Approval of Agenda Motion 25-02: Mr. Nellams moved that the Board of Trustees of Central Washington University approve the agenda of the meeting of February 20, 2025. Mr. Conner seconded the motion, which the board unanimously approved. Approval of Minutes Motion 25-03: Mr. Nellams moved that the Board of Trustees of Central Washington University approve the minutes from the meetings of October 17-18, 2024, and December 5, 2024. Ms. Gillis seconded the motion. The motion was approved. Official Communications Since the last meeting, the board received four communications, which were included in the briefing materials: The Board acknowledges receipt of the following communications: 1. Email from Ray Wells, President, Public School Employees Union, October 17, 2024, follow up from public comment made to the Board on October 17, 2024. 2. Email from CarolJean Metzelaar, CWU student, October 21, 2024, regarding the tuition increase of three percent. 3. Email from Neyda Flores, Office of the Washington State Auditor, December 3, 2024, regarding the upcoming audit exit conference. 4. Email from Neyda Flores, Office of the Washington State Auditor, December 9, 2024, regarding results of accountability audit. Public Comment Naomi van Roon, Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cultural and Environmental Resource Management, made public comment regarding the cancellation of the 2025 Master’s Hooding Ceremony. She discussed the importance of faculty mentors and advisors hooding their graduating graduate students. Master’s students will return to participating in the larger commencement ceremony. President’s Report President Wohlpart briefed board members on the joint University Administrative Leadership Team and shared governance leadership gathering that was held February 5. The purpose and goal of the meeting was to celebrate the amazing work that we have done together over the last year, and then to prepare for the work we must do next. Over the last 4 years, we have lived into our budget deficits through attrition of employees. We are down about 14 percent of our employees. As we look to the future, the question before us is, do we continue living into our deficits through attrition, or do we rethink, restructure, and reimagine the institution and go a different path. The resounding answer was that we need to rethink, restructure, and reimagine the institution and slow the attrition of employees.
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