Policy changes highlight November Board of Trustees' meeting

Several Board policy revisions were accepted at the meeting, including commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day by not having classes. The state colleges will offer alternative programming that day, as well. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 20, 2020.

Other Board policy changes affected employee appointments, the deletion of Academic Reports, and revising the credit hour definition and course modalities. The Board also approved changes with admissions requirements, student organizations, student records, information security, employee use of computers, federal personal information security programs, capital construction and information technology, and revenue bonds.

The policies of employee use of computers, information security, federal personal information security programs, and student records relate to the newly developed system-wide Information Security Program (ISP). The NSCS ISP is comprised of a comprehensive set of cyber security policies and 16 cyber standards

Two contracts dealing with the Study Abroad program and Virtual Education Software, and three grant awards were also approved at the Board meeting.

In addition, the nomination process for the 2020-21 NSCS Student Trustees was discussed. The System Office worked with the current Student Trustees to create videos to share on social media with the goal of increasing student interest. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts receives a booklet of all nominations from the System Office and then he selects the Student Trustees.

President Rhine’s report described Homecoming events and highlighted four alumni who were honored with awards.

The next Board meeting is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2020, in Lincoln.