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Chair Dukes asked for a motion for approval of the other policies as well as the meeting minutes from previous meetings, including January 2026; February 13, 2026 regular board meeting; February 12 regular committee meetings; and the March 3 and March 26 special called meetings. Regent Fields made a motion to accept the minutes with the correction of the name of Ms. Deanna McGaughey-Summers in the January 23 meeting minutes.
Chair Dukes asked for a motion to accept the minutes. Regent Fields made the motion to accept the minutes as they are with one correction and the policies and the agreement. Chair Dukes said with the exception of those two items they have to pull out, the meeting minutes as well as the policies and property purchase has been approved. There were no dissenting votes. Motion Passed.
policy that the Regents have asked to pull off the consent agenda, which are beverage agreement and faculty workload policy.
4. Information and Action Items.
A. University Senate Reports.
Faculty Senate Report. There was no faculty senate report.
Staff Senate Report. Presented by Ms. Jameelah Means, staff senate vice president.
Ms. Means said they will host the Juneteenth celebration on June 17, 2026, at the Student Center Courtyard. She said there will be local business vendors and an opportunity for the campus community to come together in celebration of this observance.
Ms. Means said the staff senate is also preparing for its next round of elections and this information will be shared with the staff members in the coming weeks.
She said in support of student success and campus engagement, the staff senate plans to collaborate with the Office of Housing and Residence Life to assist with the new student move-in.
Regent Obielodan asked if it would be possible in the future to host a presentation by a student on the meaning and impact of June 19th with some kind of award for the winner.
III. SGA Report (Information Item). Presented by Regent Cheyenne Rushing, Student Government Association President.
Regent Rushing summarized her year of being SGA president as having a good year and also as a little iffy year trying to get the connection between the staff and the students to come back together.
She said they recently went on a trip with the elected e-board where they learned about leadership and how to work as a team. She said they worked with other HBCUs and learned how to better connect to the students.
Regent Rushing said the new elected executive board is trying to get the new constitution