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Jac audio 121015.am2 was a test
Michael Pishko, Dean of Engineering College:  Could see everything fiscally, which assisted in audit, finance.  Exception request for a fiscal system is critical.  School of Engineering doing better, but still a work in progress.  Just went through accreditation, found to have a lack of institutional support.  
Priority 1.  Restore $4.57M (Capcom book, page 91).  Was diverted to high bay project.  Finished schematic design.  Will enable project completion as originally designed.  
Burns:  Governor only approved $4.5M
Mai:  Close enough.

Mai:  page 31, regular UW budget.
Pishko:  $15M for research aircraft exception request.  $11M for new aircraft, financing via a 30 year loan.  
Mai:  On-going need to have sinking fund for plane operation and maintenance

Athletics
Page 46
Tom Burman, Craig Bohl
Burman:  $10M biennial request, governor approved at $8M.  Funding team travel, training, meals successful.  
Ross:  Components?
Burman:  350-400 athletes
Burman:  Cost of attendance, nutrition and meals ($2.6M annually), equipment, recruiting, medical support, academic support
Greear:  How matching funds matched?
Burman:  Auditing thru UW budget and State Auditor’s Office.  Fully matched funds.
Burns:  Meals catered in due to time required for training?
Burman:  Yes
Bohl:  All athletes given structure and support in academics.  
Burman:  Medical support, $800,000.  Team travel, chartered plane out of Laramie provides significant time savings, but not regularly.  Academic support, summer school.  
Burman:  Division I program in Mountain West Conference is expensive.  Good coaches provide good results which affect the school’s enrollment and merchandising.  
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Mai:  Priority 4, page 24.  Environmental Health and Safety.  
Burkhart:  How additional staff?
Miller:  1.  
Mai:  Priority 6, page 26.  Science Initiative.  Reduced to $2.3M from $4M by Governor.
Boswell:  $750,000 onetime monies, $2.3M governor recommended.  Active learning at UW and community colleges 
Brown, Greg, College of Arts and Sciences.  Convert large lecture halls into interactive learning situations, which is more effective in learning, communication and student retention.  
Research scholars, 20, pilot program.  Goal is to recruit Wyoming high school graduates.
Page 29, Crypt program, 
Brown:  Apache Point.  Astronomy.  
Collecting metrics for science initiative, one year funded position continued funding, if available.
Bowell, page 90:  Includes, Engineering, $4.57M
Page 93, science initiative facility, $70M request, $30M governor recommendation.  
Brown:  Cyper building; has greenhouses.  
Mai:  Property purchase of $3M.  Need to finish acquisition of land.  
$1M satellite physical plant; conversion of existing plant to natural gas; parking issue

Mai:  Residence Halls, study.  Level II plan.  Needed?  Yes
Burns:  Where?
Mai:  Old practice field along with existing placement.
Stubson:  Occupancy rate steady?
Mai:  One is closed, one for swing space or office space.  

Mai:  page 107, existing classroom renovation for $4M; denied by governor.