December 2025 Board of Regents Meeting

Agenda: December 2025 (PDF)

Thursday, December 11, 2025

8:00 a.m. Sixth Floor, West Committee Room
Litigation Review Committee 
Regent Turner, Chair/Regent Heins, Vice Chair

1. Resolution to Conduct Non-Public Meeting of the Litigation Review Committee to Discuss Attorney-Client Privileged Matters – Review/Action – D. Peterson

9:15 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Mission Fulfillment Committee
Regent T. Johnson, Chair/Regent Gulley, Vice Chair

1. Strategies for University Enrollment Planning – G. Ritter/R. Schmiesing
2. Elevate Extraordinary 2030: Preparing Students to be Engaged in a Diverse Democracy – G. Ritter/M. Ramírez Fernández/B. Doherty/M. Emad
3. Elevate Extraordinary 2030: Experiential and Immersive Learning for Career Preparation – C. Phillips/S. Nagel Newberg/N. Thurston
4. Consent Report – Review/Action – G. Ritter
5. Information Items – G. Ritter

1:00 p.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Finance & Operations Committee
Regent Wheeler, Chair/Regent Farnsworth, Vice Chair

1. FY 2027 Budget Variables and Levers – J. Tonneson/K. Zewers
2. Update on The MIX – G. Goldman/J. Morris
3. Real Estate Transactions – Review/Action – L. Krueger
   1. Sale of 701 24th Avenue SE, Minneapolis (Murphy Warehouse Property), Twin Cities campus
   2. Acquisition of 2001 University Avenue SE, Minneapolis (Station 19), Twin Cities campus
4. Consent Report – Review/Action – G. Goldman
5. Information Items – G. Goldman

Approximately 15 min Following Adjournment of Finance & Operations Committee
Audit & Compliance Committee
Regent Verhalen, Chair/Regent Mohamed, Vice Chair

1. External Auditor Report and 2025 Annual Financial Report – M. Viola/J. Bushong/D. Persaud/M. Anderson
2. Institutional Compliance and Conflict of Interest Reports – J. Guden
3. Resolution to Conduct Non-Public Meeting of the Audit & Compliance Committee to Discuss Information Technology Security – Review/Action – B. Dahlin/C. Herdt

Friday, December 12, 2025 

8:15 a.m. Sixth Floor, West Committee Room
Governance & Policy Committee
Regent Verhalen, Chair/Regent Bergstrom, Vice Chair

1. 2025-26 Committee Work Plan – K. Verhalen/B. Steeves
2. Discussion of Board Appointment Authority –  J. Langworthy/M. Marchesani
3. Information Items – B. Steeves   

9:00 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Board of Regents Meeting 
Regent Huebsch, Chair/Regent R. Johnson & Regent Wheeler, Vice Chairs

1. Recognitions – D. Huebsch/R. Cunningham
   1. Chancellor, Morris campus
   2. Vice President for Research and Innovation
   3. Vice President and Budget Director
   4. Regents Professor
2. Approval of Minutes and Consent Report – Review/Action – D. Huebsch
   1. Gifts
   2. Report of the All-University Honors Committee
   3. Report of the Naming Committee
3. Report of the President – R. Cunningham
4. Report of the Chair of the Board – D. Huebsch
5. Receive & File Reports – D. Huebsch
   1. Virtual Forum Comments
6. Report of the University Senate Consultative Committees - P. Leo/R. Burns Velez/T. Abts/D. Scavullo
7. University Performance and Accountability Report – Review – R. Cunningham/G. Ritter
8. University Strategic Plan Metrics – Review – R. Cunningham/R. Schmiesing
9. Reports of Committees
10. Unfinished Business
11. New Business
12. Adjournment

Committee Consent Reports: 

Finance & Operations: Amendments to Civil Service Rules; Capital Budget Amendments; Employment Agreements; Morris Campus Plan; Off-Cycle Tuition Rate Changes; Use of Long-Term Capital Financing Program Proceeds.
Mission Fulfillment: Approval of Changed Academic Plans; Approval of Discontinued Academic Plans; Approval of New Academic Programs; Conferral of Tenure for New Hires; Report to the State of Minnesota: Use of appropriation funds for the benefit of health sciences.

Committee Information Items: 

Finance & Operations: FY 2025 Annual Financial Report; Investment Advisory Committee Update.
Governance & Policy: Completed Comprehensive Review of Board Policies.
Mission Fulfillment: Report to the State of Minnesota: Human Fetal Tissue Research Report; University, Student, Faculty, and Staff Activities and Awards.

[Tentative Item] 

Board of Regents Meeting

• Docket: Board of Regents (PDF)
• Video recording: Board of Regents

Audit & Compliance Committee

• Docket: Audit & Compliance Committee (PDF)
• Video recording: will be uploaded following the meeting.

Finance & Operations Committee

• Docket: Finance & Operations Committee (PDF)
• Video recording: Finance & Operations Committee

Litigation Review Committee

• Docket: Litigation Review Committee (PDF)

Mission Fulfillment Committee

• Docket: Mission Fulfillment Committee (PDF)
• Video recording: Mission Fulfillment Committee