina Leonhardt. 4 MS. ALFORD: Good morning. My name is 5 Asberine Alford, and this is Dean Nina 6 Leonhardt. We're both part of the Workforce 7 Development Group. Happy Valentine's Day. The 8 Committee includes representations from the 9 three campuses, the representations from the 10 Workforce Development Unit, and representations 11 from Career Services. 12 The elements in the group include Career 13 and Professional Development Services and 14 Science and Corporate Partnerships. When the 15 Committee first met, we decided we could include 16 all of these elements under one Career Center of 17 Excellence. And that Career Center of 18 Excellence provides work for all of the people 19 in Suffolk County. It would add to the 20 consistency, envy and savings of our career 21 service areas that we now have. And it would 22 also enhance current career service areas, by 23 adding a virtual element. 24 The next page that you have in your 25 packet that Dean Leonhardt passed out includes 9 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 components. We separated this Workforce 3 Development Project into three components. 4 Under the Career Service Center of Excellence, 5 we would have a Career and Professional 6 Development Services, an Industry Summit, and 7 Science and Corporate Partnerships. 8 Now, the Career and Professional 9 Development Services would include career 10 counseling. It would include training. It 11 would include job placement services. It would 12 include transition information and all of those 13 other elements that you would typically find in 14 a career courses center. 15 The next one, Industry Summit, would 16 increase interaction between the college and 17 business and between the college and industry. 18 We foresee three summits a year: One in 19 business, one in manufacturing, and one in 20 technology. Typically, the idea would be to 21 have a summit in the fall semester and a 22 follow-up meeting in the spring semester. And 23 this is a little choppy, because I only have 24 three minutes. What these summits would do is 25 to really help us determine whether or not our 10 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 courses and programs are in line with what the 3 business industry actually needs. 4 The next one there is Science and 5 Corporate Partnerships. Nina Leonhardt, 6 Associate Dean for Continuing Education, will 7 talk about the Science and Corporate 8 Partnerships. 9 MS. LEONHARDT: We will continue the 10 ideas of linking with industry, but go beyond 11 that, and give us an opportunity to obtain 12 additional grant funding and provide internship 13 work experience and job shadowing opportunities 14 for students in those areas that are most needed 15 in the county. And the next page is Benefits. 16 This would give benefits for employers, the 17 public and the students of Suffolk County 18 Community College, of course. 19 If you look at the first one for 20 employers, I'll tell you, this idea was 21 developed from Vice President Gatta. Actually, 22 the more we know about, the more business knows 23 and the more the industry knows about what we do 24 here at the college, and how what we do impacts 25 the positive, professional training and provides 11 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 a good workforce for business and industry, I 3 think, the more business and industry will be 4 able or willing to support what we do 5 financially and otherwise. 6 The next one, the Public-At-Large. The 7 advantage of Public-At-Large is, we have a large 8 array of services that we could offer through 9 services, adult learning services, for veterans 10 services, for senior citizen services, for 11 immigrant services, for displaced homemakers 12 services, for those people who are returning to 13 the workforce after a long period of absence. 14 And the last one, of course, is Suffolk 15 County Community College students. There are so 16 many things: Job placement, resume writing. 17 For the student, there is an array of services 18 for Suffolk County Community College students. 19 How can we possibly do this across three 20 campuses, serving all constituencies of the idea 21 of a virtual center modeled after the 22 Long Island Volunteer Center, matching profit? 23 Anyone, be it employer, a student, resident, 24 gets on-line, puts in a request and the database 25 doesn't match. 12 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 So, we don't need additional space. We 3 don't have to replicate the center on each 4 campus. It's a virtual center. We're going to 5 be providing lifelong services. So, it's there. 6 The information is maintained. The fact that a 7 request is put into the system is automatically 8 maintained through the virtual system. 9 So, again, what we would do, what we 10 would need is someone to set up the virtual 11 center. We have a model, but someone has to 12 actually create it. And there is some nice 13 software that would allow that to happen. 14 And the other important element is the 15 Targeted Summits which, in some way, effects 16 what we include in the virtual center. The 17 process would be beginning with the virtual 18 center, by beginning to build it. Have a summit 19 and know what some of the contents, some of the 20 matches that have to be made should be included. 21 We have ideas. We want the input from business 22 and industry. And we would always include a hot 23 button item. If we're looking at energy this 24 year, or technology, we would include that. We 25 always have a manufacturing element. And always 13 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 have one devoted entirely to business. Thank 3 you. Any questions? 4 MR. MOORE: Thank you. How was that on 5 time? 6 MS. ARANEO: The next group I'm going to 7 ask to come forward is interesting. When we 8 started hearings and presentations, once they 9 were drafted, we started to see some linkages 10 and some similarities between the desires that 11 were being expressed from one project to 12 another. I'm going to ask the next group to 13 step forward, which deals with the college 14 success program and the one stop idea which 15 links, in many ways, in design anyway, with the 16 proposal that you just heard. I'll ask 17 Dr. Marvin Bright and Professor Deborah Wolfson 18 to step forward. 