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Report on
the Board of Trustees Meeting
Winter 2002
Skidmore’s Board of Trustees came to campus
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 21-22, for the second board meeting of
2001-02. In addition to formal committee meetings, the agenda included
trustee-faculty receptions on Thursday evening in the offices of
UWW/MALS, the Honors Forum Lounge, and the Intercultural Lounge.
Friday evening featured the annual Scholarship Dinner at the Canfield
Casino, an event that brings together scholarship donors, the students
who receive scholarship aid, and faculty members chosen by each
of the students.
The general meeting of the full board took place
Friday afternoon at the Tang. In her introductory remarks, President
Studley asked for a moment of silence in memory of Professor Emeritus
Erwin L. Levine, who died Jan. 12. The president welcomed this year’s
new trustees — Linda Toohey, Elliott Masie, and Oscar Tang
— and thanked all board members for their service to Skidmore.
Among the resolutions passed by the trustees at the full meeting
were those pertaining to the operating budget parameters for 2002-03
and to the granting of faculty tenure and sabbatical leaves. Below
is additional information and a summary of the resolutions adopted
by the board at the Feb. 22 meeting.
Budget and Finance Committee
The board approved the four major parameters for developing the
operating budget for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2002. The
final budget, to be approved in May, will be based on an opening
enrollment of 2,170 students (which represents a net fiscal enrollment
or average enrollment of 2,123); an increase in the comprehensive
fee of 4.75 percent (from $33,925 to $35,535); a financial aid budget
of $14,990,000; and a compensation pool of $52,705,000, up 4.3 percent.
The 2002-03 operating budget will total approximately $83 million,
up from the current operating budget of $79 million.
Buildings and Grounds
(Committee on Infrastructure)
The trustees approved a resolution authorizing the allocation of
up to $100,000 to develop schematic drawings for a new music building
in the vicinity of the current Filene Music Building and for renovations
of the existing Filene building to address classroom and space concerns.
The board also voted to change the name and mission statement of
the Building and Grounds Committee. The new name is the Committee
on Infrastructure, reflecting the addition of information technology
to the committee’s purview.
Audit Committee
Charles Buchanan, chair of the Audit Committee, reported that the
committee had met with the engagement partner of Skidmore’s
external audit firm, Arthur Andersen, LLP, to discuss recent publicity
surrounding the firm and the potential effects on the College’s
audited financial statements. Following extensive discussion with
the firm, and discussions in executive session, the committee concluded
that Skidmore was being well served by its current auditors and
voted to reaffirm the plan to engage them to conduct this year’s
audit.
Special Programs Committee
The board approved a resolution to award two B.A. degrees and one
B.S. degree to UWW students as approved by a vote of the faculty.
Academic Affairs Committee
The committee approved resolutions for faculty tenure, promotions,
and sabbatical leaves as follows:
- Tenure and promotion to associate professor
granted to James Kennelly, Department of Management and Business;
Kathleen Leavitt, Department of Art and Art History; Eric Lewis,
Department of Management and Business; Viviana Rangil, Department
of Foreign Languages and Literatures; and Susan Walzer, Department
of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work.
- Tenure granted to Linda Simon, associate
professor of English.
- Full-year sabbatical leaves granted
to Raymond Giguere, professor of chemistry; Francisco Gonzalez,
associate professor of philosophy; Doretta Miller, professor of
art; Linda Simon, associate professor of English; Joanna Zangrando,
Douglas Family Professor of American Culture.
- Fall-term sabbatical leaves granted
to Victor Cahn, professor of English; Joanne Devine, associate
professor of English; and Barry Goldensohn, professor of English.
- Spring-term sabbatical leaves granted
to Giuseppe Faustini, professor of Italian; Anthony Holland, associate
professor of music; Richard Linke, associate professor of art;
David Miller, Ella Van Dyke Tuthill ’32 Professor of Studio
Art; Lary Opitz, associate professor of theater; and David Peterson,
associate professor of art.
- Full-year untenured sabbatical leaves
granted to Corey Freeman-Gallant, assistant professor of biology;
Elzbieta Lepkowska-White, assistant professor of management and
business; Lynda Vargha, assistant professor of economics; and
Mark Youndt, assistant professor of management and business.
- Fall-term untenured sabbatical leave
granted to Susan Zappen, associate librarian.
- Spring-term untenured leave granted
to Timothy Burns, assistant professor of government; Katherine
Graney, assistant professor of government; and Barbara Norelli,
assistant librarian.
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