Board of Trustees
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5219 USA
(269) 387-2360
Formal Agenda
Proposed Meeting Minutes, Dec. 4, 2025
Agenda Item 10: Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Annual Officer Election
Agenda Item 11 a: Western Michigan University Board of Trustees Bylaws Revisions
Agenda Item 11 b: Supplement for Board of Trustees Bylaws
Agenda Item 12: Lease Agreement Renewal Between WMU and City of Battle Creek
Agenda Item 12 b: Supplement Lease Battle Creek
Agenda Item 13 a: Transfer Stewardship of Asylum Lake Preserve to the County of Kalamazoo
Agenda Item 13 b: Supplement Transfer Stewardship of Asylum Lake Preserve to the County of Kalamazoo
Agenda Item 14 A: Lease Agreement for the Montague House
Agenda Item 14 B 1: Create the Product Design Minor
Agenda Item 14 B 2: Create the Aviation Professional Studies major
Agenda Item 14 B 3: Create the Undergraduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence
Agenda Item 14 B 4: Create the Clinical Social Work program
Agenda Item 14 B 5: Create the Undergraduate Certificate Program in Electric Vehicles
Agenda Item 14 B 6: Create the Engineering Management (Accelerated) program
Agenda Item 14 B 7: Create the Elementary Education 3-6 and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) major
Agenda Item 14 B 8: Create the Interdisciplinary Design Major
Agenda Item 14 B 9: Create the Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Minor
Agenda Item 14 B 10: Create the Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Change Leadership
Agenda Item 14 B 11: Create the Policy Planning & Administration program
Agenda Item 14 B 12: Create the Special Education K-12 program
Agenda Item 14 B 13: Create the Undergraduate Certificate Program in Semiconductors
Agenda Item 14 B 14: Create the Special Education K-12 major
Agenda Item 14 B 15: Create the Undergraduate Certificate in Web Development
Agenda Item 14 B 16: Delete the Social Work: Clinical Social Work concentration
Agenda Item 14 B 17: Delete the Master of Social Work (Accelerated) program
Agenda Item 14 B 18: Delete the Social Work Policy Planning & Administration concentration
Agenda Item 14 B 19: Delete the Youth and Community Development Major (YCVJ)
Agenda Item 14 B 20: Rename the Family Science and Services Major to Youth and Family Studies
Agenda Item 14 B 21: Rename the Mathematics – Secondary Education Minor to Mathematics Teaching and Learning Minor
Agenda Item 14 B 22: Rename the Teaching and Learning Mathematics Major to Mathematics Teaching and Learning Major
Agenda Item 14 B 23: Rename the Political Science: Social Studies Secondary Education minor
Agenda Item 14 B 24: Rename the Master of Arts in Special Education Clinical Teacher to Master of Arts in Special Education: Autism Spectrum Disorder K-12
Agenda Item 14 C: Personnel Report
Agenda Item 14 D: Renaming the New Valley Residence Hall Valley Oaks
Formal Agenda
Proposed Meeting Minutes, Oct. 30, 2025
Agenda Item 10 a: Student Housing and Meal Rates 2026-27
Agenda Item 10 b: Supplement 2026-27 Housing and Meals Proposed Rates
Agenda Item 11 A 1: Create the Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
Agenda Item 11 A 2: Create the Engineering Management Minor
Agenda Item 11 A 3: Create the Integrated Science: Biological Sciences Coordinate Minor
Agenda Item 11 A 4: Create the Integrated Science: Chemistry Coordinate Minor
Agenda Item 11 A 5: Create the Integrated Science: Earth and Space Coordinate Minor
Agenda Item 11 A 6: Create the Integrated Science: Physics Coordinate Minor
Agenda Item 11 A 7: Create the Undergraduate Certificate in Cultural Resources Management
Agenda Item 11 A 8: Delete the Master of Arts in Applied Economics: Economic Development
Agenda Item 11 A 9: Delete the Master of Arts in Applied Economics: Statistics and Econometrics
Agenda Item 11 A 10: Rename the Student Planned Major to Interdisciplinary Studies
Agenda Item 11 B: Personnel Report
Formal Agenda
Proposed Meeting Minutes, Sept. 11, 2025
Agenda Item 10: WMU Police Officer's Association (POA) Wage Agreement
Agenda Item 11 A: Five Year Capital Outlay Master Plan and Capital Project Request
Agenda Item 11 B: Supplement FY 2027 Building Project Priority List
Agenda Item 12: Prior Learning Assessment Fee
Agenda Item 13 A: Western Michigan University External Audit, 2025
Agenda Item 13 B: Supplement Audit Highlights
Agenda Item 14 A 1: Create AASF
Agenda Item 14 A 2: Delete FINM
Agenda Item 14 A 3: Rename EDMM
Agenda Item 14 B: Personnel Report
Agenda Item 14 C: Utility Easement City
Agenda Item 14 D: Liquor License—College of Aviation, Nov. 14, 2025
Formal Agenda
Proposed Meeting Minutes, June 26, 2025 and Aug. 13, 2025
Agenda Item 11: Professional Instructors Organization (PIO) 2025-2029 Agreement
Agenda Item 12: Delegated Board of Trustees Authority to Confer Degrees
Agenda Item 13 A: Personnel Report
Agenda Item 13 B: Amendment to the Brian Schott LaCombe Humanitarian Scholarship