Board of Trustees Meeting
WSU Ogden Campus - Miller Administration Building, Betty Hess Lampros Boardroom - 319
3850 Dixon Parkway
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Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
AGENDA
1. Call to Order and Identification of Any Potential or Perceived Conflicts of Interest* (9:30 a.m.)
Keith Titus, Vice Chair
2. Action: Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes - March 20, 2025 (9:35 a.m.) Vice Chair Titus
3. Information: (9:40 a.m.) Vice Chair Titus
a. Recognition of Outgoing Trustee - Weber State University Student Association President
Brad Mortensen, President
b. Introduction - Jeremy Oller, Incoming Dean of the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics
President Mortensen
c. College Liaison Report: College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology (9:45 a.m.)
Brent Bishop, Trustee, with
David Ferro, Dean of the College of Engineering, Applied Science & Technology
d. Faculty Presentation: The Concept Center (9:55 a.m.)
Mary Foss, Associate Professor, Manufacturing-Systems Engineering, College of Engineering,
Applied Science & Technology
d. Special Topic: AI at Weber State: (10:05 a.m.)
Ravi Krovi, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and
Mark Halverson, Interim Vice President for Information Technology
e. National Advisory Council Liaison Report (10:15 a.m.)
Matt Dixon, Trustee, and Craig Trewet, Chair of the National Advisory Council
f. HB 265 Update (USHE Memo, USHE Guidelines, USHE Forms, WSU Dashboard, link to USHE
Dashboard) (10:25 a.m.)
President Mortensen
g. Weber State University Reports (10:35 a.m.) Vice Chair Titus
i. President's Report President Mortensen
ii. Alumni Association Trustee Dixon
iii. Staff Advisory Council Marc Gangwer, Staff Advisory Council
iv. Weber State University Student Association President Emily Sorenson, Trustee
v. Upcoming Events
4. Academic Policy Committee Agenda (10:55 a.m.) Lori Pehrson, Committee Chair
a. Action:
i. Program Review: Graduate Studies in Education
ii. Program Name Change: School of Accounting, Finance, & Taxation
iii. New Graduate Certificate: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Spanish Translation and
Interpretation
iv. Program Discontinuances:
1. Political Science Teaching (BA)
2. Political Science Teaching (BS)
v. Policy Updates:
1. PPM 1-8, Strategic Reinvestment Plan
2. PPM 4-19, Grading Policies
3. PPM 11-1, Graduate Programs
b. Information:
i. Consultation in the Presidential Approval of Tenure
ii. Academic Policy Committee Meeting Minutes (March 20, 2025)
5. Business Committee Agenda (11:15 a.m.) Don Salazar, Committee Chair
a. Action:
i. Monthly Investment Report (February 2025)
ii. Campus Master Plan
b. Information:
i. Financial Report (February 2025)
ii. Construction Report
iii. Athletic Report
iv. Business Committee Meeting Minutes (March 20, 2025)
6. Closed Meeting Session**
A closed meeting may be held to discuss any one of the matters allowed by Utah Code §
52-4-205, including (1) discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or
mental health of an individual; (2) strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent
litigation; (3) strategy sessions to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease, or sale of real property,
including water rights or shares; (4) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel,
devices, or systems; or (5) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct.
7. Announcements / Observations / Questions (11:25 a.m.) Vice Chair Titus
8. Adjourn (11:30 a.m.) Vice Chair Titus
*When a board member has a potential or perceived conflict of interest, they should alert the chair at the beginning of the meeting that they will need a moment to recuse themselves from board business and identify the point in the agenda when they would need to be excused. The board member will be excused at the appropriate time while the board proceeds with the action. The board member will be alerted when they may rejoin the proceedings.
** If held. If a closed meeting is not held, the board will adjourn after the prior agenda item. If a closed meeting is held, the board will go into the closed meeting from the open meeting, but unless there is further business to conduct after the closed meeting, the board will adjourn the meeting without going back into open session.
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Sherri Cox at 801-626-6001.