MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

August 16, 2005

The Regents of the University of New Mexico met on Tuesday, August 16, 2005, l: 00 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Ballroom C. A copy of the public notice is on file in the Office of the President.

Regents present:

James H. Koch, President
Jack L. Fortner, Vice President
Sandra K. Begay-Campbell
John M. “Mel” Eaves
Raymond Sanchez
Rosalyn D. Nguyen, Student Regent
President Louis Caldera

Regents unable to attend:

Douglas M. Brown

Vice Presidents present:

David W. Harris, Executive Vice President for Administration
Reed W. Dasenbrock, Interim Provost
Eliseo Torres, Vice President for Student Affairs
Michael Carroll, Vice President for Advancement
Terry Yates, VP for Research and Economic Development

Regents' Advisors present:

Edward DeSantis, President, Faculty Senate
Christopher Smith, incoming President, Faculty Senate
Sabra Basler, President, Staff Council
Buckner Creel, President GPSA
Brittany Jaeger, President, ASUNM
Angela Vachio, President, UNM Alumni Association

Regents' Advisors unable to attend:

Robert Bovinette, Chair, UNM Foundation

Others in attendance:

Members of the administration, faculty, staff, students, the media, and others.

Regent James Koch presided and called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA, Regent Jamie Koch

Motion approved unanimously to adopt the agenda.

APPROVAL OF SUMMARIZED MINUTES OF June 14, 2005 MEETING OF THE UNM BOARD OF REGENTS

Motion approved unanimously to approve the June 14, 2005 Minutes.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, President Louis Caldera

• On July 19, 2005, the Governor wrote to Board President Jamie Koch regarding his desire to have a health care summit on October 7 th to discuss the financial challenges facing UNM Hospital.

• Regent Koch has appointed Regent Eaves to chair a sub-committee to gather financial information regarding University Hospital.

• Regent Eaves has had many meetings with KPMG, the Association of Counties, representatives from tribes and pueblos in New Mexico, health care advocates, the governor's health care secretaries, and administrators from the Health Sciences Center and the hospital.

• The Dean of the School of Medicine, Paul Roth, has been appointed the Interim Executive Vice President for Health Sciences. Paul Roth said he is honored to have been considered for this interim position and he is looking forward to working with the team at HSC, the senior leadership on Main Campus, the President's Office, and the Regents.

• There will be an historic tribal summit on September 7 th . This will be an historic event in the University's ability to serve the Native Americans communities.

• There was an important retreat at La Posada with between 40 – 50 administrators, deans, faculty member, regents, and the Alumni Association president. The purpose of the retreat was to discuss improving undergraduate education by focusing on student progress and student engagement, particularly in research based public service.

• Last week, the Governor appointed Beverly McClure to be Secretary of the Higher Education Department. Both she and the Governor mentioned the Lottery Scholarship expansion as one of their goals, as well as, better integration and planning for delivering of higher education.

• Congratulations to EVP David W.Harris and his team for their success in issuing the bond in record time.

• In Athletics, UNM leads the Conference in the number of scholar athlete awards with grade point averages of 3.5 and above. The Air Force Academy came in last.

• When UNM kicks off the football season on September 5 th in a Mountain West Conference game, there will also be a brunch for former presidents and regents of the University; current regents, senior staff and deans are also invited to attend.

• In the area of Institutional Advancement, the final numbers are in; they exceeded their goal and raised $43 million dollars. The goal of $49 is million, which is subject to approval.

• Anne Monson became Associate Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing. She formerly worked for Lovelace.

• Mike Kingan is now Associate Vice President for Development. He formerly worked for the University of Iowa/College of Arts and Sciences.

• In the area of Academic Affairs, we are currently undergoing the new faculty orientation for the next two days. There will be a reception this evening for new faculty at University House. At the end of the month, Interim Provost Dasenbrock has scheduled a branch retreat for the branch colleges in Taos. He held his dean's retreat last year and there was strong enthusiasm and commitment to the University's goals. Amy Wohlert, Associate Provost, has taken on additional duties as Interim Dean in the Office of Graduate Students. Breda Bova has joined the Office of the President, from the College of Education, replacing Wynn Goering in a critical position as Special Assistant to the President.

• In the area of research, the Department of Energy, Office of Science recently awarded UNM School of Engineering part of a $2.4 million grant in conjunction with Los Alamos and the University of California.

• In the area of international collaborations, UNM hosted a dinner on July 11 th for university presidents from Latin America. Albuquerque has been chosen to host a portal that is going to provide distance education for countries throughout the Americas. The plan is to open this sometime next year with a 50,000 enrollment within the first year or two.

• Under public service, High Tech at UNM opened its doors on August 15 th . Ninety eager students and their parents were there in the entering freshman class. Breda Bova and Connie Beimer were thanked for their work and support.

• Under searches, open forums were held for the four finalists for the position of Director of Office of Equal Opportunity. An eleven-member committee is doing a national search that began in April.

