Board of Trustees approve continuation of programs

The Board of Trustees approved several items for Chadron State College, Peru State College, and Wayne State College, in addition to reviewing items for consent and discussion.

Among the first items the Board approved was the Teaching Excellence Award recipient from each college. Chadron State College’s nominee is Dr. Tracy Nobiling, professor of Justice Studies. During the meeting, Nobiling was announced as the recipient of the award. CSC faculty have won the award five of the past eight years.

The other nominees include Peru State’s Matt Hill, assistant professor of Music, and Wayne State’s Donald Buryanek, assistant professor of Technology and Applied Science.

The Board also approved 2.5 percent salary increases to non-union professional staff employees and 2.5 percent salary increases to non-union support staff employees.

The Board approved academic program reviews that are submitted to the Coordinating Commission for Public Education. Three CSC programs met the CCPE threshold standards: Psychological Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Family and Consumer Sciences.

The Board also approved the continuation of the Chadron State Theatre and Peru State Music programs as well as an in-depth CCPE review because those programs did not meet CCPE’s threshold. The in-depth CSC Theatre review is scheduled for May 30, 2019. Liberal Arts Dean Jim Margetts and Vice President for Academic Affairs Charles Snare will be attending to respond to questions.

An area in Armstrong Gymnasium received approval for its name in recognition of the Brent and Shelly Thurness family. The former concession stand will now be known as the Thurness Family Sports Nutrition Center.

The NSCS Governance and Administration By-Laws were modified to include a fourth committee, the Executive Committee, consisting of the Board Chair, Board Vice-Chair, a Board member, and the NSCS Chancellor. The purpose of this committee is to develop, review, and assess performance goals and objectives.

Numerous reports were approved, such as: Residence halls, parking, food service vendors, occupancy, operating expenditures, graduation summer and fall 2018 summary, intercollegiate athletics, and the five-year academic calendar.

President Rhine’s report highlighted the CSC Music department and its outreach efforts.

NSCS Chancellor Turman’s report provided information on the Legislative session, Nebraska Talent Scholarship Initiative, CSC Math Science Building, and Department of Labor. With regard to the latter, Chancellor Turman wrote the “NSCS is developing a data-sharing agreement with the Department of Labor to analyze student success and workforce outcomes.”

The next Board meeting will be June 18 in Lincoln.