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Trustees: Ohio State Formulates Budget Request, Authorizes Design Work
OHIO STATE FORMULATES BUDGET REQUEST, AUTHORIZES DESIGN WORK
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
on Friday (9/13) reviewed requests for state funds in the
1998-99 biennium and authorized hiring architects and
engineers to design a road extension and track facility.
The board also approved contracts for renovating Bricker
Hall, named three structures, and conducted other business.
University supports subsidy allocation linked to mission
William J. Shkurti, vice president for finance, shared
with trustees the university's budget priorities and
requests for state funding in the biennium that begins July
1, 1997.
Shkurti said Ohio State supports several state
initiatives directed at basing the allocations of
instructional subsidies more on the unique mission of each
of Ohio's public universities and on performance measures
related to those missions.
Historically, the allocation formula has been driven by
enrollment, which in recent years rewarded universities with
growing enrollments at the expense of Ohio State, which has
concentrated on improving quality and efficiency instead of
enrollment growth.
In addition, Ohio State supports the Ohio Board of
Regents in moving toward collecting and using enrollment
data for all quarters in funding decisions rather than just
summer and autumn quarters.
The primary focus of Ohio State's budget request is to
sustain current subsidy and line items and to seek an
appropriate equitable increase, according to Eric Kunz,
assistant vice president and assistant provost for
university resource planning and institutional analysis.
Ohio State is receiving about $589 million in subsidies
this biennium with another $144 million in supplemental
line-item appropriations. The Ohio General Assembly has
traditionally funded a series of line items, particularly in
the health sciences and agriculture.
"There are some other areas in service and outreach
that the university feels are important," Kunz said.
"Distance education and learning is a key request this time
given where higher education is moving."
The university is requesting $3.5 million over two
years to expand access to a "virtual university" through
technology.
"Ohio State is taking a comprehensive perspective in
distance learning," Kunz said. "We feel we can develop
appropriate programs that cover all aspects of distance
learning."
For the fiscal 1998 and 1999 budget years, Ohio State
is requesting new state support for two other programs:
-- $2.1 million for the Young Scholars program, to
provide year-round, comprehensive early intervention to
increase the number of minority students prepared to succeed
in college.
-- $300,000 for Reading Recovery, the national program
based at Ohio State that combats illiteracy by ensuring a
strong foundation in reading skills for primary school
students.
-- $240,000 for the Institute for Japanese Studies
which leads initiatives to strengthen the relationships
between Ohio and Ohio-based Japanese businesses.
In addition, the university is seeking $1 million for
the Ohio Sea Grant College and Stone Laboratory, up from the
current $502,000. The money is used to fund cooperative
research among faculty, the private sector and government to
wisely manage the resources offered by Lake Erie. The
additional funds would provide new support for Stone Lab,
the freshwater biological field station near Put-in-Bay.
The total request for these services and outreach
activities is $7.14 million over the biennium.
Requests for current programs include:
-- $109.2 million for the Ohio Agricultural Research
and Development Center and Ohio State University Extension,
up from $90.1 million in the current biennium.
-- $41 million for support of the university's
professional health clinics, the Area Health Education
Center, family medicine, geriatric medicine and gerontology,
primary care, and the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and
Research Institute, up from $34.1 million.
-- $824,000 to support the Center for Labor Research,
up from $788,000.
The requests are being submitted to the Ohio Board of
Regents, which will present its recommendations for all of
public higher education to the governor later this year.
Trustees authorize construction bids; award contracts
The board authorized employment of architectural and
engineering firms to design storm-water management
structures, an extension of Fyffe Road, a new Jesse Owens
track, and a steam line replacement on the Columbus campus.
They also authorized design work for upgrading and extending
utilities at the Mansfield campus.
The Fyffe Road project will extend the road from Hess
Road near Trautman Field north to Ackerman Road at the Child
Care Center. The $2.9 million project, designed to ease
traffic flow around the new Schottenstein Center, will be
funded by central university funds.
In conjunction with the extension, a storm-water
detention area and storm sewers near Buckeye Village will be
constructed.
The track relocation, to a site north of the
Schottenstein Center, is to accommodate planned renovations
of Ohio Stadium, which trustees in July authorized the
university to investigate. Estimated cost of the new track
is $6 million to $10 million, with funding coming from the
sale of revenue bonds. Debt service will be paid by the
Department of Athletics.
A $1.3 million project to replace 900 feet of buried
steam line between McCracken Power Plant and St. John Arena
is designed to meet future needs west of the Olentangy
River. A subsequent project will build a new line from St.
John to the Agriculture Administration Building to serve
that area of campus. The project is being paid with central
university funds.
