Approved December 6, 2002
                                                            
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND
                              
                              
                   MINUTES OF THE MEETING
                              
                              
                      October 11, 2002
                              
       University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
                       Columbus Center
                              
                     EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
                              
                              
Chairman Chapman moved, Regent Wood seconded and the Board
of Regents voted unanimously to convene in closed and
Executive Session on Friday, October 11, 2002, at University
of Maryland Biotechnology Institute beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Those present were: Chairman Chapman, Regents Billingsley,
Canter, Finan, Florestano, Houghton, Hoyer, Johnson, Josey,
Kendall, Marcus, Mister, Nevins, Rosapepe, Tydings, Wood.
The Board of Regents reviewed items on the agenda that were
exempted under the Open Meetings Act for consideration in
closed and executive session. The meeting adjourned at 9:00
a.m.

Chairman Chapman moved, Regent Wood seconded and the Board
of Regents voted unanimously to convene in closed and
Executive Session with Chancellor's Council on Friday,
October 11, 2002, at University of Maryland Biotechnology
Institute beginning at 11:30 a.m.     Those present were:
Chairman Chapman, Regents Billingsley, Canter, Finan,
Florestano, Houghton, Hoyer, Johnson, Josey, Kendall,
Marcus, Mister, Nevins, Rosapepe, Tydings, Wood, Chancellor
Kirwan, Vice Chancellors Martin and Vivona;  Mr. John
Anderson, Assistant Attorney General;  Presidents Bogomolny,
Burnett, Gira, Heeger, Hrabowski, Lowe, Mote, Ramsay,
Thompson, Interim President Jones, Provost Buchanan (SU),
Vice President James Lovelace (UMBI), Dr. Parker (CUSF), Mr.
Hill (CUSS), Mr. Patton (USSC),  and Ms. Ryan. The Board of
Regents reviewed items on the agenda that were exempted
under the Open Meetings Act for consideration in closed and
executive session.  The meeting adjourned at 12:45 a.m.



Regent Nevins moved, Regent Wood seconded and the Board of
Regents voted unanimously to convene in closed and Executive
Session with the Chancellor on Friday, October 11, 2002, at
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute beginning at
1:35 p.m.  Those present were: Regents Billingsley, Canter,
Finan, Florestano, Houghton, Hoyer, Johnson, Josey, Kendall,
Marcus, Mister, Nevins, Rosapepe, Tydings, Wood, Chancellor
Kirwan, Vice Chancellors Martin and Vivona;  Assistant
Attorney General John Anderson and Ms. Ryan. The Board of
Regents reviewed items on the agenda that were exempted
under the Open Meetings Act for consideration in closed and
executive session.  The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.



Minutes of the sessions are attached.


PUBLIC SESSION:

A.   Call to Order, Welcome and Remarks from the Host
Institution

Chairman Chapman called the public meeting of the Board of
Regents of the University System of Maryland to order at
9:06 a.m. on Friday, October 11, 2002 at University of
Maryland Biotechnology Institute. Those present were:
Chairman Chapman, Regents Billingsley, Canter, Finan,
Florestano, Houghton, Hoyer, Johnson, Josey, Kendall,
Marcus, Mister, Nevins, Rosapepe, Tydings, Wood, Chancellor
Kirwan, Vice Chancellors Martin and Vivona;  Mr. John
Anderson, Assistant Attorney General;  Presidents Bogomolny,
Burnett, Gira, Heeger, Hrabowski, Lowe, Mote, Ramsay,
Thompson, Interim President Jones, Provost Buchanan (SU),
Vice President James Lovelace (UMBI), Dr. Parker (CUSF), Mr.
Hill (CUSS), Mr. Patton (USSC), and Ms. Ryan, USM staff
members, members of the press and other observers.

       Dr. James Lovelace welcomed the regents and guests
       to the University of Maryland Biotechnology
       Institute, Columbus Center on behalf of President
       Jennie Hunter-Cevera who was unable to attend.  Dr.
       Lovelace introduced Dr. Bruce Lokel who presented an
       overview of his research on tissue formation of the
       body and graduate student...who is working on the
       pfisteria project.   Dr. Lovelace then introduced
       several UMBI staff members and Mr. Martin Appel,
       chairman of the UMBI Board of Visitors.

