Press Release - Regents' External Relations Committee to Meet September 13

September 9, 2002

Regents' External Relations Committee to Meet September 13 at USM Office

The External Relations Committee of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents will meet in public session on Friday, September 13 in the Chancellor's Conference Room at the USM Office, 3300 Metzerott Road in Adelphi, MD. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.

The Committee will consider several agenda items:

• Report on final results of the USM's "Make a Lasting Impression" capital campaign, by John K. Martin, vice chancellor for advancement in the USM Office and president of the University of Maryland Foundation, Inc.
  
  
• Approval of fundraising goals for Fiscal Year 2003
  
  
• Investment results from Fiscal Year 2002
  
  
• Report on the Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center at the University of Maryland School of Law, by Diane Hoffman, associate dean for faculty and external affairs at the School of Law
  
  
• Report on extramural funding for the USM institutions, by Ruth Robertson, associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the USM Office
  
  
• Introduction of the "Maintain the Momentum" campaign for continued state support for the USM institutions, by USM Chancellor William E. Kirwan
  

The full agenda is attached; the agenda and background information will be available at the meeting. Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request.  Please call 301/445-2756 (voice) or 301/314-7683 (TTY/ITT) to make special arrangements.

Contact:

Chris Hart
Phone: 301/445-2739
E-mail: chart@usmd.edu