The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents approved the new budget, which asks university programs and departments to operate on a 92.5% of their total annual budget.
In an 8-3 decision, the Board of Regents approved the 2024-2025 budget which sets a 92.5% budget spending target for campus units and implements a new 10% overhead fee on campus auxiliary and revenue-dependent units. In their special meeting Friday, Regents were presented the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget of $394.2 million, 1% higher than.
WKU is looking into its contract with Sodexo Management Services after maintenance expenditures consistently break budget, and may consider “insourcing” maintenance, bringing it back into the university, President Timothy Caboni told the Board of Regents on Thursday. WKU’s maintenance positions are primarily contracted through Sodexo, a facilities maintenance company. WKU’s contract with Sodexo was intended.
Nettie Sue Chavers Teer, age 94, passed away peacefully on February 9, 2024, with family nearby. She was born in 1929 to parents John Matthew Chavers and Amy…