Board of Regents to Meet April 11
at Towson University

April 11, 2003

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (USM) Board of Regents will meet in public session on Friday, April 11 on the third floor of the University Union at Towson University, beginning at 9:15 a.m.

The Board will consider several agenda items, including:

  • Annual Presentation of Regents Faculty Awards
  • Report of grassroots efforts during the legislative session
  • Resolution of appreciation for Regent Lance Billingsley, who is leaving the Board
  • USM enrollment projections for 2003-2012
  • 2001-2011 facilities master plan for Frostburg State University (FSU)
  • Public/private partnerships for student housing at Salisbury University and the University of Maryland, College Park
  • Increase in funding authorization for the Gossett Football Team House expansion at UMCP
  • Dental clinic operations contract at the University of Maryland, Baltimore exceeding $5 million
  • Proposed technical clarification of Board of Regents policy on student classification for admission, tuition, and charge-differential purposes
  • Changes and proposals for academic programs, including a master of fine arts in integrated design and a master of fine arts in creative writing and publishing arts, both from the University of Baltimore; a master of arts in education and a bachelor of science in psychology (substantially modified), both from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; a discontinuance of the bachelor's program in human resource management from the R.H. Smith School of Business at UMCP; a bachelor of technical and professional studies in biotechnology from the University of Maryland University College; a bachelor of technical and professional studies in criminal justice from FSU; and new areas of concentration in international studies, business administration, and geography, also from Frostburg
  • Report on exemplary institutional programs from the USM Minority Achievement Plan
  • Annual report on intercollegiate athletics
  • Announcement of new Regents Professor
  • Briefing on No Child Left Behind legislation

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