Samantha Carmer

The Board of Trustees meeting agenda included the Pledge of Allegiance, Call to Order, Public Comment, and Consent Agenda items. Key action items under the Consent Agenda involved the approval of members to the NCF Foundation Board of Directors and the Audit and Compliance Committee's Annual Performance Funding Metrics Audit Report. An informational item covered the Second Quarterly Budget Update for Fiscal Year 2025-26. The meeting also addressed the Presidential Evaluation Standing Committee's work, specifically the approval of President Corcoran's Annual Evaluation and award of incentive compensation. The President's Report highlighted institutional achievements, including record state funding, growth in applications, endowment status, and progress on campus development projects like the baseball field and housing improvements.

This document outlines the evaluation of the President's performance against established goals for the 2025-2026 academic year. The key focus areas include increasing fundraising, enhancing campus life (housing, food, sports), re-envisioning the Campus Master Plan, improving campus safety and security, fostering faculty growth and excellence, increasing student enrollment, enriching academic programs, and improving second-year student retention rates.

This document presents the New College of Florida 2025 Campus Master Plan, adopted on December 17, 2025, and designed for a ten-year planning horizon. It outlines eight required elements, including future land use, intergovernmental coordination, capital improvements, and conservation. The plan incorporates significant revisions based on feedback from multiple agencies, addressing concerns related to pedestrian routes, infrastructure, land-use compliance, and environmental protections. It details a hypothetical phasing plan for campus expansion, student population growth, and proposed architectural and infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and community needs.

This Campus Master Plan for New College of Florida serves as a roadmap for its future aspirations and development through 2035. It outlines the strategic evolution of the four distinct campuses—West, East, South, and North—focusing on enhancing residential life, academics, athletic facilities, and community integration. The plan is guided by principles of walkability, community well-being, environmental performance, and the comprehensive management of historic, natural, and built resources, with the ultimate goal of establishing New College as a preeminent liberal arts college.

This Campus Master Plan guides the development of New College of Florida's facilities over the next 20 years, emphasizing responsible stewardship and sustainable development. Key strategic directions include designing for interactive learning, fostering architecture appropriate to place, cultivating a diverse and beautiful landscape, promoting mobility beyond cars, ensuring stewardship of historic places and natural processes, acting as a catalyst for a new academic economy, and prioritizing energy efficiency.