BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA
MAUCKER UNION, OLD CENTRAL BALLROOM, ROOMS A AND B
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA

AUGUST 6 – 7, 2008 

FULL SCHEDULE

AGENDA ITEMS

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Committee Meetings
 

1.  Audit/Compliance and Investment Committee

1.      1.     Approve Minutes from June 12, 2008, Committee Meeting

     2.     Receive Reports on Internal Audit

         a.   FY 2008 Audit Progress and FY 2009 Audit Plans
b.   Internal Audit Reports

     3.      Asset Allocation Policy – Update on Progress

     4.      SUI Operating Diversified Pool Strategy

     5.      Renewal of Associated Bond Contracts

     6.      University Hygienic Laboratory Pricing Policy and Process Position Statement


 

2.  University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Committee

1.     Approve Minutes from June 12, 2008, Committee Meeting

2.     Flood Update:  Lessons Learned and Plans for Improving

3.     Financial and Operating Statistics

4.     Hospital Facilities Addition and Renovations Update

5.     Hardwiring Safety at UI Health Care
                   UIHC Presentation
 
Thursday, August 7, 2008 Board of Regents Meeting
 

1.  CONSENT AGENDA

 

a.      Minutes of June 12, 2008, Board Meeting

b.      Minutes of June 18, 2008, Board Meeting

c.      Minutes of July 2, 2008, Board Meeting

d.      Institutional Personnel Transactions

e.      Semi-Annual Claims Activity Reports:  January 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008

f.       Conflict of Interest Vendors

g.      Revision to 2009 Board Meeting Schedule

h.      Adoption of Amendment to the Iowa Administrative Code

i.       FY 2008 Budget Ceiling Adjustment – Center for Disabilities and
   Development at University of Iowa

j.       REACH Fees

k.      Use of Funds in University of Iowa Hancher Auditorium Escrow Account

l.       University of Iowa Equipment Purchase

m.     Iowa State University Equipment Purchase

n.      Naming of Bargaining Teams

o.      Proposed Course Changes at the University of Iowa

p.      Request to Terminate Bachelor of Arts Program in Performing Arts
   Entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa    

q.      Request for a Program Name Change at the University of Iowa – Master of
   Arts and Ph.D. Programs in French to Master of Arts and Ph.D. Programs in
   French and Francophone World Studies                   

r.      Appointments

s.     Annual Governance Report on Academic Program Reviews at the University
  of Northern Iowa


2.  Board President Report
 

3.  Executive Director Report

a.  Progress Report on Board Priorities

1.  Strategic Plan

2.  Communications

3.  Affordability/Financial Aid

4.  Sustainability

 

4.  Institution Update  - University of Northern Iowa

 

5.  Institution Update - Iowa School for the Deaf

 

6.  Institution Update - Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School

 

7.  Institution Update - Iowa State University

 

8.  Iowa State University - Proposed New Basketball Practice Facility

 

9.  Institution Update - University of Iowa

10.  Register of University of Iowa Capital Improvement Business Transactions

11.      Audit/Compliance and Investment Committee

 

12.      University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Trustees

 

13.      Evaluation of Institutional Heads and Executive Director

14.      Proposed Modified Duties Policy for Faculty at the University of Iowa  (withdrawn 8/5/08)

15.      FY 2009 Budgets – Universities, Iowa Public Radio, and Southwest Iowa Regents Resource
  Center

 

16.     Resolution for the Sale and Issuance of $26,000,000 Recreational Facilities Revenue Bonds,
  Series S.U.I. 2008

 

17.   Preliminary Resolution for the Sale of Hospital Revenue Bonds, Series S.U.I. 2008
 

18.  Five-Year Institutional Roads Program

 

19.  Institutional Agreements, Leases and Easements

 

20.  Register of Iowa State University Capital Improvement Business Transactions

 

21. Register of University of Northern Iowa Capital Improvement Business Transactions

22.  Request to Name a Wing of Russell Hall at the University of Northern Iowa

23.  Grow Iowa Values Fund Proposals

 

24.  Highlighted Technology Transfer Presentation

 

25.  Faculty Presentation at the University of Northern Iowa:  "Center for Social
 and Behavioral Research"

 

26.  Voluntary System of Accountability at the Regent Universities  (Presentation)

 

27.   Iowa Public Radio Annual Report

  

 

 

                      Board Meeting Schedule

 

2008

 

 

September 17 - 18, 2008

University of Iowa

Iowa City

October 29 - 30, 2008

Iowa State University

Ames

December 10 - 11, 2008

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls

 

 

 

2009

 

 

February 2 - 3, 2009*

University of Iowa

Iowa City

March 18 - 19, 2009

Iowa State University

Ames

April 29 - 30, 2009

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls

June 10 - 11, 2009

University of Iowa

Iowa City

August 5 - 6, 2009

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls

September 16 - 17, 2009

Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

Milford

October 28 - 29, 2009

Iowa School for the Deaf

Council Bluffs

December 9 – 10, 2009

University of Iowa

Iowa City

 *Subject to Board approval in Agenda Item 1g