I. Call to Order, Trustee Scott Smith, Chair, Board of Trustees
II. Information Agenda
1. Administration of the Oath of Office to Kristin Andrus, Brad Herbert, Justin Olson and Shauna Smith, Scott Smith, Chair, Board of Trustees, and Jeanette Bennett, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
2. Board Officer Election, Scott Smith, Chair, Board of Trustees
3. President's Report, Astrid S. Tuminez, President
4. EverGREEN Update, Kyle Reyes, Vice President, Institutional Advancement
5. Fall Update, Wayne Vaught, Provost
III. Closed Session
(Strategy session to discuss: (1) the deployment of security personnel, devices or systems, and (2) pending or reasonably imminent litigation.)
IV. Action Agenda
1. Annual Course Fee Report, Laurie Sharp, Associate Provost
2. 2026 Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule, Clark Collings, Secretary, Board of Trustees
3. Policy Approvals
a) Policy 444 Academic Freedom and Information Access (Deletion), Christina Baum, Vice President, Digital Transformation
b) Policy 162 Title IX Sexual Harassment (Compliance Change), Ashley Wilson, Associate General Counsel
c) Policy 165 Discrimination and Harassment (Compliance Change), Ashley Wilson, Associate General Counsel
d) Policy 166 Abusive Coaching (Compliance Change), Drew Burke, Senior Director, People & Culture
e) Policy 635 Faculty Rights and Professional Responsibilities, Kat Brown, Deputy Provost
4. Program Approvals, Wayne Vaught, Provost
New Minors:
a) Electrical Engineering, Minor
b) Gerontology, Minor
c) Japanese, Minor
New Programs:
d) Client Accounting and Advisory Services, Undergraduate Certificate
e) Geography and Environmental Studies, B.S.
f) Information Systems - Applied Artificial Intelligence Emphasis, B.S.
g) Strategic Foresight and Business, B.S.
Program Modifications:
h) Computer Science, BS. As stand-alone degree with Tracks
i) Information Systems - Data Analytics Emphasis, B.S.
j) Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology, B.S.
Program Discontinuances:
k) Cybersecurity, Graduate Certificate
l) Secure Computing Emphasis, Computer Science Emphasis, and Full Stack Web Development Emphasis (withing Computer Science, B.S. as stand-alone degree)
V. Consent Agenda
1. Minutes of September 3, 2025 Board Meeting
2. Institutional Discretionary Reports
a) 2024-25 Final Budget Revision
b) 2024-25 Actual Expenditures
c) 2025-26 Budget Revision 1
3. 2024-25 Auxiliary Report
VI. Adjourn, Trustee Scott Smith, Chair Board of Trustees
Upcoming Board Meeting:
December 4, 4:00pm
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
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