Board Briefing President’s Update to the UWS Board of Trustees
July 2025
FY 2026 Board Meeting Dates/Times & Info
Key Metrics: Enrollment & Financials
Tuition & Fees: Updates on Communications
Strategic Planning: Next Steps
The New UWS Podcast: Mind, Body, and Beyond…
President’s Excellence Award
Organizational Updates
Did You Know? June 2025 - UWS Team Attending Heraya Health Brand Reveal (Formerly CHP).
FY 2026 Board Meeting Dates, Times, & Info
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• Board Meeting Dates & Times
• Trustee Contact Info
• Committee List
• Board Guidebook
• Note: we will be doing updates to the guidebook this summer prior to the Fall meeting.
Key Metrics: UWS Summer 2025 Enrollment
At this time: We are calling slightly under budget for Summer 2025 with respect to new students with some potential upside should all of our deposited students start on July 7 and we enroll all continuing students.
Considerations: Given the tuition & fees increase along with federal legislation and the potential to impact online student enrollment, we may see a decrease in continuing student enrollments for summer and fall.
Next Update: August 2025
Key Metrics: Summer Enrollments as Tied to Financials
At this time: This assumes a miss of five for summer and shows about a $6,200 miss on revenue.
Considerations: Given the tuition & fees increase and the potential to impact online student enrollment, we may see a decrease in continuing student enrollments yet to come. We will report final numbers in August.
Next Update: August 2025
Key Metrics: UWS Fall 2025 Enrollment
Fall 2025: Budget v Projected New, Continuing & Total Enrollment –Unduplicated Enrollment
At this time: We are calling budget for Fall 2025; however, it is still early in the cycle.
Considerations: The Naturopathic Medicine & Chiropractic programs are showing signs of distress in the enrollment funnel. We are adjusting where possible, leveraging System resources to assist us throughout the summer. We will have a clearer sense of where we will land in August 2025.
Next Update: July 2025
Key Metrics: Fall Enrollments by Program
At this time: As noted in the previous slide, we are currently calling budget for Fall, which begins in the first full week of October. Note, we will provide “Fall Enrollments as Tied to Financials” in August or September as we near our enrollment period.
Considerations: Given the tuition & fees increase and the potential to impact online student enrollment, as well as recent federal legislation that impacts Title IV funding, we will likely experience headwinds. We will continue to keep the Board apprised.
Key Metrics: Financials
• FY 2025
• Fiscal year completed as of May 31, 2025 (Begins June 1 through May 31).
• Final budget updates on annual performance provided in July & August.
• YTD Financials as of April 30, 2025, are provided on the subsequent page(s).
• FY 2026
• June YTD financials should be ready by the August 2025 Board Briefing.
• July and subsequent months will be reported each month thereafter.
Key Metrics: Financials – YTD as of April 30, 2025
Surplus (Deficit)
At this time:
• Revenue: Tracking favorable to budget and slightly unfavorable to forecast. Increased scholarships and enrollment volume are the primary drivers.
• Expense: Significant favorability to budget and forecast driven by cost containment.
Considerations: We will have increased clarity related to the FY 2025 once May 2025 is closed.
Next Update: August 2025
Key Metrics: Financials – April 30, 2025, YTD Balance Sheet
At this time: Our balance sheet is showing us performing as expected for FY 2025. For questions pertaining to the April 30, 2025, balance sheet, please reach out to Jennifer Gantz or myself.
Next Update: August
2025
Tuition & Fees: Update on Communications
• Addressing Student Concerns
• Met with Student Government (ASB) on 6/6/2025 and approximately 15 online students on 6/25/2025.
• We listened to their concerns and answered questions.
• We emphasized that the increase is a result of bringing our previous tuition & fees into alignment.
• Highlighted that the new bundled fee consolidated all the a la carte fees.
• In both instances, Dr. Sims and I followed up with responses to their questions/concerns.
• We will investigate renaming the fee for next year to avoid confusion surrounding “student services” versus “university resources.”
• We committed to capping any future increases to no more than 5%, while also noting if we did have to increase further, we would reach out to inform them.
• We reviewed the potential for earlier notification of tuition & fees increases.
• As previously planned, we will work with all students to maximize their use of key services and continually work to enhance/improve other services that are not currently as optimal from their perspectives.
• Of Note…
• We do anticipate there may be some enrollment decline among continuing students as a result of the increases.
• With registration of the summer term now underway, we will have a better sense as to enrollment impact of tuition & fees increase.
• Also critical to stress that recent federal legislation affecting Title IV funding may also have an impact on enrollment patterns.
• Unless necessary, we do not anticipate needing to provide further detailed updates in future Board Briefings on tuition & fees.
Coming in August – The New UWS Podcast: Mind, Body, and Beyond…
• Featuring Current & New Academic Programs
• Initial episodes will feature Occupational Therapy, Chiropractic, and Naturopathic programs.
• The next set of episodes will include Sport and Performance Psychology, Sports Medicine, Human Nutrition & Functional Medicine, and Counseling.
• Eventually will Feature Faculty, Staff, Student, & Alumni Stories
• Goals:
• Build the UWS Brand
• Support Enrollment Growth
• Expand Social Media Engagement across all Platforms
• Connect with Prospective Students & the UWS Community
• Will be available beginning August 2025 on
• Apple
• Spotify
• Amazon, and
• Other Podcast Platforms
Strategic Planning: Next Steps
• Trustee Sessions
• With three initial sessions completed, we will begin consolidating feedback from our various stakeholder focus groups through the month of July & early August.
• We will reach out to trustees in the coming weeks to continue our conversation, validate our findings and look for opportunities to continue to refine/enhance the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan.
• Goal
• Recognize Individuals Who Exemplify the Mission, Vision, and Values of UWS
The UWS President’s Excellence Award
• Who Qualifies
• Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, & Community
• What Award Recipients Receive
• Certificate
• Monetary Gift Donated by Me and my Wife Kim
• Nomination & Selection Process
• A nomination form will be sent to faculty, staff & students at the end of each quarter
• Nominations will be reviewed and selections made by middle of the term with notifications sent in the First Friday announcement as well as in other University publications
Organizational Updates
• First Fridays, Community Meetings & Socials Begin in July/August
• We begin a new chapter of ongoing engagement with faculty & staff via three initiatives:
• First Fridays: A 10-15 minute video from me updating the community on key initiatives.
• Community Meetings: We will host regular community meetings updating faculty & staff on various news/updates across the university.
• Community Socials: Beginning in August, we will be hosting community socials both on and off campus to build up our teams.
• Departures: Full-Time Staff
• Stanley Ewald, D.C. (Associate Dean, College of Chiropractic)
• Jaci Bergstrom, D.C. (Associate Dean, College of Chiropractic)
• Brittany Martin, Administrative Assistant, College of Chiropractic
• Organizational Chart
• An updated organizational chart will be provided in the August Board Briefing