19 DR. PIPPINS: Listen carefully. You'll 20 get a chance to hear it again and again, once we 21 move into the Major Gifts Campaign. You will be 22 representatives, among the team of people I will 23 ask to go with me. Or Marylou might ask, or 24 Bob Walters might ask you to share selected 25 topics with the Committee. Listen with that 14 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 goal in mind. 3 MS. WOLFSON: Professor Deborah Wolfson, 4 Math Department, Grant Campus. Hi. First, our 5 project is the College Success Project Team. 6 Our project leader is Dean McKay, who cannot be 7 with us today. He asked myself and Dr. Bright 8 to make the presentation for him. We had 9 started this back in December. You have the 10 pamphlets. I'm not going to really read to you 11 what's on the brochure, you can read that, to 12 save time. We have a diverse group of people 13 from all three campuses. We brainstormed and 14 came up with this working document that you 15 have. 16 Before I start, what I'd like to do is 17 really relay a story. I am faculty. I teach 18 about four developmental classes a semester. I 19 love my developmental students. I have to feel 20 I do make a difference in their lives. Two 21 years ago, I had a student in my MAO-1 class, 22 that was actually an at-risk student. After two 23 weeks, he lost his schedule, because he was, I 24 guess, suspended or whatever from the school. I 25 said, "Ray, you're doing great. Let me make 15 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 calls get to you to stay in the class." They 3 re-enrolled him. I saw him last week, two years 4 later, and I said to him, "Ray, you're almost 5 done. Do we have a light at the end of the 6 tunnel?" He said, "Yeah. I'm graduating in 7 May." I said, "Great." And then what I said, I 8 don't really know. He said, "I don't know where 9 I want to go. Maybe Stony Brook, maybe 10 Old Westbury. I don't have a major. I don't 11 know what I want to do." I had to say to him, 12 "Go over to Dean Eisley in Nesconset, talk to 13 Career Planning. Use my name. Talk to the 14 transfer specialist in the Sagtikos Building. 15 The skills Center will help you out with any of 16 the testing needs." He looked at me and said, 17 "Okay." The next day I see him and I asked, 18 "Did you go?" He said, "No. I don't remember 19 what you said. I have to come into your office 20 and write it down." 21 I would have loved to have been able to 22 say to him, "Go over to the Center of Excellence 23 and they will direct you through the process and 24 give you direction." We have given this student 25 two years of education, and he turned his life 16 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 around and worked hard to get it. Now he has no 3 direction. If he didn't have me to say do this 4 and this, and if I don't see him in the hall, I 5 don't know if he did it. We've done our job and 6 educated him. We haven't given him the career 7 opportunity, the training or the place to go 8 where he can get this and further his academic 9 and career goals. That's why this Center of 10 Excellence is a crucial component to our campus. 11 I can give you another scenario, but I 12 want to let Dr. Bright speak on the advisement 13 of one-stop registration at the campus financial 14 aide cashier/register advisement in one area. 15 We had students that couldn't register, because 16 they didn't have financial aide. By having them 17 in one area, I was able to say, "Wait a second. 18 Come here, come here, come here." They all did 19 their registration within a half hour. That 20 student had a schedule, was registered, had a 21 smile on their face. 22 As components of the campus, we have to 23 communicate and take care of students now, so 24 they don't go out and dilly-dally and have no 25 direction. I did more than I had to. That 17 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 really exemplifies what we're trying to do. 3 DR. BRIGHT: Dr. Bright, Associate Vice 4 President for Student Affairs at the Central 5 facility, where I size success through 6 excellence, looking at focusing on the whole 7 student. Actually, the holistic model/concept 8 arises from a desire to benefit the student, as 9 far as developing academic goals and linking it 10 to career options, enhance retentions and 11 adequate advising. The career option is so they 12 would know what they are starting, which leads 13 to an actual in. What is the benefit? It's a 14 huge benefit of partnerships, developing 15 internships, helping tuition, develop more 16 skilled workforce for employers. This center is 17 a huge benefit not only to the community college 18 students, but also the surrounding business 19 workforce. 20 I'd like you to really consider this. 21 We put a lot of research and emphasis on it. It 22 is data driven, to start from the beginning and 23 be able to produce data for continuing 24 education. 25 DR. PIPPINS: They are going to one 18 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 place, and walking through all the services they 3 need. 4 MS. WOLFSON: A center on each campus. 5 DR. BRIGHT: Thank you very much. 6 MS. ARANEO: No Major Gifts Effort would 7 be complete without the inclusion of focus on 8 scholarships. To talk about the workforce 9 scholarship working group, I'll ask Dr. Kate Roe 10 to come forth. 11 DR. ROE: The Strategic Initiative of 12 our group focused on trying to double 13 scholarship funds awarded annually. Currently, 14 we award, through the Foundation, $226,000 15 scholarships. That's notable. What we would 16 like to see is raising enough money to double 17 that, which would bring that amount almost to 18 $500,000. In order to do that, we felt you 19 really had to clearly delineate why this 20 initiative was not only of value to the college, 21 but to the community that surrounds the college 22 to the county. To do that, we felt, first, you 23 needed to provide a brief profile of Suffolk to 24 many of the people to whom you would be making 25 these appeals, who really don't have a clear 19 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 idea of the mission and place a community 3 college, in general, is. And certainly not a 4 clear idea of what Suffolk's mission and purpose 5 is. 6 What you seeing before you are three 7 paragraphs that we felt summarize the points 8 that would have to formulate an approach to 9 people who could step up. The first paragraph 10 really highlights the profile of the college as, 11 in some cases, the only viable choice for higher 12 education. It also profiles the type of student 13 we feel would be most likely to