April 9, 2026-Academic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC)-Minutes

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Location:          Lubar N440

Present:           M. Boehm, D. Counts, T. Freiburger, P. Hinow, R. Jens, T. Joosten, J. Kibicho, P. Klajbor, M. Newman, J. Roberts, G. Rodger, D. Romain Dagenhardt, J. Wilcoxen, K. Woodward

Absent:             T. Boyer, H. Ouali, T. Nation

Guests:             D. Clark, A. Daire, M. Petering

  1. Call to order-The meeting was called to order at 9:02 a.m.
  2. Approval of the minutes from February 26, 2026 meeting-The minutes were approved as submitted via auto consent.
  3. Chairs’ Update
    1. Chairs Elections 26-27-Anyone who is interested in being chair for the next year should let the chairs know.  L. Eastman will send the committee a link to the roster and the information on who can run for the committee.
    2. CEAS meeting-The college met with campus administration to discuss options to help with the budget issues facing them.  See below for discussion brought to committee from Professor M. Petering.
    3. College Alignment debrief-The discussion about changes
  4. College Alignment-Provost A. Daire was able to attend and update the committee on the College Alignment proposal in place of C. Bilen-Green.  The committee discussed the alignment proposal which would align various schools, which include Letters and Science, Freshwater and Engineering and Applied Science to work collaboratively in STEM focused research.  The Campus is reviewing options as to the best way to move forward and will continue to work with areas to make a final decision.
  5. Workload Policy update-Provost A. Daire was able to attend and update the committee on the Workload Policy in place of C. Bilen-Green.  Campus Administration will work to make campus policies in compliance with state and system mandates on workload. 
  6. New Business-
    1. Guests that wish to be heard-Professor M. Petering from the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences asked to discuss budget and funding with the committee.  Professor Petering presented information on funding that showed decreases due to subvention fund changes.  He felt that these changes would be extremely difficult for the College to sustain and hoped to gather more information on funding for the College.  While his information was informative it was not the greater picture that the budget meetings the committee reviews have worked on during the year.  The committee informed Professor Petering that it does not have decision making abilities regarding budgets and suggested that the Professor seek more information with both his college and campus administration.
    2. Chair election for 2026-2027-The chairs called for nominees for 2026-2027.  L. Eastman will send information to the committee on the requirements for chair and/or vice chair.  The committee will nominate a chair at the next meeting.
  7. Adjournment-The meeting adjourned at 10:17 a.m.