The Longwood University Board of Visitors took the following actions during its meeting March 23-24 on campus and during a special meeting of the board on May 12:
- approved tuition and fees for 2007-08. Total costs will increase by an average of 5.0 percent for in-state residential students (from $13,647 to $14,334) and by an average of 6.3 percent (from $21,317 to $22,654) for out-of-state residential students, based on per-hour charges for students registering for 30 annual credit hours.
- approved allocating up to $350,000 from the university’s General Auxiliary Reserve Fund to support the new Barnes & Noble campus bookstore being constructed by Pinnacle Construction of Charlottesville, which built Longwood Landings. The bookstore will go into the ground floor of Building 3 at Longwood Landings next to Midtown Mail Boxes. The work will be done before students return in the fall. A Starbucks café will be just a part of the new “hybrid” bookstore that will provide a full range of retail services to both the campus and Farmville community.
- approved an increase in the debt service ratio from a maximum of seven percent to nine percent for non-General Fund projects.
- approved an easement for the R.R. Moton Museum. The easement on Barrow Street, some 60 feet wide by 280 feet long, will enable the Moton Museum to improve its parking lot (available for Longwood events if needed) and will enhance safety by eliminating pass-through traffic going from Griffin Boulevard to South Main Street.
- Approved a revision to the existing on-campus smoking policy #5234 extending the “Smoke-Free” zone to include the majority of the campus. Smoking will now be permitted only in designated outdoor areas where smoking huts have been installed. The new policy takes effect on 1 June 2007.
- promoted to professor Dr. Jennifer Apperson, Dr. Glenda Taylor and Dr. Deborah Welch, and promoted to associate professor Dr. Brian Bates, Dr. Alix Dowling Fink, Dr. David Lehr, Dr. Leigh Lunsford, Dr. Keith Rider and Dr. William Stuart.
- awarded tenure to Dr. Brian Bates, Dr. Allison (“Vonnie”) Colvin, Dr. Alix Dowling Fink, Dr. Edward Kinman, Dr. David Lehr, Dr. Lissa Power-deFur, Dr. Keith Rider, Dr. William Stuart and Dr. Glenda Taylor.
- awarded emeritus faculty status to Dr. John Arehart (computer science and mathematics), who is retiring at the end of this academic year, and Dr. Lee Banton (education), who retired in December 2005.
- approved faculty salary ranges for 2007-08.
- approved a new mission statement: “To transform capable men and women into citizen leaders, fully engaged in the world around them.”
- approved a new policy governing the investment of funds held by the university and revised policies (4301, 4313, 4315) regarding non-payment of student accounts.
- approved the audit plan for fiscal 2008.
- approved revisions to the Student Handbook.
