UT System Regents to Meet in Austin February 11-12

AUSTIN – The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System will meet Wednesday and Thursday, February 11-12, in Austin. The meetings will be on the 9th floor of Ashbel Smith Hall, 201 W. 7th Street.

Out-of-town reporters may view the open sessions of the meeting via a live webcast.

Parking for the news media will be available at the guard kiosk on Colorado Street between 7th and 6th Streets.

The agenda book for the meeting is available online.

Wednesday, Feb. 11

Board committee meetings are scheduled to begin at approximately 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. – Academic Affairs Committee

10:30 a.m. – Health Affairs Committee 

11:30 a.m. – Audit, Compliance, and Management Review Committee

11:30 a.m. – Student, Faculty, and Staff Campus Life Committee

The Board will recess into executive session at approximately 12:30 p.m.; agenda items include: 

• Discussion of individual personnel matters related to presidential search at the UT Health Science Center – San Antonio
• Discussion and appropriate action regarding proposed change in employment terms, compensation, and title for Assistant Football Coach William L. Muschamp at UT Austin
• Discussion of legal issues, negotiated gifts, and personnel matters

The Board will reconvene in open session at approximately 1:20 p.m. to consider action, if any, on executive session items and then resume committee meetings. 

1:30 p.m. – Finance and Planning Committee

2:30 p.m. – Facilities Planning and Construction Committee

The Board will convene in open session at approximately 3:30 p.m. for discussion and appropriate action related to the review of clinical operations and recommendations on redevelopment and strategic direction at the UT Medical Branch - Galveston.

The meeting will recess at approximately 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 12

9:00 a.m. – Special Meeting of the Health Affairs Committee

The Board will reconvene in open session at approximately 10:00 a.m.; agenda items include:
Presentation by Cooper, Robertson & Partners, L. L. P., regarding the status of work on the master planning project for the Brackenridge Tract
Approval of proposed tuition rates for all undergraduate and graduate School of Nursing students for FY 2010
Approval to settle commercial insurance claims associated with Hurricane Ike and authorization for the Chancellor to execute final settlement documents at UT Medical Branch – Galveston, UT Health Science Center – Houston and UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

The meeting will adjourn at approximately 12:15 p.m.