06/01/2012

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, June 8, 2012, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 9 a.m. and the Board meeting begins at 12:45 p.m. All meetings are open to the public. Meetings also will be audio-streamed live at www.nebraska.edu.

Individuals wishing to provide public comment at the meeting should contact the Office of the Corporation Secretary to request up to three minutes to address the Board. For those who prefer, written comments may be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Following are highlights of the June Board meeting. A complete agenda and schedule is available here.

9 a.m.: Business Affairs Committee
Topic: Security Breach Update
Presenters: Walter Weir, chief information officer, and Joshua Mauk, information security officer

Topic: NU Budget and Tuition Recommendations
Presenters: President Milliken and Chris Kabourek, assistant vice president for business and finance and director of budget and planning

10 a.m.: Break

Topic: Extended Benefits
Presenters: President Milliken; Joel Pedersen, vice president and general counsel; and David Lechner, vice president for business and finance

11 a.m.: Academic Affairs Committee
Topic: Capital Campaign Update
Presenter: President Milliken

Topic: Global Engagement
Presenters: President Milliken; Thomas Farrell, vice provost for global engagement; John Gates, assistant professor for earth and atmospheric sciences at UNL; Gabriel Pereira, Brazilian Science Without Borders student at UNO; and Christopher Danford, UNMC student Fulbright Fellow to Brazil

Topic: 120-hour Degree Update
Presenter: Linda Pratt, executive vice president and provost

Noon: Lunch

12:45 p.m.: Board of Regents meeting

The Board will be asked to approve:

• Creation of a Bachelor of Science degree in emergency management at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. (Addendum IX-A-2)
• The 2012-13 operating budget and tuition rates for the university and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. (Addendums IX-B-1 and IX-B-2)
• The 2013-15 biennial budget request for the university and Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, and the NU construction budget request. (Addendums IX-B-3, IX-B-4 and IX-B-5)
• An “employee plus one” proposal to expand eligibility for participation in the university’s benefits program to include employees’ same- and opposite-sex partners. (Addendum IX-B-6)
• The program statement and budget for the 18th and R streets parking garage at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Addendum IX-B-8)
• A consulting contract with Sasaki to develop a comprehensive update to the UNL campus master plan and to develop a landscape master plan. (Addendum IX-B-14)
• The program statement and budget for the University of Nebraska at Kearney Wellness Center. (Addendum IX-B-16)