National-Louis University Board Of Trustees

Members:

The NLU Board of Trustees Responsibilities are:

• To discharge faithfully the duties imposed by law, by the Charter of National-Louis University, by the vision of the founders and subsequent interpreters of the University, and by the By-Laws of the Board of Trustees of National-Louis University.
  
  
• To choose, advise, support, evaluate, and, if necessary, replace the President of National-Louis University.
  
  
• To be familiar with the history, heritage and traditions of National-Louis University.
  
  
• To be informed of, approve, recommend, and support the educational program of National-Louis University.
  
  
• To assist the administration in developing, critiquing, and approving the University's long-range physical, fiscal, and academic plans and endeavors.
  
  
• To plan for, approve, and monitor the University's investments and financial operations.
  
  
• To contribute to the annual and capital campaign fund solicitations as generously as individual circumstances permit and to assist in fundraising efforts by regularly identifying, cultivating, and soliciting prospective donors.
  
  
• To promote the goals and reputation of National-Louis University to the public.
  
  
• To recognize that National-Louis University's Board of Trustees is but one important element of the National-Louis community: by taking into account the views and opinions of the administration, the faculty, the alumni, and the students; by distinguishing carefully between statements of Board policy and opinions of individual Trustees in communications with other members of the National-Louis community and the public; by respecting the authority, responsibilities, and prerogatives of the President and other University officers.
  
  
• To serve actively on and/or chair Board Standing Committees and serve on ad hoc committees imperative to the success of the University in its fiscal, physical, and academic endeavors.
  
  
• To participate actively and responsibly in Board meetings, listening to and considering the views of other Trustees, expressing one's own views in a professional demeanor, recognizing that sharp disagreements on specific issues can be debated and resolved in a spirit of harmony and mutual respect and to close ranks and support decisions approved by the Board of Trustees as a whole.
  
  
• To attend and participate in many University and alumni activities.
  
  
• To evaluate rigorously one's own performance as a Trustee of the University, the performance and participation of other fellow Trustees, the performance of the entire Board as a governing body, and the performance of the University as a whole.
  
  
• To voluntarily resign if unable to exercise, support, and embrace the responsibilities and commitments of a National-Louis University Trustee.