On Monday and Tuesday of this week, the Andrews University Board of Trustees introduced its first full start of the week schedule to its meetings (in the past, board sub-committees would begin their meetings on Friday morning, and the board work would continue through Monday), and we welcomed back some of the new members of this year's Board of Trustees (along with those who happily continue to take part).

The Tuesday morning meeting seemed to offer a beautiful enough day in Berrien Springs to walk across campus on that sunny March morning and take the Board of Trustees’ picture on the stage of our Howard Performing Arts Center, and you’ll see the final results of that effort above.

We also launched a brand new website for board members this week (and for you, too; you can check out the public part of the site right here), which will give our board members access to committee assignments, minutes, contact lists and other detailed information.

As we worked on the public part of the site for the Board of Trustees, we also included schedules, committee memberships, bylaws and even a link to our NCA self-study site, the latter an important area as we prepare for our formal accreditation visit late this March.

There's more to come, including periodic reports to the constituency from our board chair, Elder Gerald Karst, general vice president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.