Budget Planning

Welcome to the one-stop-shop for budgeting information, planning updates, and providing feedback!

Most of this material exists on other WOU website pages, so this is intended to increase accessibility and transparency by compiling information onto one page. Please let us know if there is additional information you’d like to see added here, or provide any additional ideas/feedback by using the button at the bottom of the page. Thank you!

Budget Communications from the President

This section will be continue to be updated to include recent campus email communications from President Jesse Peters regarding budget updates. These communications, as well as others, are also linked on the main WOU President website.

2025-26

2024-25

Board of Trustees Materials

What is the Board of Trustees?

The Board of Trustees of Western Oregon University is the university’s governing body. The Board is responsible for assuring the university’s success and has broad authority to protect the university’s interests. The Board performs such duties as determining the university’s mission and strategic plan, hiring and supervising the university president, assuring the university’s assets are appropriately managed, determining the university budget, and setting tuition and fees. 

Who are WOU’s trustees?

The Board comprises volunteers (trustees) committed to the promise of higher education in the Mid-Willamette Valley and beyond. Trustees are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate. Trustees are connected to the university, the region, and the students they serve. They are alumni, community members, and leaders in education, business, culture, and government. There are 16 trustees. Eleven of these are drawn from the general public. Three trustee members are students of the university including one undergraduate voting member, one undergraduate non voting member, and one graduate student voting member. An additional trustee member is selected from both the staff, and faculty of the university. The fifteenth trustee is the university president, who serves ex-officio without voting power. The trustees drawn from the general public serve four-year terms. Trustees selected from the students, faculty, and staff serve two-year terms. A full list of current trustees can be found on their website here, and each trustee can be clicked on to read their bio.

Full Board Materials

Meeting schedule and materials for the full Board of Trustees can be found on their website here. For each meeting, there are attached dockets, agendas, appendices, minutes, and information to attend public meetings.

Committee Materials

The Board has four standing committees that address specific areas of the Board’s work: the Academic, Athletic, and Student Affairs Committee (ASAAC), the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee (DEIAC), the Finance and Administration Committee (FAC), and the Executive, Governance, and Trusteeship Committee (EGTC). Meeting schedules and materials for each committee can be found on their website here. For each committee, there are attached dockets, agendas, minutes, and information to attend public meetings. 

  • Academic, Athletic, and Student Affairs Committee (ASAAC) Mision: The Academic, Student, and Athletic Affairs Committee (ASAAC) of the WOU Board of Trustees is charged with ensuring effective operations related to teaching, research and public service programming of the university as well as programming and policy decisions in support of campus life. The ASAAC is responsible for making recommendations to the Board, consistent with Board Statements and University policy, and to fulfill other duties as assigned by the Board.
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee (DEIAC) Mission: The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Committee (DEIAC) of the WOU Board of Trustees is charged with ensuring the Board and University prioritize the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility throughout the university enterprise and that, as fiduciaries of the University, elevate those values as essential to the successful functioning of the Board and the University.
  • Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) Mission: The Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) of the WOU Board of Trustees is charged with ensuring effective operations and sound stewardship of the university’s financial, technology, and physical assets in support of the university’s mission. The FAC is responsible for making decisions delegated to it and making recommendations to the Board, consistent with Board Statements and University policy.
  • Executive, Governance, and Trusteeship Committee (EGTC) Mission: The Executive, Governance, and Trusteeship Committee (EGTC) of the WOU Board of Trustees is charged with ensuring (A) effective Board function, (B) presidential performance, (C) empowering University staff to position the University strategically with external audiences, and (D) monitoring legal and compliance risk to the Board and University. The EGTC is responsible for making recommendations to the Board, consistent with Board Statements and University policy, regarding presidential employment, board evaluation and performance, the University’s strategic plan, advancement and advocacy, and litigation, and supporting financial stability.
Budget Management Reports

Management Reports are completed each quarter, and are submitted to the Board of Trustees Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) for approval. These reports show actual amounts, variances, projected year-end amounts, and updates on expenses.

These reports are located on the Budget & Planning Office’s website here, and can also be found in the FAC dockets for public meetings.

Operating Budgets

Preliminary budgets are presented to the Board of Trustees in May and June for the following fiscal years. An adjusted budget is then presented to the Board in November. These reports include E&G funds, Auxiliary funds, and IFC funds.

These reports are located on the Budget & Planning Office’s website here, and can also be found in the Board of Trustees and Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) dockets for public meetings.

Cash Flow Updates

The statement of cash flows enables users of the financial statements to determine how well an entity’s income generates cash and to predict the potential of an entity to generate cash in the future. The purpose of the cash flow forecast is to present cash inflows and outflows for a reporting period to the reader of the report. These reports are submitted to the Board of Trustees Finance and Administration Committee (FAC) for approval, and can also be found in the FAC dockets for public meetings.

2025-26

2024-25

2023-24

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