Contact: Monty Jones, (512) 499-4363

Date: February 3-4, 2004 (Brownsville)

From the Meeting of the Board of Regents

 

News Releases

 

Regents Authorize Planning for Los Alamos Bid

February 4, 2004

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System on Wednesday authorized planning for a potential bid to operate the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Full Release on Los Alamos

 

Regents Announce Working Group to Review UTIMCO

February 3, 2004

BROWNSVILLE -- Charles Miller, chairman of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, announced the appointment of a working group to review the structure and services provided by the University of Texas Investment Management Company. Full Release on Working Group

 

Inspired by Sarbanes-Oxley Act, UT System Will Hire Outside Auditor

February 4, 2004

BROWNSVILLE – The University of Texas System plans to hire an outside firm to conduct a complete System-wide audit of financial statements. The audit will be conducted for fiscal year 2005, which begins next September. Full Release on Auditor

 

Regents approve $32 million for construction projects

February 4, 2004

BROWNSVILLE – Funding and design approval for a new student housing at the UT Health Science Center at Houston was among $32 million in construction projects authorized by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System on Wednesday. The student housing project in Houston is a $22.5 million, 315-unit apartment complex. The completion date is August 2005. Full Release on New Construction

 

Four new graduate programs approved by Board of Regents

February 4, 2004

BROWNSVILLE – Four new graduate programs at academic institutions in the University of Texas System were approved by the Board of Regents on Wednesday. The programs will go the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for final approval. Full Release on New Programs

 

Krier appointed vice chairman of U. T. System Board of Regents

February 3, 2004

BROWNSVILLE -- The Honorable Cyndi Taylor Krier of San Antonio was elected vice chairman of the UT System Board of Regents at meetings in Brownsville today. Full Release on Krier

 

Presentations

Results of Survey of Student Engagement

Dr. Ed Baldwin, Office of Academic Affairs, UT System

PowerPoint || PDF

 

Campus Life at UTB/TSC

PowerPoint || PDF

 

UTB/TSC Partnership Advisory Committee

PowerPoint || PDF

 

Design Approvals

Sid Sanders, Office of Facilities Planning & Construction, UT System

PowerPoint || PDF

 

Project Status Report

Sid Sanders, Office of Facilities Planning & Construction, UT System

PowerPoint || PDF

 

Campus Master Plan - UT Tyler

Sid Sanders, Office of Facilities Planning & Construction, UT System

PowerPoint || PDF

 

Other Materials

The motion authorizing UT System to pursue the contract for LANL (PDF, 2/04/04)

 

Agenda Book Online

 

Listen to the Press Conference on Los Alamos National Laboratory (This is a very large file. To ensure that it works for you, we recommend that you right-click on the link and save to your desktop. Then play the file from there.)

 

Watch the archived video of the Board's

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