ADVISORY: Kent State University Board of Trustees Meeting, March 9

The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, March 9.

The Board will convene at 3 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library.

Board committees will meet as follows:

• Committee of the Whole; External Relations and Development Committee – 9-10 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room.
• Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – 1:15-2:45 p.m. in the Urban Conference Room.
• Audit/Finance and Administration Committee – 1:15-2:45 p.m. in Room 222.

Trustees are expected to retire into executive session at about 10:15 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio's “Sunshine Law.”

Kent State President Lester A. Lefton and Board Chair Jacqueline Woods will be available to answer media questions immediately after the business meeting.

The Board meeting agenda will be available via the Kent State University website at www.kent.edu/bot/meetings/index.cfm.

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Media Note:
Members of the media who plan to attend are asked to R.S.V.P. to the media contacts listed below.

Media Contacts:
Tom Neumann, tneuman1@kent.edu, 330-672-8533
Emily Vincent, evincen2@kent.edu, 330-672-8595