October 23, 2025-Academic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC)-Minutes

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Location:  Lubar N440

Present:             T. Boyer, D. Counts, A. Follmer, T. Freiburger, P. Hinow, J. Kibicho, P. Klajbor, R. Jens, H. Ouali, T. Nation, M. Newman, D. Romain Dagenhardt, J. Wilcoxen, K. Woodward

Absent:              M. Boehm, J. Roberts, G. Rodger

Guests:              A. Daire, D. Knab

  1. Call to order-The meeting was called to order at 9:01 a.m.
  2. Approval of the minutes from September 28, 2025 meeting-The minutes were approved as submitted via auto consent.
  3. Chairs’ Update
    • CETL/CASL changes will be updated and brought back to the committee sometime in November to discuss with the committee.
    • Campus Space Planning Committee has requested a representative for this year.  R. Jens volunteered to serve on the committee.  The chairs will forward her name to the committee.
  4. Budget Overview and Budget Meetings-D. Knab gave an overview of the Budget and the planning moving forward with the biennium budget and incorporating goals for 2030.  Campus is working toward increasing campus reserves and eliminating subvention funding.  Growing and retaining enrollments will help offset many budget changes that can be anticipated in the future.  D. Knab also went over the upcoming budget meetings that the committee will be participating in over the next few weeks.  He discussed the committee’s role and what to expect. 
  5. Provost Update-The Provost updated the committee on several items.
    • College wide meetings to update areas on issues have gone well.  The provost will be finishing those up soon.
    • Fiscal challenges remain.  The provost asked the committee to help with the messaging on fiscal issues.  How to discuss with colleagues?  Where will the message be most effective?  Creative solutions to fiscal issues will need to help change the narrative on subvention funding and budget goals.
    • Other areas that may be challenging will be class sizes, teaching loads, and working with budget goals that will enable departments that work strategically to better utilize their funding. 
  6. New or other business-There was no new or other business.
  7. Adjournment-The meeting was adjourned at 10:51 a.m.