WKU President Gary Ransdell, in an email to faculty and staff Thursday morning, announced that Barbara Burch has been elected as the school's new Faculty Regent.
The former WKU Provost will be sworn in as a regent at the board's Oct. 31 meeting. The Faculty Regent position was previously held by History Professor Patti Minter, who chose not to seek another term.
Dr. Burch is currently a professor with WKU's Educational Leadership doctoral program.
In his email, Dr. Ransdell also said "that the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) has requested a formal all-encompassing ruling with regard to faculty, staff, and student regent elections at all public institutions as those elections relate to employee relationships of immediate family members. This is not our request, but CPE has made the request with our encouragement. We want to be sure that clarity in these elections is the norm in the future. I would expect this ruling to be rendered in a few weeks."
