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Board of Regents Docket Item Summary Board of Regents September 2018 September 14, 2018 15 min following adjournment of GOV - 12:00 p.m. Boardroom, McNamara Alumni Center BOR - SEP 2018 Docket Item Summary 1. Recognitions Regents Professors - Page 4 NCAA Champions - Page 6 2. Introductions Docket Item Summary - Page 7 3. Approval of Minutes - Action Minutes - Page 9 4. Report of the President Docket Item Summary - Page 34 5. Report of the Chair Docket Item Summary - Page 35 6. Receive & File Reports Docket Item Summary - Page 36 Quarterly Report of Grant and Contract Activity - Page 37 7. Consent Report - Review/Action Docket Item Summary - Page 44 Gift Report - Page 45 Summary of Expenditures - Page 65 8. M Health Fairview Agreement Update Docket Item Summary - Page 69 9. Systemwide Strategic Priorities for 2018-19 Docket Item Summary - Page 70 Presentation - Page 75 10. Report on Private Giving & Update on Driven Campaign Docket Item Summary - Page 88 11. Presidential Search Advisory Committee Membership & Charge - Review/Action Docket Item Summary - Page 90 Committee Membership and Charge - Page 91 Committee Member Background - Page 94 12. Report of the Committees Docket Item Summary - Page 99 Page 2 of 99 Page 3 of 99 BOARD OF REGENTS DOCKET ITEM SUMMARY Board of Regents September 14, 2018 AGENDA ITEM: Recognitions of Regent Professors ‐ REVISED Review Review + Action Action X Discussion This is a report required by Board policy. PRESENTERS: Regent David J. McMillan President Eric W. Kaler PURPOSE & KEY POINTS The purpose of this item is to recognize Regents Professors Gunda Georg, Marc Jenkins and Erika Lee. The Board approved these appointments at its June 8, 2018 meeting. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Established in 1965 by the Board of Regents to recognize the national and international prominence of faculty members, the Regents Professorship is the highest honor the University of Minnesota bestows on its faculty. It recognizes faculty who have made unique contributions to the quality of the University of Minnesota through exceptional accomplishments in teaching, research and scholarship or creative work, and contributions to the public good. There are currently 30 Regents Professors. Current Regents Professors Frank S. Bates ‐ Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, College of Science and Engineering, 2007 Bruce R. Blazar ‐ Pediatrics, Hemotology‐Oncology, Medical School, 2009 R. Lawrence Edwards ‐ Earth Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, 2015 Gunda Georg ‐ Medicinal Chemistry, 2018 Apostolos P. Georgopoulos ‐ Neuroscience, Medical School, 2005 Allen Goldman ‐ Physics and Astronomy, College of Science and Engineering, 2008 Megan R. Gunnar ‐ Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development, 2006 Ashley T. Haase ‐ Microbiology, Medical School, 1999 Patricia Hampl ‐ English, College of Liberal Arts, 1997 William G. Iacono ‐ Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, 2010 Allen F. Isaacman ‐ History, College of Liberal Arts, 2001 Marc Jenkins ‐ Microbiology and Immunology, 2018 Vipin Kumar ‐ Computer Science and Engineering, College of Science & Engineering, 2015 Erika Lee ‐ History and Asian American Studies, 2018 Timothy P. Lodge ‐ Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, College of Science and Engineering, 2013 Horace H. Loh ‐ Pharmacology, Medical School, 2010 Ann Masten ‐ Institute of Child Development, College of Education and Human Development, 2014 Elaine Tyler May ‐ American Studies, College of Liberal Arts, 2007 Matt McGue ‐ Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, 2007 Fionnuala Ní Aoláin ‐ Law School, 2017 Michael T. Osterholm ‐ Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, 2015 Stephen Polasky ‐ Applied Economics, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, 2013 Lawrence Que, Jr. ‐ Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering, 2009 Peter B. Reich ‐ Forest Resources, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, 2007 Steven Ruggles ‐ History, College of Liberal Arts, 2008 Karen R. Seashore ‐ Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, College of Education and Human Development, 2010 David G. Tilman ‐ Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, 2002 Donald G. Truhlar ‐ Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering, 2006 Christopher Uggen ‐ Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, 2016 David Weissbrodt ‐ Law School, 2005 BOARD OF REGENTS DOCKET ITEM SUMMARY Board of Regents September 14, 2018 AGENDA ITEM: Recognition of NCAA Champions Review Review + Action Action X Discussion This is a report required by Board policy. PRESENTERS: Regent David J. McMillan President Eric W. Kaler PURPOSE & KEY POINTS The purpose of this item is to recognize NCAA champions Kaitlyn Long and Obsa