       Chairman Chapman announced that he would be stepping
       down as the chairman of the Board of Regents as of
       10/11/02 but would remain a member of the Board of
       Regents.  A nominating committee will meet to
       recommend a new chairman to the December 6, 2002
       meeting of the Board.

       Chairman Chapman then announced that Dr. Stanley F.
       Battle from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
       had been selected as the new president for Coppin
       State University.  Dr. Battle will begin his
       presidential duties on March 1, 2003.  Mr. Chapman
       thanked Dr. Burnett for his long tenure at Coppin.
       
B.   Committee of the Whole

       1. The minutes of the Board of Regents Meeting of August
            23, 2002 were unanimously approved.
       
       2. Report of Chancellor Kirwan - full report on file with
          the minutes of the meeting.  Dr. Kirwan expressed his
          personal appreciation to Chairman Chapman  stating 
          that it had been  a privilege to work with him and 
          looked forward to Mr. Chapman's continuing service 
          to the Board.  Dr. Kirwan also thanked the Coppin 
          Search Committee for their dedicated work in 
          selecting an outstanding individual as the president 
          of Coppin.  He emphasized several initiatives that 
          have engaged his attention: $7.5 million NSF grant 
          to USM for the math and science partnership program; 
          US News rankings; the "Maintain the Momentum Campaign
          ;" Tuition Task Force committee; President's 
          Orientation; Towson Presidential search; Vice 
          Chancellor for Academic Affairs search and
          Associate Vice Chancellor for Government Relations 
          search.

          Dr. Kirwan congratulated UMBC President Freeman
          Hrabowski on receiving the Yale Bouchet Leadership
          Award in Minority Graduate Education.
          On behalf of the Regents, Congressman Hoyer
          thanked Regent Chapman for his tireless work on
          behalf of the Board of Regents.
          
          
       3.   Chairman Chapman and Chancellor Kirwan presented the
          Board of Regents Staff Awards to:

          a. James R. Milani, Jr., UMBC, Exception Contribution to
             the Institution
          b. Susan E. Eisel, FSU - Exceptional Contribution to the
             Institution
          c. Laura V. Mrozek, UMB, Outstanding Service to Students
          d. Virginal Kellman, UMBC, Outstanding Service to 
             Students
          e. Katherine Jean Reiner Martin, UMB, Extraordinary 
             Public Service
          f. Michael S. Embrey, UMCP, Extraordinary Public Service
          
       4. Chancellor Kirwan presented a brief report on the state-
          wide hiring freeze directive from the Governor's Office
          and Department of Budget and Management.  The freeze 
          does not affect instructional faculty, grant and student 
          employees but applies to all other categories of USM 
          employees.  The directive does allow for exceptions 
          to fill critical positions.  The presidents will develop 
          a process to present exceptions to the Chancellor.

  C.   Report of the Committee on Finance
  
       1. Regent Nevins presented the report of the September 19
          meeting of the Finance Committee.
       2. USM: FY 2004 Separate List Request - Vice Chancellor
          Vivona presented an overview of the Separate List 
          Request for FY 2004.
       
          Regent Nevins moved that items 3 through 8 be placed
          on the consent agenda; seconded by Regent Rosapepe
       
       3. USM: Creation of Board Policy on Leave for Disaster
          Service
       4. UMB: FY 2002 and FY 2003 Annual Contracts between UMB
          and UMMS
       5. UMCP: School As Lender Program
       6. UMCP: Increase in Indirect Debt Authorization for Child
          Care Center
       7. UMCP: Public/Private Partnership for Student Housing on
          Southwest Edge of Campus
       8. UMCP: Increase in Scope and Funding Authorization for
          Gossett Football Team House Expansion

       Items 3 through 8 unanimously approved.
       
       9. UMUC: Report of Renovations to Inn and Conference
          Center was presented as information only.

  D.   Report of the Committee on Education Policy

       1. Regent Florestano presented the minutes and report of
          the meeting of the Education Policy Committee on 
          September 18, 2002.
       
