KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents Student Affairs Committee April 23, 2015 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Julian M. Carroll Academic Services Building, Board Room Frankfort, Kentucky

MINUTES *****

Regent Ekumene Lysonge, Committee Chairperson, called the Student Affairs Committee meeting of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents to order at 3:00 p.m. on April 23, 2015. Regent Lysonge asked the secretary to call roll:

Travis Haskins Breana L. Smith Ekumene Lysonge

Present Present Present

David Guarnieri Present Elaine Farris Present

A quorum was declared.

Minutes of the January 22, 2015, meeting were approved. Motion was made by Regent Haskins and seconded by Regent Farris.

Dr. Vernell Bennett identified the priorities of the unit as: reclaiming the students; recruitment and retention; customer service; holistic programming; student, faculty and staff engagement; streamlining the admissions process; reformatting the Open House; integrating student input into programming; developing learning communities in the residence halls, and the in-in-state recruitment initiative, the Thorobred Express.

Dr. Bennett discussed the importance of reclaiming the students. She identified accountability and engagement as being paramount. Dr. Bennett reported that faculty, staff, and administration have been very helpful with the recruitment effort. She stated that the Thorobred Express has played an important role in the collaborative recruiting effort with at least two faculty from every major attending each stop. Dr. Bennett reported that students were highly engaged during convocations and volunteered to participate in all of the programs. She reported that convocation attendance has increased tremendously. Attendance during the convocation series ranged between 300-500.

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