Board of Trustees approves changes to 4 policies

Mikayla Gallagher, current Senator of Liberal Arts and CAB Vice Chair of Relations, was selected as the new CSC Student Trustee at the March 26 Board of Trustees Meeting. Current Student Trustee, Jacob Rissler, will end his term on May 1 and Gallagher will officially take over May 2.

Every year, the NCSC recognizes one faculty member from the System to receive the Teaching Excellence Award. The recognition includes a $3,000 cash award.

Each college nominates one candidate and the winner is chosen by the board and will be presented with the award at his/her college during the board meeting the following year. CSC’s nomination for this year is Jamie Wada, associates professor of justice studies.

The System Office and CSC approved an Interlocal Agreement with CSC and the City of Chadron. The agreement means that the city indoor pool will be annually rented to CSC for $189,000. The college will pay the rent with student activity fees, revenue bond funds, and cash funds for instructional uses. The Board of Trustees minutes state, “A copy of the Interlocal Agreement will be provided to the board before the meeting.”

The System Office approved the additions to Policy 5014 that were brought up at the January meeting. The additions focus on faculty members accepting appointments to an Academic Dean position.

Tenured faculty can take a position of Academic Dean for a term of four years without losing tenure or academic rank. After the four years, “tenure and rank shall be relinquished, and the right to return to a faculty position shall terminate.” Nontenured faculty and those who are hired from outside the college can take an Academic Dean position but they will not have rank, tenure, or “…the right to a future position in the faculty…”

The Board of Trustees also approved changes to four policies related to sexual orientation and gender identity. Policy 2700 and 5000 will now include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as part of the equal opportunity descriptions.

Policy 3020 and 5007 will include the same phrases in the board’s policies and reporting procedures of harassment and/or discrimination.