RESOLUTION

establishing
A CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
at
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

WHEREAS, Southern Connecticut State University has established a growing recognition of the quality programs within mathematics and science, and

WHEREAS, The Mathematics Department and all science departments are actively engaged in teacher preparation programs, outreach to area high schools, and service on state-wide committees addressing educational needs within the state, and

WHEREAS, the faculty and administration recognize the need to coordinate and facilitate many of the activities within the mathematics and science departments and the School of Education, and

WHEREAS, The Center will enhance education at the university, by fostering collaborative research and pedagogical initiatives among faculty across traditional academic departments in different disciplines, and

WHEREAS, The President of Southern Connecticut State University has expressed the desire to establish a Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science which can provide the needed administrative support for facilitating the outreach activities, programmatic offerings, scholarship/creative activity, and visibility of mathematics and the sciences at SCSU, and

RESOLVED, that all funds received by the Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science shall be deposited in a fund of the Southern Connecticut State University Foundation established for this Center. Such, funds shall be used for the purposes of this Center and appropriate University support functions rendered to the Center, and be it further

RESOLVED, That the President of Southern Connecticut State University is directed to periodically evaluate the functioning of the Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science in terms of its effectiveness, and shall no later than September 1, 2012 report the results of the evaluation with a recommendation to the Chancellor of the CSU System who in turn shall share this information with the Board of Trustees, and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science shall go out of existence on December 31, 2012, unless action to the contrary is taken by the Board of Trustees for the Connecticut State University System.

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