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Austin Peay trustees approve tenures, tuition rate, budgets, capital outlay and awards
Summary
At its June meeting the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees approved tenure appointments, a tuition rate for a grant program, estimated and proposed budgets, a capital outlay request and three institutional awards; motions were made by committee chairs and carried by the board.
The Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees approved several committee motions during its meeting, including two tenure‑upon‑appointment recommendations, a tuition rate for a grant cohort, estimated and proposed operating budgets, a capital outlay and maintenance request, and three institutional awards.
Trustee May moved, "By direction of the committee, I move to grant tenure upon appointment to doctor Cordova," and the board voted to carry the motion. A second committee motion to grant tenure upon appointment to the faculty member identified in the packet (named in the materials as Dr. Philip / Dr. Mongan in the transcript) also carried on the committee's motion.
Trustee Cannata presented the business and finance committee recommendations and moved to approve the tuition rate for Tennessee Aspiring Administrator Program Network grant recipients; the board approved the motion following a roll‑call vote. The board also approved the estimated budget for the 2024–25 fiscal year and the proposed budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year, and it approved the capital outlay and maintenance request for the 2026–27 fiscal year; each motion was presented by committee and carried.
Chris Phillips presented three awards recommended in the meeting materials: the philanthropist award (recommended in the packet as Coleman Tractor Company under Spencer Coleman), the military service award (recommended for Master Sergeant Joel C. Pruitt) and a service award recommended for alumni Lawson and Beth Mabry. A motion to approve the listed award recipients was made, seconded and approved by the board.
Procedural notes: several motions were made "by direction of the committee," which the board treated as committee motions (a second was not required). Where a roll call was recorded for finance items, trustees present recorded affirmative votes and the chair announced that each motion carried.
What happens next: the approved budgets and capital requests will proceed per university procedures and any items requiring state approval (for example, capital projects submitted to the State Building Commission) will follow their respective submission and review processes.
