September 10, 2021 Meeting

When: 8:00 a.m.

Where: Board Room, 401 Hannah Administration Building

September 10, 2021 Audio Recording (105 MB mp3)

September 10, 2021 Board Meeting Minutes

Agenda (pdf)

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Proposed Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Public Participation
5. President's Report
6. Gift, Grant and Contract Report (Dr. Gage)
7. Research Presentation
   • Speaker: Dr. Honglei Chen, MSU Foundation Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
   • Topic: My Sense of Smell, Who Cares?
     
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, Kelly, O'Keefe)
      1. FFE-Judith A. Herrold, PhD. Scholarship Fund
      2. FFE-Nicholas J. Labedz Scholarship Fund
      3. Authorization to Plan-Multicultural Center
      4. Authorization to Plan-Football Complex Renovation and Addition
   2. Committee on Academic Affairs (Trustees Byrum (Chair), Knake Jefferson, Tebay, Vassar)
      1. Revisions to Ordinance 29.00 (Smoking) and Policy 02-09-04 (Smoke and Tobacco-Free)
      2. Revisions to Policy 01-01-08 (Trustees Emeriti)
      3. Policy Revisions Consistent with Organizational Changes
      4. Strategic Plan
      5. COVID-19 Directives
   3. Committee on Audit, Risk and Compliance (Trustees Kelly (Chair), Knake Jefferson, O'Keefe, Scott)
      1. Conflict of Interest-Approval of Contract Terms
      2. Conflict of Interst-Intent to Negotiate Contracts
   4. Committee on Student Life and Culture (Trustees Scott (Chair), Foster, Tebay, Vassar)
      1. Launch of the Academic Year
10. Chairperson’s Report and Trustees’ Comments
11. Adjourn