Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Senate Confirms New Student and Staff Trustee Representatives for Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech Governing Board

The Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Senate confirmed two new trustees for the governing board of Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech: Tim Hasty, a current student at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech’s Klamath Falls campus; and Michele Vitali, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech’s administrative lead at the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Manufacturing Innovation Center Research & Development (OMIC) in Scappoose.

Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech Board of Trustees approve $3.5 million in budget cuts and reallocations to meet impacts of COVID-19

Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech receives approximately 40 percent of its budget from the state; thus, the financial health of the university and the state are intricately linked. The state has estimated that it will take at least four years to get back to pre-COVID employment levels, and up to a decade of structural deficits.

Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech Board approves new soccer field, reviews report on University’s $107 million economic impact in Klamath Falls and Wilsonville-Metro Area

Board of Trustees cover agenda items from approval of a new soccer field to discussing issues related to the university finances, online and high school programs, a new report on Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech’s economic footprint in its two major communities, and other items.

Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Tech Trustees appoint Jay Kenton as Interim President, approve involvement with Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Manufacturing Innovation Center

The full Board unanimously approves Dr. Kenton as Interim President, votes to move forward with university-industry partnership in Scappoose, Ore, and received a project update on the Cornett Engineering Building and the planned Center for Excellence in Engineering and Technology