UA Board of Regents will meet in Anchorage - Feb. 19-20, 2015
by Michelle Saport |
The University of Alaska Board of Regents will meet in Anchorage Feb. 19-20 in the Gorsuch Commons on the UAA campus. Public testimony will be at 9 a.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday. The full agenda and link to video-streaming can be found on the Board of Regents website.
This will be the first meeting for four regents recently appointed by Governor Walker: Sheri Buretta, John Davies, Lisa Parker and Andy Teuber. They will be joining veteran board members Chair Jo Heckman, Vice Chair Mike Powers, Secretary Kenneth Fisher, Treasurer Gloria O'Neill, and members Dale Anderson, Courtney Enright and Mary Hughes.
The meeting will feature a comprehensive budget discussion, and the regents will be considering a proposal to increase tuition in light of State funding shortages. In addition, UAA Chancellor Tom Case and Interim Provost Samuel Gingerich will present on the program prioritization process at UAA.
The board will also receive a special presentation and training on Title IX, landmark civil rights legislation that requires universities to strive to end gender-based discrimination in their programs. They will receive an update from UAA's Title IX Coordinator Marva Watson on the efforts UA is undertaking to expand sexual misconduct prevention and awareness programs on all campuses.
In regular business, the board will review program and policy changes receive an update from a Common Calendar task force, and approve a supplemental budget request to cover utility and fuel costs.
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