SCHEV is required by the Code of Virginia to conduct educational programs for all recently-appointed members of the governing boards of Virginia's state-supported colleges and universities. The Code of Virginia mandates that all new appointees attend a SCHEV orientation session within their first two years of service. To this end, the agency hosts an event annually for new members of the 14 Boards of Visitors and the State Board for Community Colleges to help them better understand, exercise, and fulfill their important governing responsibilities. 

2021 Boards of Visitors Orientation Details

Date: October 19, 2021
Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond Virginia, 23228

• 2021 Agenda
• Attendance List
• BOV Minutes

2021 Planning Committee Members

• Peter Blake, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• Eldon Burton, Virginia State University
• Fran Bradford, Deputy Secretary of Education
• Kimberly Parker, Virginia Military Institute
• Alvin J. Schexnider, SCHEV Council member
• Kelly Thomasson, Secretary of the Commonwealth

2021 Pre-Reading Materials

• SCHEV Report on a Minimal Uniform Standard to Improve Transparency of College and University Governing Boards  
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
• What Every Board Member Absolutely Has to Know about FOIA
• Equity Minded Policy Analysis
• Protocol for Assessing Equity-Mindedness in State Policy PPT
• Protocol for Assessing Equity-Mindedness in State Policy Workbook
• Public Board Member Orientation Course (Association of Governing Boards, AGB)
• AGB Case Study - Shared Governance
• Six Principles of Strategic Board Leadership
• Principles of Trusteeship

Recommended AGB and Other Reading Materials

• AGB Fiduciary Duties
• AGB Consequential Boards
• AGB Brief-Sunshine Laws
• Freedom of Speech on Campus
• Higher Education Governing Boards (e-book)
• AGB Case Study - Board Member Gone Rogue
• AGB Case Study - Campus Activism
• AGB Case Study - Frequent Sources of Tension

Speaker Presentations

• Leading Practices of Effective Public Institution Boards - Henry Stoever, AGB President and CEO
• Pathways to Opportunity: The Virginia Plan for Higher Education - Peter Blake, Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• AGB Board of Directors Statement on Justice, Equity and Inclusion: A Conversation - Artis Hampshire-Cowen, AGB Senior Fellow
• Virginia's Budget Process: What You Need to Know - K. Joseph Flores, Secretary of Finance
• Institutional Finance - Amy Stoakley Sebring, COO, William & Mary
• Virginia's Budget - Michael Maul, Virginia Dept. of Planning and Budget

Additional Relevant Materials

• Acronyms
• BOV Speaker Bios

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