Notes from the March 2000 Regents Meeting

SOCORRO -- The 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents has approved a 6.百分之五 tuition increase for the next academic year at the research university, as well as a 4.5 percent increase in other fees collected from students attending the state-supported 学校.

Last week, during the board's March 27 meeting, 科技 administrators informed regents that tuition and fee increases had previously been discussed with student leaders and that a majority did support the hike in tuition and fees, particularly since funds 超过4分.5 percent tuition increase which was mandated by the state legislature will be used to increase teaching assistant salaries by ten percent.

Tuition at 威尼斯人app下载 for full-time resident undergraduates will increase from $800 to $852 per semester; while full-time tuition for out-of-state undergraduates will increase from $3,300 to $3,515. Resident graduate students will now pay $901 每学期846美元起. Non-resident graduate students will now be charged $3,716 每学期3489美元起.

"Ninety-three percent of all 科技 students receive some sort of financial aid," New Mexico 科技 President Daniel H. López said, "so in conjunction with the tuition increases, financial aid packages will be adjusted accordingly."

In other actions taken during its monthly meeting, the 科技 Board of Regents approved a request for proposal to purchase new furniture for the university's newest residence hall, a 144-bed housing unit which is currently under construction and is scheduled 将于今年秋天完工.

The regents awarded the purchasing contract to Adden Furniture Company of Lowell, 质量., which submitted a bid of $251,515 to provide and install the residential furniture.

The 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents also elected new officers during its meeting.

Installed as the new President of the Board of Regents was Randall E. 霍恩，谁成功了 罗伯特E. 泰勒的位置. Horn also currently serves as the Adjutant General of the New Mexico National Guard.

In addition, Kathryn Wavrik was elected by fellow board members as the Secretary/Treasurer of the 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents. Wavrik is a full-time student at New Mexico 科技.

In other official actions, the 科技 Board of Regents granted emeritus status to three 科技员工:Robert H. Neil, longtime director of the Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG), a research group which conducts an independent technical evaluation of the Waste Isolation Pilot 计划t (WIPP) Project; George S. 奥斯汀高级工业 minerals geologist at the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources (NMBMMR); 查尔斯·P. Campbell, professor of English and chairman of the university's humanities 部门.

"These gentlemen have all provided long and distinguished service to 威尼斯人app下载 in their respective capacities," said President López in support of conferring emeritus status to the three soon-to-be-retired 科技 employees.

The regents also voted to appoint Susan L. Field to the full-time tenure-track position of assistant professor of English with 科技's humanities 部门 and to designate University of New Mexico professor David S. Gutzler as the newest member of the New Mexico State Weather Modification Commission.

理查德·P. Ortega, director of 科技's Office for Advancement, gave the regents a brief update on a capital campaign feasibility study which will be administered by Cargill 达拉斯和联合律师事务所(Dallas/Ft .). Worth firm which specializes in fundraising services.

In another report given to the 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents, Carl J. Popp来说,科技的 vice president for academic affairs, gave the regents an overview of efforts being made at 科技 to identify low-producing academic programs and to allocate resources accordingly as spelled out by specific metrics included in the university's Strategic 计划.

W. Dennis "Denny" Peterson, vice president for finance and administration at New Mexico 科技, also briefed the regents on plans and assessments which are being used to guide the allocation of funds and resources, in line with the directives of the Strategic 计划, including a newly introduced form which academic and support divisions at the university will be required to submit for allocation of funds.

In other matters deliberated during the meeting, the 科技 Board of Regents also heard from Claire Fenton, 科技's coordinator of distance education technologies, on the possibility of offering some of the university's Master of Science Teaching (MST) elsewhere through arrangements with Instructional Television (ITV) facilities in Carlsbad and other areas throughout New Mexico.