May 2009 Media Advisory
For immediate release: May 8, 2009
Media Contact: Christopher Falkenhagen
Communications: (410) 260-4511
MEDIA ADVISORY
What: Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)
Finance Policy Committee Meeting
Items to be discussed include:
• Public hearing on 2009 State Plan for Postsecondary
Education
• Student Financial Assistance Program Guideline Revisions
• FY 2011 Operating Budget Priorities
• FY 2011 Community Colleges Capital Budget Priorities
• FY 2011 Capital Budget Priorities for Public Four-Year
Colleges and Universities
• FY 2010 Higher Education Budget Summary
• FY 2011 Community College Construction Grant Program State
and Local Cost-Sharing Formula
• Report on the Private Donation Incentive Grant Program
• FY 2010 Educational Excellence Award Update
• College Access Challenge Grant Awards
• Nurse Support Program II (NSP II) Competitive
Institutional Grant Awards
Who: Higher Education Secretary James E. Lyons, Sr., Finance
Policy Committee Chairman Paul L. Saval, committee members
Donald J. Slowinski, Sr., Anwer Hasan, James G. Morgan,
Chung K. Pak, Assistant Secretary of Finance Policy Andrea
Mansfield, MHEC staff.
When: 1:30 p.m., Thursday, May 14, 2009
Where: Howard Community College
Charles I. Ecker Business Training Center
6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Room 6
Columbia, MD 21046
The full agenda will be available at the meeting. An
electronic version of the agenda will be available on MHEC’s
website at
www.mhec.state.md.us.
Notice on ADA Compliance
The State of Maryland and the Maryland Higher Education
Commission is committed to ensuring that individuals with
disabilities are able to fully participate in and benefit
from the Commission’s public meetings, programs, and
services. Anyone planning to attend a meeting of the
Commission who wishes to receive auxiliary aids, services,
or accommodations should contact Dr. George W. Reid at (410)
260-4552 or Maryland Relay (1-800-201-7165).
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