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Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees - Agenda THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNUAL MEETING 1:00 p.m. EDT Hollingsworth Auditorium Thursday 2421 Joe Johnson Drive June 22, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee ORDER OF BUSINESS I. Call to Order and Invocation II. Roll Call III. Introduction of New Trustees IV. Honorary Resolutions—Action .....................................................................................................Tab 1 V. President’s Report.............................................................................................................................Tab 2 VI. Extension of the Vice Chair’s Term—Action ...............................................................................Tab 3 VII. Interim Committee, Subcommittee, and Chair Appointments—Action .................................Tab 4 VIII. Bylaw Amendments—Action/Roll-Call Vote..............................................................................Tab 5 IX. FY 2018 Operating Budget, Student Tuition and Fees, and Compensation Procedures for Additional Salary Increases during the Fiscal Year—Action/Roll-Call Vote .........................Tab 6 A. FY 2018 Operating Budget and Student Tuition and Fees..................................................Tab 6.1 B. FY 2018 Compensation Procedures for Additional Salary Increases During the Fiscal Year .................................................................................................................................Tab 6.2 X. Criteria for Establishing Peer Institutions—Action ....................................................................Tab 7 XI. President’s Annual Performance Review and Goals for FY 2018—Action..............................Tab 8 A. Vice Chair’s Report and Recommendation of Performance Goals...................................Tab 8.1 B. Vice Chair’s Recommendation of Incentive Compensation Goals...................................Tab 8.2 XII. Report and Recommendation of the Finance and Administration Committee A. Adoption of a Public Records Policy and Repeal of Related UAPA Rule— Action/Roll-Call Vote................................................................................................................Tab 9 XIII. Report of the Audit and Compliance Committee ......................................................................Tab 10 XIV. Consent Agenda—Action (unless otherwise indicated) ........................................................ Tab 11 1 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees - Agenda A. Minutes of the Last Meeting....................................................................................................Tab 12 B. Naming of Track & Field Center at Tom Black Track .........................................................Tab 13 C. Reappointment of UT Members to University Health System Board...............................Tab 14 D. Items Approved by Athletics Committee, June 21, 2017 1. Athletics Committee Charter.............................................................................................Tab 15 2. Athletics Advisory Board Bylaws.....................................................................................Tab 16 E. Items Approved by Executive and Compensation Committee, May 3, 2017 1. 2018 Board of Trustees Meeting Dates.............................................................................Tab 17 2. Annual Report of Sale of Gift Property ...........................................................................Tab 18 3. Grant of Easement to City of Maryville Electric Department ......................................Tab 19 F. Items Approved by Academic Affairs and Student Success Committee, June 22, 2017 3. 2017 Comprehensive List of Academic Programs .........................................................Tab 20 4. Ratification of Administrative Action to Terminate or Inactivate Academic Programs............................................................................................................Tab 21 5. Recommendations for Tenure...........................................................................................Tab 22 G. Items Approved by Finance and Administration Committee, June 22, 2017 1. Ratification of FY 2016-17 Quasi-Endowments ..............................................................Tab 23 2. FY 2017 Distribution of UC Foundation Unrestricted Endowment Funds................Tab 24 3. FY 2017-18 President Emeritus Agreement with Dr. Joseph E. Johnson ....................Tab 25 4. UTC Graduate Out-of-State Tuition Proposal ................................................................Tab 26 5. Revision of University Aircraft Policy .............................................................................Tab 27 H. Annual Reports—Information 1. Annual Report of Naming Interior Spaces and Grounds .............................................Tab 28 2. Annual Report of UC Foundation, Inc. ...........................................................................Tab 29 3. Annual Report of UT Foundation, Inc. ...........................................................................Tab 30 4. Annual Report of UT Research Foundation, Inc. ..........................................................Tab 31 XV. Scheduled Meetings and Other Events, 2017-18—Information .............................................Tab 32 XVI. Other Business Note: Under the Bylaws, items not appearing on the agenda may be considered only upon an affirmative vote representing a majority of the total voting membership of the Board. Other business necessary to come before the Board at this meeting should be brought to the Vice Chair’s attention before the meeting. XVII. Adjournment 2 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees - Honorary Resolutions 1 The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees Resolution in Honor of Miranda N. Rutan June 22, 2017 WHEREAS, Miranda N. Rutan earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design and a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from The University of Tennessee at Martin in 2017; and WHEREAS, Ms. Rutan worked as a Peer Enabling Program leader helping first-year students successfully transition from high school to college; and WHEREAS, she served on the League of Striving Artists, Guild of Studio 317, Student Activities Council and the President’s Advisory Board; and WHEREAS, she also volunteered with Empty Bowls, an organization that conducts fundraising efforts to benefit a food bank; and WHEREAS, she was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, a national honors fraternity, and Phi Kappa Phi, a national liberal arts honors fraternity; and WHEREAS, she worked as an assistant to the Office of Student Life at UT Martin, helping manage more than 170 registered student organizations, and received the fall 2016 Beth Maloan Outstanding Student Employee Award with her supervisors stating, “She shows a maturity beyond her years in her ability to help problem solve and think of new ways to do things”; and WHEREAS, her awards include the Paul and Martha Meek Leadership Award, the Phi Kappa Phi Award, and the Chancellor’s Award consistently since 2012 as an honor student; and WHEREAS, she was appointed by Governor Bill Haslam as a Student Member of The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees in 2015, and served with distinction on the Academic Affairs and Student Success Committee, Research, Outreach, and Economic Development Committee, and University Life Committee; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, meeting in Knoxville on June 22, 2017, commends Miranda N. Rutan for her valuable service to the Board, the University, and the State of Tennessee. 3 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees - Honorary Resolutions 1 The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees Resolution in Honor of Dr. Jefferson S. Rogers June 22, 2017 WHEREAS, Dr. Jefferson S. Rogers earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Geography from the University of Kansas, and Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and WHEREAS, he joined The University of Tennessee at Martin faculty in 1995; and WHEREAS, as a cultural geographer and professional cartographer, he teaches eight undergraduate geoscience courses; and WHEREAS, he received The University of Tennessee National Alumni Association’s Outstanding Teacher Award in 2001; and WHEREAS, Dr. Rogers also has served as Chair of the former Department of Geology, Geography and Physics at UT Martin, President of the UT Martin Faculty Senate, and Chair of the UT Martin Honors Council; and WHEREAS, he is in his third term on the review board of the State of Tennessee’s Historical Commission, which considers nominations to the National Register of Historic Places; and WHEREAS, his areas of research have included the history and geography of the American lodging industry, the transformations of energy-impact communities in the Rocky Mountain West; and an analytical survey of the naming of buildings on the campuses of American colleges and universities; and WHEREAS, he continues to do custom cartographic work and has received commissions to produce maps published in a dozen books, scholarly journals, booklets and brochures; and WHEREAS, he was appointed by Governor Bill Haslam as a Faculty Trustee member of The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees in 2015 and served with distinction as a member of the Academic Affairs and Student Success Committee and the Research, Outreach, Economic Development