Bowie State University
X / Trish E. Johnson / Primary
Trenita Johnson / Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Coppin State University
X / Steve Delice / Primary
X / Sherrye Larkins / Primary
X / Tim Casey / Alternate
X / Yvonne V. Cook / Alternate
Frostburg State University
Jay Hegeman / Primary
X / Jesse Ketterman / Primary
X / Rubin Stevenson / Alternate
Stacy Wassell / Alternate
Salisbury University
X / Lisa Gray(Vice Chair) / Primary
X / Paul Gasior / Primary
X / Teri Herberger / Alternate
Alternate
Towson University
X / Mary Hickey / Primary
X / Jayne French / Primary
X / DenizErman / Primary
Alternate
Alternate
Alternate
University of Baltimore
Eric Jones / Primary
Michelle Junot / Primary
Keiver Jordan / Alternate
Alternate
University System of MD Office
X / ChevonieOyegoke / Chancellor’s Liaison to CUSS
John Wolfe, Jr. / Primary
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Amanda Azuma (Co-Secretary) / Primary
Roy Ross / Primary
X / Kevin Watson / Primary
X / Bill Crockett (Past Chair) / Alternate
X / Angela Hall / Alternate
Carl Jackson / Alternate
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County
Laila Shishineh / Primary
Sheryl Gibbs / Primary
X / Kevin Joseph (Co-Secretary) / Primary
X / Tom Penniston / Alternate
P / Arthur Bezwada / Alternate
Alternate
UM Center for Environmental Science
Barbara Higgins / Primary
X / Curtis F. Henry / Primary
University of MD, College Park
X / Dana Wimbish (Chair) / Primary
Dylan Baker / Primary
X / Sister Maureen Schrimpe / Primary
Willie Brown / Ex-Officio Chr.
Debbie Grover / Alternate
Sarah Goff-Tlemsani / Alternate
David Klossner / Alternate
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
X / Chenita Reddick(Member At Large) / Primary
Primary
Alternate
Alternate
University of MD University College
Deanna Mayer / Primary
Debby Mathis (Member At Large) / Primary
X / Candace Johnson / Primary
Cynthia Steele / Alternate
Jade Walker / Alternate
Alyssa Petroff / Alternate

