The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, May 19, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be webcast on www.mississippi.edu. Members of the public and media may attend the meeting in the IHL Board Room, located in the Universities Center, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Miss. 39211, allowing for social distancing per applicable executive order and/or recommendations from the Mississippi State Department of Health. An Executive Session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

The Health Affairs Committee, a standing committee of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning will meet on Wednesday, May 18, at 3:00 p.m. to discuss various health affairs topics and initiatives. The meeting will be webcast on www.mississippi.edu. Members of the public and media may attend the meeting in the IHL Board Room, located in the Universities Center, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Miss. 39211, allowing for social distancing per applicable executive order and/or recommendations from the Mississippi State Department of Health. An Executive Session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

The Board of Trustees is the constitutional governing body of the Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning. Because of changes to the legislation regarding the appointment of Board members, "after January 1, 2004, as vacancies occur, the twelve-member Board shall be appointed from each of the three Mississippi Supreme Court districts until there are four members from each Supreme Court district. The terms of office are reduced from twelve years to nine years. The terms are staggered so that all members appointed after 2012 will have a term of nine years."