1. President’s Report February 21, 2013 Faculty Senate Report February 21, 2013

2. Searches VPAA, VPUS candidate interviews and open forums going on. Faculty Senate Report February 21, 2012

3. IFC IFC meeting on February 20 th New position: UM System Vice President for Academic Affairs, Research and Economic Development.—Search committee has been formed Bond issue seems to have good support in Jefferson City. Speaker is sponsoring the bill. Governor and House are discussing budgets there will be increases but the amount is not clear NTT for clinical department faculty at MU and UMKC Faculty Senate Report February 21, 2013

4. IFC (continued) Retention and graduation are two of the five performance metrics for UM System campuses. Four million dollars that the Governor released will be spent on need based scholarships and retention, advising and graduation equally. Western Govs University announcement; no state funds; University seems neutral. No state funds. MU is pursuing shared governance practices especially with regards to budget Faculty Senate Report February 21, 2013