Student Senate passed a resolution asking for more clarity in the Five Year Vision Ohio Implementation Plan at last night's meeting.
The plan, previously known as the Five Year Academic Action Plan, is a strategic academic and financial plan for the university. It will be presented to and discussed by the Ohio University Board of Trustees at meetings today and tomorrow.
The resolution asks for more explanation of how one-time-only initiatives will be funded, and for more money to go toward funding merit-based scholarships.
Academic Affairs Commissioner Chris Diehl said that because the Gateway Award Program funding is tied to tuition, OU's scholarship money has been frozen along with tuition. Gateway scholarships are awarded to students based on academic merit.The resolution also requests that the majority of the $100,000 that the plan sets aside for student programming be given to the Student Activities Commission.
Senate President Tim Vonville said he has been discussing the changes he would like to see made to the plan with administrators and will talk to National Trustee Frank P. Krasovec about the senate's resolution today.
Strategies must be defined completely before they can be fully endorsed
Vonville said.
Senators would also like the plan to mention the Keeling & Associates review of Hudson Health Center. That report was submitted to OU on Aug. 6 and suggested alternate ways to fund health services.
Senate would like to see the university held accountable for these improvements through its inclusion according to the resolution.
The Keeling & Associates report also suggests methods of dealing with limited funding and the outdated building at Hudson. Kent Smith, vice president for Student Affairs, will make a presentation concerning a proposed new student health facility at today's joint meeting of the University Resources and University Academics committees of the Board of Trustees.
I won't call it Hudson Health Center because it's not a healthy building Smith said.
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