January 11, 2018
CANCELLED
April 5, 2018
Agenda Minutes Meeting Materials (pdf)
July 12, 2018
Agenda Minutes Meeting Materials (pdf)
September 21, 2018
Agenda Minutes Meeting Materials (pdf)
Board of Trustees Meetings
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 8:00 AM
Experiential Engineering Building, Room 164
Agenda
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 鈥揥OHLFORD
II. FINANCE AND AUDIT REPORT - HUSH
- UPDATES TO WSU BOT ENDOWED FUNDS
- HISTORY OF BOT OWNED FACILITIES MAINTENANCE QUASI-ENDOWED FUND
- POOLED INVESTMENT RETURNS
- MILL LEVY BUDGET & YEAR TO DATE REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
- OPERATING BUDGET (BOT UNRESTRICTED) 鈥� REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
- FY2019 MILL LEVY BUDGET REVIEW - BUCKLEY
III. CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT REPORT - HARTER
- FINANCIAL PLAN REVIEW - BRUUN
- INNOVATION CAMPUS UPDATE - TOMBLIN
IV. UNIVERSITY UPDATE - BARDO
FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE
(Ken Hush Chair, Laurie Labarca, Joe Norton, Sheryl Wohlford)
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
(Pierre Harter Chair, Tom Winters, Vernell Jackson, Cindy Schwan, Steve Packebush)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
(Cindy Schwan Chair, Joe Norton, Tom Winters, Sheryl Wohlford)
Upcoming BOT Meeting Dates
Thursday, July 12, 2018, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Thursday, September 20, 2018, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Monday, December 3, 2018, 6:30 pm 鈥� Presidents Residence
Board of Trustees Meetings
Board Meeting
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 8:00 am
164 Room, Experiential Engineering Building
In attendance were board members Sheryl Wohlford, Ken Hush, Steve Packebush, Laurie
Labarca, Tom Winters, Joe Norton, Pierre Harter, Cindy Schwan, and Vernell Jackson.
Also present were John Bardo, John Tomblin, Mert Buckley, Susan Johnson, Andy Schlapp,
Troy Bruun, Werner Golling, and Lou Heldman.
Approval of Minutes
Wohlford started the meeting at 8:00 am. Harter made a motion to approve the minutes from the September 22, 2017 meeting. Schwan seconded and the motion passed.
Finance and Audit Report
Hush reviewed the Finance and Audit reports and the board agreed all were in order. Bruun reviewed the FY2019 Mill Levy Budget, noting some changes from the FY2018 budget. Student Support/Workforce Development under Total Capital Improvements now combines all the scholarships into 鈥淯ndergraduate Support鈥� and 鈥淕raduate Support鈥�. The payment of $800K has been moved from a payment to Sedgwick County for bond payment to funding for operations of WSU Tech. This move was agreed to by Sedgwick County. Hush made a motion to accept the budget, Norton seconded and the motion passed.
Buckley reviewed the summary of the Foundation lease, a 3 year term that starts in July. Norton made a motion to approve the lease, and to authorize Wohlford to sign it on behalf of the Board. Labarca seconded and the motion passed.
Campus Development Report
Harter presented the Campus Development Financial plan and Winters stated his approval of showing the 10 year projection for the financial plan.
Tomblin gave an Innovation Campus power point presentation. He discussed the many new buildings starting construction soon, such as the Element by Westin Hotel, Flats II, NIAR Crash Lab, YMCA, Braeburn Square Phase 1, Wonder School, Partnership II Building and other upcoming projects.
University Update
Bardo talked about the increase in enrollment, the largest freshman class so far, the large increase in housing applications, and removal of asbestos from Fairmount Towers. He said WATC becomes WSU Tech officially in July. He also gave an economic review of the population of Kansas and how important Innovation Campus initiatives are to improving the economy of Kansas.
Wohlford adjourned the meeting at 10:00 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Johnson
Assistant Secretary
Board of Trustees Meetings
Thursday, July 12, 2018, 9:00 AM
Experiential Engineering Building, Room 164
Agenda
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, APRIL 5, 2018 鈥揥OHLFORD
II. FINANCE AND AUDIT REPORT - HUSH
- UPDATES TO WSU BOT ENDOWED FUNDS
- HISTORY OF BOT OWNED FACILITIES MAINTENANCE QUASI-ENDOWED FUND
- POOLED INVESTMENT RETURNS
- MILL LEVY BUDGET & YEAR TO DATE REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
- OPERATING BUDGET (BOT UNRESTRICTED) 鈥� REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
- BOT AUDIT UPDATE - BRUUN
III. CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT REPORT - HARTER
- FINANCIAL PLAN REVIEW - BRUUN
- INNOVATION CAMPUS UPDATE - SCHLAPP
IV. UNIVERSITY UPDATE - BARDO
FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE
(Ken Hush Chair, Laurie Labarca, Joe Norton, Sheryl Wohlford)
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
(Pierre Harter Chair, Tom Winters, Vernell Jackson, Cindy Schwan, Steve Packebush)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
(Cindy Schwan Chair, Joe Norton, Tom Winters, Sheryl Wohlford)
Upcoming BOT Meeting Dates
Friday, September 21, 2018, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Monday, December 3, 2018, 6:30 pm 鈥� Presidents Residence, BOT Holiday Dinner
Thursday, January 10, 2019, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 5:30 pm 鈥� MarkArts, Fairmount Society Dinner
Thursday, July 11, 2019, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Friday, September 20, 2019 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Board of Trustees Meetings
Board Meeting
Thursday, July 12, 2018, 9:00 am
164 Room, Experiential Engineering Building
In attendance were board members Sheryl Wohlford, Ken Hush, Steve Packebush, Laurie Labarca, Tom Winters, Joe Norton, Pierre Harter, Cindy Schwan, and Vernell Jackson. Also present were John Bardo, John Tomblin, Mert Buckley, Susan Johnson, Andy Schlapp, Troy Bruun, and Werner Golling.
