Amanda Crouse
News Editor
On Thursday, Oct. 22, members of the College’s board of trustees met with Scot Council in the Alley at 11:30 a.m. for the semi-annual Missions and Outcomes meeting. In past semesters, Missions and Outcomes was an open event to which all students were invited. This semester, however, the meeting was not advertised or communicated to students, and the windows and glass doors of the Alley were blocked off with privacy partitions.
In the fall 2025 semester, Missions and Outcomes was canceled after the board of trustees opted not to participate. The event returned in Feb. 2026, and was held two days before the College laid off 22 employees on Feb. 5. Most board members attended via Zoom.
The Voice reached out to Scot Council to request comment about the meeting. Ty Reynolds ’27, Scot Council vice president, shared that the event was made private primarily due to a scheduling conflict.
“[Mark Goodman, chair of the board of trustees] wanted to attend, and he couldn’t have attended in the evening,” Reynolds said, referring to the time during which Missions and Outcomes is typically held. In past semesters, the open meeting was preceded by a private luncheon between board members and Scot Council. “And so we mashed the two together into a lunch where there were presentations, but it was still closed,” Reynolds explained.
As one of the primary organizers of the event, Reynolds shared what student representatives presented.
Ike Nwanoro ’30 spoke to the board about retention rates and admissions for students of color and, more specifically, Black students. Levi Monroe ’30, one of the First-Generation and Limited Income representatives, gave a presentation on scholarship opportunities for first-generation and limited income students. Monroe proposed residential scholarships, rather than solely academic ones, as potential opportunities for attracting students. The final presentation was delivered by class representative Braden Shildmeyer ’28, who spoke about opportunities for the College to improve its environmental impact.
The Voice also reached out to the board of trustees to inquire whether any members were planning to return to the College for a Missions and Outcomes meeting in the spring. The board did not respond to this request for comment.
