Chancellor Flora Tydings to Recommend Dr. Saul Reyes to Be Fifth Walters State President
August 1, 2025
Tennessee Board of Regents to Meet Aug. 6
The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special called meeting Wednesday,
August 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 September 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.
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.