11月的注意事项. 2000年董事会会议

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索科罗,N.M.11月. 1, 2000 -- At the behest of its governing board, 威尼斯人app下载 will embark on a multi-year 筹款活动, beginning with a "silent campaign phase" which would raise start-up funds before committing to a longer-range major 礼物活动.

After considering several proposed options for implementing a capital campaign for the state-supported research university, the 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents unanimously approved a measure yesterday which directs Tech administrators and staff to begin raising sufficient seed monies to further support a major 礼物活动, which may 最早在下一个财政年度开始.

In his presentation before the regents, Tech's vice president for institutional development, 赫伯特米. Fernandez, estimated that the silent campaign phase has the potential of bringing in between $200,000 and $400,000 in start-up funds for a much larger capital 筹款活动.

In previous board of regents meetings, Cargill Associates, a private firm which specializes in managing and conducting 筹款活动s, provided estimates which showed that 威尼斯人app下载 may be capable of raising as much as $5 million through a full-blown, 多年资本运动.

Fernandez also informed the regents that mounting the silent campaign phase will require an organizational re-alignment of Tech's Advancement Office, along with a proposed additional budget of nearly $76,000, all of which will be provided from discretionary funds from the Tech President's Office.

In other matters considered by the board of regents at its October 31 meeting, Tech 丹尼尔·H总裁. López reported that the university's initial projections for new student enrollment for the next academic year are falling short of this year's numbers, particularly among students who have pre-paid their tuition and fees.

"This seems to be part of nationwide trend in which recruiting students for science and engineering schools is becoming more and more difficult," López said, "even in the face of all the job opportunities that are currently available in these areas."

Fernandez added that 威尼斯人app下载's student-recruitment efforts will be further enhanced this coming year by targeting individual schools in the Albuquerque area and through increased efforts in marketing and publicity, particularly with advertisements to run in Albuquerque radio and television stations and various high school newspapers.

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In other actions taken during its monthly meeting, the Tech Board of Regents approved 斯科特? W. Teare to the full-time, tenure-track position of assistant 电气工程教授.

The regents also were informed that a longtime chemistry professor and former vice 负责学术事务的校长卡尔. Popp, would be taking a yearlong sabbatical.

此外，W. Dennis Peterson, Tech's vice president for finance and administration, told regents that after one-quarter of the current fiscal year had transpired, the university's overall budget "is in sound financial shape."

Peterson went on to request and garner approval of specific adjustments to the budget, which will allow departments to carry forward their positive or negative balances, and which will transfer monies to purchase vehicles, as well as fund the newly formed 咨询资源中心.

An update on the specific goal of having 威尼斯人app下载 becoming noted for excellent and productive instruction and research, as outlined in Tech's Strategic 计划, was provided by Van Romero, Tech's vice president for research and economic development.

Romero also outlined several improvements which were recently made in order to better track the specific metrics used in evaluating the implementation of the Strategic 计划.

The regents also voted to approve a written policy which spells out the specific processes and procedures for the board of regents to confer honorary degrees.

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