Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n
The Truman State University Board of Governors met on campus this past Saturday under the leadership of Board Chair K. Brooks Miller.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, Dr. K. Scott Alberts, Faculty Senate President and Professor of Statistics, provided the annual Faculty Senate Report detailing the many impressive accomplishments of the Faculty Senate in curricular, COVID-19, and initiatives\/partnership areas; and Dr. Tyana Lange, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing, shared the many efforts taking place to recruit Truman\u2019s Fall 2021 entering class of students.\u00a0 I provided a President\u2019s Report, which included among other topics, updates on funding, the work to identify key performance indicators for the 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, Spring 2021 Commencement Ceremonies, the transition of the Student Health Center and University Counseling Services to Complete Family Medicine, and the recent on-campus COVID Vaccination Event.\u00a0 In addition, reports were shared from the Board\u2019s three committees, which included a review of financial reports, on-campus construction projects, graduate and summer session plans\/enrollment, work to update the Faculty Handbook, the efforts of the Truman Food Pantry to provide food packs to students experiencing food insecurity, and the status of various employment searches.<\/p>\n
The Board approved two action items.\u00a0 First, enrollment fees for the 2021-22 Academic Year were approved.\u00a0 Tuition and required fees for Missouri undergraduate students will increase by 4.9%.\u00a0 This includes a $20 per academic year increase in the designated fee for the Student Union to partially cover the operating costs of the facility.\u00a0 Second, the Board granted authorization to negotiate a two-year extension of the current Sodexo Food Service contract given that the impact of the COVID pandemic in 2020-21 will make it difficult for other food service firms to evaluate Truman\u2019s food service operation.\u00a0 A comprehensive evaluation process via a Request for Proposals will begin during the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n