Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020 11:00 AM Virtual Next Meeting January 22, 2021 (Virtual) ACTION 1 Welcome Verbal 2 Approve Minutes from September 25, 2020 Tab A 3 Policy 6.30 Excused Absence (Jon Anderson) Tab B 4 Policy 12.1 Intercollegiate Athletics (Debbie Corum) Tab C 5 Policy 13.17 Bylaws of the University Benefits Committee Tab D 6 R401: Notification of Name Change - Nursing (Jon Anderson) Tab E 7 R401: BS in Cybersecurity (Jon Anderson) Tab F 8 R401: BFA in Theatre (Jon Anderson) Tab G CONSENT 9 Personnel Tab H 10 Investment Report (June-September) Tab I 11 Endowment Report as of (June and September) Tab J INFORMATION & REPORTS Board Member College Reports: Beverly Burgess (STECH), Myndee Kay Larsen (Alumni/Athletics), Shannon Dulaney (Public Education) Verbal Coming up: Nouman Kante (Students), Marilee Eyre (Education & Head Start), Rich Christiansen (College of Science) President's Report Verbal Motion to go into Executive Session Verbal Minutes Board of Trustees September 25, 2020 Regular Business Meeting Trustees present: Chair Rich Christiansen, Vice Chair Jodi Hart-Wilson, Nouman Kante, Myndee Kay Larsen, Vance Smith, Beverly Burgess, Sydney Nakken, Michael Wankier, Marilee Eyre, Shannon Dulaney Others present: Scott Wyatt, Jon Anderson, Marvin Dodge, Mindy Benson, Stuart Jones, Steve Meredith, Debbie Corum, Bailey Bowthorpe, David McGuire, Aimee Uchman, Allison Bulloch, Skip Jones, David Dyches, Trisha Robertson, Derek Louder, James Sage, Steve Carpenter, Mary Jo Anderson Jenilee Thayer, KC Smurthwaite, Michael Mower, Steven Swift, Daniel Bishoff, Natalie Christensen, Kelly Stephens, Donielle Savoie, Matt Zufelt, Belinda Singleton, Meb Anderson, Mitch Bealer, David Bishop, Christian Reiner, Rheana Gardner, Patricia Palmer, Lori Ann Barnson, Sharon Brown, Nathan Esplin, Lucia Maloy, Braden Roberts, Katya Konkle, Cynthia Kimball Davis, Gina Marston, Melanie Orton Welcome by Chair Christiansen The meeting called to order by Chair Christiansen at 1:04 PM. ACTION ITEMS Minutes from previous meeting The minutes of the August 7, 2020 meeting were presented for approval. Motion to approve the minutes as presented was made by Jodi Hart-Wilson; second by Shannon Dulaney. Vote – unanimous. Oath of Office – Nouman Kante Bailey Bowthorpe administered the Oath of Office to Nouman Kante. Academic Calendar Revision In the last meeting, the Trustees passed policy 6.46 Academic Scheduling & Calendar. The Provost thanked Associate Provost James Sage and those involved in the development of the calendar, which is now in compliance with the policy passed in August. Provost Anderson explained the challenge of trying to fit 3 semesters worth of work into one full calendar year. The presented calendar is for 2020-2024 has six, 7-week sessions with a 14-15 week semester, including start/stop dates and breaks in between semesters, minutes in class, etc. Rich Christiansen expressed appreciation to the faculty senate for their diligent work and asked what concerns were overcome during this process? Anderson said some of the concern was making sure that Monday Wednesday, Friday and Tuesday, Thursday classes had roughly equal time allotted to them. Vance Smith expressed appreciation for trying to coordinate with the Iron County School District calendar. It’s a common complaint he hears in the community when Spring Breaks don’t line up. Shannon Dulaney said the calendars don’t match exactly because ICSD and SUU don’t compile their calendars at the same time, but there are 2 ICSD professional development days in the spring that line up with SUU’s spring break. 1 Minutes Board of Trustees September 25, 2020 Motion to approve by Nouman Kante; second by Sydney Nakken. Vote – unanimous. Aviation Land Lease Marvin Dodge reminded the Trustees that in the March meeting, they approved a line of credit that allowed SUU Aviation to expand its rotor-wing fleet and purchase an additional hangar. As an update, Dodge said we closed on a new hangar and can now house our 38 aircraft. The land lease is a two-fold opportunity. Flying in and out of the Cedar City airport sometimes the air gets congested with so many aircraft flying around, it is also aircraft noise abatement issue. This is an opportunity to try to acquire land west of Cedar City that the aviation department could do helicopter maneuvers from. We have been in touch with the State Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) who own land in that area. We are 99% into finalizing a lease agreement with SITLA for 15 years 3 pieces of property to build some landing pads for the helicopter training program. Had a meeting with BLM of the potential of a lease or purchase of some additional land. They offered that relatively quickly we could seek an easement that would allow SUU to utilize that