Board of Regents to meet Aug. 6 to consider Chancellor's recommendation for next President of Walters State Community College and receive notice of proposed bylaws changes

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special called meeting Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, to consider the appointment of the next president of Walters State Community College and to receive a notice of proposed changes to the TBR Bylaws.

The board will receive and consider approval of Chancellor Flora W. Tydings’ recommendation of Dr. Saul Reyes for the Walters State presidency. Dr. Reyes is currently vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at the College of Central Florida.

The meeting will be held by teleconferencing, via Microsoft Teams, starting at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT), and will be livestreamed and archived on the TBR website at https://www.tbr.edu/board/august-6-2025-special-called-board-meeting. Board materials detailing the two agenda items are posted at the same meeting link.

Dr. Reyes is one of three finalists for the WSCC presidency selected by a 16-member search advisory committee composed of four Board of Regents members, representatives of the college’s students, faculty, staff and alumni, and civic and business leaders from the community. The finalists participated in public forums on the Morristown campus July 21-23.

After the forums, Chancellor Tydings reviewed input submitted from the public and the campus community and conducted more interviews to select one candidate for recommendation to the board.  

Dr. Reyes earned an Ed.D. in higher education leadership at the University of South Florida, a master of arts in counseling at West Virginia University, and a bachelor of science in youth ministries and biblical studies at Gordon College. His complete resume is available for review on the WSCC presidential search webpage at https://www.tbr.edu/hr/executivesearches/president-walters-state-community-college.

The board will also receive an additional notice of proposed amendments to the TBR Bylaws scheduled to be considered at the board’s quarterly meeting in September. An original version of the proposed amendments was presented for preliminary review at the board’s June meeting; the only substantial change in the new draft relates to the size of a quorum required for board action, as a result of Public Chapter 452, approved by the Tennessee General Assembly this year and which expands the size of the Board of Regents by two members.

In addition to quorum size, the proposed revisions would update the board’s responsibilities and make stylistic revisions to increase consistency and clarity. All the proposed amendments are available in the board materials posted at the meeting link above, and are scheduled for a vote at the Sept. 19 board meeting.

Upon request to the Board Secretary at board.secretary@tbr.edu no later than three days prior to the meeting, we will make a space available at the TBR System Office for public viewing of the meeting’s livestream, which will be accessible on the TBR website above.

Persons who want to request to address the board regarding the meeting’s agenda items should follow the process authorized by the Requests to Address the Board Policy here.