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December 2018 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, December 6, 2018 - Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse

The Board of Regents will hold its monthly meeting at the Richard L. Postma Family Clubhouse (500 E. Stadium Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48104). Parking arrangements have been made for guests and community members in the Orange Lot (SC7) near Crisler. U-M parking permits will not be necessary on the day of the board meeting. Guests can park and walk through the tunnel under Stadium Blvd to the golf course. Meeting guests also can take the U-M Commuter South bus, which stops at the edge of the orange lot.  For more information on bus stop locations, visit: https://ltp.umich.edu/dev/transit/CS.php.

Meeting Schedule

3 p.m.

Call to Order

  • President’s Opening Remarks

  • Presentation

    • Victors for Michigan Campaign

Regents’ Committee Reports (no reports)
* Public Comments
* Regular Business Agenda

Consent Agenda (Roman Numeral Sections I-VIII)

I. MINUTES

  1. Approval of October 18, 2018 Minutes

II. REPORTS

  1. Investment Report
  2. Plant Extension Report
  3. University Human Resources Report
  4. Litigation Report
  5. Research Report
  6. Other Reports (no documents)

  • University of Michigan Health System
  • Student Life
  • Dearborn Campus
  • Flint Campus

  1. Faculty Governance Update (no documents)
  2. Student Government Reports

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

  1. Report on Voluntary Support, October 31, 2018

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

(Summary and Individual Regents Communications for items 1-9) (Use “bookmark” feature when viewing PDF document.) (Supplemental Agenda Item)

  1. Ann Arbor Campus-recommendations for approval:
  2. New appointments and promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks, with tenure
  3. Reappointments of regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff
  4. Joint or additional appointments or transfers of regular associate or full professors and selected academic and administrative staff
  5. Leaves of absence for regular instructional staff and selected academic administrative staff
  6. Establishing and renaming professorships and selected academic and administrative positions
  7. Other personnel transactions for regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff

_Dearborn Campus-recommendations for approval:

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8. Establishing and renaming professorships and selected academic and administrative positions[

](/files/meetings/04-13/2013-04-IV-4.pdf)_Flint Campus-recommendations for approval:

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9. Reappointments of regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff
10. Joint or additional appointments or transfers of regular associate or full professors and selected academic and administrative staff

_Committee appointments  

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  1. Ann Arbor and Flint campuses

V. PERSONNEL REPORTS

  1. Reports of Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) Activity
  2. Reports of regular instructional transactions

VI. RETIREMENT MEMOIRS

  1. Adoption of retirement memoirs for Nancy R. Barbas, M.S.W., M.D., clinical associate professor of neurology; Xian Chen, M.D., clinical assistant professor of internal medicine; Kevin J. Compton, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Dennis Crowley, M.D., clinical professor of pediatrics; James S. Diana, Ph.D., professor of environment and sustainability; Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Ph.D., Frank Murphy Distinguished University Professor of Law and Psychology, professor of psychology, professor of law, and faculty associate; James T. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., professor of learning health sciences; Janet L. Goldberg, M.S.A., clinical instructor in nursing; Carolyn M. Johnston, M.D.,clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology; Deborah Keller-Cohen, Ph.D., professor of linguistics, professor of women’s studies, and professor of education; Patricia B. Mullan, Ph.D., professor of learning health sciences; Barry M. OConnor, Ph.D., professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and curator of insects in the Museum of Zoology; Mary Beth Ofstedal, Ph.D., research scientist, Population Studies-Administration and research scientist, Survey Research Center; Leslie Pincus, Ph.D., associate professor of history; Martin J. Powers, Ph.D., Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures and professor of history of art;  Nicholas J. Rine, J.D., clinical professor of law; James M. Rowan, Ph.D., clinical instructor in physical medicine and rehabilitation; Namita Sachdev, M.D., clinical assistant professor of internal medicine and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics; Alan Robert Tait, Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology; and Robert J. Willis, Ph.D., research professor, Survey Research Center, research professor, Population Studies Center, and professor of economics.

VII. MEMORIALS

  1. Adoption of memorial statements for Bruce Elenbogen, Ph.D., associate professor of computer and information science, UM-Dearborn; and Elsayed Orady, Ph.D., professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, UM-Dearborn.

VIII. DEGREES

  1. There are no actions with respect to degrees this month.

IX. FINANCE-PROPERTY

  1. Fiscal Year 2020 Capital Outlay Submission All Campuses
  2. University Real Estate Policy Annual Report on Leases Exceeding 50,000 Square Feet
  3. Alternative and Absolute Return Commitments
  4. Financing of New Projects and Potential Refinancing of General Revenue Bonds and Commercial Paper Notes
  5. Central Campus Classroom Building and the Alexander G. Ruthven Building Renovation
  6. Wall Street West Parking Structure
  7. Dean Road Transportation Facility
  8. Business Administration Executive Dormitory First and Second Floor Renovations
  9. Michigan Medicine A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center Air Handling Equipment Replacement
  10. Authorize Execution of Investment Agreements under the MINTS Program for Omniscent Inc.
  11. Authorization for the University to transact with the Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal
  12. Authorization for the University to enter into an agreement with MoxyTech Inc.
  13. Authorization for the University to transact with BioDiscovery LLC
  14. Authorization for the University to transact with Sherm’s Musical Instrument Repair
  15. Authorization for the University of Michigan to transact with Mouko LLC
  16. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and Agita Labs, LLC
  17. Sponsored Activity Agreement between the University of Michigan Applied Morphomics, Inc.
  18. Research Agreement between the University of Michigan and Arborsense, Inc.
  19. Option Agreement between the University of Michigan and Eleven Therapeutics Corporation
  20. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and Enertia Microsystems Inc.
  21. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and Haztraxx LLC
  22. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and New Vital Signs, Inc.
  23. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and NOTA Laboratories LLC
  24. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and ONL Therapeutics, Inc.
  25. Service Agreement between the University of Michigan and Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration
  26. Option Agreement between the University of Michigan and Taza Aya LLC
  27. License Agreement between the University of Michigan and Voxel51, Inc.

X. OTHER

  1. Change Name of Department
  2. Approval to Allow the Digital Studies Institute to appoint faculty
  3. Building Naming - Supplemental Agenda Item
  4. Michigan Medicine Clinical Inpatient Tower - Supplemental Agenda Item
  5. Authorization to Sell Real Estate - Supplemental Agenda Item
  6. Authorization to Purchase Real Estate - Supplemental Agenda Item

*The agenda and the items linked from this page are an unofficial version of this month’s Regents’ Meeting Agenda. The official and authoritative version of the agenda is kept on file in the Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University.

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