University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY June 23, 1994
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College Regents approve $52 million budget 1994-95 EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL BUDGET
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President Nigh, deans to visit sister university By Paul Eddy
Staff Writer On June 26, University of Central Oklahoma President George Nigh, along with several college deans, will visit UCO's sister university in Puebla, Mexico. The group is part of a larger group of 110 Oklahomans who will attend "Expo Oklahoma," a trade mission being held in Mexico City. The group from UCO will then travel to Puebla, Mexico and visit UCO's sister university, the Un iversidad Popular Au tonomal Del Estado De Puebla (Autonomous University of Puebla). "The purpose of our visit is to begin the establishment of an exchange program for faculty and students," said Dr. Kenneth Elsner, dean of college of education. This is the second trip by Nigh and the first by UCO deans, said one dean. "We (the deans) will meet with our counterparts from our sister university and try to work out a schedule that will fit with both universities' academic year," said Elsner. "We hope to see the programs that they (the Universidad Popular Autonomal Del Estado De Puebla) have in place and ... discovering the programs that we can adopt
and the programs that we have which they can use," said another dean. The trip was organized by Donald Paulsen, executive in residence at UCO's Nigh Institute, and this will be his second trip, said Carl Reherman, director of the Nigh Institute. Elsner, Paulsen, Nigh, Dr. G. Kay Powers (dean of the college of math and science), Dr. Frank Wert (dean of the college of business administration) and several other deans are scheduled to return Wednesday. In addition, Don Powers, director of safety and environment management of the Physical Plant, will accompany his wife on the trip. UCO President George Nigh and Vincente Pacheco Ceballos, academic vice president of the Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estada de Puebla, signed an agreement into action Dec. 12, 1993 which allows UCO professors, faculty and alumni to work with the Puebla university on an exchange program with their faculty, staff and alumni, said Reherman. Dr. Paula Smith, associate professor of economics at UCO, spent the spring semester teaching labor economics and principles of economics in English at the Puebla University.
A $52.2 million University of Central Oklahoma Education and General (E&G) budget to man and upkeep the university for the next fiscal year received approval last week by the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. Figures show a $1.4 million decrease in funds to operate the university this fiscal year which begins July 1. This budget must still be approved by the State Regents at its regular meeting June 29. Funding at UCO for this year's budget comes from three sources: A $4 million
withdrawl from the university's reserve fund, an estimated $19.8 million in tuition costs which is based on a slight increase from last year and a $28.3 million state appropriation. "This budget is built on the modest projection of a 2 percent ($340,204) enrollment increase," UCO President George Nigh said in a letter to the university's regents. "Because of no improvement in state appropriations, no university-wide pay increases were recommended," he wrote. Nigh did explain that a number of salary improvements were adjusted for some staff Y See BUDGET, back page
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Women from the Prison Public Works Program perform Physical Plant duties
Sports Eightyseven studentathletes are make the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
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A UCO Auxiliary Services vehicle parks in a handicap space in front of Thatcher Hall. Parking Services prohibits any campus service vehicle from parking in a handicap-designated zone. (Photo by Ken Kappen)
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Tinker Lt. Gen. Richard urpee isoptimistic that Tinker Air Force Base will escape budget cuts again this year.
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