 The Board of Trustees views a presentation on International Study Abroad programs during Friday meeting’s open session. Photo by Alisha Park
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by EDWARD SZTUKOWSKI
News Reporter
Appalachian State University’s Board of Trustees met Friday to discuss construction updates, donations and the creation of a new College of Health Sciences and Applied Professions.
Town of Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson began the meeting by reassuring attendees that while the United States economy may be down, businesses in Boone are doing well, and the town must be an example for sustainable development.
“Lots of students
love sustainable development, and it will be an important goal of our
town to continue to support it,” Clawson said.
George
G. Beasley, chair of the Academic Affairs Committee, then proposed
changes to Appalachian’s current Department of Health, Leisure and
Exercise Science.
The new
changes would combine this department with a number of other
departments, such as the Department of Social Work, nursing and
communication disorders into one College of Health Sciences and Applied
Professions.
“We’ve
had plans for proposed changes for some time,” Beasley said. “We were
waiting for the Board of Trustees to approve it, and now the Board of
Governors needs to approve it.”
The
creation of the new college will also open up new positions, such as a
new dean position that will be found after the Board of Governors’
meeting in October.
J. Edgar
Broyhill submitted an update on construction, including the tearing
down of Coffey Residence Hall and Welborn Cafeteria.
“Welborn
Cafeteria is going to be demolished in order to be used as green
space,” Broyhill said. “We’re hoping to finish phase one of the new
dining hall by December, hopefully opening up then.”
The
Office of University Advancement also presented to the Board of
Trustees, reporting “gift giving,” or donations, were at an all-time
high.
“We
raised over $24.8 million this year, which is a record, the year before
we raised $12.6 million,” Vice Chancellor of University Advancement
Susan H. Pettyjohn said.
Pettyjohn
also said the Appalachian Summer Festival was the most successful one
yet, and plans for next year are already under way.
“We’re
going to launch the 25th anniversary of the Appalachian State Summer
Festival and tie it in with our alumni affairs,” Pettyjohn said.
“We have truly reached the pinnacle,” she said. “It really is great to be a mountaineer.”
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