Board News - Page 29

(Urbandale, Iowa) – David Miles, President of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, expresses thanks on behalf of the Board of Regents to the hundreds of volunteers, especially students, who have been working tirelessly to preserve the buildings and operations of the Regent institutions and surrounding communities in the midst of significant flooding threats.

(Urbandale, Iowa) – The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has appointed Robert Donley to the position of Executive Director of the Board. The announcement was made during a telephonic meeting of the Board this morning. 

The Regents' most important budget request by far was for salary funding. This is critically important for our institutions to be able to keep tuition increases to low levels and at the same time attract and retain the best faculty to teach Iowa students, conduct cutting edge research and provide service to Iowa's families and communities. 

(Urbandale, Iowa) – Over the past several days there has been much discussion among policy makers and the press regarding security issues, including arming campus police officers at Iowa’s three public universities. This discussion and strong feelings on both sides of the issue have come about because of the unimaginable tragedy at Virginia Tech University. 

(Urbandale, Iowa) – The Board of Regents today (Friday) implemented a new policy so its communications will become more transparent for the public.