April 5, 2013 meeting, Board of Trustees THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Columbus, Ohio, April 4 & 5, 2013 The Board of Trustees met Thursday, April 4, and Friday, April 5, 2013, at Longaberger Alumni House, Columbus, Ohio, pursuant to adjournment. ** ** ** Minutes of the last meeting were approved. 735 April 5, 2013 meeting, Board of Trustees The Chairman, Mr. Schottenstein, called the meeting of the Board of Trustees to order on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 8:38 am. Present: Robert H. Schottenstein, Chairman, Alan W. Brass, Ronald A. Ratner, Algenon L. Marbley, Linda S. Kass, Janet B. Reid, William G. Jurgensen, Jeffrey Wadsworth, Timothy P. Smucker, Alex Shumate, Cheryl L. Krueger, Michael J. Gasser, Evann K. Heidersbach, Benjamin T. Reinke, G. Gilbert Cloyd, and Corbett A. Price. Late arrival: John C. Fisher Mr. Schottenstein: Good morning. I would like to convene the meeting of the Board of Trustees and ask the Secretary to note the attendance. Dr. Horn: A quorum is present, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Schottenstein: I hereby move that the Board recess into Executive Session to consider matters required to be kept confidential by Federal and State statues and to discuss personnel matters regarding the appointment of public officials. May I have a second? Upon motion of Mr. Schottenstein, seconded by Mr. Gasser, the Board of Trustees adopted the foregoing motion by unanimous roll call vote, cast by Trustees Schottenstein, Brass, Ratner, Marbley, Kass, Reid, Jurgensen, Wadsworth, Smucker, Shumate, Krueger, and Gasser. Dr. Horn: Motion carries, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Schottenstein: We are recessed. -0- Mr. Schottenstein: Good morning everyone. I would like to reconvene the meeting of the Board of Trustees and ask our Secretary to note the attendance. Dr. Horn: A quorum is present, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Schottenstein: Thank you. So that we are able to conduct the business of this meeting in an orderly fashion, we ask that the ringers on all of your cell phones be turned off at this time and ask that everyone here observe proper rules of decorum so that we can conduct the business at hand. The minutes of the February and March meetings of the Board of Trustees were distributed to all members of the Board, and if there are no additions or corrections, the minutes are approved as distributed. 736 April 5, 2013 meeting, Board of Trustees Now I would like to call on one of our Student Trustees, Ben Reinke for the Student Recognition Awards, Ben. -0- STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARDS Mr. Reinke: Thank you Mr. Chairman. Katie, could you come up? Typically we have two students here and I am going to read two bios for you today and introduce two students. Unfortunately our first student is actually at a grad- student interview today so she couldn’t join us. We are hoping she’ll be here for the June meeting but it all depends on which grad school she gets in to. We are going to go ahead and introduce her today. Our first student is Maegan Miller. She has been nominated by Divisional Dean Gifford Weary to represent the College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Maegan unfortunately cannot be with us today. She is an amazing undergraduate student at Ohio State, who will be graduating this spring with a Bachelor of Arts, with Honors and Research distinction, in Geography and with a minor in Political Science. She is completing her Honors Thesis with Dr. Matthew Coleman, Associate Professor of Geography, titled: "America's Nicest City? The contentious politics of care and punishment of the homeless in Columbus, OH." Maegan has completed a stunning portfolio inside and outside of the classroom in her four years at OSU. She has studied abroad in Indonesia, completed the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy Summer Fellowship at the University of Michigan, and interned over the summer at Kaleidoscope LGBTQ Youth Center and Community Refugee and Immigration Services. Maegan has also enriched her educational experience through research endeavors and through service on campus. She has been published in the Journal of Politics and International Affairs and has presented her research at two conferences on OSU's campus, including at the Denman undergraduate research forum, and has a paper presentation accepted at a graduate conference at the City University of New York. Maegan has served as president of the Geography Club; Editor of the Pulse, an independent student newspaper; served at the Girl's Circle Program; and at the Dowd Center of the Homeless Families Foundation. Maegan's accomplishments will serve her well in graduate school next year, and she is truly deserving of this recognition and we wish her the best