University of Virginia’s College at Wise, and Mountain Lake Biological Station 11710

Following the meetings of the Finance Committee and the Buildings and Grounds Committee, the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia met as the full Board in open session by electronic means at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. James B. Murray Jr., Rector, presided. Open session was streamed live.

Present and participating via Zoom were Robert M. Blue, Mark T. Bowles, L.D. Britt, M.D., Whittington W. Clement, Frank M. Conner III, Elizabeth M. Cranwell, Thomas A. DePasquale, Barbara J. Fried, John A. Griffin, Louis S. Haddad, Robert D. Hardie, Maurice A. Jones, Babur B. Lateef, M.D., Angela Hucles Mangano, C. Evans Poston Jr., James V. Reyes, Ellen M. Bassett, and Mazzen S. Shalaby.

Present as well were James E. Ryan, Jennifer Wagner Davis, K. Craig Kent, M.D., M. Elizabeth Magill, William Ashby, Melody S. Bianchetto, Adam Daniel, Stephen M. Farmer, Margaret S. Grundy, Susan G. Harris, Timothy J. Heaphy, Donna P. Henry, Michael J. Citro, John C. Jeffries Jr., Megan K. Lowe, Clark “Chip” L. Murray, Alice J. Raucher, Debra D. Rinker, Colette Sheehy, and Anda S. Webb.

The Rector called the meeting to order and directed Visitors to the resolutions provided in the materials.

On motion duly seconded, the following resolutions were approved by unanimous roll call vote of all voting members of the Board: Mr. Murray, Mr. Blue, Mr. Bowles, Dr. Britt, Mr. Clement, Mr. Conner, Ms. Cranwell, Mr. DePasquale, Ms. Fried, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Haddad, Mr. Hardie, Mr. Jones, Dr. Lateef, Ms. Mangano, Mr. Poston, and Mr. Reyes.

WHEREAS, the Board seeks to keep increases at an affordable level while continuing to meet 100% of financial need to invest in recruiting and retaining excellent faculty and instructional delivery;

RESOLVED, increases in the Academic Division tuition and fees are approved as shown below, effective July 1, 2021; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, this proposal was developed assuming a 2021-2022 unrestricted state appropriation as included in the 2020-2022 Appropriation Act. If this unrestricted state appropriation is substantially different from the level assumed, adjustments to these tuition rates may be proposed in Spring 2021.

WHEREAS, the Board of Visitors wishes to approve tuition and fees for 2021-2022 in timely manner so that families of returning students and Fall 2021 applicants can better plan and receive financial aid notification earlier; and

WHEREAS, the Board seeks to keep increases at an affordable level while continuing to meet 100% of financial need and to invest in recruiting and retaining excellent faculty and instructional delivery;

RESOLVED, increases in the College at Wise tuition and fees are approved as shown below, effective July 1, 2021; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer is authorized to approve reduced tuition rates for non-residents in accordance with Section 23-7.4:2.F of the Code of Virginia.

RESOLVED, faculty and staff housing rates are approved, as shown below, effective July 1, 2021. Should a property be vacated during the year, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, or designee, is authorized to increase the rates to market level.

STUDENT HOUSING RATES FOR 2021-2022 FOR THE ACADEMIC DIVISION, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE, AND THE MOUNTAIN LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION

RESOLVED, rental increases for student housing facilities be approved as shown below:

CONTRACT RATES FOR DINING SERVICES FOR 2021-2022 FOR THE ACADEMIC DIVISION, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE, AND MOUNTAIN LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION

RESOLVED, the student contract rates for dining services are approved as shown below, effective beginning with the 2021-2022 session:

SUPPORT FOR NAMING AND MEMORIALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION ON CONTEXTUALIZATION OF UNIVERSITY STATUES AND MEMORIALS

WHEREAS, President Ryan’s charge to the Naming and Memorials Committee included, in part, studying the question of contextualizing the statues on Grounds; and

WHEREAS, in its report to President Ryan (the Committee Report), the Naming and Memorials Committee concluded that digital contextualization of the University’s statues and memorials will “help visitors and residents alike [to] make new connections and perceive the history of UVA, and of the U.S., with greater capaciousness, nuance, and complexity;” and

WHEREAS, the Committee Report recognizes that the “plan and pattern” of Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village was intended “to be eloquent of the historical ideas and the civic values he sought to champion in the new university” and so we should continue to find ways to use the built environment “to challenge us to think and learn;” and

WHEREAS, the Committee Report recommends creating a digital historical stratigraphy that does not support a particular perspective but “afford[s] a balanced and fulsome experience, enabling all who visit our Grounds to develop their own informed perspective;” and

WHEREAS, the Committee Report recommends that the President commission a working group to convene professional historians, students, local residents, and alumni with relevant expertise, to work collaboratively to design and produce “a dynamic and evolving history of the Grounds open to new historiographical trends and the insights of new archival research” with full recognition that this method of delivering content can and will change and evolve with advances in research and scholarship; and

WHEREAS, President Ryan has asked the Board of Visitors for its support of the recommendations of the Naming and Memorials Committee;

RESOLVED, the Board of Visitors supports the Naming and Memorials Committee recommendation to commission a working group to engage individuals with relevant expertise to create a digitally-enabled narrative, beginning with the statues on Grounds, that presents a balanced and fulsome history of the subject of each statue, as well as the sculptor, and the historical context around its commission and placement on the University’s Grounds.; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, any digital narrative contextualizing statues or memorials on Grounds shall be provided to the Rector at least 30 days in advance of publication.

At 4:43 p.m., after approving the following motion, the voting members present and the faculty and student representatives to the Board met in closed session. James E. Ryan, Jennifer Wagner Davis, K. Craig Kent, M.D., Margaret Grundy, Susan G. Harris, Timothy J. Heaphy, M. Elizabeth Magill, John C. Jeffries Jr., and Debra D. Rinker also participated in the closed session.

“I move that the Board of Visitors go into Closed Session to consult with legal counsel and receive legal advice about specific legal matters including an active matter in litigation. The relevant exemptions are Sections 2.2‐3711 A (7) and (8) of the Code of Virginia;”

At 5:03 p.m., the Board resumed in open session, and, on motion duly seconded, certified that the deliberations in closed session had been conducted in accordance with the exemptions permitted by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Ms. Harris called the roll, and all members present voted in the affirmative: Mr. Murray, Mr. Blue, Mr. Bowles, Dr. Britt, Mr. Clement, Mr. Conner, Ms. Cranwell, Mr. DePasquale, Ms. Fried, Mr. Griffin, Mr. Haddad, Mr. Hardie, Mr. Jones, Dr. Lateef, Ms. Mangano, Mr. Poston, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Bassett, and Mr. Shalaby.

“That we vote on and record our certification that, to the best of each member’s knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements and which were identified in the motion authorizing the Closed Session, were heard, discussed or considered in Closed Session.”

These minutes have been posted to the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors website.