Media Alert - Board of Regents to Meet July 10

July 5, 2002

Board of Regents to Meet July 10 at Bowie State University

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (USM) Board of Regents will meet in regular public session on Wednesday, July 10 at 9 a.m. in the Center for Learning and Technology at Bowie State University in Bowie, MD.

Among the items to be considered by the Board are the following:

  • Fiscal Year 2003 election of new officers
  • FY 2003 meeting schedule
  • Parking fees for FY 2003 at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
  • FY 2004 capital budget request of $174,668,000
  • FY 2004-2008 capital improvement program
  • FY 2004-2013 10-year capital plan
  • FY 2003 USM-funded construction program request of $55,200,000
  • Coppin State College facilities master plan
  • Public-private partnership development of a daycare center at UMCP
  • Request to increase the scope of two projects at UMCP -- the Comcast Center ($3.1 million in additional funding) and student housing (approximately $2 million to cover prevailing wage costs and $1.19 million for costs associated with scope adjustments)
  • Request to increase the scope of the Kim Engineering Building project at UMCP ($3.7 million, with $2.4 million from facilities renewal funds for FY 2004 and 2005 and $1.2 million in private funds)
  • USM enrollment projections, 2002-2011
  • New academic program proposals, including a master of arts and certificate of advanced study in school psychology from Bowie State University; a bachelor of arts in international studies and a master of science in mathematics education from Salisbury University; a bachelor of science in integrated elementary education-special education from Towson University; a doctorate in management information systems from the University of Baltimore; and a master of science and doctorate in bioengineering from UMCP
  • Resolution on student riots
  • Changes to the constitution of the Council of University System Faculty
  • Institutional minority achievement plans
  • Low-productivity programs
  • Regents policy on use of foundation and alumni association funds to provide economic benefits to USM employees
  • USM capital campaign progress report
  • Discussion of FY 2004 tuition rates
The Board's nominating committee has forwarded the following slate of officers for a vote at the July 10 meeting:

Chairman: Nathan A. Chapman Jr.
Vice Chairman: Charles R. Larson
Secretary: Steny H. Hoyer
Treasurer: Thomas B. Finan Jr.
Assistant Secretary: William T. Wood
Assistant Treasurer: Patricia Florestano

Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request.  Please call 301/445-2756 (voice) or 301/314-7683 (TTY/ITT) to make special arrangements.

Contact:
Chris Hart
Phone: 301/445-2739
E-mail: chart@usmd.edu