• UNM is expecting 3,200 freshmen for the new academic year. This will be the second largest class that UNM has enrolled.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS ADVISORS

Dr. Ed DeSantis, President, Faculty Senate

• Christopher Smith, incoming President, Faculty Senate, was introduced to the Regents. Ed DeSantis thanked everyone for their cooperation and wished the Faculty Senate luck for all the work that lies ahead.

• Christopher Smith said he looks forward to the coming year, working to improve the University, and he thinks they have distinct challenges ahead of them, such as infrastructure, building maintenance, and pay.

Sabra Basler, President, Staff Council

• Staff Council did not get the funds for the Work Life Committee, which was a disappointment. They did help with the poster for Eliseo Torres' conference on healing.

• The Staff Council is meeting today and listening to a presentation from Lobo Care regarding out-of-pocket expenses at UNMH.

• There will be a new committee starting called the UNM Retirement Committee, if it passes. They will work with the Government Affairs Committee in trying to get information on retirement.

• The Parking Committee is working on some transit benefits.

• The Compensation Committee is looking at pro-rating of leave and benefits for staff that do not fall into the 50% or 75% time categories.

Buckner Creel, President, GPSA

• Class begins on Monday. Welcome to all the new graduate students.

• The bonds have all been sold. Buckner hopes there is a commitment from the Board to work with the University and uphold its commitments to the projects that will benefit the students in the future.

• GPSA, in conjunction with ASUNM, will be hosting a mayoral candidate forum on the evening of September 8 th , 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Professor Chris Garcia will be moderating the event.

• The first council meeting will be on September 10 th , at 10:00 am in the Lobo Room.

• The OGS task force, which Interim Provost Dasenbrock has appointed Buckner to chair. It is of prime importance to the graduate students this year. They look forward to answering the question: “How does UNM want to direct and shape graduate education?”

• GPSA looks forward to the summits coming up this fall, particularly the summit on Native American higher education.

• GPSA hopes their initiative to provide low income child care assistance for graduate students will go through.

Brittany Jaeger, President, ASUNM

• Freshman Family Day should be very beneficial in boosting retention rates: 800 students and 2,500 guests are signed up for the event.

• In the Student Union Building there will be a new satellite weight room, a new Lobo cycling room, and a spin class. Based on student input, we will be changing to Pizza Hut Express and Wings. There will also be a beauty salon opening on the lower level.

• On the bond issue, ASUNM urges the Regents to honor their commitment about spending the students' money on the projects mentioned in the bond issue.

• Working with Dr. Walt Miller, a scholarship plaque has been completed that highlights students on campus who have received scholarships. It will be hung this fall on the lower level of the SUB. There are two more plaques in the works which will honor student athletes on campus who have received high GPAs, as well as Clove Award recipients.

• A committee has been formed in Santa Fe with the intent to discuss the Lottery scholarship. The program could face possible financial shortcomings.

Angela Vachio, President, UNM Alumni Association

• The Alumni Association is in the process of distributing their most recent magazine. It is distributed to about 125,000 alumni homes and businesses. There is an insert in the magazine with all the homecoming activities and full schedule.

• The Alumni Association is hosting the Welcome Back Days in celebration of students coming back to school. The Association will be serving 5,000 hot dogs on campus on August 25 th and 26 th .

• They also participated in the freshman orientation this year. They were encouraging the linkage between incoming freshman and alumni mentors.

• The Alumni Lettermen's Athletic Hall of Honor Banquet Awardees have been decided. The inductees will be Mary Jo Campbell, Gary Colson, Harold Rudy, Bill Weaks, and Woody Clemens (posthumous). The honorees will be Glen Millican, Patty Howard, and Kailin Downs.

• The recipients of the 2005 Zia Awards have been selected. This award gives honor to alumni who have distinguished themselves in community service and service to the University.

• The strategic plan has been developed and finalized. They hope Hodgin Hall will be established as the alumni hall on campus, which would honor UNM tradition and give alumni a home on campus.

COMMENTS FROM REGENTS

• Regent Sandra Begay-Campbell reported on the Resolution UNM Tribal Higher Education. The tribal summit will be held on September 7 th . A 100 page document of the Native American programs at UNM will be distributed to the tribal leaders and all Board of Regents. The Resolution talks about a strategic planning session and dictates the emphasis of following through on the strategies.

Motion approved unanimously to approve Resolution UNM Tribal Higher Education and summit being held in September.

REGENTS COMMITTEE REPORTS, Regent Rosalyn Nguyen

• Rosalyn was traveling in Europe and was in Texas. She is glad to be back in New Mexico and is looking forward to the coming school year.

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT, Regent Mel Eaves

• An Audit Committee meeting had not been held, no report.

ACADEMIC/STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, Regent Raymond Sanchez

• Tim Castillo made a presentation to the Committee regarding the idea of “brain drain” that appeared in the “Albuquerque Journal”. He was born and raised in New Mexico and graduated from UNM. He received his advanced degree in architecture. Now he is back in New Mexico in a job digitalizing architectural concepts. Just as a point of reference, here is someone who graduated from our high school, stayed in New Mexico and then moved on to show other people in other states the talent that we do have here in New Mexico, then he came back to help educate our kids.

