Faculty Senate to hear from athletic director, discuss enrollment plans

Staff Report

The Faculty Senate is set to hear from Athletic Director Tom Michael during the second half of its meeting Tuesday.

It will also discuss the follow-up material from Josh Norman, associate vice president for enrollment management, at its next meeting Tuesday.

The meeting is set for 2 p.m. in room 4440 of the Booth Library.

At the last Faculty Senate meeting, Norman updated the senate on what moves the university is making to increase enrollment and market the university.

These include advertisements on the music streaming service Pandora and billboards.

According to its agenda, the follow-up materials the Faculty Senate will look at include some from Enrollment Worx Subgroups.

Also being looked at will be the final report from the Intercollegiate Athletic Board from 2016 to 2017.

Upcoming guests in the future include Eastern President David Glassman on Nov. 14 and Larry White, from the Illinois Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Council, on Dec. 5.

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