benefit from 14 additional scholarship funds; that is: Working 15 adults, single parents, disadvantaged and 16 youthful sole supporters; particularly those, 17 because those are people who generally, in the 18 financial aide scheme of things, are above where 19 they can get help and below where their 20 resources will allow them to come up with $4,000 21 or $5,000 a year for education. To us, that 22 amount may sound like a small amount. To 23 someone that makes $30,000, that's more than ten 24 percent of their income. That was one point 25 that needed to be made. 20 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 The second paragraph talks about the 3 economic benefits. I think that's important, 4 when you are talking to people about giving 5 money for scholarships. They need to know who 6 are the people they are given to. They are not 7 people who are five and ten miles away. They 8 are co-workers, employees, neighbors and 9 community members. And by helping them, you are 10 actually reaching the community. 11 Most of the people we imagine this kind 12 of pitch would be made are people whose own 13 successfulness is based on having a healthy 14 economic county. We felt it was important to 15 talk about the community college as an economic 16 engine, and also to highlight the fact that 17 helping these students achieve a higher 18 education is also helping them earn more and 19 spend more in the county. That's the second 20 paragraph. 21 The third paragraph talks about the 22 personal benefit. At the same time, you are 23 assisting the county to remain more economically 24 helpful. You are also able to honor a loved one 25 or memorialize a loved one or honor a group. 21 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 That's a personal benefit we felt we hit upon. 3 Those are a lot of statistics we can bring in. 4 This is the basic formulation we would like to 5 approach to raise scholarship funds. And I 6 think I stayed within the three minutes. 7 MS. ARANEO: Next I'd like to ask 8 Vice President Joann Braxton to come forward and 9 illustrate and talk about the items that came 10 forth through the Student Life Work Group. 11 MS. BRAXTON: Joann Braxton, 12 Vice President of Planning Institutional 13 Assessment. There were a group of what I call 14 individuals who represented many entities of 15 institutions. So, we did not just come up with 16 one project that could be considered for the 17 Major Gifts Campaign, we came up with six, 18 because this was the student life group. What 19 I'd like to do is go through them, very briefly, 20 within my three minutes. The first one was 21 considered the Long Island Art Collection. The 22 booklet that you are receiving will explain each 23 program in detail. But I would just give you 24 what I call a snapshot of each of the projects. 25 The first one is the Long Island Art 22 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 Collection. What we would like to do is have 3 what's called a "Gallery Without Walls." We 4 understand that when students are exposed to 5 art, that this helps them in terms of their 6 education and environment, as well as 7 beautification for the college as a whole. 8 The second part of this particular 9 project is having art displayed in the various 10 buildings, at each of the campuses. But also a 11 second piece would be to have a stand alone 12 state of the art beautiful gallery attached to 13 the college, where we are now enhancing the 14 college, making it a showcase for people to come 15 into. And what would be another element to add 16 to that is, when we're doing receptions or 17 having people come into our institution, to see 18 that we have a gallery attached to the college. 19 The second project from this group was 20 called the Student Leadership Academy. This 21 particular academy allows students to take what 22 they learn in the classroom, their ready 23 approach and move it to what I call the 24 practical approach. It will also allow our 25 students to gain those particular skill sets 23 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 that are needed to continue to be leaders within 3 the college, but also to move on to be leaders 4 within the county. 5 The next project is called the 6 Multipurpose Outdoor Facility and Synthetic Turf 7 and Seating. Our athletic Director, Dr. Bob 8 Dranoff, is here smiling because he is hoping 9 this project catches someone's eye. What we 10 would like to do is be able, with the soccer and 11 Lacrosse fields that we have at the two 12 respected campuses, Grant and Ammerman, is bring 13 in synthetic Turf, so our students would be able 14 to work on an environment. When they are 15 leaving their local high schools, they have 16 better fields than we do. 17 The next project is the Multipurpose 18 Outdoor Wellness Facility, which will allow us 19 to continue to promote wellness as a society. 20 And this would benefit us, as an institution. 21 The following project is an outdoor performing 22 arts amphitheater. This would extend onto now 23 what we have at Veterans Square, and have an 24 amphitheater. It would be unique for a 25 community college. Plus, it will enhance that 24 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 space even further and allow Shakespeare 3 projects to continue, as well as other entities. 4 And the final project is that, when we 5 renovated the Bart's Building, we took away 6 space. The space needed for instructional space 7 is valuable student space. And the literature 8 tells you that learning takes place not just in 9 the classroom, but outside of the classroom. 10 And we'd like to build an atrium for the 11 students to really recapture that student space. 12 Those are the six projects. I believe I 13 met my three minutes. If there are any 14 questions, I'd be more than happy to entertain 15 them. But they are outlined in great detail, 16 with a dollar amount associated with them, 17 within the packet. Thank you. 18 MS. ARANEO: We have two projects left. 19 The next project is centered on our Honors 20 Program and the conversations surrounding the 21 concept of the global and strategic learning. I 22 call up Dr. James Canniff. 