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REPORTS BY THE BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS ON GOALS OF THEIR COMMITTEES, AND DISCUSSION OF THEIR WORK PLANS FOR ACHIEVING THESE GOALS

The first item on the Agenda was a discussion, in Open Session and led by the respective Board Committee chairs, on the goals of their committees and their work plans for achieving these goals. The written statements of these goals and work plans are on file in the Board Office.

At the conclusion of the Chairs’ reports, the Rector gave brief summations and then suggested additional items some of the Committees might want to consider. These were as follows:

Buildings & Grounds: the Committee should provide the Board with a list of University building projects, projected and in progress.

Diversity: the procurement goals of the Committee should be revisited at the winter meeting of the Board and possibly restated. The Committee should present to the Board at the fall meeting a plan for this reconsideration.

Educational Policy: issues of student advising should be a goal of the Committee; also graduate student funding.

External Affairs: the Committee should examine questions of diversity on the Foundation boards and the Foundation guidelines must be reviewed with this in mind. A plan to educate students in the importance of stewardship before their fourth year is to be developed. Mr. Sweeney is to address the importance of small gifts in the next report of this Committee to the full Board.

Finance: the diversity of firms the University does business with should be a concern of the Committee.

MCOB: “Land use” for the Medical Center must be considered by the Committee.

Student Affairs: consideration of graduation rates for athletes should be among the Committee’s goals. The Committee should work with the External Affairs Committee on questions of funding for athletics. A work plan for the athletics portion of the Committee’s work plan must be done. Consideration of alcohol and drug programs should be among the Committee’s goals.

Wise: Information is needed on diversity at Wise. Mr. Prior will have to approve the Committee’s goals once he arrives to take up his duties as Chancellor.