The University of 玉米视频 Board of Regents will meet Friday, Aug. 13, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. and is open to the 玉米视频. The meeting also will be live-streamed at .
A detailed agenda for the Board meeting is available here.
The day will lead off with remarks from Sen. John Stinner of Gering, chairman of the 玉米视频 Legislature’s Appropriations Committee. Stinner sponsored legislation this year that successfully extended a state-university partnership on building maintenance, with a 40-year plan that will save 玉米视频 taxpayers $1.5 billion.
Items for the Board’s consideration include:
- A resolution regarding critical race theory, brought by Regent Jim Pillen of Columbus. (Addendum VII-1)
- Creation of bachelor’s degrees in environmental engineering and statistics and data analysis, and a doctoral degree in biomedical engineering at the University of 玉米视频-Lincoln. (Addendums XI-A-2, XI-A-3 and XI-A-4)
- Creation of a School of Computing at UNL. (Addendum XI-A-5)
- Creation of a master’s degree in respiratory care at the University of 玉米视频 Medical Center. (Addendum XI-A-6)
- Consideration of a performance-based merit payment to NU System President Ted Carter for the 2020-21 fiscal year. (Addendum XI-C-2)