NORTHERN OKLAHOMA COLLEGE
BOARD OF REGENTS
AGENDA
Thursday, May 9, 2013, 1:00 p.m.
Northern Oklahoma College
1220 E. Grand - Tonkawa Campus
NOC Board of Regents Chair Keith James, Presiding
12:30 p.m. - Lunch in the President’s Conference room located in the Vineyard Library Administration Building
1:00 p.m.-Regents meeting in the President’s Conference room
Announcement of filing of meeting notice and posting of the agenda in accordance with the Open Meeting Act.
1. Call to order. Roll call and announcement of quorum.
2. Introduction of visitors, guests, and/or speaker.
3. Northern Oklahoma College Mission Statement (recite together)
Northern Oklahoma College, the State’s oldest community college, is a multi-campus, land-grant institution that provides high quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities and services which create life-changing experiences and develop students as effective learners and leaders within their communities and in a connected, ever-changing world.
4. Minutes of previous meeting: Discussion and action to approve or not approve the Tuesday, April 16, 2013 meeting minutes.
INFORMATION TO BOARD
5. Regents’ Comments.
6. Administrators’ Updates.
7. President’s Update.
8. Other reports.
a. Personnel Changes
9. The New Criteria for Accreditation. Higher Learning Commission
BOARD ACTION:
Discussion and action to approve or not approve the following:
10. Lease Purchase Agreement – Energy Performance Contract with Green Campus Partners. Consider approval of entering into a lease purchase agreement with Green Campus Partners, LLC, as well as the related escrow agreements, and execution of NOC Board of Regents resolution.
11. Food Services Contract. Consider approval of contract extension with Northern Management Service for FY2014.
12. Room and Board Rates. Consider approval of room and board rates for FY2014.
13. Monthly Financial Report. Consider approval of monthly financial report.
14. Monthly Purchases. Consider approval of monthly purchases.
15. Section 13 600-650 allocation request. Consider approval of the Section 13 600-650 allocation request for various projects.
16. Academic Program Review. Consider approval of Academic Program Review summaries for the Associate of Arts in Elementary Education and the Associate of Arts in Communications degree programs.
17. Faculty Tenure Policy. Please consider approval of revision to Policy 4.6.3 Faculty Tenure.
ROUTINE AND OTHER
18. New business. Consideration of “any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of the posting of the agenda.”
19. Items for next agenda.
20. Announcement of next scheduled meeting: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at 1:00 p. m. on the Tonkawa Campus, President’s Conference Room. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m.
21. Save the date for June 17 – Strategic Plan Work Plan
22. Adjournment.
NOTE: The NOC Board of Regents may discuss, make motions and vote upon all matters appearing on this agenda. Such votes may be to adopt, reject, table, reaffirm, rescind, or take no action on any agenda matter.
Northern Oklahoma College
NOC Mission
Northern Oklahoma College, the State’s oldest community college, is a multi-campus, land-grant institution that provides high quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities and services which create life-changing experiences and develop students as effective learners and leaders within their communities in a connected, ever-changing world.
NOC Vision
Northern Oklahoma College will be recognized as a model institution and leader in academic quality and cultural enrichment, promoting student success, collaborative learning, creative and forward thinking, and community responsiveness.
NOC Core Values
Personalized Education:
We believe in providing individualized services that lead our students to achieving their academic goals in a welcoming and safe environment.
We believe in providing support to students in and out of the classroom so that they receive a full college experience with diverse opportunities.
Community and Civic Engagement:
We believe that educated citizens are necessary for a healthy, democratic society, and that free and open expression and an appreciation for diversity are cornerstones of higher education.
We believe in economic and environmental sustainability and the importance of enriching the intellectual, artistic, economic, and social resources of our communities.
Continuous Improvement:
We believe in the inherent value of intellectual pursuit for both personal and professional growth, as well as in the need to prepare students for 21st century professions.
We believe that a knowledge-centered institution is vital to a knowledge-based economy, and we measure our success against national models and standards of excellence.