The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, March 31, 2017, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. Committee meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the Board meeting begins at 10 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.: Academic Affairs Committee
Topic: NU Pipeline Programs
- UNL Rural Law Opportunities Program (Richard Moberly, interim dean, College of Law)
- UNK Engineering (Charlie Bicak, senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs)
- UNO Urban Health Opportunities Program (Deborah Smith-Howell, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs)
- UNMC High School Alliance (Dele Davies, vice chancellor for academic affairs; Heidi Kaschke, program coordinator of the High School Alliance; and students Elias Witt and Autumn Breazile)
9:30 a.m.: Student Regent Updates
Presenters: Rachel Flaugh, UNK; Spencer Hartman, UNL; Daniel Cloonan, UNMC; and Patrick Davlin, UNO
10 a.m.: Board of Regents meeting
Items for the Board's consideration include:
- Creation of a bachelor's degree in health sciences to be administered by the College of Natural and Social Sciences at UNK. (Addendum IX-A-1)
- Creation of a bachelor's degree in sports media and communication in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at UNL. (Addendum IX-A-2)
- Creation of an agriculture undergraduate certificate in the Agriculture Production Systems Division at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. (Addendum IX-A-3)
- Approval of the plans and budget for a remodel of the Nebraskan Student Union at UNK. (Addendum IX-B-2)