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Meeting of the Board of Trustees

Date: February 22, 2023

Meeting held in person:

Agenda

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Board of Trustees Schedule

9:00 a.m. Board of Trustees Meeting

Board Meeting Agenda

Call to order at 9:00 a.m.

1. Public Participation*

* Individuals who wish to speak during the Public Participation portion of the Wednesday, February 22, meeting must do so in person and sign up 24 hours in advance of the meeting’s  start time (i.e., 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 21) by emailing boardoftrustees@uconn.edu. Speaking requests must include a name, topic, and affiliation with the University (i.e., student, employee, member of the public).  Per the University By-Laws, the Board may limit the entirety of public comment to a maximum of 30 minutes.  As an alternative, individuals may submit written comments via email to the Board via boardoftrustees@uconn.edu, and all comments will be transmitted to the Board.

2. Chairman’s Report

(a) Matters outstanding

(b) Minutes of the meeting of December 7, 2022

(c) Consent Agenda Items:

(1) Contracts and Agreements (Attachment 1)

(2) Transfer of University Property to Quentin Kessel (Attachment 2)

(3) Project Budget (Final) for Branford House Exterior Repairs, Phases 1 & 2 (Attachment 3)

(4) Project Budget (Design) for the UConn Health Transitional Nursery Renovation (Attachment 4)

(5) Project Budget (Final) for the UConn Health, Health Information Management (HIM) Workplace Improvements (Attachment 5)

(6) Project Budget (Revised Final) for the UConn Health Road Parking Lot Paving (Attachment 6)

(7) Tenure at Hire (Attachment 7)

(8) Designation of Emeritus Status (Attachment 8)

(9) Sabbatical Leave Recommendations (Attachment 9)

(10) Reappointment of Professor Heather Elliott-Famularo as the Donna Krenicki Professor in Design and Digital Media in the School of Fine Arts (Attachment 10)

(11) Appointment of Professor Anne Daily to the Ellen Ash Peters Professorship in the School of Law (Attachment 11)

(12) Bachelor of Science in Financial Technology in the School of Business (Attachment 12)

(13) Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering (Attachment 13)

(14) Master of Science in Environmental Earth Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Attachment 14)

(15) Licensed Professional Counselor (LCP) Certificate (Attachment 15)

(16) Naming Recommendation for the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute (Attachment 16)

(17) Naming Recommendation for the Boucher Management & Entrepreneurship Department in the School of Business (Attachment 17)

(18) Policy on Board of Trustees Conflict of Interest (Attachment 18)

(19) Policy in Instruction and Training for Newly Appointment Elected Members of the Board of Trustees (Attachment 19)

(20) Appointment of Board Representative to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Board of Control (Attachment 20)

3. President’s Report (Presentation)

4. Academic Affairs Committee Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

(b) Community Engagement Presentation

Presenter: Rachel J. O'Neill, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Director, Institute for Systems Genomics (Presentation)

5. Financial Affairs Committee Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

(b) Presentation: Budget Update

     Presenter: Jeffrey Geoghegan, Executive Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer for UConn and UConn Health (Presentation)

6. UConn Health Report

(a) Report on UConn Health activities

7. Joint Audit and Compliance Committee Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

8. Buildings, Grounds and Environment Committee Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

9. Construction Management Oversight Committee Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

10. Student Life Committee Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

11. Institutional Advancement Committee Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

12. Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

13. Committee on Compensation Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

14. Committee for Research, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Report

(a) Report on Committee activities

15. Other business

16. Executive Session anticipated

17. Adjournment

PLEASE NOTE: If you are an individual with a disability and require accommodations, please call or e-mail the Board of Trustees Office at (860) 486-2333 or boardoftrustees@uconn.edu prior to the meeting.