UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - BOARD OF REGENTS
Board and Committee Agendas - October 11 - 12, 2007
600 McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak St S.E.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007
11:00 a.m.  Campus Event/Tour

12:00 p.m.  Lunch with Selected Faculty & Staff Leaders - Oyate Hall, Student Center

1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Proscenium Theater, HFA
Board of Regents Work Session
Regent Simmons, Chair/Regent Allen, Vice Chair

1.      Financing the Future:  Framework/Trends, Sponsored Funding - R. Bruininks/T. Mulcahy/R. Pfutzenreuter

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Proscenium Theater, HFA
Faculty, Staff & Student Affairs Committee
Regent Frobenius, Chair/Regent Metzen, Vice Chair

1. Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters Local 320 - Review/Action - C. Carrier/ P. Dion
2. Summary of Student Metrics from the 2007-08 University Plan, Performance & Accountability Report - C. Swan
3. Morris Student Experience:  Exceptional Students, Engaged Learning - J. Johnson/S. Olson-Loy
4. Consent Report - Review/Action - C. Carrier
5. Information Items - C. Carrier

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Recital Hall, HFA
Educational Planning & Policy Committee
Regent Larson, Chair/Regent Baraga, Vice Chair

1. Campus Reports & Strategic Positioning Update: Crookston & Morris - T. Sullivan/C. Casey/J. Johnson
2. Consent Report - Review/Action - T. Sullivan
3. Information Items - T. Sullivan

4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Recital Hall, HFA
Finance & Operations Committee
Regent Hunter, Chair/Regent Johnson, Vice Chair

1. Resolution Related to Issuance of New Commercial Paper - Review/Action - R. Pfutzenreuter
2. Consent Report - Review/Action - R. Pfutzenreuter
3. Information Items - R. Pfutzenreuter

5:45 p.m.  Reception - Oyate Hall, Student Center

6:45 p.m.  Dinner - Oyate Hall, Student Center

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.  Breakfast with Selected UMM Student Leaders & Student Representatives - Turtle Mountain Cafe, Student Center

9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Oyte Hall, Student Center
Board of Regents Meeting
Regent Simmons, Chair/Regent Allen, Vice Chair

1. Introduction of Chancellor, University of Minnesota Rochester  - R. Bruininks
2. Approval of Minutes - Action - P. Simmons
3. Report of the President - R. Bruininks
4. Report of the Chair - P. Simmons
5. Receive and File Reports
6. Report of the All-University Honors Committee - Action - R. Bruininks
7. Summary of Expenditures - Review/Action - P. Simmons
8. Gifts - Review/Action - G. Fischer
9. 2008 State Capital Request - Review/Action - R. Bruininks/R. Pfutzenreuter
10. University Plan, Performance & Accountability Report - Review/Action - R. Bruininks/ T. Sullivan
11. Report of the Chancellor - J. Johnson
12. Report of the Committees - September 2007
13. Report of the Committees - October 2007
14. Old Business
15. New Business
16. Adjournment

Committee Information Items:  Finance & Operations:  Quarterly Debt Management Advisory Committee Update [September meeting]; Quarterly Investment Advisory Committee Update [September meeting]; Financial Oversight:  Key Indicators [period ending June 30, 2007]; Emergency Purchases

Committee Consent Reports: Finance & Operations: Purchase of Goods & Services over $250,000;  [Approval of New Investment Managers]

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