Budgets and Fiscal Planning Committee

Voting members present: Jonathan Fram, Mary Gardner, Natasha Gaspar, Filix Maisch, Wade Marcum
Voting members absent: Christina Saechao

Program Proposals

• Fisheries Science Graduate Major (MS, PhD), Key #480 – Change Graduate Major      
  • Relabeling the program.
  • No budgetary impact.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 5 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• Climate Change Solutions Certificate, Key #729 – New Undergraduate Certificate
  • Expenditures are for GTAs to cover increased size of classes.
    • If growth doesn’t occur, expenses won’t occur. Low risk, high return.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 5 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• Healthcare Administration Undergraduate Major (BS, HBS), Key #886 – New Undergraduate Major
  • All the numbers added up and looked appropriate for the scope of the project.
  • Ecampus very involved in the process.
  • Their revenue generated seems reasonable.

Action: Motion to approve; seconded. The motion passed with 5 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 0 abstentions.

• Wood Science Proposals
  • Wood Innovation for Sustainability Graduate Major (PSM), Key #864 – New Graduate Major
  • Mass Timber Graduate Certificate, Key #867 – New Graduate Certificate
  • Timber Circular Economy Graduate Certificate, Key #868 – New Graduate Certificate
    • Produced justification documents for all three proposals and new separate spreadsheets for the part of the justification related to each proposal.
      • Budget seemed reasonable; utilizing existing resources

Action: Motion to approval all three proposals; seconded. Motion passed with 5, 0, 0.

Other

• The University Budget Committee had its introductory meeting
  • The first full meeting is in two weeks
• The Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee will meet in two weeks if there are any new proposals.