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Hanson also detailed a timeline for the plan. She said the beginning of the planning process will take place over the summer, and she will begin to communicate the plan to the faculty and staff at the Fall Convocation in August. By November, the various groups should be up and running, and will be reporting back to the Board. In February of 2007, Hanson said, the plan will be reviewed, and aligned with the five year long-range financial plan and with North Central Accreditation. The plan will be adopted in May of 2007, at which time it will be communicated to the university.

She discussed various issues that may be involved with the plan, from classroom availability to parking. “We are dangerously close to being out of compliance with the city of St. Paul,” Hanson said.

She closed her session with various questions from the audience about other issues.

Professor Duane Cady asked Hanson about the university’s non-discrimination policy and how it relates to the recent United States Supreme Court ruling which held in an 8-0 decision that schools who receive federal funds cannot forbid military recruiters from campus without losing their funding.
“I’m very disappointed that the Supreme Court ruled in this manner,” Hanson said. In an e-mail sent out on Wednesday, Hanson said that in order to uphold various university programs, “Hamline will uphold federal law on this matter.” She said that in order to stay student-centered, the university cannot risk losing those funds without “hobbling us in several ways.”

When asked about the fiscal health of the university, she said that while the university’s endowment is around $62 million, the operating budget, also at $62 million, is half of what it should be.

She reported that both of the dean searches going on, one for the Graduate School of Management and the CLA, where close to bringing candidates to campus. She did not mention the search for the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs.