Chief of Staff, and Business Manager of Executive Operations.
The President reports to and serves at the pleasure of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents, the University’s governing body. The Board consists of 11 members, including a staff representative, student representative, faculty representative, and eight Governor-appointed members. The President will collaborate, communicate, and counsel with the Board of Regents to create a team that works seamlessly to advance the mission of the University.
Responsibilities and Duties
In serving as the chief administrative and educational officer of the University, the President will perform such duties and responsibilities as may be prescribed by the Board of Regents as follows:
- To make and provide interpretation and implementation of Board Policy, through the promulgation of administrative regulations, for all aspects of the academic and other functions of the University, coordinating it with whatever individual, groups, or organizations may be required
- To recommend major policies and other major actions to the Board of Regents for its final action and to be the official medium of communication between the Board of Regents and the various segments of the University and their official bodies
- To make final decisions for which the President has received delegated responsibility over a wide range of activities from the Board of Regents; such actions are ordinarily taken after consultation with various concerned individuals, groups, or organizations
- To enforce the Board Policies, administrative regulations, and guidelines of the University
- To recommend to the Board the employment of administrative faculty and vice-president-level and above staff
- To employ all other non-administrative faculty and employees of the University whose compensation shall fall within the approved University Classification and Compensation System
- To recommend to the Board changes in administrative structure and organization of the University that enhance and align with its mission
- To prepare annual budgets after consultation with and input from the Board and others as appropriate, and to recommend all other budgets and any modifications of these budgets as needed to the Board
- To recommend to the Board faculty tenure and administrative promotion decisions
• To appoint University-wide committees
- To prepare annual budgets after consultation with
and input from the Board and others as appropriate,
and to recommend all other budgets and any
modifications of these budgets as needed to the
Board
- To appoint University-wide committees
- To manage the University through officials who report to the Office of the President
- To provide leadership in the development of academic instruction, research, and service programs by making initiatives to the Faculty Senate and to the faculties of academic units and their planning committees concerning changes in curriculum or academic policies which are the responsibility of the faculty
- To serve as an ex-officio member of all faculties and all faculty committees, to call and preside over the meeting of the University faculty and such advisory groups as the President chooses to appoint, and at his/her direction to call meetings of the faculties of the several colleges and schools of the University
- To be responsible for all University functions relating to student affairs and the life of students at the University, as well as intramural and extramural or intercollegiate athletics
- To be responsible for all aspects of the relations of the University to the community and for providing information about the activities of the University
- To be responsible for public relations
- To maintain continuing relations with governmental agencies at city, county, state, and federal levels as required by the mission of the University
- To be responsible for relations of the University with alumni
- To be responsible for raising funds from the federal government, state and local public sources, corporations, private individuals, foundations, and other sources
- To supervise programs for constant maintenance and improvement of their quality, for effective service to students, for the adequacy of research, and for their accountability to the people of the Commonwealth, to the students, and to grantors or donors
- To be responsible for the University’s role in construction and renovation, in maintenance of buildings and grounds, in the acquisition of essential new facilities, equipment, and library materials, and in space allocation and utilization