• The Staff Senate would like to have students help the Staff Senate with their initiatives to give the students some experience as work and/or volunteers to help in their offices.
• Dr. Wendy Dixie helped put out a survey and the staff has been asked to come in and help with many different ideas to further enhance and assist the university.
• Regent Dukes had a question on shared sick leave, which Mr. Conwell expanded upon.

iii. SGA Report by Ms. Cheyenne Rushing, SGA President.

• She has updates from the safety committee, which is currently coordinating a student body meeting regarding safety protocol.
• The academic committee has met several times to discuss potential improvements within the classroom, including concerns about clarity of instruction and timely e-mail communication. Also developing solutions to present to administration to better support students in maintaining strong academic performance and improving overall GPA.
• The food committee met with Southern Foods to address concerns.
• The student government also met with Dr. Akakpo and Dr. Mayberry at the beginning of the semester to address campus wide concerns including delays in maintenance requests; re-occurring mold issues in residence halls; concerns about campus safety and the need for stronger administration.
• They have been actively planning for mini-homecoming with several events.
• They are also preparing for their upcoming election as well as other activities for senior week.
• They have collaborated with Dr. Freeman-Taylor and Dr. Dailey to ensure all graduation related information is communicated clearly, accurately and in a timely manner.

B. Division of Finance and Administration by Dr. Heather Bigard, Vice President Finance and Administration/CFO, Board Treasurer.

i. Approve FY26 Budget Amendment (Action Item).

• They are still working on the FY25 audit.
• She has been focusing on the current year budget before she starts working on the 26-27 budget, which will be kicked off next week.
• In her review, she has determined that she does need to seek the board's approval for an amendment to the budget – both in terms of refining revenue to include the higher projection of tuition fees as well as related increases in expenses.
• The original budget was based on net tuition and fees of $12.4 million. The projected year end is closer to 16, and that's largely due to the inclusion of the online program, which was not originally included in the budget projection that the board approved last year. She has included that and the increase in

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