• Approved a change to Policy 2.04—Faculty Development Program: Tuition Reimbursement and Paid Leaves;
   
• Approved a revision to Policy 3.21—Student Assessment Policy;
   
• Approved granting special recognition to the men’s and women’s cross country teams and athletes, in addition to women’s and men’s soccer players, and volleyball players, as well as the coaches of all teams including:

NAIA All-Scholar Athlete
Kristyn Allen (Women’s Cross Country)
Kristi Twyman (Volleyball)
Caleb Arnold (Men’s Cross Country)
Joey Hammond (Men’s Soccer)

1st Team American Mid-East Conference
Brett LeMaster (Men’s Cross Country)

2nd Team American Mid-East Conference
Star Emmert (Women’s Cross Country)
Scott LeMaster (Men’s Cross Country)
Larry Gardner (Men’s Cross Country)
Dancin Gastelum (Volleyball)

Honorable Mention American Mid-East Conference
Cheryl Ziser (Volleyball)
Kelly Hatas (Women’s Soccer)
Amanda Plotts (Women’s Soccer)
Lacey Simpson (Women’s Soccer)
Jessica Votaw (Women’s Soccer)
Josh Keeney (Men’s Soccer)
Gonzalo Perez-Beck (Men’s Soccer
Kurt Rinninger (Men’s Soccer)

• Rescinded Policy 5.14—Commencement Planning, effective Dec. 10;

• Approved the appointment of Jay Prosch of Portsmouth as replacement for Board of Trustees member Dan Mooney to the SSU Development Foundation Board through 2005;
   
• Authorized personnel actions;
   
• Approved the creation of a new position—assistant coordinator of student activities and residence life position in the Office of Student Activities;
   
• Approved the submission of the Summer Honors Institute for Gifted Students, summer 2005 grant renewal application;
   
• Approved the replacement of Policy 5.13—Funding from Outside Sources;
   
• Approved Policy 5.31—Shawnee State University Development Foundation and the SSU Development Office;
   
• Adopted a schedule of meetings for the board and its committees for the remainder of the 2004-2005 academic
   year; and
   
• Authorized that appropriate search efforts be undertaken to hire a replacement for Roger T. Murphy—vice president for business affairs who will retire effective March 1, 2007. Efforts will be undertaken to hire a replacement for Murphy as the new vice president for business affairs beginning winter quarter 2005. The Board also authorized the establishment of the assistant to the president position and the assignment of Murphy to this position beginning with the arrival of his replacement and continuing through Feb. 28, 2007, under the terms of a contract.

The next meeting of the Shawnee State University Board of Trustees will be Feb. 11, 2005, at 1:15 p.m., in the Selby Board Room of the Clark Memorial Library on the campus of Shawnee State University. The next meeting of the executive committee of the SSU Board of Trustees will be Jan. 10, 2005, at 4 p.m. in the President’s Conference Room located in the Administration Building on the SSU campus. Other meeting dates and times are:

• March 14, 2005, at 4 p.m. in the President’s Conference Room (Executive Committee);
   
• April 15, 2005, at 1:15 p.m. in the Selby Board Room (Full Board)
   
• May 9, 2005, at 4 p.m. in the President’s Conference Room (Executive Committee); and
   
• June 10, 2005, at 1:15 p.m. in the Selby Board Room (Full Board).

            Ohio Governor Bob Taft appointed Dan Mooney of Ironton to the Board of Trustees at Shawnee State University (SSU) for a nine-year term beginning this fall.

            A member of the banking industry for 33 years, Mooney said he is very proud and pleased to have been appointed to this position and he is enjoying his work with the other board members.

            “I know many of them and I have served on the SSU Development Foundation Board for several years and have come to know many great people on that board,” he said. “That was an excellent opportunity for me to get to know the university a lot better.”

            Mooney said it has been enjoyable to watch the growth of SSU.

            “I attended some classes here many years ago,” he said. “And I was working in this area in the mid-80s when Shawnee State became a university. It’s been a lot of fun to watch it grow since then.”

            Mooney was a force behind the construction of student housing just across from the SSU campus and is pleased to see the growth it has brought to the university and the area.

            “I realize how important it is to provide students with convenient, safe, and attractive housing,” he said. “I think that’s partially responsible for the increase in enrollment SSU has experienced.”

            Mooney is impressed by the many programs—scholastically and athletically—for which SSU is well-known.

            “They continue to establish their place in not just the Portsmouth community but elsewhere because their efforts are much more far-reaching than Portsmouth,” he said. “Portsmouth is certainly lucky, as a city, to have Shawnee State University.”

            There are many benefits universities have brought to towns throughout this region of the United States, according to Mooney. He said the towns actually exist around the university.

            “Where once upon a time this area was very heavy in industry, we’ve seen those days rust away and we have to replace that with modern technology; SSU has played a major role in bringing modern technology to the area,” he said. “SSU’s nursing program, plastics program, and the many other great programs reach high acclaim. I’m looking forward to being a part of that, and the university’s future growth.”

            Mooney lived in the Portsmouth area for eight years, leaving for another eight years to take a position in Huntington at Bank One. He came back to the Portsmouth area in fall 2000 as area president for Oak Hill Banks. He is responsible for offices in Scioto County, in addition to an office in Proctorville. A graduate of Ironton High School, Mooney attended Ohio University in Athens years ago, took classes on the SSU campus when it was OU-Portsmouth, and graduated from Marshall University with a degree in finance. He and his wife, Sue, have a son and a daughter.

            Mooney has professional interests in economic development, serving on the boards of the Southern Ohio Growth Partnership, the Lawrence Economic Development Corporation, in addition to many other community organizations.

            “It is very important for Scioto and Lawrence counties to talk,” Mooney said. “The next real growth area is the corridor between Wheelersburg and Hanging Rock. We’re seeing some great things happen there and there is still a lot of land available. Unfortunately it seems to take a long time for economic development to occur. But I think this area is so well-poised for greatness in economics if we can just wait that long.”

            Rita Rice Morris, president of Shawnee State University, said Mooney knows Shawnee State University very well and that is exciting to her.

            “He knows of our excellence,” she said. “He’s helped tell the story of our excellence. He brings a varied background that represents this region and the needs of this region but also a perspective that will be helpful to us as we plan to move forward.”

            Angela Henderson of Proctorville, Ohio, has been appointed to the new assistant director of development and alumni affairs position at Shawnee State University (SSU).

            Henderson, who worked previously as a media coordinator and the Community Tobacco Prevention Coordinator at the Lawrence County Health Department, said she first became interested in the position after visiting SSU and seeing how nice the campus is. While visiting the SSU Web site, she discovered an advertisement for the new position and applied.

            “It sounded like a challenge, and I enjoy challenges,” she said.

            Henderson hopes that she will be able to reach out to SSU alumni and help build a stronger program.

            “My main purpose is to reach out to SSU alumni in a way that the University hasn’t been able to before,” she said. “The University has always tried to reach out to its alumni, but now there will be a person solely devoted to that and we will be able to communicate with them, build relationships with them, and hopefully bring them back here to Shawnee State to be a part of our community in a way that has never been possible,” Henderson said.

            Susan Warsaw, executive director of development at SSU, said she is excited to have Henderson on board.

            “We’re genuinely excited about Angela joining the SSU family,” she said.  “We have known for a long time that we need to focus on our alumni; now we can do so.”

            The Shawnee State University (SSU) Board of Trustees will meet Friday, December 10 at 1:15 p.m. in the Selby Board Room located in the Clark Memorial Library on the SSU campus.

            The committees of the Board will meet in the University Center at SSU as follows: