THE GEORGE WASHINGTON I]NWERSITY Washington, DC \-, MINUTES OF THE REGULAR FACT]LTY SENATE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY fl,20'N INTHE STATE ROOM Ptesent Prcsident Knapp, Ptovost Lrrmatrr RegisuarAmundson and Parliamentadan Chamovitz; Deans Baratt, Burke, Dolling, Feuer, and Guthde; Ptofessots Bamhitt Biles, Castlebery, Cotdes, Corry, Costanza, Dickson, Galston, Garcia, Garis, Hardngton, HelgertrJohnson, Klaten, Ku, Lipscomb, McAleavey, Pagel, Patsons, Sitnon, Wilmarth, \trirtz, andYezer Absent Dean Btownr lntedm Deans Akman and Maggs; Professots Boyce, Flotez, Kessmann, Rehtnanl and Shesser CALLTO ORDER The meeting was called to ordet by Ptesident Knapp at 2:15 p.m. APPROVAL OFTHE MINUTES The minutes of the meeting ofJanuary 14,2011werc approved as distdbuted. INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS \- No resolutions were inttoduced. REMARKS BYTHE CHAIRMAN OFTHE GW BOARD OF TRUSTEES President Knapp intoduced Chaitman of the Board W. Russell Ramsey, who is an alumnus of the Uaivetsity and is now sering his second tetm as Chairman- Mt Ramsey is a gtaduate of the GW Business School and was also a star athlete and All-Amedcan baseball playet during his undetgraduate years at the Univetsity. Chairman Ramsey thanked the Senate for the invitation to s1rcak at the mee'ag. Boatd membets have been sn gampus several days this week, beginning on Wednesday and Thusday fot Committee meetings, dft the full Board meeting that morning. Mr. Ramsey confitmed that he was a 1981 atumnus of the GW Business School and the first in his family to go to college. He added that this eryetience ttansfotmed his life. After gmduating, Mr. Ramsey said he had spent some 30 yeats as arr entnepreneur, mainly irr financiat senrices. 'fhis cateet included wotkiog in many financial sectors on the 'sell' side, including capital matkets, venture capital, IPO's, ,nerge$, acquisitions and business rcstructuriog in a wide variety of businesses. Over the last ten years, Mt Ramsey said he has managed a hedge fund with the goal of maintaining a balanced pordolio in equities in such a way that it makes money fot the fund's investors. lv Faculty Senate Minutes, Febtuary ILZAll Page2 Mr. Ramsey recounted that he had found his way back to GW a little ovet a dozen yearc ago when former Trustee (and now Senator) Matk Warner sharcd with him why he pereonally had thought it was impottant to sewe on the Board of his alrna mater. Mt. Ramsey said that he agreed to serve on the Boatd even though he had only a vague notion of what that invohed, as he felt veqy passionate about using his skills and background to try to help lead the Univemity to fulfill its potential. GW is a ptivate Univercity and as such does not report to a state legislatue ot governor. It is the largest non-government employer in the Disttict of Columbia, and also a very large l,andovrner. While GW is not a business, it is a very latge entity with a h.rg. number of moving pars and pieces, all otganized to furthet the Universiq/s academic mission. Ultimate tesponsibility fot the otgatization rests with the Boad, which holds three tegular meetings a year as well as an annud leadership tetreat in June. The Boatd consists of limited tetm Trustees. Trustees are elected fot four year terrns and may ser\re oo more than three tems (12 years) in total Boatd officets ate elected annually, howevet, the Boatd Chair is elected for a three-year term. Mt. Ramsey said he was nos, at the beginning of his last three-year tern on the Board- With a limited tefln structure, the Boatd must constantly ienew itself, and this year rccruitedwhat is pobably its latgest class of new Boatd membets, from different walks of life. Among new Boatd members this yeat ate L Goldman Sachs partner, an awatd-winning motion pictute actfess, and a fonrret acting sectetary of the Nry. This teflects the fact that the Trustee selection process is designed to tectuit a diverse set of people with an intercst in the Univemity who ate wiling to devote theit time and their venture and intellectual capital to advance the Univetsity towatd its goals. The Board presently consists of 36 memberc, the ma:rimum numbet berng 42. This allows room for the Boatd to add individuals who wan! on a volunteet basis, to paticipate in overseeing all of the components of the University. Even though Trustees ate not compensated for theit serice, the Boatd is the fiduciary for all stakeholders, and thete is no favodte child. The Boatd could not fulfill its rcsponsibilities without the wotk of a numbet of pemanent Cornmiffees - these include Comtnittees on the Medical Center, Itrvestmentst Finance & Audiq Real Estate, Academic Affairs, and Exemal Relations' among otherc. When appropdate, from tirne to time the Boatd also authodzes the fotmation of Special Cornrnittees - one such Cornmittee was formed, for example, when Ptesident Trachtenbetg rctired andasearch was launched to find his successor. Mt. Ramsey said he was offered the opportunity to lead a collabomtive seatch process which involved stakeholdets ftom the Univetsity community, including several Senate membets. 