Board Agenda
Meeting of the Board of Trustees
Date: February 25, 2026
Meeting held in-person:
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Board Meeting Agenda
Call to order at 9:30 a.m. 1. Public Participation* * Individuals who wish to speak during the Public Participation portion of the Wednesday, February 25, meeting must do so in person and sign up 24 hours in advance of the meeting’s start time (i.e., 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 24) 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 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 3, 2025
(c) Committee Reports and Updates
(1) Election of Committee Chair(d) Consent Agenda Items:
| (1) | Contracts and Agreements | (Attachment 1) | |
| (2) | Project Budget for Parking Lot L Paving | (Attachment 2) | |
| (3) | Project Budget (Final) for Motor Pool Fuel Tank Replacement | (Attachment 3) | |
| (4) | Project Budget (Final) for Practice Field Upgrades | (Attachment 4) | |
| (5) | Project Budget (Final) for Façade & Roof Repairs Program | (Attachment 5) | |
| (6) | Project Budget (Revised Final) for Gampel Pavilion Generator Replacement | (Attachment 6) | |
| (7) | Project Budget (Revised Final) for Avery Point Parking Lots A and B Upgrades | (Attachment 7) | |
| (8) | Project Budget (Design) for the UConn Health Main Lobby Entrance Renovation | (Attachment 8) | |
| (9) | Project Budget (Design) for the UConn Health Lab Medicine Multiple Lab Renovation | (Attachment 9) | |
| (10) | Project Budget (Design) for the UConn Health Surgery Center Operating Room #6 Renovations | (Attachment 10) | |
| (11) | Project Budget (Final) for the UConn Health Energy Improvements: Steam Pipe and Trap Insulation | (Attachment 11) | |
| (12) | Project Budget (Revised Final) for the UConn Health TM416 MRI Upgrade and Mobile Unit | (Attachment 12) | |
| (13) | Project Budget (Revised Final) for the UConn Health Torrington Clinical Practice Relocation | (Attachment 13) | |
| (14) | Project Budget (Revised Final) for the UConn Health Central Sterile Washer and Sterilizer Replacement | (Attachment 14) | |
| (15) | Designation of Emeritus Status | (Attachment 15) | |
| (16) | Sabbatical Leave Recommendations | (Attachment 16) | |
| (17) | Proposal to Rename the School of Pharmacy to the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | (Attachment 17) | |
| (18) | Appointment of Professor Euiyong Park to the Stuart and Joan Sidney Professor in Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | (Attachment 18) | |
| (19) | Appointment of Professor George Plesko to the KPMG Professorship in Accounting in the School of the School of Business | (Attachment 19) | |
| (20) | Program Modification: Addition of Location and Modality for the Graduate Certificate in Child and Youth Behavioral Health in The Graduate School | (Attachment 20) | |
| (21) | Program Closure: Graduate Certificate in Life Story Research in The Graduate School | (Attachment 21) | |
| (22) | Naming Recommendation for the Lisa Lavorato ’85 Exercise Lab | (Attachment 22) | |
| (23) | Naming Recommendation for the Bertie ’82 and Jackie Chuong Faculty Office | (Attachment 23) | |
| (24) | Naming Recommendation for the Dan DiFiore Class of 1972 Hitting Bay | (Attachment 24) | |
| (25) | Naming Recommendation for the Connelly Sleep Lab | (Attachment 25) | |
| (26) | Naming Recommendation for the Jim and Jane Mitchell Coaches History Wall | (Attachment 26) | |
| (27) | Renaming of the Urman Peace Garden | (Attachment 27) |
(a) Item Requiring Board Discussion and Approval:
(1) Honorary Degrees (Attachment 28)
(b) Strategic Assessment of Regional Campuses (RC Strategic Assessment Report)
4. University Senate ReportSenate Executive Committee Chair, Dr. Robert Day
5. Other Business 6. Executive Session (as needed) 7. Adjournment