MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. October 11, 1991

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1 MNUTES OF THE MEETNG OF THE MCHGAN STATE UNVERSTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Trustee Fnance Commttee and the Trustee Polcy Commttee meetngs were held n the Board Room of the Admnstraton Buldng begnnng at 8:30 a.m. on Frday, - The mnutes of the commttee meetngs are on fle n the Offce of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. The meetng of the Board of Trustees was called to order by Presdent John DBaggo at 10:40 a.m. n the Board Room of the Admnstraton Buldng. Trustees present were: Dolores M. Cook, Joel Ferguson, Dean Prdgeon, Thomas H. Reed, Melane Renhold, John D. Shngleton, and Robert E. Wess. Trustee Barbara J. Sawyer was excused. Unversty offcers present ncluded: Presdent DBaggo, Provost Scott, Secretary Davs; Vce Presdents Kurz, Guyer, Meyer, Perre, Turner, and Wlknson. Faculty Lason representatves present were: Grandstaff, Probst, and Thornton. Student Lason representatves present were: Edelmann, Kemntz, Tetens, and Tngson, All actons taken were by unanmous vote of the Trustees present, unless otherwse noted. 1. On a moton by Ms. Renhold, supported by Ms. Cook, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the proposed agenda, 2.- On a moton by Ms. Cook, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the Mnutes of the July 26, 1991, Board meetng. Publc Partcpaton Request for Executve Sesson 3. The followng ndvdual addressed the Board of Trustees on the subject lsted: A. Mr. Shola Abe, an alumnus, presented a proposal to have Sprng Snowflakes (leucojum vernum) adopted as the offcal flower of Mchgan State Unversty. The elegant green and whte flower symbolzng the sprt of the Unversty blooms n the Beal Botancal Garden. 4. Presdent DBaggo announced that General Counsel Mary Elzabeth Kurz has requested that the Board of Trustees meet n Executve Sesson as authorzed by Secton 8 (e) of the Open Meetngs Act to dscuss wth Counsel specfc pendng ltgaton/ On a moton by Ms. Cook, supported by Mr. Reed, a roll call vote was conducted by Secretary Davs and the moton passed unanmously. 5. Presdent DBaggo announced that the Board would reconvene at 1:00 p.m. followng the Executve Sesson and lunch. 6. The meetng of the Board of Trustees was reconvened by Presdent DBaggo at 1:00 p.m. Trustees present were: Dolores M. Cook, Joel Ferguson, Dean Prdgeon, Thomas H. Reed, Melane Renhold, John D. Shngleton, and Robert E. Wess, Trustee Barbara J. Sawyer was excused. Unversty offcers present ncluded: Presdent DBaggo, Provost Scott, Secretary Davs; Vce Presdents Kurz, Guyer, Meyer, Perre, Turner, and Wlknson. Faculty Lason representatves present were: Abeles, Grandstaff, Probst, and Thornton. Student Lason representatves present were: Edelmann, Kemntz, Tetens, and Tngson. Presdents Report 7. The report of the Presdent ncluded the followng: A. Presdent DBaggo commented on the dedcaton ceremony of the John A. Hannah Buldng n downtown Lansng and the approprateness of namng a buldng that houses the Mchgan Educaton Department n honor of Dr. Hannah. #? F B. A specal program was held on campus to promote the new ntatves of the nsttute for Chldren, Youth, and Famles. n addton to the ntroducton of Dr. Rchard M. Lerner as the nsttute's drector, an announcement was made of a $1.2 mllon award to the nsttute from the Unversty's W. K. Kellogg Foundaton Lfelong Educaton Grant.

