Date: 01/08/2015

Final
Fort Lewis College 15-16 Capital Request

COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Approve the project listed on the Fort Lewis CollePASS


07:32 AM

The committee was called to order. A quorum was present.

Dr. Dene Kay Thomas, President, and Mr. Steven Schwartz, Vice President for Finance and Administration, both representing Fort Lewis College, came to the table to introduce themselves. Dr. Thomas discussed the mission and role of the college. Committee members received a Report to the Colorado Capital Development Committee prepared by the college (Attachment A). Dr. Thomas discussed the college's fee-for-service award as second lowest in the state. She also stated the college's student loan default rate is less than seven percent and discussed the college's retention and graduation rates as near the top among Colorado regional colleges. She then discussed the college's business school, its teaching program, the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, and the chemistry program. Dr. Thomas said the engineering program has doubled in size in the last few years. She then discussed the need for the college's FY 2015-16 budget request, Berndt Hall Reconstruction - Geosciences, Physics, and Engineering. The committee received a cover page for the college and a summary of the project, prepared by Legislative Council Staff (LCS) (Attachment B).

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07:41 AM

In response to a committee question regarding welding programs, Dr. Thomas responded that the welding programs are provided by the local community college. The committee also received an updated two-year projection of cash need (Attachment C) and a five-year projection of need (Attachment D), both prepared by LCS.

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BILL:Fort Lewis College
TIME: 07:42:48 AM
MOVED:Baumgardner
MOTION:Approve the project listed on the Fort Lewis College two-year projection of cash need. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Becker K.
Yes
Kefalas
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Szabo
Yes
Baumgardner
Yes
Vigil
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS