When the Tennessee Board of Regents holds its quarterly meetings, our governing body not only conducts official business, but has a chance to become more familiar with the places most directly affected by their actions.

Those quarterly meetings, hosted by a different TBR institution every time, are opportunities for the host campus to show off its best and brightest.

Our opportunity to do just that comes up Thursday-Friday, June 10-11. For months, university committees have been planning ways to show off our campus, as well as arrange for the nuts-and-bolts requirements of our visitors.

TBR regents and board staff will begin arriving in Cookeville Wednesday evening, June 9. Most business meetings and presentations will take place in the Bryan Fine Arts Building, and most meals will be served in the OVC or Multipurpose rooms. Parking for meeting participants will be reserved along the Walton House driveway and in the lot across from Pennebaker Hall.

A tentative business agenda for the summer meeting includes approval of degree programs, review of campus pay plan methodologies, tenure and promotion recommendations, updates on the legislature and Tennessee lottery scholarship program, and other administrative items.

Other activities include a multimedia presentation about Tennessee Tech and tours of campus and the Craft Center, as well as selected locations throughout Cookeville.

The meeting is expected to cause only minimal disruption to normal campus activities. Contact Debbie Combs at dkcombs or 3301 for more information.