1'66 Qotnrnittee finished its work six months ahead of schedule and tumed out to be one of the bettet e<lreriences Mt Ramsey said he had had. This Special Committee came out of the permanent Corntnittee on Govemance, Compensation and Nomination (GCN[) which is responsible for making sure the Univetsiq/s governance is exetcised accotding to the Boatdts bylaws, and ensudng that it is as transparent as possible. Mt. Ramsey said he believes that GW's Boatd today, as a private Boatd at a ptivate Univetsity, incorporates all of the best practices in fuIfilling its rcsponsibility to everyotre; this includes .oment students and alumni, faculty, and of course' all of the seniot Faculty Senate Minutes, February 11520n Page 3 adminis6ators who are reslrcnsible for carying out the academic and other missions of the Univetsity. He added that he was prcud to say that he thought the Board has a very rigotous and incentive-based compensation plan for all of the senior people in the organizaion" and this has become something of a model for higher education. Mt. Ramsey concluded his rcmatls by saying ttrat, in the year 2021, GW will celebmte its 2fi)e birthday. GW is unique in many, many ways and has cleady articulated its set of goals and aspirations. Mt. Ramsey said that his goal which has been stated publicly and repeatedly, is for the Univercity to become the most admfued and rcspected educational institution in the wodd. GW is now building on what is successfuI in each one of its schools, each of which is changiog and has its own near-term challenges and oppotunities. Sevetal questions followed. Ptofessor Wirtz inquired about the composition of the Boatd, asking how many Board membets have earned doctomtes. He also asked about the dationship between two Cornrnittees of the Boatd - the Medical AmLi$ Committee and Academic Atraits Qornrnittes. He said there would seem to be some oveilap betureen the tsro in terms of academic issues and asked undet that circumstance hon, academic issues would be resolyed. Chaitman Ramsey asked Provost Letman to corrrmen! but said that ultimatety, most academic issues ate the rcsponsibility of the Academic Atrairs Cotnrnittee. Prcvost Letman said it appeated to hirn that the Academic Amnirs Qqrnrnittee deals with all of the Schools, including the Medical School The Medical Afiairs Cotnn ittee conceflrs itself with all aspects of the Medical Center, including the Universiqfs relationship with the Medical Faculty Associates the Univemity Hospital and other University partnerc. In priot yeas it \-. was not possible for the Vice President for Academic Atrairs to attend both Committee meetings as they occured at the same tirne. Beginning this year, Comtnittee schedules have been changed to permit the Provost's attendance at both. The e><act answer to Prcfessot Wirtzts first question was not readily available. Seveml Boatd memberc have M.D. and f.D. degnees, and at least three othet Boatd memberc have earned doctorates. Ptofessor Wirtz followed up by asking if there is some mechanism in place rcquiring that a Board member chafuing the Academic Affafus Com'nittee have an eamed doctorate. Mr. Ramsey said he did not think the Bylaws contained such a tequitement, but indicated he worild be open to suggestions or input about this. Professor Wirtz said that he thought that Trustee Lydia Thomas, who is no longet on the Boatd provided extaordinary leadeship as Chair of the Academic Amairs Dt Cornrnittee. Thomas's ctedibility was enhanced by het academic crcdentials and she contdbuted a much-needed non-adrninistative academic perspective to her guidance of the Committee's work. Professor Wirtz said that his pesonal view was that contiouing that credibility would fos s66gthing that would be in everybody's best intercsts as that sott of petspective and guidance is essential to the ovetsight responsibilities of the Board of Trustees of an academic institution. Ptofessot Pasons said that he sensed a general lack of academic stars on the Board of Trustees and suggested that the composition of goveming boards at other institutions be examined. Chairman Ramsey tesponded by saying \at his e-mail inbox was open to v suggestions about additional Board members fot consideration in the Trustee selection nrz0tl Faculty Senate Minutes, February Page 4 process, which is an open one. With the Univetsiqfs commitment to raising its reseatch visibility and capability, it is particulatly desimble to recruit Ttustees with acadetnic qualifications to the Boatd. Professor Hetgert asked about the Boards