The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 8:30 a.m. and the Board meeting begins at 10:15 a.m. All meetings are open to the public and will be audio-streamed live at www.nebraska.edu.
Highlights of the January Board meeting are below. A complete, detailed agenda is available here.
Academic Affairs Committee
8:30 a.m.: Meeting the Medical Education and Training Needs of Rural Nebraskans
Presenters: Dr. Bradley Britigan, dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine; and Dr. Paul Paulman, professor of family medicine at UNMC
9 a.m.: Closing the Broadband Access Gap for Rural Nebraskans
Presenters: Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild, interim director of the Rural Futures Institute; Charlotte Narjes, coordinator of special projects in University of Nebraska-Lincoln agricultural economics; and Connie Hancock, consultant in the UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Office of the Vice President and Vice Chancellor
9:15 a.m.: Legislative Update
Presenter: Sen. Jim Scheer, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
9:30 a.m.: University of Nebraska Graduate Workforce Outcomes
Presenter: Dr. Kristin Yates, University of Nebraska associate vice president for institutional research and chief data officer
10 a.m.: Break
10:15 a.m.: Board of Regents meeting
Items for the Board's consideration include:
- Creation of a Master of Science in IT innovation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. (Addendum X-A-1)
- Creation of the School of Accounting in UNO's College of Business Administration. (Addendum (X-A-2)
- An agreement between LinPepCo Partnership and UNL granting the exclusive license to pouring and vending rights on the UNL campus for 10 years. (Addendum X-B-2)
- A budget increase for the Mabel Lee Hall project at UNL. (Addendum X-B-3)