at her interview today. Our second student, Katie Howard, is another outstanding student from Ohio State. She has been nominated by Divisional Dean Mark Shanda from the College of Arts and Sciences Division of Arts and Humanities. Katie will be graduating this spring, Magna Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Theatre and Journalism and a minor in Dance. Her extensive studies have included classroom courses within The College of the Arts and Sciences, as well as hands-on experiences within and outside of the University. During her time at Ohio State, Katie has been involved in extra-curricular activities starting as an Undergraduate Student Government Intern in 2009 as a freshman. This is actually when Katie and I first met. She was an amazing contributor to the USG Intern class and worked to make our event "Hot Dogs with the Top Dogs" a great success. During the 2010-2011 academic year, Katie continued her student government involvement when she was elected as the College of the Arts and Sciences Senator, representing Arts and Sciences constituents and serving on USG 737 April 5, 2013 meeting, Board of Trustees committees. Katie continued her involvement on campus as an OSU Ambassador, leading prospective students and families on tours of campus. She has also enriched her experience in media on campus, in the Columbus community, and throughout the United States. Katie interned with the Columbus NBC-affiliate station, NBC4; wrote for the The Lantern; and assisted the BuckeyeTV Staff during spring 2010 and 2011 as a co-anchor and reporter. Her performance experiences within her theatre degree and dance minor have taken her beyond Ohio State. She has had many "Intensives" with the Radio City Rocketts at Radio City Music Hall, and participated in the Disney College Program representing Ohio State as a character performer at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida during fall quarter 2010. Most recently, Katie participated in the first College of the Arts and Sciences Los Angeles Experience. Over spring break, she traveled to Los Angeles, networking with directors, producers, and OSU alumni to gain insight into Hollywood and the Film/Television Industry. Katie says that in the last four years at Ohio State she has met many people who have gone above and beyond to ensure her success. No matter where opportunities take Katie, she will always remember But for Ohio State, she wouldn’t have had the educational, life-long learning opportunities that have enriched her life while being a student at The Ohio State University. Katie is anxiously waiting to hear about her employment this year through the Disney Company or connections she made on the LA Experience. Katie has been an incredibly impressive student at Ohio State and her great work at OSU over the past four years will serve her well in her budding performance career. Congratulations Katie. Ms. Howard: Thank you. Good morning. I would like to take this time to express my deep appreciation for receiving this award to the Board of Trustees, President Gee, and to the Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences. Exactly one month from today, I will officially graduate from The Ohio State University. As I think back over the past four years over all of my opportunities and the people that I have met, each encounter has led to an amazing experience. Your trust in my future success is represented through this award. Thank you and Go Bucks! -0- Mr. Schottenstein: Before I call on President Gee to give his report to the Board, I would like to make a comment. I think I speak on behalf of the entire Board in saying that at these Board meetings, we conduct a lot of business. Nothing is more impactful or inspirational than the Student Recognition Awards and hearing about the accomplishments of our students, which we do at every meeting. I mentioned yesterday, and I want to mention it again, the student accomplishments across this campus are unbelievable. In particular just this past week, and every year we do this and I had the privilege of attending, we had our recognition event for scholar student athletes at Ohio State. Other universities do it to but at Ohio State, we recognize all student athletes who maintain at least a 3.0 GPA in addition to their performance on the field, in the swimming pool, on the track, or whatever sport they participate in. The interesting thing about the event and one of the reasons I am mentioning it and our Athletic Director Gene Smith is sitting in the audience and could attest to this because no one was more proud that evening than him. You could not have held that event in this room. In fact, the only room on this campus that you could have had the event was the Archie Griffin Ballroom which is the largest room to hold any kind of meeting on the Ohio State campus.