NSCS approves new student trustee

The NSCS approved current Senate Chief Justice Coy Clark, 21, junior of Benkelman, as CSC’s new student trustee.

Clark will not be able to keep his position as chief justice because the constitution won’t allow him to hold two executive positions at the same time.

“I will be stepping down from my position as Chief Justice of the Student Association once elections are complete and I am closer to officially assuming the position of student trustee,” Clark said.

Clark will replace Mikayla Gallagher, junior of Lead, South Dakota, as trustee.

“The Governor made a great choice,” Gallagher said of Clark.

Treyten Nelson, of Peru State College, and Henry Miller, of Wayne State College, were also approved as student trustees for the next year. The new trustees will start their term at the May 3 meeting.

CSC’s Bruce Hoem, associate professor of counseling, psychology, and social work, was selected as one of the three nominees for the Teaching Excellence Award. Peru State College’s nominee is Kelly Asmussen, professor of criminal justice, and Joe Blankenau, professor of political science, was selected from Wayne State College.

The Academic & Personnel Committee will select one of the nominees for the award, and the winner will receive public recognition and a $3,000 cash reward.

Chadron State College recommended continuing the contract with Creative Dining Services. The contract lasts until June 30, 2019. The contract calls for $96,796 plus additional operating costs per year, which is up $2,820 from 2015-2016’s rate of $93,976. Chadron State asked the Chancellor to sign contracts to keep the following projects on schedule: campus cable TV agreement, partial West Court demolition agreement, campus wireless upgrades agreements, campus security camera install agreement, and High Rise shower upgrades change order. The System Office and Chadron State recommended the Chancellor sign the contracts.

The System Office recommends the approval of changes to Board Policy 5010 to explain the number of hours F-1 visa students can work during the school year and during breaks. International or non-resident alien student employees who are on F-1 visas can work up to 20 hours per week during the school year and up to 40 hours per week during the summer and semester breaks.

The System Office recommends the approval of changes to Board Policy 5016 to clarify enrollment qualifications graduate assistants can have. Graduate students have to be enrolled in the graduate program and at least one three-credit hour course.

Chadron State College gave a quarterly report of its construction projects—Armstrong Gym and Rangeland Lab Building. The final report of the Armstrong Gym-Phase 1 project reported $17,142,946 in total spending. The interim report for the Rangeland Lab Building reported $3,721,892.14 in expenditures to date and shows $121,024.86 remaining of its $3,803,845 balance.