       2. New Program Proposals:
          a.UMBC: Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Women's
            Studies
          b. TU: Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Family
            Studies
          c. SU: B.A. in English for Speakers of Other
             Languages
          
          Moved for approval by Regent Florestano; seconded
          by Regent Rosapepe and unanimously approved.
          Regent Florestano noted that the committee
          reminded the members of the academic community, in
          light of the budget situation, that the staff will
          look very closely at new program proposals in the
          future to be sure that there is appropriate and
          adequate justification.
          
       3. Proposed Policies on Part-time and Full-time Non-Tenure-
          Track Instructional Faculty.  Regent Florestano stated 
          that the Education Policy Committee has asked the 
          Chancellor to provide a report before the end of 
          the current academic year on the precise numbers of 
          individuals in the categories covered by the policies 
          and the cost that will be associated with implementing 
          the best practice recommendations originally categorized 
          as high cost by the majority of USM institutions.
       
          Moved for approval by Regent Florestano; seconded
          by Regent Hoyer; and unanimously approved.

       4. USM Institutional Policies on Technology Fluency.  It
          was agreed by the Committee and institutions that all
          of the submissions will be posted on the web so that 
          they can be reviewed by other institutions to ensure 
          strong implementation.

          Moved for acceptance by Regent Florestano as
          satisfactory responses to the Board resolution
          with the expectation that the details of
          implementation will be reported back to the
          Committee on Education Policy at its June 2003
          meeting; seconded by Regent Josey; and unanimously
          approved.
          
       5. Shared Governance Plan for UMB.  Motion for acceptance
          by Regent Florestano; seconded by Regent Finan and
          unanimously approved.
          
       6  Report on External Funding was presented for
          information only.
       7. Tentative EPC Agenda for 2002 and 2003
          presented for information only.
       8. Report from the Academic Affairs Advisory Council was
          presented for information only.

          Regent Finan stated that his term for representing
          the Board of Regents on the K-16 Council had
          expired and that Regent Orlan Johnson will now be
          serving on the Council.  Regent Finan thanked Dr.
          Nancy Shapiro for her work in seeking the NSF
          grant.

  E.   Report of the Committee on External Relations.
       1.   Regent Kendall presented a report and minutes of the
          September 13 meeting of the External Relations Committee.
          The June 30, 2002 report of the Campaign stated that over
          $900 million was raised - $200 million over the original
          goal.  Endowment funds are down by 18% due to the drop in
          the stock market.
       
       2.   Alumni Association of the Baltimore College of Dental
          Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Inc.

          Motion to approve by Regent Kendall as an external
          alumni association under the Regents' Policy on
          Alumni Associations for a term ending not later
          than June 30, 2004, with the understanding that
          recognition will terminate as of that date unless
          the Board receives from the President and Dean
          assurances that a satisfactory operations
          relationship exists between the Association and
          the School and that the leadership group of the
          Association reflects the diverse alumni
          constituencies of the Dental School; seconded by
          Regent Tydings and unanimously approved.

       3.   Approval of the FY 2003 Fundraising Goal of
          $163,700,000.   Motion to approve by Regent Kendall;
          seconded by Regent Hoyer and unanimously approved.

  F.   Reports of the Advisory Councils

       1. Council of University System Presidents - Dr. Catherine
          Gira presented the report of the Council.  The 
          presidents expressed concerns with the way the 
          budgets cuts were being received - hiring freeze 
          as opposed to a specific dollar amount.  Dr. Gira 
          reiterated the presidents need for management 
          flexibility.
       
          The Board will provide a letter of support for the
          total flexibility and management of the cuts by
          the Presidents to Department of Budget and
          Management.  Regents Florestano, Regent Rosapepe
          and Regent Tydings will assist Chairman Chapman in
          crafting the letter.
          
       2. Council of University System Faculty - Dr. David Parker
          provided a report from the Council.  He stated that the
          faculty is sensitive to the tight budgets; CUSP is 
          on-board with the "Maintain the Momentum" program 
          to assist in preventing budget cuts.  The faculty 
          would like to be involved in helping the Regent and 
          the System.

       3. Council of University System - Mr. Joe Hill presented
          the present of the Council.

       4. University System Student Council - Regent Canter gave
          a brief report of the USMSC.

G. New Business - no new business
H. Adjournment - 11:23 a.m.