FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY – Marquette, Michigan

February 20, 2009

 

A.     Minutes:

 

 1.     That the minutes of the December 11-12, 2008, meeting of the Board be approved.

 

 

B.      Gifts, Grants, Agreements and Contracts:

 

1.    A gift to the Department of Technology and Occupational Sciences from Cliffs Natural Resources, Ishpeming, Michigan, 2 ea K&E Th43 Theodolite Transits, 1 Wessco Surveyor’s Tripod, and 1 K&E Level Rod ($365 value).

2.    A gift to the Department of Technology and Occupational Sciences from Allen and Kathy Solka, Ishpeming, Michigan, 1 full size hand-made quilt made out of Moda’s Trail Adventures Line ($750 value).

 

3.    A gift to the Department of Political Science from Mary C. Lukens, Ann Arbor, Michigan, various
       political-related books ($962 value).

 

4.    The grant between the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and Northern Michigan University, for the Indigenous Earth Issue Summit and the 2009 Annual Pow Wow, in the amount of $16,000 ($8,500 for the Indigenous Earth Issues Summit; $7,500 for the Annual Pow Wow), under the direction of
Ms. April Lindala.           

5.    The grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, to conduct the DeVos Art Museum’s first general preservation assessment survey of the museum’s collection of approximately 1,000 items, in the amount of $6,000, with an additional amount of $1,817 from the DeVos Art Museum, for a total amount of $7,817, for the period of January 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, under the direction of Ms. Melissa Matuscak.

6.    The grant between the MEEMIC Foundation for the Future of Education and Northern Michigan University, to support the International Performing Art Series, in the amount of $1,000, with an additional amount of $7,200 from the International Performing Arts Series, for a total amount of $8,200, for the time period of October 17, 2008, through April 22, 2009, under the direction of Mr. Daniel Truckey.

 

7.    The year three sub-agreement between Northern Michigan University and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), to develop an Earth System Science curriculum, encourage action research for teachers, and support an emergent online Masters of Science in Science Teaching Program, for an additional amount of $10,000, bringing the total award to $40,000, with a School of Education amount of $7,057, and an In-Kind University amount of $2,050, for a total amount of $19,107, for the time period of November 1, 2008, through October 31, 2009, under the direction of Mr. Mitchell Klett, be approved.

8.    The grant between the Michigan Humanities Council and Northern Michigan University, Beaumier Heritage Center, to support the “Stories in the Woods” traveling exhibition highlighting the rich storytelling tradition in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in the amount of $15,000, with an additional amount of $10,766 from the Beaumier Heritage Center, and an In-Kind university amount of $15,885, for a total amount of $41,651, for the period of November 15, 2008, through November 30, 2009, under the direction of Mr. Daniel Truckey.

 

9.     The grant between Dickinson-Iron ISD and Northern Michigan University, for a Mathematics and
        Science Partnership to provide professional development for science teachers from grades 3-7 from 40 
        U.P. school districts, in the amount of $64,360, for the time period of July 1, 2008, through
        August 30, 2009, under the direction of Ms. Debra Homeier.

 

C.     Personnel Actions: 

 

Emeritus:

1.         Sullivan, Tom, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Social Work, effective March 1, 2009.

 

D.     Special Items

 

1.        That an ad hoc Committee on Recruitment and Retention, with two members of the Board of Trustees
 and two members of the administration, be approved for the period January 1, 2009, through

 December 31, 2009.  The membership will consist of:

 

                   Mr. Gilbert L. Ziegler, Member, Board of Trustees (Committee Chair)

                   Dr. L. Garnet Lewis, Member, Board of Trustees

                   Mr. William Bernard, Associate Provost for Student Services and Enrollment

                   Ms. Cindy L. Paavola, Director of Communications and Marketing