On the Mansfield campus, heating, ventilation and air
conditioning systems in Ovalwood, Bromfield and Eisenhower
halls will be upgraded. Total cost of the project is
$774,600 with funding coming from the state and the North
Central Technical College, also based on the campus.
Trustees also awarded contracts for a $1.2 million
project at Bricker Hall to renovate the first floor and
improve the heating, ventilation and air conditioning. It
is being funded by the state.
Contracts were awarded to Navarro Construction of
Columbus, One Stop Mechanical Contractors of Dayton,
Ragland/J.A. Guy of Dublin, Knight Electric of Worthington
and American Abatement of Cleveland.
Trustees approve West Campus District Master Plan
Trustees formally adopted the West Campus District
Master Plan. The plan, the second in the district campus
planning series, examines development in the 693-acre area
from Ohio 315 to North Star Road and the north edge of
Waterman Farm to university-owned buildings on Kinnear Road.
It continues the master plan principles of addressing
architectural cohesiveness and offers a plan for development
during the next 30 to 50 years as the university expands its
Research Park in the southern part of the district.
The plan sets guidelines for land use, landscaping and
maintaining open spaces. It also sets standards for density
of building in keeping with the urban character of central
campus while maintaining the rural Waterman Farm.
Along North Star Road, which borders Upper Arlington,
the plan sets density and development standards to comply
with zoning codes.
While the plan is meant to guide development in the
area, which is still significantly undeveloped, it
recognizes that further review will be needed of future
projects and facilities.
The introduction and summary of the plan can be found
on the World Wide Web at http://www.apo.ohio-state.edu.
Trustees name building, road, seminar room
Trustees named a university-owned house at 141 W. 11th
Ave. as The Max Kade German House in recognition of the
German-American industrialist and philanthropist.
The Max Kade Foundation donated $240,000 to renovate
the facility to create a residential/educational house that
beginning fall quarter will be home to nine undergraduate
students and one graduate residential adviser all studying
German.
In addition to providing a setting for students to
speak German on a daily basis, contributing to their mastery
of the language, the house also will serve as a focal point
for cultural and educational events for the Department of
Germanic Languages and Literatures, including student club
meetings, presentations, German film showings, German
television broadcasts, and receptions.
A permanent street constructed to provide access in the
West Campus and Research Park area was named Arthur E. Adams
Drive to reflect Adams' long and productive history of
service to the university and to higher education.
Adams, an Upper Arlington resident, is a professor
emeritus in the Department of History who came to Ohio State
in 1970 as dean of the College of Humanities. He served as
associate provost in 1977 and 1978 and vice provost from
1978 to 1982. As special assistant to the president and the
vice president for research and graduate studies from 1982
to 1984, Adams led the development of a research park
proposal for the university and outlined the area now
designated as the research park.
The street, parallel to Lane Avenue and off Carmack
Road, is part of the development pattern in the research
park area suggested by the West Campus District Master Plan.
Room 168 Dulles Hall, 230 W. 17th Ave., will be named
The Gerry D. Guthrie Seminar Room in memory of Guthrie, a
long-time employee of University Libraries and an amateur
historian of American history, particularly that of the
Civil War.
The Department of History will use the room for
meetings, seminars and classes. Its recent renovation was
made possible by a $10,000 gift from Guthrie's mother,
Cecile Guthrie.
Miscellaneous business
In other matters:
-- Trustees met with James L. Nichols, treasurer, in
the Fiscal Affairs and Investments Committee, to review the
university's internally managed equity portfolio and the
distributions of income and expenditures from the Endowment
Fund during the past year.
-- Committee members discussed a draft of a
questionnaire being sent to the university's investment
managers to determine the kind and extent of internal
controls they employ. The questionnaire would be part of
efforts being made by Ohio State to improve the risk
management of assets. The effort is being done in
conjunction with other major universities.
-- The board approved an integrity program and
compliance manual for the University Medical Center to
achieve continued compliance with applicable government and
professional standards and requirements. The granting of
medical staff privileges or employment at any University
Medical Center facility and the approval of any departmental
practice group will be contingent upon acceptance and
compliance with the integrity program.
-- The board heard a report from Edward F. Hayes, vice
president for research, Richard Sisson, senior vice
president and provost, and Virginia Trethewey, vice
president and general counsel, on a plan for developing the
Research Park.
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Contact: Eric Kunz, assistant vice president and assistant
provost, 614-292-9490; William Shkurti, 614-292-9232;
Jill Morelli, assistant vice president and university
architect, 614-292-4458; Richard Sisson, senior vice
president and provost, 614-292-5881; James L. Nichols, 614-
292-6261.
Written by: Tom Spring, 614-292-8309; and David Bhaerman,
614-292-8422.
[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Fri, 13 Sep 1996 16:37:54 -0400]
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