AUSTIN –The University of Texas System Board of Regents will conduct its next quarterly meeting on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 8 - 9, in Austin. Meetings will be Thursday on the UT Austin campus in room 207 of San Jacinto Hall, 309 E. 21st St. and on Friday on the 9th floor of Ashbel Smith Hall, 201 W. 7th St.
An oath-of-office ceremony for new regents will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday on the 9th floor of Ashbel Smith Hall.
Out-of-town members of the media may view the open sessions of the board meeting via a live webcast: (THURSDAY LINK; FRIDAY LINK).
Media parking for the Thursday oath-of-office ceremony and the Friday committee and full board meetings will be available at the guard kiosk of the UT System administration complex, located on Colorado Street between 7th and 6th Streets. Media parking for Thursday’s committee meetings at UT Austin will be available in the Brazos Garage, located at the intersection of MLK Boulevard and Brazos Street.
The AGENDA BOOK for the meeting is available online.
Thursday, Nov. 8
8:30 a.m. – Oath-of-office ceremony for new regents
10:00 a.m. – Student, Faculty, and Staff Campus Life Committee, including the annual meeting with the Employee Advisory Council
11:00 a.m. – Finance and Planning Committee
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
12:30 p.m. – Facilities Planning and Construction Committee
1:30 p.m. – Health Affairs Committee
2:30 p.m. – Academic Affairs Committee; agenda items include:
- Report and discussion of enrollment management, including potential changes in admission standards, retention, and graduation rates.
The Board will recess into executive session at approximately 3:30 p.m. to discuss negotiated gifts, personnel, legal and real estate matters. Any action will be taken in open session. The board meeting will recess at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 9
9:00 a.m. – Audit, Compliance, and Management Review Committee
10:00 a.m. – General Meeting of the Board in open session; agenda items include:
- Election of new board officers
- A historical presentation on former Board of Regents’ Chairman Frank C. Erwin, Jr.
- Annual report on research and technology transfer
- Acceptance and approval of the final report from the Task Force on Doctoral Education and the Postdoctoral Experience and authorization to implement the recommendations within the report
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – General Meeting of the Board in open session to hear public comment regarding the Brackenridge Tract Task Force report and recommendations. Individuals interested in providing public comment directly to the Board of Regents may submit a request in writing by no later than Nov. 7. Written requests may be sent by e-mail to bor@utsystem.edu or by mail to: Office of the Board of Regents, The University of Texas System Administration, 201 W. 7th Street, Suite 820, Austin, Texas 78701.
No action will be taken on the task force report at this meeting.
Procedures for providing public comment to the Board are detailed in the Regents' Rules and Regulations, Series 10403, Section 6 available as a WORD document from http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/rules.htm.
The board meeting will adjourn at approximately 4:00 p.m.
