BOT Archives - UNF Spinnaker

John Delaney awarded President Emeritus status at UNF Board of Trustees meeting

Alan Vargas • May 10, 2018

The UNF Board of Trustees met on Thursday, May 10 to hear the budget proposal for the 2018-2019 academic year and to vote on awarding outgoing President John Delaney the status of President Emeritus. According...

UNF Counseling Center presents at Board of Trustees Meeting

Cori Santucci • Mar 15, 2018

Director of the UNF Counseling Center Andy King gave a presentation to the Board of Trustees on the challenges and plans the Counseling Center will face this year and beyond. The Counseling Center...

Looking into contract negotiations with future UNF President

Hannah Lee • Mar 1, 2018

The excitement of finding the next UNF President is over, and now it’s all about the money. David Szymanski, who was chosen to be UNF’s president-elect, and the Board of Trustees will negotiate...

Textbook affordability is the next task the BOT wants to tackle

Hannah Lee • Aug 30, 2017

Textbooks are an essential factor for most student success in the classroom, but often times they are very expensive. In the most recent Board of Trustees meeting, the discussion centered on textbook...

Board of Trustees discuss budget plans

Alexandra Torres-Perez • May 30, 2017

With an estimated $163 million budget, the university discussed the proposed budget that would grant the president’s unit almost $700,000 to find a new president among other things. On May 24,...

Board of Trustees approves fixed tuition rate, new programs amid budget uncertainty

Kalee Ball • Jun 11, 2015

The final meeting of the year saw the validation of a new motto for Enrollment Services and a new degree program in Deaf Education.

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Getting a raise: UNF Board of Trustees votes to increase faculty pay

Jeremy Collard • Apr 14, 2015

The Board of Trustees voted to raise the salary of eligible faculty.

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Board of Trustees expresses dissatisfaction with funding, audits

Cassidy Alexander • Apr 2, 2015

At the April 1 Board of Trustees meeting, President John Delaney spoke about reserving as much money as possible because the metric allows for no predictability for funding in the coming year. Several members expressed discontent with the funding model...

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Board discusses downsides of performance-based funding and makes recommendations to keep students at UNF

Blake Middleton • Mar 25, 2014

Learning commons area and math emporium could be added to library UNF Foundation Treasurer Shari Shuman said UNF received an additional $2 million for performance funding from the state. She said,...

Board of Trustee meeting update

Gordon Rhyne • May 28, 2013

The UNF Board of Trustees held a meeting on Thursday, May 23. Highlights from the meetings include: The average SAT score for incoming freshman rose to 1213 for the 2012-13 school year. Last...

Editorial: Ain’t no Sunshine in this school

Joseph Basco • Jul 18, 2012

Quite honestly, other than the board’s approval of the controversial 15 percent tuition differential increase (which the Board of Governors approved, but decreased to 13 percent on June 21), the BOT rarely creates any controversy. But then the BOT abused their power by violating Florida’s Sunshine Law during the June 19 main, or plenary, meeting.

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UNF Board of Trustees approves 15% increase to tuition differential

Maggie Seppi • Apr 6, 2012

President John Delaney explains the decision, students consider their academic futures

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