view of the Science and Engineedng f,smplex. Chairman Ramsey rcsponded that there has been a long history of this concept at GW for the last 35 or 40 years. He said his first Special Boatd Comrnittee assignmerrt was to participate in the evaluation of the old GW hospital centet and its sirc on Squate 54. Even back then there was a notion that the Univetsity needed a blg acade*ic space. The Univercity chose a well-regatded advisot from among some 50 intetested parties to ptovide an opinion on the highest and best use of Square 54. The result was demolition of the old hospital and the construction of a mixed use complex thete whete the Univetsity incured no financial risk and would reap a 60 year income sttearn that it could use for academic puq)oses. The hospital itself was sold to an outside entity and a new hospital facility was constructed actoss 23d Street from Squarc 54. The concept of the SEC tose to the top as the highest ptiotity ptoiect follow'rng a ve{y intemctive process looking at ways to use a pmt of Squarc 54 nevenue. Therc was no doubt that engineering facilities wete in great need of imptovement. There was also thought about how to use a new facility in a collabotative way to meet science and engineedng needs, and possibly obtain rcsearch revenue to help covet some of the oogoing expense of the facility. The financial anatysis by the Boad detetmined that even if teseatch funding could not be secured, which is not expected there ate othet possible academic uses fot the building. Suppott fot the SEC was unanimous on the Board- Professor Yezer congmtulated Chairman Ramsey and the Board on the decision to sell the Hospital and their choice of Boston Propeties as the developet for Squate 54. Professor Yezet said a matter of concem to some fac"lty is the Univetsiqfs instructional expenditute pef student as a percentage of net tuition fevenue Pef student is very low, standing at approximately 32.loh. This is in comparison to Geotgetoum University roi A-".ican Univetsity who both ate at 49o/o instuctional expenditue per net tuition dollat. Professor Yezet said he wondeted if these figues should not be looked at and the Universiq/s business model made to look more like the competition. Chairman Ramsey asked thi President to rcs1rcnd, and a shott discussion followed. President Knapp said it was clear that the University is cotnrnitted to invest more resouces in irc acadernic pdorities. The work of the Innovation Task Fotce which seels to identi$ an additional $60 -;llion per yeff for these pu{roses will help to achieve tha! as will incteased philanthrcpls suppoft. Ptofessor Wilmarth thanked Chairman Ramsey fot making t"ne in his very busy schedule to address the Senate. FIe asked what the Board vievre as the gfeatest oppornrnity for the University, and its greatest challenge, ovet the next few yearc. Chairman Ramsey rcsponded that tle SEC, niw School of Nusing, and the new building for the School of public Health and Health Serices will atl ptovide significant new optr ottunities fot the Univercity. Leaderchip by th. new Deans will also be impottant in incrcasing the visibility of GW,s academic piogta-s. Undetaking a capital campaign to obtain additional resorrces is likely, i" tmq among other things, new endowed professorships. The Faculty Senate Minutes, February 11\20n Page 5 oppomrnity is there to bdng the Universiqfs resorrces to bear so that GW is not iust keeping pace but is erqslling in prcviding the substance that everybody is looking for. Chaitman Ramsey said he thought that if therc is a challenge, it is that GW is ssmt.iffefl to bei.g a Univemity which would ideally be available to a[ and one that has an apprcpdate focus on divetsity. The goal is not iust to match the Univerciqfs peer goup in its percentage of multicultural students, but to exceed that notm. The reality is that in oider to do that the University needs to have the resources to be able to go out and rccruit applicants who have many othet choices. In terms of philanthropy, Chairman Ramsey said that recently, there have been a number of maiot gifts and more are eKp€cted in the future. These wilt be made public in the next sevetal weels and months. These will be a sorrce of pdde to those associated with them and ptovide teal benefits to the Univercity as has the rccent gFft by the Smith-Kogod fatni$ for the tenovation and improvemeot of the Charles E. Smith Center. The facility is not iust the home of basketball, but also is the home of all of Gw's 22 Division I sports. It is a grca;t iesoruce fot all of the Univerciqfs student athletes and the Univemity will continue to enioy it as a center fel sampus community activity because of the commitrnent and vision of the Smith-Kogod family. Ptofessot Bamhill noted that the Chairman was a very successfrrl entrepreneur skilled at recogttizing