BOARD OF TRUSTEES September MEETING

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JOINT MEETING PART I: EXTERNAL RELATIONS
AND ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEES

Thursday, September 18, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Frangipani Room
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington

LUNCH / EXECUTIVE SESSION*

Thursday, September 18, 2008
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Metz Suite
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington

JOINT MEETING PART II: EXTERNAL RELATIONS
AND ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEES

Thursday, September 18, 2008
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Frangipani Room
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington

JOINT MEETING PART IIII: EXTERNAL RELATIONS
AND ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEES

Thursday, September 18, 2008
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Frangipani Room
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington

DINNER / EXECUTIVE SESSION*

Thursday, September 18, 2008
6:45 p.m.
Bryan House
Indiana University Bloomington

*     Executive Session - Items authorized by Open Door Law Sec. 5-18-1.5-6.1(b)(2)(B); 5-18-1.5-6.1(b)(5); 5-18-1.5-6.1(b)(9)

FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

Friday, September 19, 2008
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Frangipani Room
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington

FACILITIES COMMITTEE**

Friday, September 18, 2008
9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Frangipani Room
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington

BUSINESS MEETING

Friday, September 19, 2008
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Frangipani Room
Indiana Memorial Union
Indiana University Bloomington

I.         GENERAL BUSINESS

Trustee Business

1.       Action Item: Approval is requested of the minutes for the meeting of August 15, 2008, which includes the Administrative Action Report of August 5, 2008.

2.       Action Item:  Approval is requested to appoint Roger W. Schmenner, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, to the  Indiana Sports Corporation Board of Directors, beginning July 1, 2008 and ending June 30, 2013. He will replace Chancellor Charles R. Bantz.

President's Report

1.       Remarks from Michael A. McRobbie

Faculty Report

1.       Remarks from Herbert Terry, Co-Secretary, University Faculty Council

Student Report

1.       Remarks from Lucas Fields, president, Indiana University Student Association
2.       Remarks from, Nicholas J. Clark , president, Graduate and Professional Student Organization

II.       REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES

JOINT MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES COMMITTEES

1.       Report from Trustees Shoulders and Talbot

2.       Action Item:  Approval is requested for the following degrees:

IUB – Ph.D. in Inquiry Methodology
IUB – M.S. in Security Informatics

FACILITIES COMMITTEE

1.       Report from Chairman Cast 

2.       Project Approvals

IUB – HPER Courtyard - Build Out

Action Item: Approval of the Board is requested to enclose and build out the courtyard of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building on the Bloomington Campus.  This will allow the school to gain additional area for use as faculty offices and instructional space.  The courtyard is wholly enclosed by the building and is not open to public use.  The proposal is to construct a roof over the courtyard and build three levels within the space.  Approximately 13,200 assignable square feet of new building space will be added to the building including an Auditorium.  The project is estimated to cost, $6,340,000.  Appropriate State Approvals will be requested.

IUB, Men’s and Women’s Golf Facility

Action Item: Approval of the Board is requested to construct a golf facility for the Men’s and Women’s Varsity Golf teams. The facility will consist of 4,900 assignable square feet and will accommodate head and assistant coaches’ offices, locker rooms, lounge, equipment room, club repair area, storage and an indoor putting area.  An open deck will over look the outdoor practice range.  Estimated to cost $980,000, this project will be funded by gifts to the Indiana University Athletic Department through the Indiana University Foundation.  Appropriate State Approvals will be requested.

IUPUI, Medical Research and Library – Renovate Rooms

Action Item: Approval of the Board is requested to renovate rooms in the Medical Research Library on the IUPUI campus.  This project will provide a solution to the lack of quality study space for medical students and incorporates individual student study spaces that allow for greater privacy while also accommodating small group learning environments for breakout sessions.  Library book shelving stacks on the second and third floors will be removed and relocated by the School of Medicine to high density shelving on the first floor of the facility.  The project will provide eight group study rooms for 8-12 persons each, two large rooms with a capacity of 80 persons each for testing and instruction as well as a large, flexible Team Based Learning (TBL) room for 140 persons.  An area of the second floor renovation will provide 24-hour access to student study stations and group study rooms while maintaining security and egress for the rest of the facility. The renovation includes replacing finishes throughout the affected areas of the building including carpeting, ceilings and painting.  Estimated to cost, $3,500,000, the project will be funded by indirect cost recovery ($2,000,000) and School of Medicine gifts through the Indiana University Foundation ($1,500,000).   Appropriate State Approvals will be requested.

3.       Design Approval

IUPUI – Ball Gardens - Suite Dreams Riley Playground

Action Item: Approval of the Board is requested for the design of the Suite Dreams Riley Playground to be built in a portion of the Ball Gardens area on the IUPUI Campus. 

Consent Item for Approval

IUPUI – Fesler Hall – New Air Handler

Action Item: Approval of the Board is requested for a project will provide new a new Heating Ventilating and Cooling (HVAC) system to serve the second and third floors.  The system will consist of a single variable air volume (VAV) air handler located on the second floor in a new mechanical room with duct-work extending to the third floor to serve new VAV terminal boxes.  In addition to the new VAV terminal boxes on the third floor, the offices on the exterior walls will receive new perimeter radiation treatment.  Estimated to cost, $962,000 the project will be funded by Repair and Rehabilitation funds.  Appropriate State Approvals will be requested.

FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

1.       Report from Trustee Reilly

2.       Action Item:  Approval is requested for a resolution of the Board delegating authority to the Finance & Audit Committee for the issuance of one or more series of bonds, notes, or other forms of indebtedness.

