On September 3, 2025, UVU's Board of Trustees approved the following policy actions:
Policy 532 University Student Groups
| Approval Process | Regular |
| Policy Sponsor | Michelle Kearns |
| Policy Steward | Alexis Palmer |
| Policy Actions | Revision |
| Policy Document | Policy 532 |
Who does this apply to? Students and employees involved with student groups, including clubs
How was this policy revised? In response to concerns over UVU’s level of control over student clubs and competitive
sports, it had been advised to eliminate fiduciary oversight of clubs and competitive
sports programs to reduce the University’s liability in working with student groups.
This policy has been revised to include competitive sports and further explain clubs'
fidiciary responsibility. This includes the following changes:
- defining competitive sports similarly to other student organizations
- including fiduciary responsibility language stating that clubs and competitive sports
- cannot use UVU's name, tax ID, or banking information for travel, contracts, or fundraising
- may fundraise with prior approval
- must manage funds in a commercial bank account under their own name
- must ethically manage finances and maintain documentation
Policy 601 Classroom Instruction and Management
| Approval Process | Regular |
| Policy Sponsor | Wayne Vaught |
| Policy Steward | Kat Brown |
| Policy Actions | Revision |
| Policy Document | Policy 601 |
Who does this apply to? Faculty and students
How was this policy revised? Updates to this policy include
- revisions to the approval process for syllabus revisions;
- clarification that accessibility requests must be done in compliance with Policy 152 Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities;
- clarification that religions accommodations requests must be done in compliance with Policy 153 Religious Accommodations;
- new language about enrolled students bringing minors to the classroom;
- clarification that faculty may cancel or change the modality of specific class times for valid professional academic reasons, including academic conferences, workshops, etc., and after adequate notice to students and the department chair
Policy 633 Faculty Performance Evaluation and Feedback
Policy 654 Faculty Merit Pay (Deletion)
| Approval Process | Regular |
| Policy Sponsor | Wayne Vaught |
| Policy Steward | Kat Brown |
| Policy Actions | Revision, Deletion |
| Policy Document | Policy 633 |
Who does this apply to? Faculty
How was this policy revised? The faculty self-evaluation and five different categories for annual review ratings
have caused much confusion. The current merit pay system is too complicated, involves
too many people, and grants access to personnel files that may not be appropriate.
Changes to this policy have simplified the merit pay process. Additionally, content
was deleted from Policy 633 that dealt with post-tenure review because UVU now has
a separate post-tenure review policy (Policy 638).
For questions or comments regarding any of the above actions, contact the policy sponsor or steward(s) listed, or contact the Policy Office. To learn more about the policy approval process at UVU, visit the Policy Office's Policy Process webpage.
Please note that some of the above links may become outdated or broken as the policy drafts progress through the policy approval process, or are approved for adoption to or deletion from the Policy Manual. For the most up-to-date status regarding a policy or proposed policy draft, see the Policy Manual and Policy Approval Pipeline pages. To request a previous version of a policy or policy draft or for addition questions, contact the Policy Office.