opportunities and takiry advantage of them. He asked what the Chairman sarv es rre maior opporunities for GW in the Washington D.C. atea, nationally, and globally ovet the next ten to twenty years. Chairmaa Ramsey said that Washington D.C. is incteasingly a regulatory and financial capital, and a center of political po*.r .od leadeshiP in an incteasingly global wodd. He said he thought it was not a question of whether but of whenemetging markets would dominate the economy as the gowtU engines of the wotld. GW is uniquely positioned on many fronts and where other educational institutions have in rccent yeats had to cut slrcndirg and make hatd financial decisions due to the economic slirnaf6, GW is financially stnoog and has been able to keep building and gtowing its academic progmms, as itwill continue to do in the futue. Prcsident Knapp said that he has had a unique opporttrnity to observe the Board in action, not iust at large fotmal meetings, but also on a day to day basis. He said that it is importanq as has been mentioned, that whatevet the psychic re*ads may be, these are not positions that are financially compensated. To see the amount of t'.ne and effort that goes into the wotk of the Board and its multiple Committees and the day to day effoi of engaging donors and connectirg G\f with important cootacts that help the Univercity academically as well as with financial aad other kinds of support ;s irnpressive, and this is sornsthing that colleagues do not have the opportuaity to observe frequently. Prcsident KnaPp thanked Chairman Ramsey for taking the time to addtess the Faculty Senate, and added that the effoms of the Chaitman and his fellow Trustees to advance the Univemity ate very much appreciated. Ptofessot Castlebeqy also thanked Chairman Ramsey fot coming to the Senate meeringr and said that he has also gained a better appteciation for the Boardrs wotk on behalf of the University through participation in sevetal Board meetings, their summer retreat, their planning retreat, and the Academic Amair Committe., .s *ell as paticipati.g in othet Q6rnrnittees and groups. He said he thought the Boatd,s work is very ri-it r t6 \-, Faculty Senate Minutes, February 11520n Page 6 that of the Senatel memberc are not compensate4 but they cate iust as much as Senate memberc do about the University. While their wotk may be more concentated in Boatd meetings and the Senate's work is more sprcad out, they spend as much time, if not moret than faculty members working for the grcater good of the Univetsity. This is a very impressive group of people, particular$ in the way they involve students' and they devote enounous enctgy to theit task UPDATE ON THE GW SiHOOL OF BUSINESS Dean Doog Guthrie ptesented the update in PowetPoint fotmaq saying his rcport wogld focus on what the vision for the Business School would be over the next 4 to 5 years. Referiog to Chairman Ramsqfs stated goal of making GW the most admired Univesity in the wodd, Dean Guthrie agreed that many people say that about their univercities, but he had nevet been pat of a Univesity that has such a cornanon vision and a cornmon message. At his former institution, Dean Guthrie said that Univetsity was very balkanized; the Business School was built around Wdl Sueet, the Lau, School was built atound a vety different kind of intellectual odentation, and even though werybody was doing well on theit own, it was a very, very ftactured place. GW has a message which is a unified one, and Dean Guthrie said that as he thought about what the Business School can be, he could not think of a mote erciting opportunity fot a Business School at this moment' in this City. For the better part of the last four decades, Business Schools in the United States have tracked to focusing more and more namowly on finance. That started to change about the turn of the century when attention was tumed to the politicd and social embeddedness of markets - where students arc taught about the complexity of matkee and the ways in which social and political embeddedness arc the centeqpieces of building a healthy matket economy. Dean Guthrie added that there was no place he would mthet build that than at GW. As Chairman Ramsey pointed out, the Nation-s Capital is now not iust the political capital of the globat econof,1rr but it is tnrly a place whete finance and tegulatoty issues ate centr.t. From a sociological percpective Dean Guthrie said he also thought Washington is also a place where the notion of political embeddedness is teally key to how everything functions in the economy. The ovemll goal for the Business School is not iust to become one of the top 20 schools in the nation, but more important by fat, to be the best Business School in the Natior's Capital at the cerrter of the largest economy in the wodd. If that is achieved, the mnkings