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SIFC Presentation

Below is a link to the presentation that Ashley Barnes (MU President) and Amanda Hartley (MU Board Member) gave to the SIFC committee on Monday, February 27, 2012. mu2013sifc hearing presentation part 1 mu2013sifc hearing presentation part 2

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MU #1: What are you doing to relieve staff of cumbersome workloads?

We have proposed two new positions that will relieve a significant portion of overload in SLI.  Student responses to our benchmarking surveys indicate that this is an area where further investment would result in greater student satisfaction with their experience … Continue reading

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MU #2: How are you working to improve your relationship with the AABC? What are the challenges?

The MU Leadership Team has met with AABC-MU leadership and established mutually beneficial goals. The biggest challenges are figuring out budgetary information flow (status reports throughout the year), and determining the boundaries and handoffs that can number into the dozens … Continue reading

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MU #3: Provide an update on the MU’s diversity action plan. What is your educational plan?

One of the two new positions has a significant portion of its duties defined as providing leadership to our diversity training needs organization-wide.  The establishment of this position will supplement existing diversity action efforts, such as active participation in the … Continue reading

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MU #4: What are the SEC impact costs?

Because our project was suspended as of June 2011 until Oregon Legislative approval could be obtained, we have not updated any of this information.  Impact costs developed last year are the most accurate available and further refinement cannot occur until … Continue reading

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MU #5: What is the MU doing to off-set the loss of income from the Bookstore departure?

Most of the revenue cannot be off-set and was predicted as a fee increase prior to the project going to referendum.  However, to the greatest degree possible, new revenue generation was the focus of space allocation discussions with the MU … Continue reading

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MU #6: What are your revenue streams from sources other than student fees?

Most of this is detailed in our annual budget.  Largest revenue streams to the MU Building come from our Bookstore lease (#1), Event Support/Room Rentals (#2), and return to the MU from Food Service (#3).

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MU #7: Update on Building/Equipment Reserve funding.

A detailed analysis of our cash position for our operating fund and reserve accounts accompanies the annual budget request. Working Capital and Reserves

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General #1: How many students you serve through your programs/events/employment?

Programs: That’s a tough question to concisely answer when you look at the scope of what the MU budget covers programmatically speaking.  Student Events and Activities supports 380 student organizations which list a minimum of 1,530 student leaders and 17,519 … Continue reading

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General #2: What is the number of student employees/percent of staff?

We have approximately 373 student employees and 45 full-time staff.  That would be a 10:1 ratio of student employees to full-time staff.

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