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Committee Meetings

Jody Richards Hall Regents Room/ and via Zoom

February 20, 2026 ~ 9:00 am (CT)

 

AGENDA

Live Stream: http://youtube.com/wkunews

 

• Call to Order (Jan West, Chair)

 

• Roll Call (Melissa Dennison, Secretary)

 

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 

Derrick Helm, Chair                    Shane Spiller

Dr. Phillip Bale                             Rush Robinson

Currie Milliken

 

Action Items:

AA - 1  Approval of Master of Science of Applied Behavior Analysis [p 1] (Provost Fischer)

AA - 2  Approval of Digital Health & Data Management Graduate Certificate [p 2] (Provost Fischer)

AA - 3  Approval of Health Policy and Systems Management Graduate Certificate [p 3] (Provost Fischer)

AA - 4  Approval of Sustainability Practices in Health Leadership Graduate Certificate [p 4] (Provost Fischer)

AA - 5  Approval of Global Economic Issues Undergraduate Certificate [p 5] (Provost Fischer)

AA   6  Approval of Bachelor of Science in Disaster Science [p 6] (Provost Fischer)

AA - 7  Approval of Master of Science in Disaster Science [p 7] (Provost Fischer)

AA - 8  Approval of Bachelor of Science in Environmental, Earth, and Sustainability Sciences [p 8] (Provost Fischer)

AA - 9  Approval of Statistical Data Science Graduate Certificate [p 9] (Provost Fischer)

AA -10  Approval of Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Advertising & Public Relations [p 10] (Provost Fischer)

AA -11  Approval of Suspension Bachelor of Arts in Art History [p 11] (Provost Fischer)

AA -12  Approval of Suspension of Minor in Graphic Design [p 12] (Provost Fischer)

 

Information Item:

• Faculty presentation

 

FINANCE, BUDGET & AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

Gary Broady, Chair                       Shane Spiller

Dr. Melissa Dennison                   Derrick Helm

Cynthia Nichols   

 

Action Items:

FBA-1  Acceptance of accountant’s report on application of agreed upon procedures, NCAA compliance report for the

                  year ended June 30, 2025 [p 1] (Susan Howarth)

FBA-2  Approval of 2025-2026 statement of revenue & expenditures [p 2] (Susan Howarth)

FBA-3  Approval of asset preservation capital projects [pp 3-4] (Susan Howarth)

 

Information Items:

• Second quarterly financial statements (Susan Howarth)
• Quarterly internal audit report (Bruce Weisman)

 

 STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 

 Dr. Melissa Dennison, Chair         Rush Robinson

 Jennifer Hammonds                      Doris Thomas

 Cynthia Nichols

 

Information Item:

• Student presentation

       

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

Jan West, Chair                             Gary Broady

Doris Thomas, Vice Chair            Dr. Melissa Dennison

Derrick Helm

 

Information Item:

• Legislative update (Jennifer Breiwa Smith)

                

ADJOURN