2 C. Presdent DBaggo reported that the Unversty has been successful n reachng ts enrollment target for the freshman class, as well as n brngng the overall enrollment closer to 40/000. Also, the dversty of the student body was advanced wth ncreases n each mnorty group and n out-of-state students. D. A grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundaton supported a recent three-day program, "Meet Mchgan," whch was planned and coordnated by the Provost's Offce to acquant nearly 30 newer faculty members wth MSU programs n southern lower Mchgan. E. A recent conference on Black-Jewsh relatons provded an opportunty for dscussons of the hstory, culture, and tradtons of both communtes. F. Presdent DBaggo commented on actvtes that are beng planned n celebraton of homecomng week. On a moton by Ms. Cook, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the followng personnel actons. A. Appontments 1) Kng, Wlma, AY-Assocate Professor, Department of Hstory, $56,797, wth Tenure, effectve September 1, } Wooldrdge, Jeffrey M., AN-Assocate Professor, Department of Economcs, $55,000, wth Tenure, effectve September 1, ) McAdoo, Harrette P., AY-Professor, Department of Famly and Chld Ecology, $73,000, wth Tenure, effectve September 1, } McAddo, John L., AY-Assocate Professor, Department of Famly and Chld Ecology, $49,000, wth Tenure, effectve September 1, ) Allen, LaRue, AY-Professor, Department of Psychology, $70,000. wth Tenure, effectve September 1, ) Arnoczky, Steven P., AN-Professor and Wade 0. Brnker Endowed Char, Department of Small Anmal Clncal Scences; Department of Surgery, $116,000, wth Tenure, effectve January 6, Provost Scott commented on the qualfcatons and scholarly actvtes of Professor Steven Arnoczky. Addtonally, he commented on the fllng of the Unversty's endowed chars Presdents Report contnued Personnel Actons Appontments B. Other Personnel Actons 1) Curts, Joy, AN-Professor, Dean's Offce, College of Nursng, to add ttle of Ombudsman, Offce of the Provost, and for a change n salary rate from $52,632 on an academc year appontment bass to $68,290 on an annual appontment bass, effectve October 1, Other Personnel Actons } Curts, Joy Dr. Scott and Presdent DBaggo each commented on the appontment and \ qualfcatons of Professor Joy Curts as. Ombudsman- Dr. Carolyn j Steber was commended by both the Presdent and Provost for twenty years ] of dedcated, conscentous! and effectve servce as Ombudsman, ] 10, On a moton by Ms. Cook, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the Gft, Grant and Contract Report for the perod June 29, 1991, through September 13, 1991, wth a total value of $40,826, A copy of the report s ncluded wth the Board Agenda n the Offce of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Perre reported ths s the largest sngle amount reported to the Board of Trustees at one tme, and he s lookng forward to another very good year. Mr. Prdgeon presented the reports and recommendatons of the Trustee Fnance Commttee. Gft, Grant and Contract Report Trustee Fnance Commttee On a moton by Mr. Prdgeon, supported by Ms. Renhold, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the followng Bd and Contract recommendatons wth a consent agenda format- Bds & Contracts 1) A contract n the amount of $248,700 be awarded to Delta Electrcal Contractors of Lansng, nc* of Lansng, Mchgan, and that a budget n the amount of $335,000 be establshed for the project enttled Campbell, Glchrst, Landon, Mary Mayo, Wllams, and Yakeley Halls - Broadband Dstrbuton. Campbell, Glchrst, Landon, Mary Mayo, Wl1ams and Yakeley Halls Broadband Dstrbuton

