Tantaniece Scott, Chief Justice

Patrick Carrington, Mr. KSU

President Sias introduced the KSU Academic Team members and congratulated the team for placing third out of 48 teams in the Honda Campus All-Star Competition this year. The team includes:

The team was featured in the USA Today newspaper and won $15,000 for their efforts.

Last year, the KSU Team placed seventh overall. The Honda Campus All-Star Competition is an academic competition for teams from Historically-Black Colleges and Universities.

Dr. Sias offered congratulations to Dr. Griskell, Coach and Ms. Bennett, Assistant Coach. Dr. Sias presented Dr. Griskell with a plaque featuring the USA Today newsclip.

Gary Meiseles, Director of Human Resources, presented information about a proposal to discontinue paying accumulated sick leave credit to retiring employees participating in the Kentucky Teachers Retirement System (KTRS). Mr. Meiseles explained that this proposal is being considered to limit the university's outstanding financial liabilities. The proposed change would be effective July 1, 2012. Mr. Meiseles will provide the board with a formal recommendation at a future board meeting.

Dr. Kimberly Holmes, Associate Director of the Land Grant Program, was introduced as the new Associate Vice President for Inclusion and Innovation. Dr. Holmes provided an overview of the draft campus-wide diversity plan and particularly stated that the race and ethnic categories included in the plan are: Hispanic, Black-Non Hispanic, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Asian and White. She further informed the board that the KSU campus-wide Diversity draft plan was submitted to the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) on April 29, 2011, however an updated campus-wide diversity plan will be submitted to the KSU Board of Regents for its review at its July meeting.