UPDATED 12/9/21: The following advisory has been updated to include specific information about the Dec. 15 Board of Trustees meeting.
The Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at noon in Room 218 of the Kent Student Center to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8:30 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The roll call vote for this session will occur in public in the Alumni Suite in the Kent Student Center.
On Dec. 15, meetings of the full Board of Trustees will be held in person. A limited number of seats open to the public/university community will be available in person. For additional information, contact Charlene Nichol at cnicho22@kent.edu.
Additional public access will be provided through livestreaming of the Committee of the Whole session and business meeting:
- Committee of the Whole Session – Strategic Roadmap Review and Refresh – Wednesday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.
- Business Meeting – Wednesday, Dec. 15, noon
Information regarding the meetings of the standing committees is posted on the Board of Trustees website at www.kent.edu/bot/meetings. The standing committees are recommending bodies of the full Board. No actions are taken at these meetings, and a quorum of the Board may not be present. Public access is available at the links below for upcoming committee meetings that are being held remotely:
- Finance and Administration Committee – Monday, Dec. 6, 2:30 p.m.
- Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – Wednesday, Dec. 8, 3:30 p.m.
- External Relations and Philanthropy Committee – Friday, Dec. 10, 9 a.m.
The Board’s Dec. 15 meeting agenda will be posted on Dec. 10 at www.kent.edu/bot/meetings.
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Media Note:
Members of the media who plan to attend the Committee of the Whole and business meetings or the standing committee meetings remotely or in person are asked to RSVP to the media contacts listed below.
Media Contacts:
Eric Mansfield, emansfie@kent.edu, 330-672-2797
Emily Vincent, evincen2@kent.edu, 330-672-8595