23 DR. CANNIFF: Dr. James Canniff. Making 24 your way around the table to you is an outline 25 of this project. We're calling it Enhancing 25 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 Student Learning Through Global Education 3 Partnerships. And the phrase below is, Creating 4 an International Learning Community for SCC 5 Students. The goals of this project includes 6 the following: "Why go global? To provide 7 students with a broader and more diverse 8 perspective on the world in which they live and 9 function." As we read in the newspapers and 10 watch on the television, we are becoming more 11 and more of a global society, also enhancing 12 multicultural and understanding of current 13 cultures and perspectives, by providing a 14 learning environment to guide students in 15 developing the knowledge and skills necessary 16 for functioning in the global economy. The 17 piece of information on the foreign language 18 enrollment at SCC has grown from 1,140 students 19 in the fall of 1998 to 2,239 students in the 20 fall of '06. The languages include: Spanish, 21 Italian, German, French, Latin -- that's not a 22 misprint. We do offer courses in Latin -- 23 Chinese, English as a second language. And, for 24 the first time, in the spring semester, we are 25 offering our first course in Japanese on this 26 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 campus. 3 One of the things I like about this 4 project, on the next page, is, you'll find a 5 list of faculty and administrators who were 6 involved in developing this project. We have 7 coordinators in all three campuses represented. 8 And we have a variety of different disciplines 9 represented throughout the college. 10 In terms of the project goals, we would 11 like to make the program available to all 12 students, with a special emphasis on education, 13 nursing, Honors, International Business and 14 Foreign Language. We'd like to be able to have 15 the capacity to place students in countries all 16 over the world: Latin America, Middle East, 17 Japan, China, Italy, England and Ireland. This 18 summer we have two programs in Italy, one in 19 Costa Rica and one in Spain. We are sending our 20 students over there. 21 As part of this project, we would like 22 to establish a service learning opportunity to 23 when our students are in their host country. 24 For example, if it were a nurse, have a nurse 25 working in a health clinic or a hospital, for 27 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 example, in Italy or in England or in 3 south America. We think this is a great, 4 tremendous learning environment for this. 5 Infuse technology in this project through the 6 use of Skype Technology, which is a video camera 7 that connects to computers in one location, to 8 root the internet and strategic language 9 learning. We'll have it on all three campuses. 10 And the students will be able to communicate 11 with the host colleges and students. 12 The semester before, they actually can 13 visit the country. Then they will visit the 14 country. And the semester following that will 15 also be a follow-up, and they will be able to 16 communicate, student-to-student, 17 faculty-to-faculty, to solidify the 18 relationships that were initiated. 19 As part of this, we will be establishing 20 our Center for Strategic Languages. We already 21 have hired two full-time faculty members for the 22 spring of '08; they have started developing the 23 courses and the program. This program will 24 contain programs where graduates will obtain 25 professional employment in the Armed Services, 28 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 federal agencies and commercial enterprise. 3 That really talks about the concept of 4 this program. The rest of the handout that I 5 have for you outlines the needs and budget. 6 This is a very exciting program. It is 7 innovation. It will provide a very significant 8 learning opportunity that we don't have now for 9 students at Suffolk County Community College. 10 I'll answer any questions. 11 (Whereupon, no response was heard.) 12 MS. ARANEO: Finally, representing our 13 signature programs here at the college, I'm 14 going to ask Dean Fran LaFauce to come forward 15 and talk about the Nursing and Allied Health 16 Virtual Hospital concept. 17 MS. LaFAUCE: Thank you for giving me 18 this opportunity to present our concept of a 19 virtual hospital. I think sometimes when we 20 talk about virtual hospitals, we think of 21 on-line. In this instance, it's a simulation 22 hospital where we would use simulation 23 mannequins to instruct not only the nursing 24 students, but the whole Allied Health Program on 25 both campuses of SCC College, and now at the 29 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 eastern program through the practical nursing by 3 the State Education Department. Last week we 4 were going to be approved momentarily. They are 5 in the process of completing the paperwork. 6 This would be into the disciplinary across the 7 industry campuses. And again, Dr. Walters and 8 Executive Dean Connors are chairing this 9 Committee. But as I am the Associate Dean for 10 Nursing, very intricately involved in hospitals 11 or simulations, I was asked to present today. 12 I gave you some background on the 13 nursing shortage, which I think we are all well 14 aware of. To me, when I heard about hospital 15 partnerships, this is the first time they heard 16 of a local solution. I thank the Board of 17 Trustees of the college and George Gatta for our 18 partnerships, because it is a local solution. 19 It is keeping county residents here and has 20 really landed in some of the hospitals. 21 Now, not having a vacancy rate with our 22 graduates and members of the hospital 23 partnerships starting to graduate, the hospitals 24 are seeing a nice influx of new graduates. And 25 as one Vice President of nursing, you should be 30 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 happy when you walk into the emergency room, the 3 nurse will be there to take care of you. Again, 4 thank you for that. I read it started with the 5 baby boomers retiring. We can't let up. This 6 is going to be ongoing into 2020; and not only 7 in nursing. 8 If you look at the next page of your 9 handout, the Allied Health professionals are 10 experiencing the same shortage and have many, 11 many programs here. The EMT people would bring 12 in the patients, stabilize them, while having 13 their cardiac arrest, and then the nurses take 14 over in the laboratory and take care of them. 15 And the electronic records and people to 16 document what they are doing in the lab. And 17 then maybe we can work with the OT students and 18 physical therapy students. While in rehab, 19 patients are really, usually, stable. You know, 20 sometimes their blood pressure goes up or down 21 and they do have a cardiac arrest. And then 22 we'll practice with students in that kind of 23 situation. 