Approval of Minutes
Wohlford started the meeting at 9:00 am. Schwan made a motion to approve the minutes from the April 5, 2018 meeting. Labarca seconded and the motion passed.
Finance and Audit Report
Hush reviewed the Finance and Audit reports and the board agreed all were in order. Bruun reviewed the FY2018 Mill Levy Budget, noting the increase to Student Support which came from the cash balance. Bruun discussed the auditors from BKD would be starting on July 23. No action was taken.
Campus Development Report
The committee reviewed the Campus Development Fund Financial Plan and agreed all was in order and no action was required. Schlapp gave an update about planned public events to be held on campus for people to visit and see what is happing at WSU, working towards coordinating with Parents Weekend Sept. 28-29 with a Final Friday type event near Pizza Hut Museum and food/music/art events near Braeburn Square. The Shocker Store may be open by that weekend. The hotel, restaurants, and retail will be coming soon. Discussed interest in having a middle school built on/near campus to promote STEAM programs. Also talked about the way WSU is communicating with the public from creation of a new WSU website to weekly briefings for information and questions. Winters asked for discussion of future communication strategy for Board at next meeting.
University Update
Bardo talked about the increase in enrollment, the large increase in housing applications, and the need for new training programs/new education models to provide continuous education to build the economy for the future. He highlighted the accomplishments of the college of Applied Studies 鈥淭AP鈥� program and in the college of Fine Arts, the new Shocker Sound Machine marching band for basketball and Bachelor of Applied Arts at Shocker Studios. Badge programs have grown, offering continuous education opportunities for adult learners. Tomblin said 75% of the innovation campus has been designed or is in the planning phases. The crash lab construction has started, funded by NIAR. He discussed all the new Department of Defense work that has been awarded due to the EEB building capabilities of research/engineering/applied learning.
Buckley discussed in detail the Executive Session procedures.
Wohlford adjourned the meeting at 10:25 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Johnson, Assistant Secretary
Board of Trustees Meeting
Friday, September 21, 2018
Experiential Engineering Building, Room 164, 8:00 AM
AGENDA
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, JULY 12, 2018 鈥揥OHLFORD
II. FINANCE AND AUDIT REPORT - HUSH
- 2017 BOT AUDIT REVIEW鈥揟ERESA SEYMOUR, BKD
- UPDATES TO WSU BOT ENDOWED FUNDS
- HISTORY OF BOT OWNED FACILITIES MAINTENANCE QUASI-ENDOWED FUND
- POOLED INVESTMENT RETURNS
- MILL LEVY BUDGET & YEAR TO DATE REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
- OPERATING BUDGET (BOT UNRESTRICTED) 鈥� REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
III. CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT REPORT - HARTER
- FINANCIAL PLAN REVIEW 鈥� BRUUN
IV. NOMINATING REPORT 鈥� SCHWAN
- APPROVAL OF COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
- ELECTION OF OFFICERS
- 2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD
V. STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST POLICY DISCUSSION - BUCKLEY
VI. UNIVERSITY UPDATE 鈥� BARDO
VII. AS MAY ARISE
FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE
(Ken Hush Chair, Laurie Labarca, Joe Norton, Sheryl Wohlford)
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
(Pierre Harter Chair, Tom Winters, Vernell Jackson, Cindy Schwan, Steve Packebush)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
(Cindy Schwan Chair, Joe Norton, Tom Winters, Sheryl Wohlford)
Upcoming BOT Meeting Dates
- Monday, December 3, 2018鈥� BOT Holiday Dinner, President鈥檚 Residence, 6:30 pm
- Thursday, January 10, 2019 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
- Thursday, April 4, 2019 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
- Thursday, July 11, 2019 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
- Friday, September 20, 2019 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Board of Trustees Meeting
Board Meeting
Friday, September 21, 2018, 8:00 am
164 Room, Experiential Engineering Building
In attendance were board members Sheryl Wohlford, Tom Winters, Joe Norton, Pierre Harter, and Cindy Schwan. Also present were John Bardo (teleconference), Susan Johnson, Andy Schlapp, Troy Bruun, Werner Golling, Lou Heldman, Betty Smith-Campbell (faculty senate president), Jenna Farhat (The Sunflower) and Teresa Seymour from BKD.
