September 02, 2021 : Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes

Abstract

Presented are the minutes of the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees. This was a regular meeting. The President gave his report commenting on the start of the Fall semester. Presentations were given by the following: Wendy Case (lecturer of Violin in the Dana School of Music), Rachel Hritz (studio art major), Students Anna Pleso and Makenzie Masci (Guinathon), and Student Emma Dockery (YSU Bowling team). The Board resolved the following: to modify Affiliated Scholars Policy; to authorize Conferral of Honorary Degree; related to Academic Program Enhancement and Effectiveness Initiative (APEEI) recommendations; to modify Graduate Faculty Policy; to authorize Associate Degree in Nursing; to modify Integrity in Research - Use of Human Participants Policy; to modify Integrity in Research - Use and Care of Animals Policy; to accept WYSU Memberships; to accept Gift of Real Estate; to modify Cellular Equipment Usage Policy; to approve Proposed Housing and Courtyard Room Rates and Other Charges; to approve Interfund Transfer Related to FY21 Year-End Operating Performance; to approve Interfund Transfers; to ratify Personnel Actions - Athletics; to modify Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Recruitment and Employment Policy; to modify Courtesy Vehicle Program Policy; to modify Licensing of University Names and Marks Policy; to approve Proposed Housing and Courtyard Room Rates and Other Charges; to rescind Development and Authorization of Institutional Procedures Policy; to modify and retitle Divisional Administrative Procedures Policy; to ratify Personnel Actions - Faculty/PA Staff Resolution to Modify Nepotism and Potential Conflicts in Employment Situations Policy; and related to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Interim Report on Academic Program Enhancement and Effectiveness Initiative. President Tressel recognized the following passings: C. Wade Raridon (40-year faculty member), Jean T. Hassell (32-year faculty member), Steven T. Shelton (YSU Alum and spouse of Christine Shelton), Loretta M. Liptak (31-year faculty member), Michael Jerryson (8-year faculty member), Faramarz D. Mossayebi (20-year faculty member), Jose Cassese (owner of MVR), and Phillip Chuey (CPA, lawyer, retired assistant professor). In closing, the Board Chair John Jakubek remarked on the Plan for Strategic Action to Take Charge of Our Future, the Academic Program Enhancement and Effectiveness Initiative, the decline in enrollment and encouraging vaccinations and the current mask mandate.