The Academic Planning Committee will hold a hearing on proposed budget reductions at 2 p.m., today in the Nebraska Union Regency Room. The hearing agenda will cover the $5 million in budget reductions announced April 14 by Chancellor Harvey Perlman.
For a complete list of the proposed reductions, go to http://www.unl.edu/ucomm/chancllr/2011budget/.
The tasks of the APC are to monitor the process and to review the chancellor’s proposed cuts in light of their probable impact on the university’s academic mission and recommend them or suggest other ways of meeting the budget reduction goal.
The budget reduction hearing agenda is posted below. The hearing is open to the public.
ACADEMIC PLANNING COMMITTEE BUDGET REDUCTION HEARING AGENDA
2 to 5 p.m., May 10 2011
Nebraska Union, Regency Room
2-2:05 p.m. — Call to order/introductory remarks, APC Chair Jennifer I. Brand
HEARING ON ARTS AND SCIENCES – DISCONTINUE THE MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS (COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES)
2:05-2:15 p.m. — Stephen Burnett and Sidnie White Crawford, professors, Classics and Religious Studies
2:15-2:20 p.m. — David Manderscheid, dean, College of Arts and Sciences
2:20-2:30 p.m. — APC Question and Answer
HEARING ON ENGINEERING – ELIMINATE INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING)
2:30-2:35 p.m. — M. Susan Hallbeck, professor, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
2:35-2:40 p.m. — Lindsay Exstrom, graduate research assistant, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering
2:40-2:45 p.m. — James O’Hanlon, interim dean, College of Engineering
2:45-2:55 p.m. — APC Question and Answer
HEARING ON FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS – ELIMINATE THE STUDY OF ORGAN IN THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC (HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS)
2:55-3 p.m. — Christopher Marks, assistant professor of organ, School of Music
3-3:10 p.m. — Giacomo Oliva, dean, Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts; John Richmond, director/chair, School of Music
3:10-3:20 p.m. — APC Question and Answer
3:20-3:30 p.m. — Break
HEARING ON EDUCATION AND HUMAN SCIENCES – ELIMINATE UNDERGRADUATE TEACHER CERTIFICATION IN K-12 ART EDUCATION (COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SCIENCES)
3:30-3:35 p.m. — Marjorie Maas, director, Nebraskans for the Arts
3:35-3:40 p.m. — Jean Ketlefsen, lecturer, Art Education, UNL
3:40-3:45 p.m. — Chris Fjelstad, student, UNL
3:45-3:55 p.m. — Andrea Jenkins, Katelyn Isom, and Nate Perez, graduate students, UNL
3:55-4:05 p.m. — Maggie Pedersen Elsener, Chris Goedert, Kelly Seacrest, Mike Trotter, and Megan Muller, student teachers, UNL
4:05-4:10 p.m. — Guy Trainin, associate professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
4:10-4:15 p.m. — Margaret Macintyre Latta, associate professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
4:15-4:25 p.m. — Marjorie Kostelnik, dean, College of Education and Human Sciences
4:25-4:35 p.m. — APC Question and Answer
OPEN HEARING ON ANY BUDGET REDUCTION
4:35-5 p.m. — Open hearing time on any budget reduction
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/uuf