Approval of Minutes
Wohlford started meeting at 8:04 am. Schwan made a motion to approve the minutes from the July 12, 2018 meeting. Winters seconded and the motion passed.
Finance and Audit Report
Bruun introduced the auditor, Teresa Seymour, from BKD. Seymour reviewed the draft 2018 Audit and management letter with the board, stating they will issue a clean opinion and no need for an executive session. Norton suggested a modification to provide clarification, the board and auditor agreed. Norton stated the Finance and Audit Committee had reviewed the draft audit and made a motion the board accept the financial statements, subject to modification and finalization, and authorize the chair and treasurer to approve the audit, Harter seconded and the motion passed.
Bruun reviewed the Finance and Audit reports and said there was a good return on investments.
Norton motioned to receive the financial reports, Winters seconded and the motion passed.
Campus Development Report
Harter asked Bruun to review the 10 year campus development financial plan. He stated the plan is unchanged from the July meeting and is going according to plan. Harter motioned to receive and file the report, Schwan seconded and the motion passed.
Nominating Committee Report
Schwan put forth a motion to approve the minutes from September 12, 2018, Winters seconded and the motion passed. The committee made the following recommendations for 2018/2019 Officers:
Pierre Harter (Chair)
Laurie Labarca (Vice Chair)
Ken Hush (Treasurer)
Troy Bruun (Assistant Treasurer)
Vernell Jackson (Secretary)
Susan Johnson (Assistant Secretary)
Andrew J. Schlapp (Executive Director)
Schlapp read the criteria for the Board of Trustees Award. Schwan said the committee reviewed several nominations and selected Debbie Gann. The group discussed her background and qualifications such as helping to develop the research partnership between Spirit and WSU, state level promotion of WSU and partnership with aviation projects. Schwan made a motion that Debbie Gann receive the 2019 Board of Trustees Award, Harter seconded and the motion passed.
Statement of Substantial Interest Policy Discussion
Schlapp reviewed the opinion by Buckley regarding the question of whether the members of the Board of Trustees are required by law to file annual reports of substantial interest. The group discussed the issue and decided since the full board was not present that they would defer action to a later meeting.
University Update
Bardo talked about the increase in enrollment and the largest freshman class so far, growth is coming from adult education, distance learning and I-35 corridor students. The Regents have approved the Bachelors of Applied Science program, the request for YMCA/Wesley partnership to expand healthcare for WSU and community, recognized the I-35 corridor enrollment success, and recognized the BOT for their work with the City and County on the Mill Levy Budget.
Tomblin reviewed a map of the development of campus, highlighted the new activity on the campus expansion area, such as Partnership 2 building tenants, the crash lab construction status, and upcoming hotel construction.
Schlapp discussed how WSU is producing the future workforce for industry with applied learning opportunities and how the innovation campus is providing spaces for the community to interact with students and faculty, creating interaction spaces. The YMCA/Wesley partnership, Braeburn Square retail area, walking paths, all invite the community to spend time on campus.
Wohlford thanked the trustees for the extra time and effort to attend all the meetings this year. Norton thanked Wohlford for her years of service as Chairman.
Wohlford adjourned the meeting at 9:20 am. A suggestion was made to hold the next meeting at ASTEC facility.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Johnson
Assistant Secretary
Board of Trustees Meetings
Thursday, January 10, 2019
WSU ASTEC, 1229 E. 85th St. N., Park City, KS - 8:00 AM, Conference Room
Agenda
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 - HARTER
II. FINANCE AND AUDIT REPORT - HUSH
- UPDATES TO WSU BOT ENDOWED FUNDS
- HISTORY OF BOT OWNED FACILITIES MAINTENANCE QUASI-ENDOWED FUND
- POOLED INVESTMENT RETURNS
- MILL LEVY BUDGET & YEAR TO DATE REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
- OPERATING BUDGET (BOT UNRESTRICTED) 鈥� REVENUE & EXPENDITURES
III. CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT REPORT - PACKEBUSH
- FINANCIAL PLAN REVIEW - BRUUN
IV. POLICY ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST - BUCKLEY
V. UNIVERSITY UPDATE - SCHLAPP
VI. TOUR - TOMBLIN
FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE
(Ken Hush Chair, Laurie Labarca, Joe Norton, Pierre Harter)
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
(Steve Packebush Chair, Tom Winters, Vernell Jackson, Cindy Schwan, Sheryl Wohlford)
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
(Cindy Schwan Chair, Joe Norton, Tom Winters, Sheryl Wohlford, Pierre Harter)
Upcoming BOT Meeting Dates
Thursday, April 4, 2019, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Thursday, July 11, 2019, 8:00 am 鈥� EEB, Rm 164
Friday, September 20, 2019 鈥� EEB, Rm 164