3 Trustee Fnance Commttee cont. Bds & Contracts contnued Crop Scence Storage and Research Bgs. Smon Power Plant Unt k General Constructon Acceptance of audted fnancal j statements j Adopton of operatng budgets and approval for compensaton adjustments Adopt on of Budget Request Gude- \ 1 nes Sale of Jones property n Rochester, Ml Appontment of Peter Basso Assocates 2) A contract n the amount of $199,600 be awarded to Lazar Constructon, nc. of Durand, Mchgan, and that a budget n the amount of $255,000 be establshed for the project enttled Crop Scence - Pestcde/Herbcde Storage and Research Buldngs. 3) A contract n the amount of $13,781,000 be awarded to Alberc/Clark (A Jont Venture) from Lansng, Mchgan, for the project enttled T.B. Smon Power Plant Unt 4 - General Archtectural/Mechancal Constructon. B. On a moton by Mr, Prdgeon, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED to accept the audted fnancal statements for the year ended June 30, On a moton by Mr. Prdgeon, supported by Ms. Cook, THE BOARD VOTED to adopt the operatng budgets for the Unversty General Fund, the Agrcultural Experment Staton, the Cooperatve Extenson Servce, and ntercollegate Athletcs. Approval was also gven for compensaton adjustments developed n accordance wth Unversty Budget Gudelnes for faculty, academc staff, and executve management employees. On a moton by Mr. Prdgeon, supported by Mr. Shngleton, THE BOARD VOTED to adopt the Budget Request Gudelnes, ncludng operatng and captal outlay needs, for the Unversty General Fund, the Agrcultural Experment Staton, and the Cooperatve Extenson Servce. On a moton by Mr. Prdgeon, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the sale of the remanng acres of the Jones property located n Rochester, Mchgan, pursuant to an offer from Stony Ponte Development Corporaton, a development corporaton operated by Mr. Carl Sams, for $579,293. Detaled terms regardng ths sale are attached to the Trustee Fnance Commttee Agenda. On a moton by Mr. Prdgeon, supported by Mr. Shngleton, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the appontment of the frm of Peter Basso Assocates of Troy, Mchgan, as the engneer/archtect for the North Campus Regonal Chlled Water Plant. Report on Unversty's Real Property G. The Commttee receved a wrtten report prepared by the Land Management Offce on the Unversty's Real Property Holdngs, Mr. Prdgeon commented how fortunate the Unversty s to have these land holdngs and he complmented the ndvduals who are responsble. nformaton tem \ regardng elevator n ntramural buldng \ Progress report on Kalamazoo Street 1 brdge and roadway \ Report on tuton and fee rates Trustee Pol cy Commttee Amendment to Bylaws for Academc Governance H. An nformatonal tem was reported to the Commttee regardng the contract replacng the elevator n the ntramural Recreatve Sports Crcle buldng to enhance handcapper accessblty.... n response to the Commttee's request for a report pror to fnalzaton of plans, Mr. Thomas W. Kehler, Drector of Campus Park and Plannng, presented a progress report on the Kalamazoo Street brdge replacement and reconstructon of the roadway. A wrtten report of tuton and fee rates converted to the equvalent semester amounts was receved by the Commttee. 11. Mr. Ferguson, Charperson, presented the reports and recommendatons of the Trustee Polcy Commttee. On a moton by Mr. Ferguson, supported by Ms. Cook, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the revson of an amendment to the Unversty Bylaws for Academc Governance, Secton SS report B< The Commttee on Student Affars shall have four faculty members selected by the Faculty Councl. The Commttee shall have seven student members apponted as follows: three ASMSU appontees, vz. the Presdent of ASMSU or a desgnee, an appontee of the Black Student Allance wth the approval of the Student Board and a female appontee; two COGS appontees; and two Student Councl appontees, vz. one college representatve and one other student councl member, one of whom should be non-whte. The Vce Presdent for Students Affars and Servces or a desgnee shall be a member wth voce but no vote. (Revsons n bold.) Provost Davd K. Scott, Vce Provost Paul M. Hunt, and staff members were commended for the nformatve SS report presented at the mornng commttee meetng as well as for the progress and capabltes of the SS program.

