ENROLLMENT PLANNING TEAM

MINUTES

September 12, 2007

         2:00 PM              Ruth Patrick Cafeteria

Present:  Mr. Andrew Hendrix, Dr. Deb Kladivko, Mr. Deri Wills, Dr. Ed Callen, Mr. Glenn Shumpert, Mr. Randy Duckett, Mr. Randy Warrick, Ms. Stacie Williams, Ms. Stephanie Foote, Dr. Suzanne Ozment, Mr. Tim Hall, Mrs. Vivian Grice, Mrs. Gail Ratchford

Guest:  Mr. Tim Bond, Mr. Donald Miles, Mrs. Cheryl Fogle, Ms. Maureen Bergstrom

Randy Duckett welcomed everyone and informed the EPT that Mr. Mike Lemons and Mr. Tim Hall are our newest members.  He also stated that the IE staff would be attending some of our meetings.

Program Updates

First Pace/Academic Convocation Update – Ms. Stephanie Foote

• 38 students participated in the First Pace program with 33 successfully completing the program.
• They will be making plans for next years First Pace program based on review of the last two years.
• A brief description from Andrew Hendrix and Stephanie Foote about who the First Pace students would be and how they communicated with them was discussed.
• There will be a debriefing meeting to discuss the major concerns of the First Pace program on Friday.
• A total of 583 freshmen attended the first Freshman Convocation.  Out of the 75 that did not attend 47 are actually enrolled.  A communication plan is being devised for those students that did not attend to inform them that they have the option of attending one of the American Democracy films or participation in the Constitution Day Program to make up their absence.  Students that do not make up their absence will have a regshold placed on their record before Priority Registration.

Admissions Update – Andrew Hendrix

• Andrew Hendrix distributed a copy of the “Freshman Enrollment Fall 2007” update that can be found at www.usca.edu/ESIP/ept/minutes/index.html under meeting materials for September.
• Admission counselors have started travel in their particular target areas this week.

Housing Update – Deri Wills

• Deri Wills gave us an update on the Fall 2007 housing.  He shared with us the “Fall 2007 Occupancy” report as well as the “Housing Comparisons.  These reports can be found at www.usca.edu/ESIP/ept/minutes/index.html under meeting materials for September.
• Deri also shared with us that the new housing facility that is to open Fall 2008 is coming along well.  The 2^nd floor slab has been poured.  We will need more students out of the county in order to fill the beds.

Action Team Reports – Randy Duckett

• Randy asked for any Action Team reports, with none being reported.  He stated that he would be providing an EPT notebook for Tim Hall and Mike Lemons which would include information about the EPT and several annual reports: (IPEDS, CIRP, NSSE, State Accountability, Strategic USCA Planning, Academic Tracking Report, EPT Annual Report) which all EPT members are asked to read.

Campus Perspectives

Andrew Hendrix asked Dr. Suzanne Ozment about an update on the General Education Review.  Dr. Ozment shared the following information:

• They have been conducting faculty surveys and held open meetings with the faculty.
• They are searching for ideas and mechanisms to foster a General Education approach which spans all four years.
• They are also having discussions with and evaluating other institutions for ideas which they have implemented.

Dr. Ozment also shared that she had positive feedback from the faculty about the Freshman Convocation. There were just a few logistics that need to be worked on for next year.  She also mentioned the positive article in the Aiken Standard about the Freshman Convocation.

Randy reminded everyone that the EPT meetings were the 2^nd Wednesday of every month at 2:00 pm.

Meeting was adjourned at 3:10 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Gail Ratchford