Call to Order

  1. Welcome and Introductions
  2. Dr. Thomas L. Bowling, Interim President
  3. Dr. Johnston (Jay) Hegeman,Interim Vice President of Student Affairs, Associate Provost and Registrar
  4. Numerous interim positions – President, Vice President Student Affairs, Provost, …
  5. New enrollment record – 5756 students
  6. Record retention rate
  7. 40% minority students
  8. Focusing on first generation students
  9. Minorities doing better than the majority
  10. Patrick MacLane, past CUSS member and retired housekeeper at Frostburg State University
  11. Working on 3rd Masters
  12. Expressed appreciation for our efforts and thanks for keeping CUSS going
  1. Consent Agenda
  1. Approval of Minutes from September Meeting
  2. Update minutes to reflect that Chenita Reddick, Debby Mathis and Eric Jones were in attendance.
  3. Approved by consent with attendance adjustments
  1. Chair’s Report
  2. BOR meeting held October 9th, 2015 at UMES
  3. Passed a resolution for PJ Hogan
  4. Amendments were made to the student social media privacy policy
  5. Salisbury University has created an Honors College
  6. UMUC is looking at new policy to increase faculty participation in shared governance
  7. Committee on Finance approved metro Purple Line through College Park out to UMUC
  8. Will be free for students between campuses and discounted rate on rest of the line
  9. HR resources policy modified to reflect the changes from the technical review
  10. Art-Sociology Building at College Park will be renamed in November for the late Parren J. Mitchell – one of the first African American master students
  11. Chancellor has concluded his listening tour
  1. Chancellor’s Liaison’s Report – ChevonieOyegoke
  2. Health fairs going on at institutions
  3. Please complete the survey at the health fairs
  4. Question was asked about how to fill out survey if the institution already held their health fair. No option to fill out survey
  5. Some institutions expressed concern that DBM staff at health fairs were rude, not engaging and seemed not interested in speaking with attendees. Some employees were denied the right to fill out the survey at Towson because the DBM employee insisted they were students
  6. Wellness initiative
  7. Relayed our concerns regarding the initiative
  8. DBM has a coordinator who will be reaching out to the institutions to coordinate wellness activities
  9. Confirmed that DBM is reviewing medical and prescription claims to see who is doing disease management
  10. Looking for people who are not going to the doctor and not filling prescriptions
  11. Providers have HIPAA access to our records
  12. Concerns were expressed in how providers are contacting people via nurses instead of the primary care physician
  13. Having nurse assigned without prior knowledge and without opportunity to select the nurse
  14. Concerns over who determines vaccinations and medicines
  15. General feeling that the process is getting too intrusive
  16. Application of initiative
  17. Each year could have changes based on agreement/framework
  18. Some things have been delayed/changed based on feedback
  19. How do we see these changes or having input into them
  20. E&E 2.0
  21. Tuition remission process is being examined to make sure the process is consistent across institutions and make it as easy as possible for employees and institutions
  22. Policy is not changing
  23. Question was asked about the reasoning for having supervisors sign-off for spouse and dependents
  24. Makes sense for employees since it may affect work schedules
  25. May be to make sure the correct chart string is applied
  1. Board Of Regents Award and Recognition Committee
  2. Packet review will be done in February and March
  3. Four weeks for packet review
  4. Both primary and alternate members will be expected to participate in packet review
  5. Four weeks for packet review
  • Review of Award Criteria
  • Eligibility
  • Can self-nominate
  • Need five consecutive years of employment
  • Question was raised about what level of management employee is eligible
  • Class 1 (officers) employees are not eligible
  • Question was raised in how these employees can be identified
  • Change wording for next near to clarify eligibility requirements regarding officers and leadership
  • Will get a demonstration on using SharePoint as part of the packet evaluation/review process at the January meeting
  • Will be asking for feedback from institutions on how and when recognition is done
  1. Committee Meetings
  1. Committee Updates
  2. Benefits and Compensation
  3. Asking institutions to look into Contingent I and II benefit plans
  4. Continuing to get information on teleworking at institutions
  5. Towson not getting detailed answers from HR
  6. Looking at job shadowing
  7. Looking at on-campus
  8. Will provide further information
  9. Board of Regents Awards
  10. Discussed evaluation process
  11. Working on evaluation quick steps (tips and tricks) to help with getting started on doing the evaluations
  12. Next buzz will talk about communicating on campus – posters, flyers, table toppers
  13. Communications and Marketing
  14. Discussed LinkedIn site
  15. Will use old/existing site and will remove new site
  16. Setting up admins
  17. Will invite CUSS members
  18. When content is ready will send announcements
  19. Will pre-allow USM institutions email addresses
  20. Newsletter
  21. President spotlight
  22. Keep short – approximately 250 words
  23. Let presidents pick topics
  24. November 15, 2015 current newsletter
  25. February 15, 2015 for next newsletter
  26. Will use SharePoint as a CUSS resource
  27. Is there a committee membership list and should it be on the website?
  28. List exists, will be added to website and SharePoint
  29. Legislative and Policy
  30. Requesting each member to provide name of their legislative representatives (home)
  31. Annapolis Day
  32. Discuss what we want to do at Annapolis Day, regarding food, so that we can provide USM with cost estimates
  33. Looking at how we can send email to legislators using a CUSS email address
  34. When legislators come to visit how will we be set up so that they interact with CUSS and institutions?
  35. What is the message we want to convey?
  36. Executive Committee
  37. Joint meeting next month (11/9)
  38. Email has been sent for RSVP
  39. Possible topics
  40. Wellness initiative
  41. USM budget
  42. Legislative efforts
  43. Students – grading and diversity
  44. Engagement for regional centers
  45. Future of shared governance
  1. Old Business
  2. Items moved off of Consent Agenda
  1. New Business
  2. Joint Meeting CUSS/CUSF/USMCS topics
  3. Please send suggested topics
  4. Parent orientation for new students – best practices
  5. Frostburg State University has a nice 2 day orientation

Next meeting Monday, November 9, 2015 at UMCP – Joint CUSS/CUSF/USMCS meeting