Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n
The Truman State University Board of Governors held their first regularly scheduled meeting of the 2017 calendar year this past Saturday under the leadership of newly elected Chair Mike LaBeth.\u00a0 Other officers for the 2017 calendar year include Vice Chair Cheryl J. Cozette and Secretary Laura A. Crandall.\u00a0 The Board took the opportunity to officially express their sincere appreciation to Sarah Burkemper for her exemplary service as the 2016 Chair of the Board of Governors.<\/p>\n
Within the President\u2019s Report, I reported on our current\u00a0withholding\u00a0from the Fiscal Year 2017 budget,\u00a0Missouri Governor Greitens\u2019 Fiscal Year 2018 budget, and the processes that are being developed to not only address the current withholdings but also budget challenges in the next fiscal year and beyond.\u00a0 As I noted previously, 8% has been\u00a0withheld from core funding for the remainder of the current fiscal year (a $3,114,832 reduction).\u00a0 Within the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, Truman\u2019s core funding has been reduced by 9%\u00a0thus resulting in a reduction of $4,010,551. \u00a0The budget, and how we can\u00a0address\u00a0its challenges, will be the focus of\u00a0the All-University Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, at 3:30 p.m. in the Georgian Room of the Student Union.<\/p>\n
At the Board meeting and within their committee meetings, the Board received\u00a0on-campus\u00a0construction project updates, reviewed financial reports, and reviewed program evaluation data in Student Affairs.\u00a0 They also reviewed and ultimately approved an Academic Calendar for August Interim 2018 through Summer Session 2020.<\/p>\n