May 2019 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday, May 16, 2019 - Fairlane Center South, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Meeting Schedule

3:30 p.m.

Call to Order

President’s Opening Remarks
Presentations
- “Presidential Power in the Age of Trump” (Mitchel Sollenberger)
- Faculty promotions
Regents’ Committee Reports
Public Comments on Agenda-Related Topics
Regular Business Agenda

Consent Agenda (Roman Numeral Sections I-VIII)

I. MINUTES

Approval of March 28, 2019 Minutes

II. REPORTS

Investment Report
Plant Extension Report
University Human Resources Report (no documents)
Regents Report on Non-Competitive Purchases equal to or over $10,000 from Singles Sources, December 16, 2018 through March 15, 2019
Litigation Report
Research Report
Other Reports (no documents)
- University of Michigan Health System
- Student Life
- Dearborn Campus
- Flint Campus
Faculty Governance Update
Student Government Reports

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

V. PERSONNEL REPORTS

VI. RETIREMENT MEMOIRS

Adoption of retirement memoirs for Robert Axelrod, Ph.D., William D. Hamilton Distinguished University Professor, Mary Ann and Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Professor for the Study of Human Understanding, professor of political science, and professor of public policy; Robert E. Blatz, Jr., LL.M., professor of taxation, UM-Dearborn; Carol J. Boyd, Ph.D., Deborah J. Oakley Collegiate Professor of Nursing, professor of nursing, professor of women’s studies, research professor, psychiatry, and research professor, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Teresa M. Bruggeman, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing; Bruce O. Bublitz, Ph.D., professor of accounting in the UM-Dearborn; Judith M. Connett, Ph.D., research assistant professor, pathology; Steven N. Dworkin, Ph.D., professor of Romance linguistics and professor of linguistics; Anthony Elliott, B.M., professor of music (cello); Katherine Freese, Ph.D., George E. Uhlenbeck Collegiate Professor of Physics and professor of physics; Deborah E. Goldberg, Ph.D., Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Margaret B. Davis Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology; Marion A. Guck, Ph.D., professor of music (music theory); Imane A. Hakam, Ph.D., associate professor of French in the UM-Flint; Sharon C. Herbert, Ph.D., Charles K. Williams, II Distinguished University Professor of Classical Archaeology, professor of classical archaeology and Greek, and research scientist and curator in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology; C. Peethambaran Kartha, Ph.D., David M. French Professor and professor of quantitative methods, UM-Flint; Edith C. Kieffer, Ph.D.,professor of social work; Sherrie A. Kossoudji, Ph.D., associate professor of social work in the School of Social Work and adjunct associate professor of economics; James E. Krier, J.D., Earl Warren DeLano Professor of Law and professor of law; Edward W. Larsen, Ph.D., professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences; John C. Lee, Ph.D., professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences; Laura Lein, Ph.D., Katherine Reebel Collegiate Professor of Social Work, professor of social work, and professor of anthropology; David L. Neuhoff, Ph.D., Joseph E. and Anne P. Rowe Professor of Electrical Engineering and professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Vasantha Padmanabhan, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, and professor of environmental health sciences; Eileen Pollack, M.F.A., professor of English language and literature; Rudy J. Richardson, Sc.D., Dow Professor of Toxicology, professor of environmental health sciences, and associate professor of neurology; Suellyn Scarnecchia, J.D., clinical professor of law; Ruth S. Scodel, Ph.D., D.R. Shackleton Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin and professor of Greek and Latin; Patricia Simons, Ph.D., professor of history of art and professor of women’s studies; Maris A. Vinovskis, Ph.D., A.M. and H.P. Bentley Professor of History, professor of history, professor of public policy, research professor, Center for Political Studies in the Institute for Social Research; Kim A. Winick, Ph.D., professor of electrical engineering and computer science; and Leigh A. Woods, Ph.D., professor of theatre and drama

VII. MEMORIALS

No deaths of active faculty members were reported to the regents this month

VIII. DEGREES

There are no actions with respect to degrees this month

IX. FINANCE-PROPERTY

X. OTHER

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