land for up to 30 years to build some pads and then work through a long-term lease or purchase of that land as well. We are looking for authorization form the Trustees not for the cost, but to enter into a long-term lease agreement for the purpose of building some pads that allow for helicopter maneuvers away from the airport. We are still trying to get other property that is below 3,000 feet. Second piece of this is seeking the Trustees blessing to utilize the remaining balance on the line of credit for the construction of these pads (planning on doing upwards of 10 landing pads). Vance Smith asked if Aviation is anticipating using all of the pads. Marvin Dodge explained they would need to spread out the 10 landing pads, so they would scatter them across the land. Trying to keep it relatively close to the airport and out of the big population centers. Motion to approve by Michael Wankier; second by Beverly Burgess. Vote – unanimous. CONSENT ITEMS • Endowment Report (June) Motion to approve the consent items by Shannon Dulaney; second by Michael Wankier. Vote – unanimous. INFORMATION & REPORTS Board Member College Reports • Nouman Kante (StuDents): Nouman thanked the Cabinet for their support of SUUSA and the students. We have 5,273 students picked up their mask so far this semester. It has been great to see how many students are wearing masks on and off campus. We are in week three and it’s going well so far. Cases are low and students are having a good experience. SUUSA moved the location of the Senate meeting so it could be more accessible for students. 2 Minutes Board of Trustees September 25, 2020 We have had discussion about allowing Veteran’s students to utilize their GI bill benefits and register early. Campus improvement projects include new benches and tables and chairs for students to use outside as well as a thunderbird statue. • Sydney NaKKen (CPVA): Sydney caught up with Dean Shauna Mendini to learn about CPVA and how they have adjusted for COVID. “Experience the arts in a way you’ve never imagined” is a term the college has coined as it relates to COVID. They were awaiting accreditation and they had a few recommendations they had to take care of and it is now back at the commission for approval. The accreditation commission asked that the emphases in the theatre programs be included within the degree. Much Ado About Nothing is coming up on October 8-10– they are doing a radio play and streaming it live. Brian Vaughn has agreed to direct the play. Students have had to learn how to rely on their language to do the acting, not their bodies and facial expressions. Dean Mendini said faculty have been working hard to clean floors and spaces. Still a rigorous environment. Dance and music are finding ways to make it work. Art and design department is doing well. High School Shakespeare Competition have 2500 kids enrolled virtually. • Vance Smith (School of Business): Noted that Trustee Investment Committee launched yesterday. As far as the School of Business is concerned, there has been some changes in leadership and program alignment. Kenneth Hall was named the Associate Dean. In spite of COVID, the School of Business was very engaged in the summer. Put together a remote work tools seminar and brought in experts for small businesses. Wells Fargo provided $18,000 to continue seminars and hope to have up to 300 participants. Hope Corps coordinated with other Universities and helped connect students who needed work with businesses that needed help. Fall growth 34% growth in the school overall. MBA is up 400% since January 2019 with 350 students in the MBA program. There are 8 new faculty members and 70% of classes are face to face. Anticipating AACSB accreditation will be renewed in November. Dean Pearson also mentioned some wins: Finance students took 1st place in national competition. Online MAcc program ranked in the top 50 and online MBA program in the top 100 by U.S News & World Report. 100% graduate students and 94% undergraduate students job placement rate. President’s Report & Campus Updates President Wyatt turned some time to Stuart Jones to talk about enrollment. Point in time we are up 15.2%. Next week we do a drop for non-payment. There is going to be a feature on SUU in the Chronicle of Higher Education – we should be one of the highest in the country particularly among public universities. Enrollment is a team sport among admissions, faculty, staff, student affairs and retention team. Online has grown 164% we have about 2,000 students fully online. Transfers are up 35% and in-state transfers 5.1% percent. We are up 14% students in-state has been great. We are up 8% out of state first time, full time students. Down 19% in international which is not bad compared to 3 Minutes Board of Trustees September 25, 2020 where we could be.