September 2, 2016 meeting, Board of Trustees THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Columbus, Ohio, September 1-2, 2016 The Board of Trustees met on Thursday, September 1 and Friday, September 2, 2016, at Longaberger Alumni House, Columbus, Ohio, pursuant to adjournment. ** ** ** Minutes of the last meeting were approved. 1 September 2, 2016 meeting, Board of Trustees The Chairman, Mr. Shumate, called the meeting of the Board of Trustees to order on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 2:00pm. Present: Alex Shumate, Chairman, Michael J. Gasser, Linda S. Kass, William G. Jurgensen, Jeffrey Wadsworth, Clark C. Kellogg, Timothy P. Smucker, Erin P. Hoeflinger, Alex R. Fischer, Abigail S. Wexner, Hiroyuki Fujita, Halie M. Vilagi, Lydia A. Lancaster, Corbett A. Price, and James D. Klingbeil. Alan VanderMolen was late. Mr. Shumate: Good Afternoon. I would like to convene the meeting of the Board of Trustees and ask the Secretary to note the attendance. Dr. Thompson: A quorum is present, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Shumate: I hereby move that the board recess into executive session to consider business sensitive trade secret matters required to be kept confidential by Federal and State statutes, and to discuss personnel matters regarding the appointment, employment, and compensation of public officials. Upon the motion of Mr. Shumate, seconded by Mr. Gasser, the Board of Trustees adopted the foregoing motion by unanimous roll call vote, cast by trustees Mr. Shumate, Mr. Gasser, Mrs. Kass, Mr. Jurgensen, Dr. Wadsworth, Mr. Kellogg, Mr. Smucker, Mrs. Hoeflinger, Mr. Fischer, Mrs. Wexner, Dr. Fujita, Ms. Vilagi, and Dr. Lancaster. Dr. Thompson: Motion carries, Mr. Chairman. *** The Chairman, Mr. Shumate, called the meeting of the Board of Trustees to order on Friday, September 2, 2016 at 10:00am. Mr. Shumate: Good morning everyone. I would like to reconvene the meeting of the Board of Trustees and ask the Secretary to note the attendance. Dr. Thompson: A quorum is present, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Shumate: So that we are able to conduct the business of this meeting in an orderly fashion, I would ask that the ringers on all cell phones and other communication devices be turned off at this time and I would ask that all members of the audience observe rules of decorum proper to conducting the business at hand. Before we begin our meeting, I would like to recognize our new trustee. Dr. Fujita brings to us a wealth of experience. He has achieved tremendous success in business as a technology entrepreneur. He serves on a variety of boards and brings a deep understanding of governance and fiduciary responsibility and his strong scholarly background will benefit our goal of academic excellence. He has been a community leader in Northeast Ohio, an important outreach 2 September 2, 2016 meeting, Board of Trustees for our institution. Dr. Fujita deepens and enriches the skill set of our board and I am pleased that he is with us today. Welcome. Dr. Fujita: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Shumate: Would you like to say anything? Dr. Fujita: Mr. Chairman, this is my second day and I am already, very much, overwhelmed by the sheer size of what this institution has to offer. I am trying to understand how I can have a positive difference here but I am looking forward to working with the board and leadership and everybody in this community to make a difference. Thank you very much for having me. Mr. Shumate: Thank you. At this time, I would like to call upon our graduate student trustee, Dr. Lydia Lancaster, to present the student recognition awards. *** STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARDS Dr. Lancaster: Thank you Chairman Shumate. I would like to call Mark Calhoun and Claire Bollinger up to the table please. The applause is well deserved for sure. I would first like to introduce Mark. Mark Calhoun is in his fifth and final year of his PhD program in Biomedical Engineering. Prior to attending OSU, Mark went to Olentangy High School. He completed his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, which culminated into a life-changing experience wherein he and a friend designed and built a forearm prosthetic for a young boy. After graduation, Mark’s plans to complete a postdoctoral research fellowship with the goal of becoming a professor with his own research lab. Being a central Ohio native, Mark knew that he wanted to give back to his community while at OSU and has compiled an excellent service record along the way. He is the founding president of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association, which notably put together a large symposium that educated students about jobs in the industry, exposed local companies to the talent pool at Ohio State, and raised thousands of dollars for his organization to reinvest in enhancing the graduate student experience in his department. In addition, he has participated in many other service activities, including going back to Olentangy in his first year to give talks to the students on his path to success up to that point. Mark has also been very successful in securing funding. In addition to winning over $4,000 in travel awards, he began on a fellowship through the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center before winning the HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) grad fellowship. Here, he gained critical insight to the medical world and patient care, which has helped propel his research forward. Currently, he has the honor of serving as a Pelotonia Fellow. Coming from a family that has been touched by cancer and having completed the 100 and 180 mile rides, which is very impressive, Mark fully understands the motivation and sacrifice riders and fundraisers go through. Being on the receiving 3 September 2, 2016 meeting, Board of Trustees end of their fundraising efforts provides so much more motivation for him to make new discoveries in the lab. Congratulations, Mark! Do you have anything to share? Mr. Calhoun: First off, thank you to the board for having me here and recognizing me. I know you are all very important members of the community and have a lot of things on your plate so I appreciate you taking the time to recognize me. I also have a ton of thank you’s to family, my parents, and my brothers for continually pushing me. I would also like to thank my labmates, my advisor, and everyone in the department that has really supported me, especially my team on the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association. There are so many thank you’s to give. I want to share my experience with Pelotonia this year. Like Lydia mentioned, I did the 180-mile ride this year and if I had to summarize that in just a few words I would say, wow, my butt really hurt. I mean really, I was sitting on a garbage bag full of ice in the dorm room that they give us after the first day just having completed the 100 and I am thinking how am I going to do 80 the next day. I always used to joke when I was younger and people would ask me, how did you achieve what you did. I would always say, well there were two things. One, I was too dumb to know what I was getting myself into and two, I was too stubborn to quit. That really proved to be exactly what happened in this experience. The second day, about 30 miles in, I was ready to quit. When you are going through that much pain, all you are thinking about are all the times you took for granted when you were not in pain. I was really going to quit but then I thought about what it means to see through what you said you would do, and to not be a quitter. When I came here, I said that I was going to not only be a product of my environment but for my environment to be a product of me. It is really important to see through things that you say that you are going to do and I thought about how no matter how much pain I was going through in the saddle, no matter how big the hill in front of me, no matter how strong the head wind, really no matter how big the adversity out there, none of that could be bigger than what I have in my heart. Thank you. Dr. Lancaster: Thank you for those wonderful comments. The other student we would like to recognize today is Claire. Claire Bollinger is a graduate teaching associate in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences earning her doctorate in Public Health with a specialization in Environmental Health Sciences. She has distinguished herself as an exceptional student and an engaged member of the College of Public Health and the Pelotonia communities. Before graduate school, Claire worked as a high school science teacher and coach with Teach for America. This experience led her to pursue a career in education and research in the field of public health. As a graduate teaching associate within the Colleges of Public Health and Medicine, she has worked with undergraduate and graduate students, domestically and in China, and enjoys pushing them to think critically and apply their unique skill sets to address global health challenges. Her passion for teaching and research extends outside the classroom, where she created a student research roundtable to facilitate interactions between undergraduate and graduate students in formulating, conducting, and presenting their research. 4 September 2, 2016 meeting, Board of Trustees Beyond academic pursuits, Claire is passionate about funding cancer research and connecting with the Columbus community through Pelotonia.