The Staff Senate’s first meeting of the semester will focus on a variety of continuing issues as well as new ones when they meet for the Wednesday at 1:15 p.m.

At present, Angie Campbell, the vice president for the Staff Senate is scheduled to lead the meeting since president Antoine Thomas cannot attend.

Thomas could not be reached for comment.

Campbell said she is not quite sure how much of agenda the senate will discuss as Thomas is the person who set it and she is unsure of exactly how he wanted to discuss each topic.

Things on the tentative agenda include the status of the Boyd Memorial, area representation and the upcoming benefits fair.

Campbell said the memorial is in honor of Gregory Boyd, a former environmental control supervisor who passed away Feb.7, 2012.

“He was a member of the Staff Senate for seven years and was on the Shared Governance committee for the university,” she said. “We want to do a tree in his honor but are looking at our options and costs.”

The meeting begins at 1:15 p.m. in the Martinsville Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.