Board of Trustees meeting summary

The Elon University Board of Trustees met on campus March 11-12, 2003. Details...

The Board

•Learned about aspects of student life by attending in one of three presentations: alcohol education, Greek life, multicultural affairs

• Elected Jeanne Robertson, Burlington, N.C., as trustee; Katie Gosselin ’03, Cheshire, Conn., as youth trustee; and Edmund R. Gant, Burlington, as trustee emeritus

• Reappointed to the Board Thomas E. Chandler; Mittie C. Landi;
Thomas E. Powell, III, M.D.; The Reverend Ann Calvin Rogers-Witte; and
Zachary T. Walker III
• Elected Zachary T. Walker III ’60 as Board chair and James B. Powell, M.D., as vice chair

• Heard reports from President Lambert on NewCentury@Elon progress and from the Law School Feasibility Study Task Force

• Heard reports on the purchase of land from Elon Homes for Children, on plans for the Koury Business Center, and on the Board’s self-study process

• Approved an $88 million budget for 2003-2004 and determined the cost of attending Elon (tuition, fees, room, and board) will be $22,240

• Promoted Dr. Glenda W. Crawford, Dr. E. Eugene Gooch III, Michael E. Sanford, and Dr. Wohni J. Synn to professor and Dr. Stephen P. Bailey, Dale J. Becherer, Dr. Susan A. Chinworth, Dr. Joyce A. Davis, Dr. Stephen B. DeLoach, Dr. Heidi Glaesel, Dr. J. Todd Lee, Dr. Janet S. MacFall, Dr. Paul C. Miller, Dr. Betty N. Morgan, and Dr. Fredrick J. Rubeck to associate professor. Dr. Bailey, Dr. Chinworth, Dr. Davis, Dr. R. Clyde Ellis, Dr. Lee, Dr. Maurice J. Levesque, Dr. MacFall, and Dr. Rubeck were granted tenure. President Lambert granted professional status to Professor Becherer, Dr. DeLoach, Dr. Glaesel, Dr. Miller, and Dr. Morgan.