24 Next is the simulation labs. Basically, 25 if you look at the diagram in the handout, that 31 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 was developed for a room disability center by a 3 company that makes mannequins. That's what it 4 would look like. It looks more like a real 5 hospital. We have a nursing laboratory now. 6 And all programs have labs. We have what are 7 called stationary mannequins. They are 8 mannequins that don't do very much. If you 9 think of this next generation of students, they 10 like things that beep and make a lot of noise. 11 They are not happy with an arm or an IV in the 12 thigh. They want equipment that beeps. That's 13 what we're going to be working on. That's what 14 is used to work with. That's what these labs 15 do. Basically, most colleges have moved in this 16 direction. In fact, we have a grant in nursing 17 to purchase the mannequins. The EMT people are 18 using some. This stuff is very, very expensive. 19 I have the cost. Basically, we think of it as, 20 again, a center. If we stay at Sayville, we'll 21 locate it there and we could rotate the students 22 through, like a regular hospital. Anybody have 23 any questions? 24 (Whereupon, no response was heard.) 25 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 32 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 DR. PIPPINS: That gives you an idea of 3 what we're thinking about. These are the early 4 stages of the process, in terms of deciding on 5 the foundation. The Board will determine which 6 one's they will move forward. As you can see, 7 these are really innovative ideas that will move 8 the college forward significantly. Thank you. 9 MR. MOORE: Any observations, comments 10 from the Board? 11 MR. OCHOA: One of the things that 12 impressed me is the link that all projects have 13 technology and an impact on learning. I think 14 that's a very interesting, innovative approach. 15 I have not seen it, in my memory. But the idea 16 of having that technology across the curriculum 17 and campaign, I think, is a key selling point. 18 DR. PIPPINS: Good point. 19 MR. MOORE: We have plenty to read and 20 think about now. We have been given quite a 21 plate full. Very exciting for the college to 22 take the next big step. 23 DR. PIPPINS: I would say, the leaders 24 met with groups over the last few months to 25 bring people together. I appreciate the 33 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 leadership and working on the projects. 3 MR. MOORE: We'll move forward. Let's 4 put our directors hats on and meet as an 5 association for the moment to Item E of our 6 agenda. I'll entertain a motion to approve the 7 January 17th minutes. 8 MR. MATTACE: So moved. 9 MR. KANE: Second. 10 MR. MOORE: All in favor. 11 MR. OCHOA: Aye. 12 MR. McCARTHY: Aye. 13 MS. GRONEMAN: Aye. 14 MS. PIPPINS: Aye. 15 MS. WARE: Aye. 16 MS. LI: Aye. 17 MR. TROTTA: Aye. 18 MR. HAZLITT: Aye. 19 MR. MOORE: We have three resolutions 20 before us. Any questions on those resolutions? 21 We also have the auditors report and personnel 22 matters there. Hearing no questions, I'll 23 entertain a motion to approve Resolution 2008.A5 24 through A7. 25 MR. KANE: So moved. 34 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 MR. TROTTA: Second. 3 MR. MOORE: All in favor. 4 MR. HAZLITT: Aye. 5 MS. LI: AYE. 6 MS. WARE: Aye. 7 MS. PIPPINS: Aye. 8 MS. GRONEMAN: Aye. 9 MR. McCARTHY: Aye. 10 MR. OCHOA: Aye. 11 MR. MATTACE: Aye. 12 MR. MOORE: And we're up to the 13 Association Finance Report. 14 MR. CANNIFF: James Canniff, Vice 15 President of Student Academics. We have before 16 you the finance report for the beginning of the 17 spring semester. We are not one month into the 18 semester yet. Yet, we have significant 19 activities going on. As you saw the women's 20 cross country team this morning, that's part of 21 the association, and each of the association 22 funds that support that kind of activity. We 23 have a lot of that going across three campuses, 24 as well as a variety of others things. The 25 spending initiatives, up to this point, look to 35 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 me to be very much on target. You have the top 3 sheet, and there are some notes down below, what 4 to spend into the fall, and spending for the 5 spring and a collection of association fees seem 6 to be on target. 7 Page two, I have a list of the 8 preliminary list of activities that take place 9 on all three campuses, beginning in February. 10 The next time they come to you, in March, they 11 will be much more of a comprehensive list. As I 12 said, we're just getting started for the spring 13 semester. We have a significant number of 14 activities and plans already taking place. 15 The third and fourth pages involve the 16 Children's Learning Center at the Grant campus. 17 At the Ammerman campus, we have 42,006 students 18 and 59 children -- I should say, at the Grant 19 campus. And those are mostly children of 20 students, but also children of our faculty. The 21 administration of the education of the childcare 22 center is also working very hard to make this 23 service known more to our students; students 24 currently enrolled, as well as students that 25 will be enrolling beginning in the fall of '08. 36 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 Also, we will continue initiatives to 3 make sure the faculty knows these centers are 4 available for their children right now and in 5 the future. I'll answer any questions. 6 MR. McCARTHY: The childcare fees match 7 up to those. They are competitive. I have a 8 sheet with those on them. We looked at that 9 last year, when we were looking at enrollment in 10 the centers and saying, everybody knows these 11 child learning centers are all over the place. 12 They are on major highway exits. They are all 13 over the place. Obviously, what is good for us 14 is that center is right on campus. 15 MR. CANNIFF: Also, I have to keep 16 saying and reminding everyone that, that center 17 also serves an education function for an early 18 childhood program for students in the college 19 program. They do visits and internships. I 20 also want to state, the Director of Early 21 Childhood Education Center that places students 22 in centers all across Suffolk County, continue 23 to say to me, "Jim, we have a real 24 state-of-the-art center here." These children 25 have got a very comprehensive program. They are 37 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 being cared for very well. We are competitive. 