Board of Regents President and CEO Blake Flanders attended a Student Senate meeting Wednesday, allowing for questions pertaining to a set of policies that allow universities to deal with the financial emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flanders, who has been president of the Regents since July 2015, opened the meeting explaining what the Board of Regents does and the different initiatives of the Regents in the past few years.
âThe board is a nine member board, theyâre appointed by the governor and they have four year terms,â Flanders said. âThe Board of Regentsâ policy governs the six state universities.â