September 11, 2020 Meeting

When: 8:00 a.m.

Where:  Zoom

September 11, 2020 Audio Recording (.m4a 20 MB)

September 11, 2020 Meeting Minutes

Agenda (pdf)

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Proposed Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes from June 26, 2020
4. Public Participation
5. President's Report
6. Gift, Grant and Contract Report (Dr. Gage)
7. Research Presentation
   • Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English
   • Topic: Generous Thinking:  Universities, the Commons, and the Public Good
     
8. Personnel Actions and Information Reports (Provost Woodruff)
9. Committee Reports and Items Requiring Board Approval
   1. Committee on Budget and Finance (Trustees Foster (Chair), Byrum, Ferguson, Kelly)
      1. FFE-RCS Enrichment Fund
      2. FFE-James Daniels Memorial Scholarship
      3. STEM Teaching and Learning Facility Construction and Completion Assurance Agreement
      4. Issuance and Delivery of General Revenue Refunding Bonds
   2. Committee on Academic Affairs (Trustees Byrum (Chair), Ferguson, Knake, Tebay)
      1. Amendments to Bylaws for Academic Governance
      2. Change of Name (1407 S. Harrison Rd.)
      3. Deaccession of MSU Museum Items
   3. Committee on Audit, Risk and Compliance (Trustees Kelly (Chair), Knake, Mosallam, Scott)
      1. Conflict of Interest-Approval of Contract Terms
      2. Conflict of Interest-Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Contract
   4. Committee on Student Life and Culture (Trustees Scott (Chair), Foster, Mosallam, Tebay)
      1. Launch of the Academic Year
10. Chairperson’s Report and Trustees’ Comments
11. Adjourn