3 Some of the fees for students having financial 4 difficulty can't be on a sliding scale. That 5 can't be differential. 6 MR. McCARTHY: If not on any financial 7 aide, does everyone pay the same? 8 MR. CANNIFF: Yes. 9 MR. McCARTHY: The student pays the same 10 as faculty? 11 MR. CANNIFF: Faculty pays a different 12 fee. We have a sheet with all the fees. I'll 13 be happy to send a copy to all of you. Any 14 other questions? 15 (Whereupon, no response was heard.) 16 MR. MOORE: Get ready to take your hats 17 off. I'll make a motion to adjourn the 18 Directors meeting. 19 MR. KANE: So moved. 20 MR. TROTTA: Second. 21 MR. MOORE: All in favor. 22 MR. HAZLITT: Aye. 23 MS. LI: Aye. 24 MS. WARE: Aye. 25 MS. PIPPINS: Aye. 38 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 MS. GRONEMAN: Aye. 3 MR. McCARTHY: Aye. 4 MR. OCHOA: Aye. 5 MR. MATTACE: Aye. 6 MR. MOORE: I'll entertain a motion to 7 approve the minutes of the Board of Trustees 8 meeting in January. 9 MR. MATTACE: So moved. 10 MR. KANE: Second. 11 MR. MOORE: All in favor. 12 MR. OCHOA: Aye. 13 MR. McCARTHY: Aye. 14 MS. GRONEMAN: Aye. 15 MS. PIPPINS: Aye. 16 MS. WARE: Aye. 17 MS. LI: Aye. 18 MR. TROTTA: Aye. 19 MR. HAZLITT: Aye. 20 MR. MOORE: We have before us 21 Resolution 2008.10 through 2088.16. Are there 22 any questions on any of these resolutions? 23 (Whereupon, no response was heard.) 24 MR. MOORE: Hearing none, I'll entertain 25 a motion to approve the 2008.10 through 2008.16 39 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 Resolutions. 3 MR. KANE: So moved. 4 MR. MATTACE: Second. 5 MR. MOORE: All in favor. 6 MR. OCHOA: Aye. 7 MR. McCARTHY: Aye. 8 MS. GRONEMAN: Aye. 9 MS. PIPPINS: Aye. 10 MS. WARE: Aye. 11 MS. LI: Aye. 12 MR. TROTTA: Aye. 13 MR. HAZLITT: Aye. 14 MR. MOORE: College Finance Report. 15 MR. BULLARD: Good morning. I'm Joe 16 Bullard, B-U-L-L-A-R-D. The finance report, due 17 to strong enrollment tracking, is $500,000 above 18 budget revenues. On the expenditure side, below 19 budget, $500,000. Those two figures count 20 together, with the adopted budget upcoming is 21 $300,000 to this year. We're currently working 22 on the budget requests. We have met with all 23 the central administrators, as well as all the 24 campuses, putting all of that information 25 together and bringing that to you at the next 40 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 meeting in March. Any questions? 3 MR. MATTACE: What do you project, as 4 far as the increase, where economy is over -- 5 MR. BULLARD: We're working with 6 Institutional Advancement to get us those 7 figures. A two percent increase in next year's 8 enrollment. We don't have anything final yet. 9 MR. MOORE: Conservative. What was the 10 increase in the year? 11 MR. BULLARD: In the fall, slightly less 12 than two percent. Bring it up slightly more 13 than six percent. Average, in the three to four 14 percent range this year. 15 MR. McCARTHY: Which is contrary to the 16 trend. We're seeing other institutions 17 enrollment is going down. This is more bang for 18 the buck here. 19 MR. BULLARD: If I keep pushing. 20 DR. PIPPINS: Still impact some of the 21 partnerships. I was at the President's meeting 22 just last week. Some people were saying, some 23 of that results in the partnership; the police 24 academy included. 25 MR. HAZLITT: Used to get a figure on 41 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 what the percentage of the capacity. We have 80 3 or 90 percent. I haven't heard that figure in 4 our ability to take care of these proposed 5 increases. 6 DR. PIPPINS: It will be an issue moving 7 forward that we have to address in the budget 8 process. We'll put it on the agenda for next 9 month to keep an update on the capacity. I know 10 we're pushing it. 11 MR. MOORE: Thank you. Item L. My 12 turn. I have got a few things to chat with you 13 about. The first is, you all have now been 14 handed out the form for the Board's 15 self-assessment. It's important to measure 16 yourself individually, as a trustee, and we, as 17 a group. So, I ask that you would complete it 18 and mail it back, in the envelope provided. It 19 will be confidential. Feel free to speak 20 freely. We'll share the results among ourselves 21 and make ourselves a better Board in moving 22 forward. Please tend to that piece of work. 23 I had a chance, Avette and Ernie, the 24 three of us, to attend the Summit in Washington. 25 I got back last night. Very interesting 42 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 session, in tough budget times. Very 3 productive. I'll tell you more about it, in a 4 second. One of the things we talked about down 5 there is a Board retreat; which is different 6 than an administrative retreat. In the past, we 7 have run, typically, administrative retreats; 8 where the college for the present sets up an 9 agenda for college administers and the Board. 10 We talked about a desire to do a Board retreat, 11 with more Board agendas. We have resources 12 available. We can get material for you, for our 13 next meeting. I'll see if we could have the 14 Suffolk County College Trustees help run for us 15 a Board retreat this fall. There's a lot of 16 opportunity for the Board of Trustees to develop 17 things we can do, to better understand what our 18 tasks are, as a Board, to relate to the college. 19 I think with your permission, I'll gather 20 material, in anticipation of setting up a 21 retreat for the fall. 22 The third item; I mentioned the National 23 Legislative Summit. We had a change to go. 24 Representative Tim Bishop talked about the 25 Higher Education Act. It was passed in the 43 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 center at the end of last year, early part of 3 this year. The House passed theirs, within the 4 last week or two. There are differences in 5 their laws. Tim Bishop says the House 6 conference committee will serve to reconcile 7 those. There are pieces of that law that 8 directly effect the community college. And one 9 of the pieces we spoke about with Tim Bishop has 10 to do with additional reporting requirements. 