The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will receive a final report from UW’s
Budget Footnote Working Group and reports on a number of other topics during the board’s
regular meeting Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 18-20.
The meeting will take place at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center. Public sessions
of the board and its committees may be observed by the public at https://wyolinks.uwyo.edu/2026/TrusteesNov26/.
The 18-member Budget Footnote Working Group was formed earlier this year to prepare
the university’s response to directives connected with the Wyoming Legislature’s budget
appropriations for the university. While the Legislature maintained UW’s current level
of funding for the new biennium, provided $27.7 million for employee pay raises and
allocated additional dollars for university priorities, lawmakers added a budget footnote
directing UW to “conduct a comprehensive review of UW’s organizational structure and
staffing patterns across all divisions, colleges, administrative units, auxiliaries
and support functions.”
The working group’s final report is scheduled to be presented and discussed by the
board at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The board then may consider voting to submit the report
to the Legislature, as required by its budget footnote.
Committees of the board will meet Wednesday in several rooms of the Gateway Center,
starting with the Biennium Budget Committee at 8 a.m.
Thursday’s meeting of the full board will begin with an executive session at 8 a.m.
The public session is scheduled to start at about 9:30 a.m.
Other reports on the agenda for Thursday include the Trustees Education Initiative;
UW Information Technology projects, initiatives and services; and the Tier-1 Engineering
Initiative.
The board will accept public testimony on any topics at 11 a.m. Thursday.
The Board of Trustees will conduct a joint session with the Energy Resources Council
Friday at 7:30 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn.
The board is scheduled to reconvene at the Gateway Center at 9 a.m. Friday for its
regular business meeting.
The trustees’ complete agenda, along with a report that includes background information on agenda items, will be available at www.uwyo.edu/trustees/2026-meeting-agendas-materials-and-minutes/november-18-20-2026-meeting.html.
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