===== PAGE 1 ===== # KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday, February 12, 2026 9:30 a.m. EDT # Board of Regents Room Julian M. Carroll Academic Services Building 2nd Floor, 400 East Main Street Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 # MINUTES ***** I. Call To Order The Committee's Chair, Regent Edward Fields, called the meeting to order at 9:34 a.m. II. Roll Call The Board's Secretary, Nicole Sergent, called the roll: Regent Edward Fields Present Regent Robert Ramsey Present Regent Joan "Toni" Stringer Not Present Regent Tammi Dukes Not Present Regent Edward Hatchett Present Three (3) Regents were in attendance and present at roll call. A quorum was therefore established. III. Approval of the Agenda. Regent Fields asked for a motion to approve the agenda. Regent Hatchett moved for a motion and it was seconded by Regent Ramsey. IV. Information Items by Dr. Stephanie Mayberry. ===== PAGE 2 ===== ### A. Spring Enrollment i. Total numbers. Dr. Mayberry said there are 2,877 students. ii. By type. Of those, 1,683 are full time students. iii. Online versus on campus. On the residential side, there are 2,265 and online enrollment is 612. iv. Compare to Last Spring 2025. That is a 20% increase over Spring 2025 to this year. v. Fall 2026 Projections. There are about 700 more applications than they had last year. They hope to yield their 1,000 freshmen from the group of students with the total complete applications that have accepted admission. - Regent Hatchett asked what her team does when they go out to the schools. Dr. Mayberry described in detail the duties of the five admission specialists and the regions covered. vi. Enrollment Events Upcoming. Dr. Mayberry said there is a spring preview day in two days in collaboration with mini homecoming. They are expecting over 300 students. Dr. Mayberry said they are also having a guidance counselor luncheon where they have invited guidance counselors across the state. She said they are starting Fall 2027 by inviting junior students here on March 25. - They are having admissions day on April 18 where they will invite students in the surrounding area that have been admitted to come on campus and start working on the next steps. From July 5-10, they will have a SOAR program where they invite 100 students from all over. They were given $135,000 from Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Regent Hatchett wants to know how many attend the guidance counselor luncheon and from where. Dr. Mayberry said they invited counselors from all 120 counties. They have 30 RSVPs so far. i. By residence hall. A slide was provided with the numbers of students in each dorm for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. ii. Comparison to Last Spring 2025. Dr. Mayberry said they have gone down a little bit in housing and she accredits some of that to graduation, students moving off campus and students that have dropped out or couldn't pay. A slide was provided with the numbers. iii. Number of Resident Assistants (RAs), Staffing Levels. Dr. Mayberry said there are two full-time housing staff; 3 full-time resident directors; 2 graduate assistants and 37 RA's. iv. Training that occurs. Dr. Mayberry said there are five full days of training for ===== PAGE 3 ===== the RAs at the beginning of the year and ongoing training throughout the year. V. Policy/Procedure Updates. Dr. Mayberry said last semester they updated some of their policies. The visitation policy requires an ID to be left at the desk. They have limited the number of visitors a student can have to two. She mentioned other updates as well. - Regent Hatchett asked if the resident director position is specific to a particular building and if there is a preference for a graduate student. Dr. Mayberry responded to his questions. ### C. Student Engagement i. Events planned for the semester. Dr. Mayberry presented a slide and said they are continuing with intramurals, Keyz to Brotherhood/Sisterhood and Alumni Connections with the students. ii. Mini Homecoming Events. Dr. Mayberry said they had their fashion show and discussed other events taking place including a pep rally and breakfast with the Breds. • Regent Hatchett had a question on stable rave, which Dr. Mayberry answered. iii. Student Wellness. Dr. Mayberry said there is a mental health therapist on campus and therapy services available. iv. Hours available. Dr. Mayberry discussed the hours that the mental health services were available. - Regent Fields asked if the number of students that visit is tracked and Dr. Mayberry said yes. Regent Hatchett asked if there has been an uptick in the number of students taking advantage of the mental health support services since the incident and Dr. Mayberry said she does not think there has been an uptick, but there has been a difference in who is utilizing it since some had a personal relationship with the deceased. V. Adjournment. Regent Fields asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Regent Ramsey made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Regent Hatchett seconded the motion. • Meeting was adjourned at 9:52 a.m. ===== PAGE 4 ===== Submitted by:
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Nicole Sergent, Secretary Board of Regents Kentucky State UniversityRegent Tammi Dukes, Chair Board of Regents Kentucky State University
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