11 Everyone is concerned about tuition 12 increases. Now we're discussing having a watch 13 list and all kinds of oversight, when a college 14 bumps up tuition by a certain percentage. And 15 they are debating what they should be, when your 16 college gets put on this list. Our obligation 17 to him is to look at a dollar amount, as opposed 18 to 50 percent. $40,000 is one thing. Five 19 percent is a different thing. He understood the 20 concept of putting in a minimum dollar amount, 21 reporting paperwork, administrative oversight 22 within an institution, to explain why this is 23 going on. He was very amenable to that. And 24 specifically asked us to work with ACCT to get 25 the language that we need to address this 44 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 community college needs. Very hands on. It was 3 a productive meeting in his office. 4 I invite everyone to share, if they'd 5 like, at this moment, their experience on 6 Washington. 7 MR. MATTACE: I think, look at one 8 workshop on retreats. And we talked about 9 evaluations. And I explained to the group that 10 we were looking into the evaluation of the 11 president. And they thought it was something 12 very productive. Has to be done on an ongoing 13 basis. It was a give and take, at that session. 14 As Bill said, Congressman Bishop's office and 15 McCarthy and Isreal's office, we had the 16 opportunity, again, to meet with Congressman 17 Bishop. Knowing where he came from, it made 18 life a lot easier to talk about our issues. 19 Hopefully, we'll be doing this on an ongoing 20 basis. To be honest, doing this on an ongoing 21 basis, on the Island, makes it easier for me, 22 because I deal with them on a weekly basis, and 23 hopefully work with them and help them in any 24 respect to what the needs are. 25 MR. MOORE: I'd encourage the Board to 45 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 attend any one of these events. I had the good 3 fortune, in a room full of thousands of people, 4 to pick a dinner table, low and behold, with a 5 friend of mine, Ms. Torsi, who I had lunch with 6 in Orlando. I said, "Hello, how are you," sat 7 down and picked up conversation like it was 8 yesterday. Had a delegation of New Yorkers who 9 sat at breakfast together. And they were 10 intrigued to hear how we were or were not making 11 out with plans. And they had their observations 12 and suggestions. But it was good to meet with 13 the folks from New York. Obviously, similar 14 issues going on there. And I should note that 15 the next head chair of ACCT will be a 16 representative from New York. That's big news. 17 ACCT is a big deal. People come from 18 all over the country the hear insights. I heard 19 about the program of mannequins that we heard 20 about a moment ago; the tools being used, what 21 we talked about. In some instances, we're 22 getting ahead of them on things. The Board 23 retreat is one area. And we were ahead of many 24 other schools, kind of getting to come to the 25 idea of doing these things. It's a good 46 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 interchange. 3 MR. MATTACE: One of the groups I was 4 sitting with was from Texas. I introduced 5 myself. They said, "I've heard of Suffolk." I 6 said, "Thank you very much." But they also set 7 up their own culinary center in Texas. I never 8 realized it before; these positions are elected 9 positions. You have to go out and knock on 10 doors to be elected. It's really interesting, 11 when you start talking to people from all over 12 the country. How would you like to walk around 13 being abused? Go knock on doors first. 14 MR. MOORE: I met a lady from Orlando 15 that spent $35,000 of her own money to run for a 16 paid position. 17 MS. WARE: We do have a unique 18 opportunity. The next ACCT conference will be 19 held in New York City. I believe everyone has 20 gotten a copy already of the program. Since we 21 will be the host city, I think it will be great 22 if everyone gets the schedules now and, if at 23 all permissible, be available to attend the 24 interchange with the other Board members from 25 different college, nation wide. It really is 47 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 amazing. And you will see where we line up in 3 comparison with what we are proposing to do. 4 MR. MOORE: They are excepting us to 5 provide certain hospitality. I can get a map of 6 New York City and show them around. They want 7 to see the wineries on the east end. It's a 8 good opportunity. It will be the last weekend 9 in October, the 28th or 29th to November 1st. 10 So, do think about that. Couldn't get much 11 closer. It's a great opportunity to meet with 12 other trustees. And the ATTC provides resources 13 for Boards to utilize. I encourage you to look 14 at one side, take advantage of that opportunity. 15 MR. MATTACE: Is the next meeting in 16 Philadelphia? 17 MR. MOORE: That's the President's 18 Group. Anyone else from the group that wants to 19 share? Now is the time. 20 MR. MATTACE: Everyone has a copy of the 21 presidential evaluation. Present me your 22 responses, in reference to any changes you'd 23 like to make. Dave and I will be sitting down 24 next week. I have received a lot already. 25 We'll start working on it, so we have it for the 48 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 March meeting, to be approved by the Board. 3 MR. MOORE: That's to make changes, to 4 make to the assessment itself. If you want to 5 make changes to that too, get them back. 6 MR. MATTACE: People, send it back to 7 me. No one reads my cover page. What can I 8 tell you. 9 MR. MOORE: Put it on pink paper or 10 something. It's tough to get our attention 11 sometimes. 12 MS. LI: I'm going to pass around 13 information, just letting the Board know what's 14 going on with the students. My name is 15 Yichao Li. I just wanted to advise the Board on 16 the Student Government Association at the 17 Ammerman campus. They have been working on this 18 for a semester now, and they had a forum in 19 December, which had Dean Connors, some of the 20 faculty and students from all three campuses 21 attend. I believe that this is their final copy 22 right now. And they'll be bringing it up to the 23 faculty center as for their input. They 24 actually had the input, and they were asking for 25 endorsements. And they also talked about this 49 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 with the other two campuses. The students at 3 Grant are also on board with this. I'm just 4 letting the Board know of such information. 