Meeting Rundown
The Iowa Board of Regents will meet November 11-12 at the Iowa State Alumni Center in Ames. Selected agenda items are outlined in brief below. Open session portions of the meeting will be livestreamed on the Board’s YouTube channel.
Meeting Background
The November meeting typically is the final regularly scheduled, in-person meeting of the year. As such, the Board will receive a number of annual reports, including the enrollment report, the comprehensive fiscal report, the campus safety and security report, the economic development and technology transfer report, and others.
Read more on the Annual Fall Enrollment Report
UNI Presidential Search
Following UNI President Mark Nook’s announcement of his intent to retire at the end of the academic year, the Board will officially authorize the Board Office to begin preparations to search for his successor. The Board will consider action that authorizes the Board Office to begin work on selecting a search firm, establishing a search committee and creating a process and timetable for the search. The Board is scheduled to take action on UNI’s presidential search Thursday morning.
Read more on the search for the next UNI President
Center for Intellectual Freedom Director
The Board will enter closed session to interview finalists for the Center for Intellectual Freedom Director position Wednesday afternoon. Board action on appointing the center’s director is scheduled for Thursday morning.
Academic Affairs Committee
The Academic Affairs Committee will consider a host of program name changes and terminations at all three universities. Iowa State is proposing 11 program terminations, many of which represent a restructuring of its physics department. In addition, the University of Iowa is requesting to award two honorary degrees next spring, including an honorary Doctor of Musical Arts degree to renowned musician and UI alum Simon Estes, and an honorary Doctor of Science degree to hydrologist Dana Kolpin. The Academic Affairs Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday at 9:45 a.m.
Property and Facilities Committee
The Property and Facilities Committee will consider the capital registers from all three universities. The registers include College of Pharmacy and Biology Building projects at UI, ISU’s dining support center project and UNI’s Redeker dining center improvements. Additionally, the committee will consider approval of the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory request to name its new Innovation and Discovery Laboratory the “Ada Hayden Laboratory,” in honor of Dr. Hayden’s contributions to botany, prairie conservation and the study of Iowa’s natural history. The Property and Facilities committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday at 9 a.m.
UI Health Care Committee
The committee will consider UI Health Care’s request to name its adult hospital on the UI Campus in honor of Richard O. Jacobson and his philanthropic legacy. The UI Health Care Committee will meet Wednesday at 1:45 p.m.
Investment and Finance Committee
The committee will receive the quarterly investment report from representatives from Marquette and Associates. In addition, the comprehensive fiscal report, financial institutions update and a REAPS update are scheduled to come before the committee. The Investment and Finance Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday after lunch.
Read more on the comprehensive fiscal report
Governance, Evaluation and Human Resources Committee
The Governance Committee will consider the appointment of Billi Hunt as ISU VP for External Relations and Jered Benko as ISU VP and Jamie and Ellen Pollard Endowed Director of Athletics. The Governance Committee will meet Wednesday at 9:20 a.m.
Faculty Presentation
ISU SVP and Provost Jason Keith will present Infusing AI Across the University to the Board. Keith is scheduled to present to the Board Thursday following the Board President Report.
Free Speech and Student Affairs Committee
The committee will receive the campus safety and security reports and an update on UNI First Amendment training progress. The Free Speech and Student Affairs Committee will meet Wednesday at 11 a.m.
