FSU Trustee Meeting tweets

doug blackburn ‏@dblackburn 19m

Trick or treat: Haunted House on Gaines Street coming down at some point this fall. Tallahassee is changing.

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Second floor of @MadisonSocial building in College Town to become an special event space starting this fall. @TDOnline

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One more College Town update: Ginzu Sushi is first eatery to fold, being replaced by South Florida eatery.

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FSU IT chief says university has accumulated a $35 million deferered maintenance bill.

 

 

doug blackburn @dblackburn  ·  47m

FSU student affairs reports that 7,000 students affiliated with Greek life, about one-fourth of undergraduate population.

 

 

doug blackburn @dblackburn  ·  1h

FSU's Wilcox on Civic Center and Doak: 'If you continue to fall behind current standards, we're going to fall behind in the recruiting game.

 

 

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Meanwhile, FSU AD Wilcox tells trustees upgrading facilities a major priority and challenge, especially Civic Center.

doug blackburn ‏@dblackburn 2h

Mondy is name of game. FSU seeks better model for funding IT http://on.tdo.com/1vaV8on  via @tdonline

 

FSU seeks better model for funding IT

 

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The trustees at Florida State received a sobering reminder Thursday of just how woefully under-funded the university was from 2006 through 2012.
While FSU qualified for preeminent status in 2013, which will bring tens of millions of state dollars to FSU, the university's vast, $41.5 million per year information technology operation is a far cry from world class.
Michael Barrett, FSU's chief information officer, told trustees during a workshop that FSU needs to come up with $35 million for deferred maintenance for its IT systems, which are in greater demand every day.
FSU spends $1,011 per student for IT services, about one-third what Clemson spends per student – $3,091 – according to Barrett. Clemson, a public university in South Carolina, is ranked No. 25 in the nation and in the realm that No. 40 FSU wants to attain by 2018.
FSU interim President Garnett Stokes said the university has been hard-pressed to find recurring funding for IT.
"We haven't quite developed a sustainable model for supporting technology on campus and the demand for it is increasing," she said.
Barrett said that during the past four years, wireless Internet users at FSU have increased by 1,400 percent. Likewise, in the area of research computing, there has been a 150 percent increase in users and processors used per day during the past four years.
Kyle Clark, FSU vice president for finance and administrative services, said FSU is going to need help financially to keep up with the growing demand for its IT services.
"Right now we are meeting the demands of our customers. In order to exceed the demands and really step up, I think we have to find recurring funding," Clark said. "Part of the issue is historically it has been funded with a lot of one-time money. Right now, we're not concerned about any of our equipment failing, but long-term we want to see it on a more stable funding model."
FSU's trustees will meet in full session Friday, their first regular meeting together since Stokes was named interim president in March and board chairman Allan Bense identified the 27 members of the university's presidential search advisory committee."