10/16/2009

The Board of Regents will meet on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at Varner Hall. Committee meetings begin at 8:00 a.m. and the Board meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. All meetings are open to the public. Following are highlights of the October meeting. A complete agenda is available on the Board of Regents Agendas & Meetings page.

8:00 a.m.	Business Affairs Committee
Topic:	Update on Innovation Campus [1 hour]
Presenters:	Chancellor Perlman Mary Jukuri, JJR/Smithgroup, Ann Arbor, Michigan Jay Noddle, Noddle Companies, Omaha, Nebraska
Topic:	Sustainability [45 minutes]
Presenters:	Rebecca Koller, Assistant Vice President/Director of Facilities Planning and Management Campus Facilities Directors: Ken Hansen, UNMC Lee McQueen, UNK John Amend, UNO Ted Weidner, UNL
Topic:	Proposed UNMC Eye Institute Facility [15 minutes]
Presenters:	Don Leuenberger, Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance, UNMC
Topic:	State Budget Update [15 minutes]
Presenters:	President Milliken Chris Kabourek, Assistant Vice President and Director of Budget
10:15 a.m. (approximate)	Break
10:30 a.m. (approximate)	Outreach and Economic Development Ad Hoc Committee
Topic:	Nebraska Health Workforce Study [30 minutes]
Presenter:	Dr. Keith Mueller, College of Public Health, Health Services Research Administration, UNMC
11:00 a.m. (approximate)	Academic Affairs Committee Strategic Framework reports [30 minutes]
Topics:	Enrollment, Nebraska Top 25% and Nonresident Students
Presenters:	Kristin Yates, the Assistant Vice President and Director of Institutional Research Pete Lipins, Institutional Research Analyst

Board agenda
The Board agenda includes consideration of:

• Approval of financing for a land exchange between Omaha Public Power District and the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
• Approval of the program statement for a new Eye Institute at UNMC.
• Approval of the selection of an architect for the renovation of Roskens Hall at UNO.
• Approval of a purchase agreement for 83 acres of land adjacent to UNO’s Allwine Prairie Preserve

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