5 MR. McCARTHY: Does this go through 6 approval? 7 DR. PIPPINS: You're sharing it for 8 general information. 9 MR. McCARTHY: It's a draft copy? 10 MS. LI: Right. What they have been 11 working on, they are also bringing to the other 12 two campuses. I'm giving the information to the 13 Board. 14 MR. McCARTHY: I appreciate it. 15 MS. LI: What I just passed around is 16 actually a declaration. First of all, let me 17 explain what we were originally concerned with 18 our students. Students were playing on the 19 grass up in Ammerman Campus, and they like to 20 play Frisbee. It's summertime. Actually, Dean 21 Conners has informed me that there was an 22 incident that those Frisbees hit two faculty 23 members in the head. So -- 24 MR. TROTTA: On purpose? 25 MS. LI: Not on purpose, I'm sure. The 50 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 weather is getting very nice. The students 3 would like to be able to sit or play on the 4 field. They were playing soccer, the other day. 5 And, you know, for me, I don't know if that's 6 such a good idea either. They might have had 7 some kind of incident happening again. 8 However, the students like to have some 9 time on the grass. I have talked with 10 Dean Conners also. That's why the Ammerman 11 Campus has issued a declaration. Actually, it's 12 been tabled by the last meeting. This is part 13 of the minutes they have; which is not approved 14 yet, because they have the meeting today. And 15 the issue has been resolved. Dean Conners had 16 been talking to the students. I would think 17 they are forming some kind of committee to 18 create guidelines, so that there's some kind 19 of -- how do you say it -- light between the 20 students and the association, administration. 21 DR. PIPPINS: You're sharing information 22 that will go through the procedures, in terms of 23 student government and, at some point, perhaps 24 come back to the Board formally? 25 MS. LI: Right. 51 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 MS. WARE: I have a question. This is 3 concerning students and their playing on the 4 field. Is there an area that the students can 5 actually play on the field? 6 MR. CONNORS: There's a lot of 7 legitimacy issues with this. When this was 8 raised on the student government, about playing 9 on Veteran's Plaza, I had very real concerns 10 about that. I'll tell you why. It started out 11 with skateboarders causing a lot of damage on 12 campus. And I had many students and faculty 13 association say, "You have to have rules and 14 regulations"; which I was hesitant to do at 15 first, with the Frisbees in particular. People 16 were being hit; not intentionally. It wasn't 17 designed as a play field. It was designed -- 18 you had the walkways there, and you want the 19 social interaction. When I attended, I told 20 them that we were absolutely not going to be 21 using the Veterans Plaza for soccer games or 22 football games and so forth. We have to do a 23 better job of finding space for students. 24 We established this committee of 25 students, faculty and staff. And what we plan 52 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 to do is to have, during the common hour, in 3 particular, to have fields and recreational 4 facilities available to students. We want them 5 to use Veterans Plaza. We want them to have 6 social interaction. We want them to sit on the 7 lawn, have a wonderful time, certainly playing 8 Frisbee and so forth. It is a cause for real 9 concern. Also with the skateboarders; I forbade 10 that. Health Services called me. People got 11 hurt with the skateboard. In addition, they 12 were doing damage. And again, Bob, is working 13 on, especially during common hour, field space, 14 where students can play Frisbee, soccer, 15 whatever. And they should. Veterans Plaza is 16 not that spot. 17 MR. MOORE: Thank you. It's a great 18 spot. 19 DR. PIPPINS: Look at what other places 20 are doing. 21 MR. MATTACE: You're talking about 22 making the field available. The field's down 23 here. 24 MR. CONNORS: Yes. 25 MR. MATTACE: I haven't been up there. 53 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 Is there, across from, next to the Ammerman 3 Building, where the walkway is, going to the 4 back parking lot, a lot of scrub oak? What I 5 remember, it's a pretty big open area. What 6 about trying to develop that area instead. It's 7 right near the center for the Ammerman Building. 8 Isn't there a wooded area right in the middle 9 there? 10 MS. WARE: Yes. 11 DR. PIPPINS: If you would be 12 comfortable with this, Dean Conners. The 13 recommendations that you just presented, we need 14 a chance to respond, as an Institution, before 15 you. This is not it. I'm glad it's being 16 shared. We need to respond formally. And now 17 is not the moment. 18 MR. MATTACE: I'm only saying I 19 remember -- 20 DR. PIPPINS: It's a good idea. 21 MR. MATTACE: Where are we going? We're 22 right here. Keep it in mind. 23 DR. PIPPINS: Probably other things to 24 take into consideration. I'd like to take the 25 time to do that. We need a good compromise 54 1 S.C.C.C. Board of Trustees Meeting - 2/14/08 2 here. 3 MR. MOORE: Thanks for sharing. Anyone 4 else have anything to share with the Board, at 5 this point? 6 DR. PIPPINS: You'll have my report next 7 month, making it the mid-year report. I hope 8 that all of you will come to the Foundation Gala 9 on the 7th of March. And I hope that all of you 10 will be at our press conference on February 28th 11 at 1:00 p.m. 12 MR. MOORE: Let's go on. We'll take no 13 other action. We do have an executive session, 14 specifically to talk about the potential 15 litigation. There are a number of items on 16 that. Refill your coffee cups, and get ready to 17 engage, because there is a lot. We have a lot 18 to talk about here. 19 I'll entertain a motion to go into 20 Executive Session and talk about potential 21 litigation. 22 MR. HAZLITT: Second. 23 MR. MOORE: So moved. 24 (Time noted: 10:00 a.m.) 25 -o0o- 55 1 2 C E R T I F I C A T E 3 4 5 I, BETHANNE MENNONNA, a Notary Public 6 within and for the State of New York do hereby 7 certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate 8 transcript of the proceedings, as taken 9 stenographically by myself, at the time and place 10 aforementioned. 11 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set 12 my hand this 27th day of February, 2008. 13 14 15 ____________________ 16 BETHANNE MENNONNA 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25