will be thete. Dean Guthde said he had inhedted a good potdolio when he came to the School. GW has a very strcog Intemational Business Departmeng and that is a sEength that can be built upon. The School also wants to incrcase its ties with the Elliott School of Intemational Atrairs. Global social responsibility will cerainly be a cornelstone of the School's offedngs. Thete ate a numbet of faculty membets who will allow the School to seize the oppornrnity of building a Business School on the intercection of business and public Policy, suplrcrted by a s6ong intemationd agenda, sustainability, social tesponsibility, and leadetshiP, and ethics. GW is the only Business School in the top 50 that offem ethics as a cole coruse. Dean Guthrie said that when he arived at GW, the substantive pictrre of the School looked grand to him. On the other han{ questions wete taised about the relative underfunaiog of the School Housekeeping was also necessary to impmve the School's tdeep intemal fr,ancial con6ols. It was necessery to do a dive' and thinh aggt'essively Faculty Senate Minutes, Febnrary f\201J1 PageT about how to assess the School's crrrent state of affaits, how to undetake an organizational restructurirg pnocess, and develop neur initiatives that would grour the School's pordolio by about 307o. The goal fot gtowth ovet the next five yearc is to move from generafng apptoximately $90 rnillion per year to about $120 million. It was also necessary to work with the Univesity administation in fguriog out how new initiatives could be frrnded and obtaining some kind of investr ent to do this, with a plan for paying back the funds. All of these activities ultimately seamlessly link to the development of a philanthropy plan for the School. During the six months he has been at the University, Dean Guthrie said he worked to develop a deep knowledge about the innerworkiogs of the School. In otdet to do this, he met with evety single faculty member. This was a painstaking process, but Dean Guthde said he thought it was important fot him as a new Dean to have deep knowledge about the School develop a good sense of the direction in which it should go, and provide transparency about these two things. The Dean acknowledged that there was a lot of constetnation ovet what it meant that the Dean and his teArn were wdting a business plan when the faculty should teally be in contd of stmtegy. Dean Guthrie said he has always been vety cleat about this; this was done not only to furthet his own information gathedng, but also fot expediency, because he wanted to initiate convercations with the Provost about the financial state of the School. From this point forward, Dean Guthrie said that the process will be faculty-driven, particular$ thtough the work of seveml task forces. Dean Guthrie said it was wonderfrrl wotking with the University adminisuation because it basically found that the School's plan for reorganization and re-structurirrg v/as a good one, and that enough teseatch had been done to i"st& giviog the School a bit of latitude to invest in areas which would allow it to grow. In tenns of development goals, Dean Guthde said his key targets would be leadetship, intetnational ptograms, the Career Centet, scholarships, and public po[cy engagement. Anothel thing he hopes to do in the next five years is to name the School. Seveml initiatives fot the School are bei.g exlrloted. The School pmiects significant gowth over the next five yeats, but the Universiqfs ennrllrnent at the Fogg5r Bottom campus is veqy close to the maximurn petmitte4 and t\at poses a prcblem. Fortunately, the University has a foopdnt that extends beyond Foggy Bottom, including the Yirginia Science and Technology campus in Loudoun County, the Mount Vernon sarnpus; as well as Adington and Alexaadda. In otder to expand, particulady in the MBA prograrn, the School will need to move some faculty and students to other locations. Ptofessor Chetian is leading the School's Off Campus Relocation Task Force, and its recornmendations are exlrected in March. These may not [6 irnplemented immediately, but will have to be discussed with faculty members in the School to ensute full engagementwith the goals. Dean Guthrie obseryed that many institutions have been very uninterested in thi*ing .hat aggnessively about online space. He added he qTas lfoanldul to have inherited an institution that has thought deeply about this. The School currently has two online education programs that ate quite excellent that ut'lize two completely different technologies. Online education is an oppornmity not only to grow the School's revenue, but also to take a thought leaderchip position in this area. Professor Wirtz is leading a Task Fotce on Distance Education to o<lrlore oppotunities fot the School. Dean Guthrie also said he thought this wotk could not be done