WKU Regents Re-Elect Gray Chair, Meyer Vice Chair
July 18, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents today (Friday) re-elected Lois Gray of Vine Grove chair and Jim Meyer of Bowling Green vice chair. The appointments are for one year.
The Board also swore in Johnathon Boles of Elizabethtown as student regent. Boles is the son of Charles and Debbie Boles.
In other business, the board:
- Approved a double degree program with St. Etienne School of Management (ESC) in St. Etienne, France. WKU students will complete three years of study at WKU and one year at ESC to earn a bachelor’s degree in management with a concentration in international business from WKU and a bachelor of international management from ESC. ESC students will spend three years of study at ESC and two semesters at WKU to earn the same degrees.
- Approved a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship. Dr. William Tallon, dean of the Gordon Ford College of Business, said the program will teach students how to bring a new idea to market and start their own businesses. “Small businesses are the major growth sector in Kentucky,” Dr. Tallon said, adding the degree should be an economic stimulus for the state.
- Approved a child studies minor for students majoring in family and consumer sciences with a concentration in family studies who are interested in working with children.
- Approved a family home visiting certificate to prepare students to provide home visiting services. The certificate would be of interest to professionals who make home visits as a part of their jobs but have no formal training and to current WKU students who wish to strengthen their training and marketability in child or family studies.
- Appointed Dr. Cheryl Davis and Dr. Michael Kallstrom University Distinguished Professors. Dr. Davis is a professor of biology and Dr. Kallstrom is a professor of music.
- Approved the purchase of three properties on Normal Drive and University Boulevard. The properties at 1770 Normal Drive and 514 University Blvd. are owned by the WKU Real Estate Foundation while 510 University Blvd. is owned privately. Total purchase price is $686,235 and will be paid through the sale of campus parking improvements agency bonds. The houses will be razed to expand the University Boulevard parking lot.
- Approved the purchase of 1401 Kentucky St. for $137,500. This is the only remaining house adjacent to a gravel parking lot and the house will be razed and the lot incorporated into the parking lot. The purchase will also be funded through the agency bonds.
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