Entrepreneurial Team

Team Membership

• Eleven-member team: one representative of the Law School; one representative of the Dental School; one faculty member selected by the MFA from among its members; three elected representatives of the McNichols faculty; two administrative representatives; two alums; and one representative of the graduate and professional students

• Reports to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and through that office to other bodies as appropriate

Members

4 faculty representatives
Mary Ann Hazen (Business) (MFA)
Mark Benvenuto (Chemistry & Biochemistry) (term expires 2007)
Elizabeth Hill (Psychology) (term expires 2007) CHAIR
Jeffrey Boats (Mathematics) (term expires 2006) 

2 administrative representatives
Pat Thomas, Dean of the College of Health Professions
Leo E. Hanifin, Dean of the College of Engineering and Science

1 representative from graduate and professional students
Pauline Cedillos, Health Sciences Administration

1 Dental School representative
Anthony Neely

1 Law School representative
To be determined

2 alumni representatives
David Van Egmond, Tax Partner for PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Marvin Washington, Senior Manager for Exterior Procurement Supply at DaimlerChrysler

Charge

Initial Organizational Structure and Tasks

• Determine Team's organizational structure (officers/leadership e.g., chairperson, secretary, and/or other positions)

• Draft operational policies and procedures (e.g., frequency of meetings, who calls meetings), notification time for meetings (e.g., ten days), time period for distribution of agenda (e.g., five days), timeline for preparation and approval of meeting minutes

• Establish procedures for keeping records of approved resolutions, advice, membership records and other actions

• Draft general assessment process and goals for first year (to be updated annually)

• Include clear time limits for action on various issues as per paragraph 4 under "Further Details" of Shared Governance Task Force proposal approved by the university community.

• Deliberate and act on priority issues identified by the Vice President of Academic Affairs

• Provide Shared Governance Task Force with draft operational policies and procedures by December 1

Ongoing Responsibilities

• Develop ideas to enhance enrollment

• Provide expertise, advice, and technical expertise for members of the university community seeking to develop new ideas that can enhance the quality of education at the university and address critical revenue issues

• Create a system and a culture in which the faculty is encouraged to be entrepreneurial, and in which there is a clear channel through which faculty ideas can be vetted, developed further, and then recommended to the Deans and university-wide administrators for implementation

• Constantly look for new opportunities (including grants, programs, markets and efficiencies) that the university should consider

• Provide a forum for members of the university community with a wide range of ideas for better addressing many problems/issues

• Provide ongoing reports to and consultation with the Vice President of Academic Affairs

• Keep the university community informed of team activities through providing summary minutes of meetings and reports posted to the shared governance website. The secretary of the team is responsible for these postings and for informing Campus Connections of new postings.