December 18, 2009 Board Meeting

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Revised: December 17, 2009 at 9 a.m.
 Posted: December 10, 2009 at 5:40 p.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Regents of Northwest Missouri State University will conduct a meeting in the Board Room of the J.W. Jones Student Union, on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, at 9 a.m. on Friday, December 18, 2009.

The tentative agenda of this meeting, at 9 a.m., includes:

Awareness

• Enrollment Management (Lead: Bev Schenkel; Executive Sponsor: Dr. Doug Dunham) ~12 minutes

Consent Items

(Lead: Regent Bill Loch) ~3 minutes

• Minutes of October 29, 2009 Board of Regents Meeting and telephone meetings of November 10, 2009, December 2, 2009, December 8, 2009 and December 14, 2009
• Candidates for Degree, December 2009

Unfinished Business

(Lead: Regent Bill Loch) ~10 minutes

• Board of Regent Position Update (President Jasinski)
• Legal Updates (Scott Sullivan)
  • Website Changes for Wellness Services (Dr. Jackie Elliott)
  • Clery Messaging (Orrie Covert)
  • Possible RFPs for Legal Services in Specialized Areas Beyond the Scope of Kuhlman, Reddoch & Sullivan P.C. (Scott Sullivan)

New Business

(Lead: Regent Bill Loch) ~55 minutes

• • Legislative Update/Discussion (Senator Brad Lager and Representative Mike Thomson)
  • AQIP Strategy Forum Proceedings (Regent Doug Sutton, President John Jasinski)
  • Provost Search Update (President Jasinski)
  • Curriculum Proposals (Dr. Doug Dunham)
  • Team Hero Lease (Dr. Doug Dunham)
  • Art Exhibition Agreement (Dr. Doug Dunham)
  • Renewal of Inter-institutional agreement of cooperation (Dr. Doug Dunham)
  • Budget Update (Dan Edmonds)
  • Northwest Audit (Dan Edmonds)

• Proposal for Retention of Auditors (Dan Edmonds)
• Bestowal of Honorary Doctorate

Reports

(Leads: President Jasinski, NLT members, Erin Holm, Dr. Max Fridell, Tanner Walker, Terri Christensen, Bradley Gardner) ~10 minutes

• President Jasinski and Northwest Leadership Team

• Student Senate
• Faculty Senate
• Support Staff Council
• Treasurer's Report

Closed Session

The tentative agenda of this meeting also includes a vote to close part of this meeting pursuant to R.S. MO 610.021(1)(2)(3)(13).

• Legal actions, Cause of Action, Litigation or privileged communications between the Board/University's Representatives and its attorneys: §610.021(1) R.S. Mo.
• Lease, Purchase or Sale of Real Estate: §610.021(2) R.S. Mo.
• Hiring, Firing, Disciplining or Promoting Employees: §610.021(3) R.S. Mo.
• Individually Identifiable Personnel Records: §610.021(13) R.S. Mo.

Following any closed session, the Board may, at its discretion, decide to go back into open session to discuss any old business or raise new items as individual members deem appropriate.

The news media may obtain copies of this notice by contacting:

Claudia Beacom
Secretary to the Board of Regents
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, MO 64468
660.562.1110