October 2014 Board of Regents Meeting

Agenda: October 2014 (PDF)

Thursday, October 9, 2014

8:00 - 9:30 a.m.  Sixth Floor, East Committee Room
Special Committee on Academic Medicine
Regent Cohen, Chair/Regent Johnson, Vice Chair

1. 2014-15 Committee Work Plan Discussion - L. Cohen/B. Jackson
2. Implementing the Medical School Strategic Plan - B. Jackson
3. Update on Governor’s Committee on the Medical School - B. Jackson
4. Impacts of Health Care Reform on the Clinical Marketplace - B. Daniels

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.  Sixth Floor, W.R. Peterson Conference Room
Audit Committee Work Session
Regent Brod, Chair/Regent Simmons, Vice Chair

1. Institutional Risk Profile - G. Klatt

9:45 - 11:45 a.m.  Sixth Floor, West Committee Room
Facilities & Operations Committee
Regent Allen, Chair/Regent Devine, Vice Chair

1. Project Components of the President’s Recommended Six-Year Capital Plan & 2015 State Capital Budget Request - Action - P. Wheelock
2. Planning & Vision for the Rochester Campus - Action - P. Wheelock
3. Ensuring a Safe University - P. Wheelock/G. Hestness/K. Waite/R. Allanson
4. Capital Budget Amendment - Review - P. Wheelock/M. Berthelsen/S. Smith
   A. Combined Heat & Power Plant, Twin Cities Campus

9:45 - 11:45 a.m.  Sixth Floor, East Committee Room
Faculty & Staff Affairs Committee
Regent Frobenius, Chair/Regent McMillan, Vice Chair

1. Human Resource Needs in University Services - L. Bjornberg/L. Krueger
2. Collective Bargaining Agreement with University Education Association (UEA) - Review/Action - K. Brown
3. Update on Student Work - K. Brown/L. Negrini
4. Developing Leaders for Workplace 2020 - B. Sullivan
5. Consent Report - Review/Action - K. Brown
6. Information Items - K. Brown

12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Undergraduate Students - Fireplace Room, McNeal Hall - St. Paul

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Sixth Floor, East Committee Room
Academic & Student Affairs Committee
Regent Simmons, Chair/Regent Cohen, Vice Chair

1. Buffer Entity for International Operations - Review/Action - M. McQuaid/G. Brown/K. Farmer/S. Tsantir
2. Shifts to Legal Education Environment & Future Planning - D. Wippman
3. Alumni Assocation Plans for Engagement - L. Lewis
4. Consent Report - Review/Action - K. Hanson

 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Sixth Floor, West Committee Room 
Finance Committee
Regent McMillan, Chair/Regent Frobenius, Vice Chair

1. Resolution Related to Issuance of Debt - Review/Action - R. Pfutzenreuter
2. Long Range Financial Planning Update - R. Pfutzenreuter/L. Kallsen
3. Financial Components of the President’s Recommended FY 2016-17 Biennial Request - Action - R. Pfutzenreuter
4. Financial Components of the President’s Recommended Six-Year Capital Plan & 2015 State Capital Budget Request - Action - R. Pfutzenreuter
5. Administrative Cost Definition & Benchmarking - R. Pfutzenreuter/J. Tonneson/L. Kallsen
6. Consent Report - Review/Action - R. Pfutzenreuter
7. Information Items - R. Pfutzenreuter

Immediately Following Afternoon Committee Meetings - Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Board of Regents Meeting
Regent Beeson, Chair/Regent Johnson, Vice Chair

1. Resolution to Conduct Non-Public Meeting of the Board of Regents to Discuss   Attorney-Client Privileged Matters - W. Donohue

6:00 p.m. Dinner with Faculty Consultative Committee - Eastcliff

Friday, October 10, 2014

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.  Breakfast Meeting - Gateway Room

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Board of Regents Meeting
Regent Beeson, Chair/Regent Johnson, Vice Chair

1. Approval of Minutes - Action - R. Beeson
2. Report of the President - E. Kaler
3. Report of the Chair - R. Beeson
4. Consent Report - Review/Action - R. Beeson
   A. Report of the University Naming Committee
   B. Summary of Expenditures 
   C. Gifts
   D. Appointments to University of Minnesota Foundation Board of Trustees
5. Strategic Plan for the Twin Cities Campus - Action - E. Kaler/K. Hanson
6. President’s Recommended FY 2016-17 Biennial Budget Request - Action - E. Kaler/R. Pfutzenreuter
7. President’s Recommended Six-Year Capital Plan - Action - E. Kaler/ R. Pfutzenreuter/P. Wheelock
8. President’s Recommended 2015 State Capital Budget Request - Action - E. Kaler/R. Pfutzenreuter/P. Wheelock
9. Update on University of Minnesota Health - B. Jackson/B. Daniels/C. Wilson
10. Demographic Trends & System-wide Enrollment Management - K. Hanson/A. Schokker/R. Hernandez
11. Annual Report on Private Giving - K. Schmidlkofer
12. Board of Regents Policy: Attorneys and Related Services - Action - W. Donohue
13. Board of Regents Policy: Gifts Received and Given by Regents and University Officials - Action - W. Donohue
14. Board of Regents Policy: Legal Claims and Settlements - Action - W. Donohue
15. Report of the Committees
16. Old Business
17. New Business
18. Adjournment

Committee Consent Reports: 

Academic & Student Affairs: Academic Program Changes; Faculty & Staff Affairs: Conferral of Tenure; Finance:[Purchase of Goods & Services $1,000,000 & Over

Committee Information Items: 

Faculty & Staff Affairs: Update on Noteworthy Items, Administrative Actions, and Policy Issues; Finance: Quarterly Investment Advisory Committee Update

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Board of Regents

• Docket: Board of Regents Thursday Meeting (PDF)
• Docket: Board of Regents Friday Meeting (PDF)

Committees

• Docket: Academic & Student Affairs Committee (PDF)
• Docket: Audit Committee (PDF)
• Docket: Facilities & Operations Committee (PDF)
• Docket: Faculty & Staff Affairs Committee (PDF)
• Docket: Finance Committee (PDF)
• Docket: Special Committee on Academic Medicine (PDF)

Minutes: October 2014 (PDF)