Press Releases

The Tennessee Board of Regents Finance and Business Operations Committee will meet Wednesday, March 27, at 5 p.m. CT at the Embassy Suites at Cool Springs in Franklin, Tenn.

The agenda includes:

I. Consideration of fee requests

a. Mandatory fee requests

b. Non-mandatory (incidental) fee requests

c. Housing fee requests

d. Learning support software course fee

II. Volunteer State Community College request for out-of-state tuition waiver

Due to scheduling conflicts, the Tennessee Board of Regents Finance and Business Operations Committee will not meet on March 12 as previously announced.

The TBR Audit Committee and Committee Chairs will continue to meet in Nashville on Tuesday, March 12, as originally planned, but the Committee Chairs meeting will now meet at 1 p.m.

The Finance and Business Operations Committee will be rescheduled for a later date. Public notice will be made when the meeting is set.

The Audit Committee meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. CT. The agenda includes:

The Tennessee Board of Regents Ad Hoc Committee on Capital Outlay and Capital Maintenance will hold its next meeting via telephone at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14.

The agenda includes the following discussion items:

1. Governor’s proposed capital budget

2. Disclosure amendment

3. Matching capital program guidance to TBR institutions

4. Tennessee State School Bond Authority (TSSBA) bonding capacity

5. Other business

The Tennessee Board of Regents Ad Hoc Committee on Capital Outlay and Capital Maintenance will hold its next meeting via telephone at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14.

The agenda includes the following discussion items:

1. Governor’s proposed capital budget

2. Disclosure amendment

3. Matching capital program guidance to TBR institutions

4. Tennessee State School Bond Authority (TSSBA) bonding capacity

5. Other business

Tennessee Board of Regents Audit Committee, Finance and Business Operations Committee, and Committee Chairs meetings are scheduled at the TBR office in Nashville on Tuesday, March 12.

The Audit Committee meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. CT. The agenda includes:

I. Consent agenda

a. Review of annual risk assessments for Tennessee Technology Centers

II. Informational reporting

a. Review of Comptroller’s Office audit reports

b. Review of internal audit reports

III. Review of internal audit position vacancies

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 2 p.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 28.

The committee will discuss the following items:

1. Draft guidance on capital matching funds,

2. Debt service fees,

3. Facilities fees,

4. Plans for the East Tennessee State University football program,

5. Athletics fees, and a

6. Tennessee Technology Center student activity fee proposal.

The regional accrediting body for colleges and universities in the southeastern states has elected Judy Gooch, a former member of the Tennessee Board of Regents, to serve on its Board of Trustees.

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 2 p.m. CT on Thursday, Feb. 7.

The committee will review a proposed calendar of meetings and review and discuss mandatory and incidental fees.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will meet in regular quarterly session on Thursday, Dec. 13, at the TBR Offices in Nashville. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. CST in the Genesco Building Training Center.

The Tennessee Board of Regents unanimously approved Glenda Baskin Glover as the next president for Tennessee State University today.

Glover will assume her leadership role January 2 after the contract for Interim President Portia Shields expires.

The Board met via telephone at 1:30 p.m. to consider TBR Chancellor John Morgan’s recommendation for Glover, who currently serves as dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi.