Eastern Oklahoma State College

The Special Meeting agenda included several action items, such as the approval of payroll and miscellaneous claims for September 2025, totaling $2,748,544.84, and authorizing a signature for land closing documents. The External Affairs Committee agenda covered discussions and possible actions regarding a Resolution for Lease Agreement with Latimer County Commissioners, a Lease with Latimer County Commissioners, a Shared Use Agreement with the City of Wilburton, and a Memorandum of Understanding with Choctaw Nation. The Board entered into Executive Session to discuss the details of the President's contract. Following the executive session, the Board returned to open session with a statement by the Chair confirming no votes were taken during the closed session, and an opportunity to consider resulting actions.

The key discussion items for this meeting included action items pertaining to the approval of the sale of multiple property tracts, identified as Tract #1 through Tract #6, and the authorization of a signature for land closing documents. The agenda also listed scheduled future meetings, including the next regular Board Meeting and committee meetings for Finance, Governance/Legal, and External Affairs.

This document presents a program review for the Associate of Science Mathematics Program at Eastern Oklahoma State College for the year 2023. It assesses the program's centrality to the institution's mission, evaluates its vitality through objectives, productivity indicators, and resource utilization, and outlines specific courses offered. The review also summarizes key findings from the previous 2018 review and details actions taken since then. Recommendations include maintaining the program at its current level, integrating more technology like TI NSpire calculators and Navigator software, and improving guidance for students to enroll in mathematics pathways best suited to their majors.

The Ohio Supercomputer Center's strategic plan focuses on empowering Ohio's higher education institutions and companies by providing accessible, reliable, and secure computational services, enhanced by training, consulting, and research partnerships. The vision is to position Ohio as a world leader with a computationally enabled workforce and research endeavors, leveraging economies of scale to provide better services and cost savings. It also focuses on lowering barriers to access for various communities, including university students and faculty, industry researchers, business owners, and K-12 students, to motivate STEM educational pursuits.

The agenda included discussion and approval of board minutes, an external relations committee update including discussion of a proposed sale of EOSC property. Strategic planning included transition discussion for the new president, an overview of the strategic plan for 2023-2026, new committee formation, and updates from academic affairs, business affairs, and student affairs.