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USM Board of Regents Committees on Finance, Economic Development Meet November 20

Adelphi, Md. (Nov. 18, 2014) -- The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Committee on Finance and the Committee on Economic Development and Technology Commercialization will meet on Thursday, Nov. 20. Both meetings will take place at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Inn and Conference Center, 3501 University Blvd. East, Adelphi, MD.

The Committee on Finance will meet at 10 a.m. in the Chasen Family Room, on the conference center's main level, and vote publicly on whether to reconvene in closed session. In closed session, the committee would discuss an issue specifically exempted in the Open Meetings Act from the requirement for public consideration, regarding the awarding of multiple vendor contracts to provide various audio-visual services.

At approximately 10:15 a.m., the committee will reconvene in public session to consider action items on the UMUC facilities master plan, a contract renewal at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), and a renovation and expansion of the Cole Student Activities Building at the University of Maryland, College Park. The committee also will hear an information report on opening fall 2014 enrollment. The agenda and supporting materials are here.

The Committee on Economic Development and Technology Commercialization will meet at noon in the Chesapeake Ballroom. It will receive a presentation from Profectus Biosciences, a clinical stage biotechnology company that was launched from the Institute of Human Virology at UMB and recently received a $8.6 million federal contract to accelerate advancement of its candidate Ebola vaccine into human clinical studies.

The committee also will hear information items on the new federally funded research and development center on cyber security with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the impact of USM entrepreneurial programs and policies. The agenda and supporting materials are here.

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) for special arrangements.

Parking for the meeting will be available in UMUC's Inn and Conference Center garage. Driving directions can be found here.

Contact: Mike Lurie
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: mlurie@usmd.edu

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