Ali. Kaitlyn Long, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Women’s Track & Field – 2018 NCAA Champion in the Weight Throw (Indoor) Kaitlyn Long won the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship in March, 2018 in College Station, Texas. In doing so, she became the second national champion in University of Minnesota women's track & field history. Long recorded a winning mark of 23.30m (76-05.50) on her sixth and final throw to take the lead after being in fifth place through three rounds of the competition. She joins Minnesota alumnae Heather Dorniden, the 2006 indoor 800-meter champion, as the program's national champions. Long also won the weight throw at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and was named to the first team of both the All-American and Big Ten teams. Long is from Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, and previously was a two-time NCAA Division II national champion at Winona State before transferring to Minnesota. Obsa Ali, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Men’s Track & Field – 2018 NCAA Champion in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase (Outdoor) Obsa Ali won the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2018, and became the University of Minnesota men's track & field program's 14th national champion. Ali claimed the program's first national championship in the steeplechase by breaking his own school record at 8:32.23 at Hayward Field, taking the lead during the bell lap, and recording the University's best finish in the event at the NCAA meet. The All-American broke Don Timm's nearly 47-year old school record at the NCAA West Preliminary. A native of Richfield, Minnesota, Ali is the first Gopher to win a national championship since Luca Wieland won the indoor heptathlon in 2015, and was the first to win an outdoor title since Adam Steele claimed the 400 meter championship in 2003. Page 6 of 99 BOARD OF REGENTS DOCKET ITEM SUMMARY Board of Regents September 14, 2018 AGENDA ITEM: Introductions Review Review + Action Action X Discussion This is a report required by Board policy. PRESENTERS: President Eric W. Kaler PURPOSE & KEY POINTS The purpose of this item is to introduce new members of the University’s leadership community. Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Innovation at UMR, began his tenure on August 15, 2018. Ratliff-Crain received his Ph.D. in medical psychology from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the military’s medical school and federal health professions academy. His research includes publications and presentations on stress and coping; use of alcohol and caffeine as coping strategies; decision-making in relation to sexual behavior; and strategies for student success and integrating students’ “signature work” into the curriculum. Prior to joining UMR, Ratliff-Crain was the Associate Dean for Curriculum and Enrichment at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. At Augustana he co-led the development of an integrated center for careers, opportunities, research, and exploration; oversaw academic integrity efforts and general education; and headed the student research and national scholarship offices, among other responsibilities. Ratliff-Crain was a member of the psychology faculty at University of Minnesota Morris from 1989-2013. While there he received the Minnesota Psychological Association’s Walter D. Mink and the University of Minnesota’s Horace T. Morse awards, both for outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching and education. He also served as Assistant Dean, the Director for Academic Enrichment, and was a member of the University’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers since 1999. John Hoffman, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs UMC, began his tenure on July 30, 2018. Hoffman came to UMC from California State University, Fullerton, where he served as chair of the Department of Educational Leadership since 2013 and as director of the Doctor of Educational Leadership Program since 2012. Prior to that, he served as coordinator of the counseling and student development master’s program at California State University, Long Beach. He also has held faculty positions at the Cal State campuses in Fullerton and Long Beach and has served as assistant to the provost as well as dean of students at Concordia University in Irvine, CA. Hoffman holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in educational policy and administration, both from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. His undergraduate work includes a B.A. in business leadership and a B.S. in secondary education, physics, and theology from Concordia University in Seward, Page 7 of 99 Nebraska. He has authored or co-authored several peer-reviewed papers and presentations,
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