3.       Action Item:  Approval is requested for a resolution of the Board declaring official intent to reimburse expenditures from the proceeds of external financing transactions

4.       Action Item: Approval is requested for a resolution of the Board to create a special purpose entity and appoint directors and officers

5.       Action Item:  Approval is requested for IU Bloomington HPER distributed education fees

REPORT OF THE STUDENT TRUSTEE

1.       Remarks from Trustee King

III.      PERSONNEL ACTIONS

INDIANA UNIVERSITY – PRESIDENT MICHAEL A. MCROBBIE

Retirements and Emeritus Titles

For Adam W. Herbert Jr., Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, retirement effective August 31, 2008, with the titles Professor Emeritus of Political Science, and of Public and Environmental Affairs, while retaining the title President Emeritus

IUB-PROVOST KAREN HANSON

Initial Appointments

For Kevork Markar Mardirossian, Professor of Strings, with tenure, Jacobs School of Music, beginning August 1, 2008.

For Lars Willnat, Professor of Journalism, with tenure, School of Journalism, beginning January 1, 2009.

For Adam Zlotnick, Professor of Biology, with tenure, College of Arts and Sciences, beginning August 1, 2008.

Reappointments and Changes in Status

For Joseph G. Fisher, Professor of Accounting and Chairperson of the Department of Accounting, the additional title of Harry C. Sauvain Chair, Kelley School of Business, for the period July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2013.

For Steven Lee Sowell, Head of Business/SPEA Information Commons, University Libraries, a change in title from Visiting Associate Librarian to Associate Librarian, with tenure, University Libraries, beginning August 1, 2008, and a change in title from Adjunct Assistant Professor to Adjunct Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, School of Library and Information Science, for the period August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.

For Gerald Eugene Lowther, Professor of Optometry, dropping the title of Dean of the School of Optometry, effective July 31, 2008.

IUPUI–CHANCELLOR CHARLES R. BANTZ

 Initial Appointments

Joanne R. Duffy, Professor, School of Nursing, with tenure, effective September 1, 2008.

Virginia A. Majewski, Professor, School of Social Work, with tenure, with the additional title Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Social Work, effective July 15, 2008.

Michael J. McLeish, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Science, with tenure, effective August 1, 2008.

Nancy Rhodes, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, School of Liberal Arts, with tenure, effective August 1, 2008.

Reappointments and Changes of Status

For Sara S. Baker, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Adjunct Associate Professor, University College, drop the title Interim Associate Dean, University College, and add the title Associate Dean, University College, effective July 1, 2008.

For Mark R. Kelley, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, drop the title of Jonathan and Jennifer Simmons Professor of Pediatrics, and add the title of Betty and Earl Herr Professor of Pediatric Oncology Research, School of Medicine, beginning September 1, 2008.  

For Harikrishna Nakshatri, Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, drop the title Marian J. Morrison Investigator in Breast Cancer Research and add the title Marian J. Morrison Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, effective September 1, 2008.

For Patrick M. Rooney, Director of Research, Center on Philanthropy, Professor, Department of Economics, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Philanthropic Studies, and Chief Operating Officer, Department of Philosophy, School of Liberal Arts, add the title of Interim Executive Director, Center on Philanthropy, School of Liberal Arts, beginning August 1, 2008.

Retirements and Emeritus Titles

For Barbara L. Cambridge, retired Professor of English, School of Liberal Arts, the title of Professor Emeritus, effective July 1, 2008.

For Michael E. Gleeson, retired Associate Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the title of Associate Professor Emeritus, effective September 1, 2008.

For William F. Hohlt, Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics, School of Dentistry, retirement effective August 1, 2008, with the title Professor Emeritus.

For Giles R. Hoyt, Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, and Director, Max Kade Center, School of Liberal Arts, early retirement under the 18/20 retirement plan, effective August 1, 2008, with the titles Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus of the Max Kade Center.

For Margaret Richwine, Librarian, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, School of Medicine, early retirement under the 18/20 retirement plan, effective October 1, 2008, with the title Librarian Emeritus.

For W. Eugene Roberts, Jr., Joseph R. and Louise Ada Jarabak Professor of Orthodontics, Department of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Genetics, Director of Graduate Orthodontics, and Director of the Division of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, early retirement under the 18/20 retirement plan, effective August 1, 2008, with the title Professor Emeritus.

For Sandra J. Wood, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, retirement effective August 1, 2008, with the title Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus.

IUE – INTERIM CHANCELLOR NASSER PAYDAR

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IUK–INTERIM CHANCELLOR STUART GREEN

Reappointments and Changes of Status

For John Hughey, clinical Assistant Professor in Radiography, School of Allied Health, change to Chair of Allied Health

Resignations and Cancellation of Appointments

For Colin Black, Associate professor of Theater and Communication Arts, retirement effective June 20, 2008, with the title Professor Emeritus of Theater and Communication Arts

IUN–CHANCELLOR BRUCE BERGLAND

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IPFW–CHANCELLOR MICHAEL WARTELL

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IUSB–CHANCELLOR UNA MAE RECK

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IUS– CHANCELLOR SANDRA PATTERSON-RANDLES   

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IV.       APPROVAL OF CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST STATEMENTS

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V.        AWARD OF DEGREES

1.       Approval is requested for the award of degrees as of August 31, 2008.

2.       Reporting for the record the awarding of honorary degrees awarded at the May 2008 Commencement ceremonies:

VI.       OLD BUSINESS

VII.     NEW BUSINESS

VIII.   NEXT MEETINGS

          December 11-12, 2008
          Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
          Indianapolis, Indiana

IX.    ADJOURNMENT