CUPB taking nominations
Members of the Council of University and Planning will appoint a new Chair at the CUPB meeting today.
Current CUPB Chair Karen Drage said nominations for the chair will be taken from the floor at the meeting. Once all nominations have been submitted and accepted.
“I will truly miss serving on the council when my term officially ends and I pass the gavel to the new Chair of Council,” Drage said.
The council will also be newly appointing a new Executive Committee, Budget Transfer Committee, and will be taking nominations for the presidential/vice presidential advisory subcommittees.
CUPB members will also discuss ways to generate alternative revenue with the Education Advisory Board. William Weber, vice president for business affairs, will give a preview of the presentation, which will occur at the Oct. 7 CUPB meeting.
EAB conducts research into best practices in higher education. This group has compiled a compendium of at least 200 ideas that universities across the country are generating revenue besides tuition, Weber said.
“Some of these will be appropriate for Eastern and some of them may not,” he said.
Drage said advisement for cost containment measures for the university will also be explored to get he university through this fiscal year and also prepare it for additional budget cuts the following year.
CUPB will meet at 3 p.m. today in Room 1895 in Martin Luther King Jr., University Union.
Shelley Holmgren can be reached at 581-7942
