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Sent: 2017-01-30
From: Dr. Melinda Mueller Chair, Workgroup #9
To: All Students, All Annuitants, All Employees, Various Recipients

Subject: Town Hall Invitations

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dear Campus Community,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As chair of Vitalization Academic Visioning Workgroup II, I invite you to two town hall meetings this month, where we will present the results of our analysis so far. Our focus has been three-fold: 1) to study the organization of academic colleges, schools and departments, 2) to study variable learning models, such as the academic calendar and online courses, and 3) to study tuition models.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first meeting will be February 21 from 4-4:50 pm in Coleman Auditorium (Room 1255). We will present three key areas of organization: 1) how we present our academics to prospective students, 2) options for reorganizing academic colleges, 3) other proposals to enhance enrollment and/or increase efficiency.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The second meeting will be February 28 from 4-4:50 pm in Coleman Auditorium, where we will present our analysis of variable learning models and differential tuition.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We welcome your feedback, criticism, and ideas. If you cannot attend, we will post PowerPoint presentations from the meetings on the Vitalization website, and welcome you to email any member of the work group with your feedback. We plan to make our presentations brief, to allow time for your responses, but you may also email us later with feedback. We look forward to presenting our ideas, and receiving your feedback.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sincerely,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Melinda Mueller, Professor, Political Science (<a style="color: #954f72;" href="mailto:mamueller@eiu.edu">mamueller@eiu.edu</a>)</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>Workgroup Members:</em></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jay Bickford, Associate Professor, Early Childhood, Elementary Ed. &amp; Middle Level Ed.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Austin Cheney, Chair, School of Technology and Interim Director, OISS</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Richard England, Dean, Honors College</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Michael Gillespie, Associate Professor, Sociology-Anthropology</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amanda Harvey, Interim Associate Director of Health Services</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Suzie Park, Professor, English</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sheila Simons, Professor, Health Studies</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kersten Kidd, student, Communication Disorders &amp; Sciences</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Neil Rhoades, student, Geology-Geography</p>