without thinking about partnerships, so he has \-, Faculty Senate Minutes, Febtuaty 11\2011 Page 8 been meet''rg recently with Embanet and a couple of othet otganizations to explore developments in the online instruction wotld- A third Task Force on Intetnational Progmms is at wotk to exlrlorc gowth opportunities for the School Dean Guthrie said he had met with this gmup a couple of times because, as a China scholar, he has a special interest in this particular atea. GW does have the s6smingb, limitless resoutces of some othet institutions, so choices must be made about the areas of rcgiond focus that will build upon the exlrettise of the School's faculty. Even more impotant is substantive focus. The School has a veqy intemctive Intemational Business depatment and taking cote ideas that teally drive the international agenda forward, such as international development issues, is one place wherc new oppornrnities maybe found. In conclusion, Dean Guthrie said he thought the School is on ttack to achieve its goals, but a lot of had workwill be tequired to bdng about the expansion necessary. Many of the School's faculty memberc are very excited about new developments and ready to step up to the challenges that lie ahead. While the drcam of building a Busiaess School that is riLrr"rt fot the public policy wotld and really thinking about hou, to engage questions of politics and public policy is always daunting, Dean Guthrie said he found it exciting to be pat of the co-n r..sation about the expansion of iobs in Washington and thinking about D.C. q-k as a global city that can take innovative positions and influence how 1rcople about thtngs like iobs in the energy and the clean and tenewable technology sectots. The update may be viewed at: Sevetal questions followed. Professor Gards commented on the widespread perception that the necerrt economic crisis was basical$ caused by very greedy people, many of *no- are graduates of the Hanrard Business School He said he had tead an article ttrat said the School decided to try to look at the kind of gtaduates its cutticulum was ptoducing, and more fuIIy integate ethics into its progam. He added that said he was glad to see that the GW Business School akeady includes itnics in ie curdculum. Dean Guthde rcsponded that, mther than blaming co4)orate gree{ he thought the problem-was that otganizations arc great at sepatating piopleftom the outcomes of their actions. The solution lies in how studlents are tained; it is necessary to ttansmit technical knowledge but also important to train them to think about systemic risk and 1fos irnplications of theit actions. A Business School cutriculum that incfudes complexity ana$sis and takes into account the embeddedness of social and political considemtions is key. Professor Yezer said he did not hear teal estate mentioned in the update, and asked whethet the Business School curriculum includes this. Dean Guthde rcsponded that this is a huge area of emphasis at the Business School in its center for rcal estate and urban aoafyiis. The latter is important because it studies rcgronal econornic development and the emblddedness of rcal ."t t organizations within alatget political conter(L This center has rccently teceived seveml gifts to furthet is wotk Prcfessor Lilxcomb identified hetself as an evolutionary biologist with a specialty in biodiversity and the environrnentr and she inquired about the School's intetest in sustainability. Dean Guthrie said the School is in tansition dght now. Popul,ar intercst Faculty Senate Minutes, February 1ib20n Page 9 seems to focus on green buildiogs, but Dean Guthrie said he thought the deeper question is about renewable energ5r. A l"rge number of snrdents in the Business School have self - identified as beirg interested in sustainability. GW has pmgtams in seneral different schools, in renewable energy, solar enetgy, and sustainability. Conversations ate rmdetway to levemge the Univetsiqfs resorrces in a way that will ptovide students with technical knowledge, as well as familialily with business considetations, regulatoly, policy, and legal issues in these areasi. REPORT OF THE E)(ECUTTVE COMMITTEE Professor Castleberry prcsented the rcport of the Executive Comrnittee, which is enclosed. In connection with his rcmads about dmft bylaws fot the School of Public Health and Health Serices, Dean Goldman offered I rninsl cladfication - these bylaws have been circulated and cornments solicite4 but no vote has yet been taken to adopt them. It is o<pected this vote will take place at the SPHHS spdng faculty meeting. CHAIR'S REMARKS Due to the length of rcports ptesented at the meet'ngr Ptesident Kn"PP noted without providing detail that quite a number of events have taken place at the Univetsity in the past month" mone than usual As Chairman Ramsey alluded to some of the