New Student Health Center opens this week
The new Student Health Center should be seeing patients by the end of the week if all goes well. In a photograph taken this morning, the new facility is shown as landscapers are making the final preparations to the lawn. The staff of the Student Health Center is busy packing today and will move tomorrow. The building also houses the physician clinic, First Care, a subsidiary of St. Bernards, as well as a sports medicine and rehabilitation clinic.   

ASU Alumni Association Member Appreciation Day
The ASU Alumni Association will host its annual Member Appreciation Day at ALLTEL Arena this Saturday with a party at 5:30 p.m., prior to tipoff of the ASU vs. UALR men's basketball game, currently set for 7 p.m. The party will be set up just inside the main entrance, facing the river. Invitations which must be presented at the door, were mailed in December to Association members. For more details or membership information, please contact the Alumni Association at 870-972-2586.

Update from the ASU Board of Trustees meeting
On Friday, Dec. 19, the ASU Board of Trustees met to discuss several items on the agenda and approve resolutions. Among those were: a $43.2 million bond issue, a new university pet policy, revisions to the Promotion, Retention and Tenure Policy and several new degree programs.
  The board approved the bond issue to complete the purchase of acreage and buildings adjacent to the campus, and to complete several high priority projects. The land which will be purchased from the Arkansas State College Foundation (commonly called the Kays Foundation), is south of Johnson Ave. and east of Caraway Rd. (behind the Benton Center). The high priority projects are: to renovate Chickasaw and Delta Hall, install a chilled water infrastructure, construct Phase II of family housing in Indian Village (92 apartments), and construct an 840-bed residence hall to replace Twin Towers and Delta Hall. 
  For more details, see Pet Policy and Promotion, Retention and Tenure Policy.
  The resolution was approved for ASU-Jonesboro to offer an associate of applied science in food technology, master of public administration -- graduate certificate in criminal justice, and a doctorate in philosophy in molecular biosciences. These proposals will now go to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board for review.

Museum Exhibit to open with "Our German Soldier"
The ASU Museum will open the exhibition “Our German Soldier” on Sunday, Jan. 11, with a reception from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and a short program at 2 p.m. The exhibition continues through April 4. See more at the NewsPage.

DHE Blue Ribbon Committee focuses on eight areas
The Department of Higher Education has recommended eight focal points for the Blue Ribbon Committee on Higher Education to emphasize and study. The Committee has asked the public to comment on the importance of these eight, as well as suggest other areas in need of emphasis.  The eight points are: 
1) increase participation 
2) improve retention
3) encourage adequate, equitable and stable funding
4) enhance the partnership between higher ed and economic development
5) coordinate institutional and statewide goals
6) encourage diversity
7) encourage and fund research
8) encourage excellence
See DHE to provide your comments and review other reports on the committee's work.

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