• Statistics have been reviewed that the Albuquerque Journal and the people of New Mexico have not been exposed to. It is a credit to New Mexico that so many of our students are being solicited to go to other schools and are being offered benefits and scholarships. We would like to recruit our state students to come to UNM. We need to keep the New Mexicans that are talented within the state.

• Alicia Chavez from the Taos Campus gave a presentation to the Committee on what is going on in Taos.

• The action item is the operating agreement between UNM and the local board of the Taos branch campus. An amendment has been attached to the agreement to clearly define the local board members.

Motion approved unanimously to approve operating agreement between UNM and the local Board of the Taos branch campus.

Motion approved unanimously to approve two lists of new and continuing members of the governing board of the Harwood Museum.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the Graduate and Professional Students Association constitution amendment.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the faculty post tenure review report.

• UNM received a grant, along with four other universities, to promote and encourage awareness of public service and to promote careers with the federal government.

FINANCE AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE, Regent Mel Eaves, Chair

Motion approved unanimously to approve the equipment disposition list.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the reappointment to the Lobo Energy Board of Directors for a new four year term.

Motion approved unanimously to approve a resolution for the investment management guidelines for the Anderson School Financial Services Center investment management program.

Motion approved unanimously to approve contract for purchase of natural gas for the University.

Motion approved unanimously to approve award for consulting contracts with two firms: one contract is for $677,100.00 and the second contract is for $880,740.00.

Motion approved unanimously to approve Phase III construction of the Instructional Building at the Taos Campus.

• Alicia Chavez commented that UNM has had a presence in Taos since 1923. The Harwood Museum offered courses through UNM. They become an educational center in 1993 with an opening enrollment of 360 students and within six years grew to over 1,200 students. In 2002, Dr. Chavez had requested an investigative audit to be conducted to review compliance issues with financial aid, federal programs, and curriculum decisions. Some courses were being offered free of tuition which is against state law. There was a misreporting of almost 400 students. The student numbers are now more accurate. They are also now offering non-credit training options to local employers.

• The new structure will add eight classrooms and leased spaced from the town of Taos will be abandoned. The funds for the lease will be reallocated to the Department of Instruction in order to offer additional courses.

Motion approved unanimously to approve addition to the North Campus Education Center at the Gallup Branch Campus.

Motion approved unanimously to approve the dermatology addition to Medical Arts NE, a building gifted to the School of Medicine. It will house a new surgical procedure room, clinical lab, faculty offices, administrative staff offices, work area, and storage. The total budget is $700,000.00.

Motion approved unanimously to approve a remodel at the UNM Cancer and Research and Treatment Center.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve architect selection for Phase II of the Health Careers Building at the Gallup Branch Campus.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve the sale of the land where the State of New Mexico Tri-Services Lab Building currently stands adjacent to UNMH. UNM will acquire a five-acre site with an appraised price of $914, 960.00.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve the resolution regarding the authorization of additional study and planning to determine some specific real estate proposals that UNM and Sandia Foundation can pursue together and present to the Regents for approval.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve the purchase of the Lobo Center Building from the Sandia Foundation.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve the recommendation from Susan Carkeek and President Caldera to rescind the executive bonus program.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve submission to Higher Education Department.

Information Items

• UNM Chemistry X-Ray equipment

• UNM Administration Network equipment

• UNM molecular genetics and microbiology

• UNM PPD automotive passenger buses

• Susan Carkeek presented a progress report on administration consolidation of financial services, financial management, risk management, facilities management and legal services. In June, three new Associate Vice Presidents of Financial Services were appointed. In August, they brought together 22 of UNM's most senior financial officers to help evaluate what it would take to make this consolidation a success. They will bring forward a series of recommendations and ten goals that have been established.

• Andrew Cullen made a presentation regarding the UNM Series 2005 Revenue Bonds. All the bond documents have been signed off. They moved forward on the bond issue in May and the money will be in the bank on August 24 th . UNM sold $25 million in 30-year fixed rate bonds with a true interest cost of 4.5%. They had total orders of $232 million on this bond sale. The double A rating was affirmed and the negative outlook was removed and replaced with a stable outlook. The “Bond Buyer” gave the bonds a very positive review just prior to going to market. The bonds have been insured to a triple A rating and UNM saved approximately $234,000.00 on debt service.

• A proposal to reallocate part of the Academic Affairs budget to pay some outstanding debts in various Academic Affairs units was not approved. The money will be spent as originally intended in good faith to the students. James Koch congratulated Interim Provost Dasenbrock for bringing this issue forth to the attention of the Regents.

HEALTH SCIENCES COMMITTEE, Regent Jack Fortner, Chair

Motion Approved unanimously to approve all permanent Appointments and Reappointments listed in tab 30.

Motion Approved unanimously to approve expansion of privileges for Dr. William Green.

Executive Session: discussion of limited personnel matters pursuant to section 10-15-1.H (2), NMSA and litigation matters pursuant to section 10-15-1.H (7), NMSA.

Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.

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Regent President James H. Koch Regent Secretary-Treasurer Sandra Begay-Campbell