Univetsiqfs successes in fuadraising, President Knapp said that some of these have been announced and othet atrnouncements would be forthcoming in the next sevetalweeks. In the last month done, the Univercity has received apprcximately $24 millioo, which is more than is usually raised. While it cannot be ptesrrrned that this trendwill continue to the end of the semestet, GW appeats to be on tmck to equal or oulpetform in fundtaising compared to the pastyear. Giving an update on personnel searches undetway, Ptesident Knapp said the Law School is now interviewing sernifinalists fot the Dean's position, and he erpected to speak with four of these by the end of the day. All arc very stong candidates. The Law School has a very strolrg faculty search cornmittee and a successfrtl outcome is exlrected in faidy short ordet. The seatch for a Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion has beea concluded. Ptesident Knapp said the Univetsity was not yet at liberty to aonouoce the outcome, but that he thought the seatch committee and othets involved in the search pnocess were vely pleased with the rcsult BRIEF STATEMENTS (AND OUESTIONS) Professor Wfutz noted that The llatchet had rccently published an aticle about questions mised by the 1.Q,. /,o,nin.g Cornrnission in connection with planning details fot if parking frcilities at the Law Leaming Centet to be constructed on G Sueeq and he asked the Ptesident could cornrnent on that. President Knapp tesponded that if Vice President Katz were present he could pobably give mote detail than he coul{ but the question taised had to do with the best place for enteting and exiting the facility. The Universiqfs plan was \-, Faculty Senate Minutes, February llr20ll Page 10 that access and egtess would be from the dley parallel to G Stteet in the middle of the bloclq because patkerc would be able to entet and exit from both 206 and 21o Steets. President Knapp *.id n" thought that an alternative plen to ptovide access and egtess from G SUeet had been proposed by membets of the Foggly Bottom community because it was believed that would rcsult in less taffic congestion. It is orpected that this question will be rcsolved without substantially interfedngwith the timitg of the prciecg ot its cost Professor Simon courmented about Ptofessot Yezet's observations concetning the new Univercity Hospital. He said that the initid cost of the Hospital was $116 rnillios, arrd with a ptofit oi$SO rnitlioq the Hospital reaped a vety good tetufin on iavestmenL Professor Simon said he was not so sgre that sslling the Hospitalwas such a wise decision at the time, and it would certainly be desimble for GW to follow the e>rample of USC, which bought back their Hospital from Tenet That is because the goals and aspiratioas of the Hospital are very differcnt from the goals and aspfuations of the University On behalf of the Corntnittee on Libtaries, Ptofessor McAleavey, Chafu, commented that the Cornrnittee is this year addressing ptoblems f"ciog the Gelman Libmry. Reportsin The lfatcher and GW Today have detailed plans fot rcnovation of the first floot of the Libmry and it sounds as if therc is forwatd movement on this ptoiect. tlowever, it is cleat that thete is no coherent plan for improvements to the rcst of Gelman Library, ot for the futue of the facility o.r.r the long term. That is ssmsrhing that the Senate Cotnrnittee on Librades has tded io address in frevious years, with Resolutions adopted in 2m6 and 2ffi9 on the subiect Professot McAleavey said he thought it startling and well woth not'ng that in the last six years therc has been no inctease in the acquisitions budget fot Gelman- Given that the cosiof all the matedals which Gelman teceives, online and in Piinq incteases at least 57o every year, obviously, the Gelmao collection is effectively shrinking. Ptofessot McAleavey said the Comrnitte. *.. hard at work prcpadng a Resolution to urge th- at the administration strengthen this ctitical aspect of the Univesity. Pmfessot McAleavey also invited membets of the Senate to submit useful ideas they might have to the Committee while it is cmfting the Resolution, which he said he hoped would be rcady for Senate considetation beforc the end of Spdng semestetr 20lt. Professot Yaer said that about two years ago he had complained quite stenuous$ about the problems faculty membets encouflteted trying to schedule classes and extra sessions and serr.irrrrs on campr". He said he could not speak fot othet f"olty membets, but that based on his ,.."ot o<petience, the scheduling office has since then been completely transformed and serice by that office has imprcved temendously. ADJOURNMENT Therc being no further business beforc the Senate, and upoo motion made and seconded, the meeting was adioumed at 3:45 p-m. Tfrzahetfl A- Amnm^dson ElizabethA" Amundson Sectetary