AGENDA

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF REGENTS

Cornelius A. Martin Regents Room
April 24, 2008
9 a.m., CDT

1. Call to order

2. Invocation         

3. Roll call

4. Disposition of minutes of the first quarterly meeting of January 25, 2008

5. Committee reports:

5.1 Academic Affairs Committee, Ms. LaDonna G. Rogers, Chair

         5.1.1    Approval:  Faculty Emeritus Appointments  [p.4]

         5.1.2    Approval: Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers Of Other Languages [pp. 5-8]
        
5.2 Executive Committee, Ms. Lois W. Gray, Chair
        
         5.2.1    Approval: Transfer of Lot 2-1 to Friends of Lost River Cave, Inc. [pp. 9-14]

         5.2.2    Approval: Authorization to enter into a ninety-nine (99) year lease with right of first refusal with the Friends of Lost River Cave, Inc. [pp. 15-21]

         5.2.3    Chair’s Review/Summary of Presidential Evaluation

         5.2.4      Appointment: Nominating Committee for 2008-09 Officers of the Board

Informational:

         5.2.5      Annual Internal Auditor’s Report (Irons) [pp. 22-30]
         5.2.6      Development Update (Hiles) [pp. 31-35]
         5.2.7      Media Update/Marketing Plan (Edwards) [pp. 36-37]
         5.2.8      Ken McDonald, Men’s Basketball Coach [pp. 38-40]

5.3 Finance and Budget Committee, Mr. Jim Meyer, Chair

         5.3.1      Accountants’ reports and financial statements, WKYU-TV and WKYU-FM Radio [p. 41]

         5.3.2      Accountants’ Report on Application of Agreed-upon Procedures, NCAA Compliance Report [p. 42]

         5.3.3      2007-08 Second Quarter Statement of Revenues and Expenditures [pp. 43-44]

         5.3.4      2007-08 State Budget Reduction [pp. 45-46]

         5.3.5      Approval of Tuition Rates for 2008-09

         Informational:

         5.3.6      Preliminary discussion of 2008-09 budget and mandated budget reduction
                                                           
5.4 Student Affairs Committee,  Ms. Yevette Haskins, Chair

         Informational:

         5.4.1   Tour of Health Services Building and Adams-Whitaker Student Publications Bldg. with related programmatic information Followed by Lunch
        
6.      Approval of personnel actions since January 25, 2008 [pp. 48-57]

7.      President’s Report

         7.1 Update on 2008 General Assembly (Taylor)

         7.2 Capital Construction Project Status Report (Osborne) [pp. 58-61]

         7.3 Wireless Project Update (Kirchmeyer) [p. 62]

8.      Other Business

9.      Adjournment      

[Special Called Meeting - June __ for budget approval]

Third Quarterly Meeting/Retreat - July 17-18, 2008

Fourth Quarterly Meeting -   October 31, 2008