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Date(s) - 05/11/2017
10:00 am
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Western New Mexico University
Board of Regents Meeting
Serna Conference Room, WNMU Castorena Bldg
Thomas B. McDonald Student Memorial Building Seminar Room, Silver City
May 11, 2017 (See live stream here)
8:00 am Budget & Finance Committee Meeting – Castorena Building VPBA Office
8:45 am Governance & Operations Committee Meeting – Castorena Building Serna Conference Room
9:30 am Executive Session – Castorena Building Serna Conference Room
i. For the purpose of discussion of limited personnel matters (report on possible personnel actions); legal matters subject to attorney-client privilege concerning threatened or pending litigation; and discussion of purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property or water rights (potential property acquisition) pursuant to NMSA 1978 Section 10-15-1 (H-2), (H-7) and H-8.
10:00 am Regular Session – Thomas B. McDonald Student Memorial Building Seminar Room, Silver City, NM
REGULAR SESSION
I. Call Meeting to Order/Pledge of Allegiance
II. Approval of Agenda
III. Approval of Minutes of April 24, 2017
IV. Review of Date for Next Board Meeting: September 2017 (date tba)
V. Report from Featured Component: Outdoor Program – Dr. Kathy Whiteman
VI. President of Student Government (Information) Ms. Claudia Osuna-Ochoa/Mr. Tim Stillman
VII. President of Staff Senate (Information) Ms. Donna Rees
VIII. President of Faculty Senate (Information) Dr. Andrew Hernandez
IX. University President’s Report (Information) Dr. Joseph Shepard
X. New Business
A. Promotion and Tenure (Action Item) – Regent Governance & Operations Chair Janice Baca-Argabright
Staffing: Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost Jack Crocker
B. Post-Tenure Review (Action Item) – Regent Governance & Operations Chair Janice Baca-Argabright
Staffing: Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost Jack Crocker
C. Recommendation of Emeritus Designation (Action Item) – Regent Governance & Operations Chair Janice Baca-Argabright Staffing: Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost Jack Crocker
D. Faculty Handbook Changes (4: Faculty Awards, Faculty Presence, Teaching Load & Dept. Chair Selection) (Action Item) – Regent Governance & Operations Chair Janice Baca-Argabright
Staffing: Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost Jack Crocker & Faculty Senate President Hernandez
E. Student Handbook Updates (Action Item) – Regent Governance & Operations Chair Janice Baca-Argabright Staffing: Vice President for Student Affairs Isaac Brundage & ASWNMU President Ochoa
F. Research & Public Service Projects (RPSP) (Action Item) – Regent Budget & Finance Committee Chair Carl Foster Staffing: Ms. Kelley Riddle, Interim Vice President for Business Affairs
G. 5 Year Capital Outlay Projects & Institutional Capital Projects & Infrastructure Projects (ICIP) (Action Item) – Regent Budget & Finance Committee Chair Carl Foster Staffing: Ms. Kelley Riddle, VPBA
H. Capital Projects Transmittal for WOW Café (Action Item) – Regent Budget & Finance Committee Chair Carl Foster Staffing: Ms. Kelley Riddle, Interim Vice President for Business Affairs
I. Capital Projects Transmittal for Tennis Courts (Action Item) – Regent Budget & Finance Committee Chair Carl Foster Staffing: Ms. Kelley Riddle, Interim Vice President for Business Affairs
J. Resolution Adopting Notice Procedures Pursuant to the NM Open Meetings Act (Action Item) – Regent Governance & Operations Chair Janice Baca-Argabright Staffing: President Joseph Shepard
K. Election of Officers (Action Item) – Regent Chair Dan Salzwedel
XI. Regents Information Session
A. Public Comments
B. Board Closing Comments
XII. Adjournment