The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, March 18, 2016, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. Committee meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the Board meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. All meetings are open to the public. Meetings also will be audio-streamed live at www.nebraska.edu.
Following are highlights of the March Board meeting. A complete agenda is available here.
- 8:30 a.m.: Campus Updates from Student Regents
Presenters: Evan Calhoun, University of Nebraska at Kearney; Thien Chau, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Brock Lewis, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- 8:45 a.m.: Business Affairs Committee
Topic: Budget Update
Presenter: Chris Kabourek, assistant vice president and director of budget and planning
- 9:15 a.m.: Academic Affairs Committee
Topic: Research Review
Presenters: Susan Fritz, executive vice president and provost; Prem Paul, UNL vice chancellor for research and economic development; Charles Wood, UNL Lewis Lehr/3M University Professor in the School of Biological Sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology; Jennifer Larsen, University of Nebraska Medical Center vice chancellor for research; and William Rizzo, UNMC professor of pediatrics and chair of the Division of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
- 10:15 a.m.: Break
- 10:30 a.m.: Board of Regents meeting
Items for the Board's consideration include:
- Creation of a Bachelor of Science degree in software engineering in the UNL College of Engineering. (Addendum VIII-A-1)
- Establishment of the Center for Patient, Family and Community Engagement in Chronic Care Management in the UNMC College of Nursing. (Addendum VIII-A-2)
- Fund B university program and facilities fee allocations for 2016-17 for UNL, UNK, UNMC and UNO. (Addendums VIII-B-2, VIII-B-3, VIII-B-4 and VIII-B-8)