October 7, 2014: Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes

Abstract

Presented are the minutes of the 331st meeting of the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees on October 7, 2014. This was a regular meeting. During the meeting, the oath of office was administered to reappointed Trustee John R. Jakubek and Student Trustee Bryce A. Miner. Committee reports followed. The Board resolved: to modify degree policies, to modify the policy on faculty rank for administrators, to accept developmental gifts, the name the nursing simulation laboratory after John and Dorothy Masternick, the name the Wick Avenue pedestrian bridge for the Stavich Family, to modify the University travel policy, to Approve a Fee Waiver for the Master of Respiratory Care Students from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), to authorize a request for proposals for Energy Savings Performance contract, to approve transfers related to FY 2014 year-end General Fund operating performance, to approve interfund transfers, to approve the policy on the public use of University grounds for expressive activity, to modify the policy on staff development leave for Exempt Professional/Administrative staff, to modify the policy on access to campus for purposes of commercial solicitation or advertising, to approve the recruitment of a dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, to appoint an interim provost, to appoint an interim dean for the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and to ratify personnel appointments. At the conclusion of the meeting, the chair recognized several members of the University Community for their service.