October 2025 Board of Regents Meeting

Agenda: October 2025 (PDF)

Thursday, October 9, 2025

10:15 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Mission Fulfillment Committee 
Regent T. Johnson, Chair/Regent Gulley, Vice Chair

1. 2025-26 Committee Work Plan – T. Johnson/G. Ritter
2. Innovative Learning Practices – L. Carrell/C.Hilk/C.Terrell/D. Card/K. Cory
3. Consent Report – Review/Action – G. Ritter
4. Information Items – G. Ritter

11:30 a.m. Sixth Floor, West Committee Room
Audit & Compliance Committee
Regent Verhalen, Chair/Regent Mohamed, Vice Chair

1. 2025-26 Committee Work Plan – K. Verhalen/Q. Gaalswyk
2. Annual Financial Statement Review – M. Viola
3. Enterprise Risk Management Program – K. Bonneson
4. Overview of the Internal Audit Process and Internal Audit Update – Q. Gaalswyk
5. Information Items – Q. Gaalswyk

1:30 p.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Finance & Operations Committee
Regent Wheeler, Chair/Regent Farnsworth, Vice Chair

1. 2025-26 Committee Work Plan – P. Wheeler/G. Goldman
2. Collective Bargaining Agreements – Review/Action – K. Horstman
   1. Minnesota Teamsters Public and Law Enforcement Employees Union Local 320
   2. Minnesota AFSCME Council 5 Local 3800, covering Health Care and Non-Professional Unit, Clerical and Office Unit, and Technical Unit
3. President's Recommended 2025 Six-Year Capital Plan and 2026 State Capital Request – Action – R. Cunningham/G. Goldman/A. Roberts-Davis
4. Overview of the University Budget Process and Model – J. Tonneson/K. Zewers
5. Consent Report – Review/Action – G. Goldman
6. Information Items – G. Goldman

Approximately 15 min Following Adjournment of Finance & Operations (est. 3:00 p.m.)

Sixth Floor, West Committee Room 
Litigation Review Committee
Regent Turner, Chair/Regent Heins, Vice Chair

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

Friday, October 10, 2025 

9:00 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Oath of Office: Newly Appointed Regents
 

9:30 a.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom
Board of Regents Meeting 
Regent Huebsch, Chair/Regent R. Johnson & Regent Wheeler, Vice Chairs

1. Introduction – R. Cunningham
   1. Executive Vice President and Provost
2. Approval of Minutes and Consent Report – Review/Action – D. Huebsch
   1. Gifts
   2. Nominations to the University of Minnesota Foundation Board of Trustees
   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
   2. Annual Report on Legal Matters
   3. Report on the Implementation and Impact of Institutional Speech Guiding Principles
   4. Summary of Expenditures for the Office of the President, Eastcliff, and the Office of the Board of Regents
6. Update on Strategic Facilitation Process for Minnesota Healthcare - K. Ellison/L. Quam
7. University Strategic Plan – Review – R. Cunningham/C. Nies/R. Schmiesing
8. University Brand Positioning – C. Gade
9. Annual Report of the University of Minnesota Foundation – J. Morris
10. Reports of Committees
11. Unfinished Business
12. New Business
13. Adjournment

Thursday, October 23, 2025

3:00 p.m. Sixth Floor, Boardroom 
Board of Regents Special Meeting 
Regent Huebsch, Chair/Regent R. Johnson & Regent Wheeler, Vice Chairs

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

Committee Consent Reports: 

Finance & Operations: Appointment of Debt Underwriters; Employment Agreement; Real Estate Transaction.
Mission Fulfillment: Approval of New Academic Programs; Approval of Changed Academic Plans; Approval of Discontinued Academic Plans; Conferral of Tenure for New Hires; Goldstein Museum of Design Collections Management Policy.

Committee Information Items: 

Audit & Compliance: Engagements with the University’s Appointed Independent External Auditor Requiring After-the-Fact Reporting; Engagements of External Audit Firms Other Than the University’s Appointed Independent External Auditor Requiring After-the-Fact-Reporting.
Finance & Operations: Annual Asset Management Report; Capital Financing and Debt Management Report; Debt Management Advisory Committee Update; Rating Agency Update; Strategic Facilities and Real Estate Report.
Mission Fulfillment: Annual Report on Academic Program Changes; Completed Comprehensive Review of Board Policies; Reports to the State of Minnesota: Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Final 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

Board of Regents Oath of Office - October 10

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

Audit & Compliance Committee

• Docket: Audit & Compliance Committee (PDF)
• Video recording: Audit & Compliance Committee

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

Board of Regents Special Meeting - October 23

• Docket: Board of Regents (PDF)

Minutes: October 2025 (PDF)