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Friday, October 30, 2009
Two Thumbs Down for Queen Maureen
The following message was sent to all employees of Meredith College Wednesday, October 28, 2009.
******Note in that addressing the "Meredith Community," she doesn't include students as recipients of this message. A fine example of just how much the "beloved" Maureen Hartford *cares* about us students. ******
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To the Meredith Community:
I know that many members of our community are interested in the actions of the Board of Trustees during their October meeting. In the interest of getting information to our community as quickly as possible, I have summarized the discussion and actions of the Board, without detailed explanation or comment. I sense the need for speed in sharing this information is more important than lengthy commentary. We will have the opportunity to discuss any of the Board’s actions in more detail at an upcoming town hall meeting. I do not have this meeting scheduled yet but will work with the Campus Budget Committee next week to do so.
The Meredith College Board of Trustees met on October 22-23, 2009. As you can imagine, the state of the economy and its impact on Meredith were the general foci of the meeting.
On Thursday afternoon the full Board of Trustees met and discussed three topics:
1. The external audit
2. Financial aid (led by Danny Green and Brian Christensen, Human Capital Research Corporation)
3. The 2008-09 and 2009-10 budgets
The Board spent the greatest amount of time discussing items two and three – and the impact of greater financial need on the budgets of last year and this year. Board members expressed significant concern about budget overruns in several areas during the 2008-09 fiscal year and the need to further reduce expenditures in 2009-10 both to balance the budget and increase the College’s cash reserves at the end of this fiscal year. These concerns infused the discussion throughout the two-day Board meeting. [More information on the budget issues will be sent by Bill Wade in the next few days.]
On Friday morning, the Board moved into their business session. This business included:
· Introduction of the visitors (Eloise Grathwohl, chair, Faculty Council; Jeannette Rogers, representative, Staff Affairs Committee; Amy Damone , ‘10, President, SGA; and Deborah Matthews, ’74, President, Alumnae Association) .
· President’s Report – which focused on an update of the SACS reaffirmation progress, the AACSB accreditation visit, opening Meredith’s study abroad facility in Sansepolcro, and an update on the work of the Ad Hoc Planning Committee.
· The board heard:
o The audit report (which found the College compliant with Government Accounting Standards). The full Board voted to approve the audit.
o A report on the action of the Business and Finance Committee approving the sale of land to the City of Raleigh for greenway expansion, after external verification that the offer made by the City was fair.
o A proposal from the Business and Finance Committee to take responsibility for approving the newly revised IRS Form 990 and sending it to the full Board for review before it is submitted.
o The Academic and Campus Life Committee’s unanimous approval of the proposed Benefits for Domestic Partners policy. This recommendation from Academic and Campus Life will return to the agenda once the Business and Finance Committee has reviewed the policy for potential financial impact.
o A response from the faculty on program review given orally by Dr. Eloise Grathwohl, Chair, Faculty Council
· The Board went into Executive Session to discuss the recommendations on program review. After significant discussion with President Hartford and Vice President Page, the full Board voted to approve the elimination of three academic programs (majors in French, Public History, and Women’s Studies) and the reduction of five faculty positions. The Board suspended action on the other program recommendations until they have more information about the College’s long-term financial needs.
Meredith College, while not immune from the effects of the global recession, is and remains in good financial shape. We shall have to continue to make hard choices over the next months to continue to be so. I look forward to working with you s we continue to chart the future of the College.
Maureen A. Hartford
President
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http://www.umich.edu/~mrev/archives/1999/3-10-99/pg13.htm
******Note in that addressing the "Meredith Community," she doesn't include students as recipients of this message. A fine example of just how much the "beloved" Maureen Hartford *cares* about us students. ******
**************************
To the Meredith Community:
I know that many members of our community are interested in the actions of the Board of Trustees during their October meeting. In the interest of getting information to our community as quickly as possible, I have summarized the discussion and actions of the Board, without detailed explanation or comment. I sense the need for speed in sharing this information is more important than lengthy commentary. We will have the opportunity to discuss any of the Board’s actions in more detail at an upcoming town hall meeting. I do not have this meeting scheduled yet but will work with the Campus Budget Committee next week to do so.
The Meredith College Board of Trustees met on October 22-23, 2009. As you can imagine, the state of the economy and its impact on Meredith were the general foci of the meeting.
On Thursday afternoon the full Board of Trustees met and discussed three topics:
1. The external audit
2. Financial aid (led by Danny Green and Brian Christensen, Human Capital Research Corporation)
3. The 2008-09 and 2009-10 budgets
The Board spent the greatest amount of time discussing items two and three – and the impact of greater financial need on the budgets of last year and this year. Board members expressed significant concern about budget overruns in several areas during the 2008-09 fiscal year and the need to further reduce expenditures in 2009-10 both to balance the budget and increase the College’s cash reserves at the end of this fiscal year. These concerns infused the discussion throughout the two-day Board meeting. [More information on the budget issues will be sent by Bill Wade in the next few days.]
On Friday morning, the Board moved into their business session. This business included:
· Introduction of the visitors (Eloise Grathwohl, chair, Faculty Council; Jeannette Rogers, representative, Staff Affairs Committee; Amy Damone , ‘10, President, SGA; and Deborah Matthews, ’74, President, Alumnae Association) .
· President’s Report – which focused on an update of the SACS reaffirmation progress, the AACSB accreditation visit, opening Meredith’s study abroad facility in Sansepolcro, and an update on the work of the Ad Hoc Planning Committee.
· The board heard:
o The audit report (which found the College compliant with Government Accounting Standards). The full Board voted to approve the audit.
o A report on the action of the Business and Finance Committee approving the sale of land to the City of Raleigh for greenway expansion, after external verification that the offer made by the City was fair.
o A proposal from the Business and Finance Committee to take responsibility for approving the newly revised IRS Form 990 and sending it to the full Board for review before it is submitted.
o The Academic and Campus Life Committee’s unanimous approval of the proposed Benefits for Domestic Partners policy. This recommendation from Academic and Campus Life will return to the agenda once the Business and Finance Committee has reviewed the policy for potential financial impact.
o A response from the faculty on program review given orally by Dr. Eloise Grathwohl, Chair, Faculty Council
· The Board went into Executive Session to discuss the recommendations on program review. After significant discussion with President Hartford and Vice President Page, the full Board voted to approve the elimination of three academic programs (majors in French, Public History, and Women’s Studies) and the reduction of five faculty positions. The Board suspended action on the other program recommendations until they have more information about the College’s long-term financial needs.
Meredith College, while not immune from the effects of the global recession, is and remains in good financial shape. We shall have to continue to make hard choices over the next months to continue to be so. I look forward to working with you s we continue to chart the future of the College.
Maureen A. Hartford
President
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http://www.umich.edu/~mrev
Nice heads-up there, University of Michigan! Perhaps we should have heeded your advice.
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--And a few years back...--
More proof that the MH totalitarian-esque reign is incredibly lacking in morals:
http://www.indyweek.com/gy
"...Earlier, in a rebuke to Hartford, a nine-member Faculty Affairs Committee declared: "We consider the process that led to the college's accepting the current terms of the grant to have been seriously flawed. The College Handbook clearly states that the faculty is responsible for curriculum, and FAC firmly maintains that no funds should be accepted in situations where a donor appears to have played any role in curricular decisions."
Hartford and BB&T, the FAC continued, had violated that policy...."
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Well, Queen Maureen, you've done it again...and frankly, I do believe your morals quite suck!
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