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.