4 The report of the Charperson and Trustees ncluded the followng: October ' A. On a moton by Mr, Reed, supported by Ms. Cook, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the followng resoluton salutng ASMSU for ther partcpaton n "nto the Streets." Charperson's Report jresoluton to ASMSU ["nto the Streets" Resoluton to ASMSU The Board of Trustees of Mchgan State Unversty today extends ts support and encouragement to "nto the Streets" a remarkable volunteer program whch exemplfes the true Spartan sprt of our students. On November 1, Mchgan State Unversty students wll become part of an extensve, natonal effort to address many of today 1 s most pressng problems, ncludng ADS, safety, domestc volence, the envronment, homelessness, hunger, lteracyj race relatons and substance abuse. Through ths ambtous program, the energy, talent and concern of the Mchgan State Unversty student body wll be felt throughout the greater Lansng communty. Local resdents wth a broad range of concerns wll see Mchgan State students actvely nvolved n the search for tangble responses to many of socety's needs. Whle buldng brdges from our campus to the communty, "nto the Streets" also wll create and strengthen connectons among Mchgan State students, as at least 30 student organzatons have chosen to play a part n ths program. For ts vtal lnk to today's real-world problems, for the mportant connectons fostered among Mchgan State students and the greater communty and for buldng on the already-strong volunteer and servce msson of our Unversty, the Mchgan State Unversty Board of Trustees commends the organzers and partcpants of the 1991 "nto the Streets" program* B. On a moton by Mr. Reed, supported by Mr. Prdgeon, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the followng resoluton regardng the Knght Foundaton jknght Foundaton r r Commsson on ntercollegate Athletcs Report. ^Commsson on Resoluton Regardng the Knght Foundaton Commsson on ntercollegate Athletcs Report Mchgan State Unversty through the work of Presdent John DBaggo j has been at the forefront of the natonal debate on the role and J ntegrty of ntercollegate athletcs wthn Amercan hgher educaton. Efforts', to reform ntercollegate athletcs are not new; rather, past j efforts have leaned more on regulaton and legslaton mposed on the unverstes than on the fundamental responsblty of each nsttuton: ] to assure that ts values and ntegrty are not compromsed by th lack j of unversty oversght or captulaton to compettve pressures, j Mchgan State Unversty applauds the work of the Knght Foundaton 1 Commsson whch challenges the prevalng atttudes and practces of j nsttutons regardng ther ntercollegate athletc programs/ fhe prncples espoused n the Knght Foundaton Commsson Report should be 1 embraced by all unverstes yet mplemented by each to best ft j nsttutonal values and context. \ Mchgan State Unversty understands the value of ts ntercollegate j athletc program and the related responsblty to admnster ths \ program n a manner consstent wth ts values and n the best nterests j of student-athletes. ndeed, the establshment of the Spartan Athletcs j Revew Commttee n Fall 1990 to conduct a comprehensve revew of j ssues rangng from the role of ntercollegate athletcs, to the j student as athlete, to the admnstraton and oversght of j ntercollegate athletcs s tangble evdence of the Unversty's j commtment- n addton, the Trustee Polcy Commttee wll ntate j dscusson of the process for moldng and mplementng the Knght j Foundaton Commsson prncples n the Mchgan State Unverstyj context at ts next meetng. Resoluton regardng \ ntercollegate Uthletcs

5 10360 Charperson's Report contnued { Resolut on regardng Knght Foundaton Commsson on l ntercollegate [ Athletcs ; To assert unequvocally Mchgan State Unversty's partcpaton and leadershp n the natonal reform movement, be t resolved that the Board of Trustees commt the Unversty to the phlosophy stated by the Knght Foundaton Commsson of frm nsttutonal control of athletcs, to the hghest standards of academc and fnancal ntegrty of the ntercollegate athletc program, and to the full accountablty of the Department of ntercollegate Athletcs to the values, goals, polces and procedures requred of a dstngushed land-grant unversty. Be t further resolved that the Board of Trustees drect the Presdent to work wth the approprate Unversty personnel, the Bg Ten Conference, and the Natonal Collegate Athletc Assocaton to advance the prncples developed by the Knght Foundaton Commsson as the overarchng values and goals for ntercollegate athletc programs at Mchgan State Unversty and elsewhere. Charperson Reed expressed hs apprecaton to the College of Engneerng faculty, staff, and students for the academc presentaton to the Board on Thursday evenng. D. Mr. Reed thanked Presdent DBaggo for the photos taken at the annual summer Board of Trustees retreat whch were presented to each Board member. Trustees Comments Mr. Wess reported that at a recent Mchgan State/Mchgan alumn functon n Fort Wayne, ndana, people expressed commtment and apprecaton for the Unversty. Trustees Ferguson and Wess voced ther support for the Mchgan State football team pror to ther game on Saturday wth the Unversty of Mchgan. Student Lason comments Presdent's comments? Student Lason Chrs Kemntz, Executve Drector of ASMSU, thanked Board members for the resoluton endorsng "nto the Streets.;,r H. Presdent DBaggo welcomed the new Lason members. Vce Presdent comment r Vce Presdent Gordon Guyer commented on the successful event hosted by Mchgan State, the Unversty of Mchgan, and Wayne State Unversty for alumn n Washngton, D.C. 13. The meetng was adjourned at 2:40 p.m. John DBaggo Presdent: Marylee Secretary A^u^^