A. 9:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 - CALL TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION, Chair Jack Kroll presiding
Subject
1. Action Item: Executive Session
Meeting
Dec 8, 2021 - Special Board Meeting
Category
A. 9:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 - CALL TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION, Chair Jack Kroll presiding
Type
ACTION
Recommended Action
RESOLVED that the Board of Regents go into executive session. As permitted by §24-6-402 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, the board will discuss the following matters as announced and pursuant to the subsection as listed below:
• (a)(II), regarding legal advice on specific matters – legislative update; risk management coverage
• (b)(I), regarding a personnel matter at CU Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus - degree revocation

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

 

 

 

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

 

 

 

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

 

 

 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

 

 

 

 

Motion & Voting
RESOLVED that the Board of Regents go into executive session. As permitted by §24-6-402 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, the board will discuss the following matters as announced and pursuant to the subsection as listed below:
• (a)(II), regarding legal advice on specific matters – legislative update; risk management coverage
• (b)(I), regarding a personnel matter at CU Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus - degree revocation

Motion by Nolbert Chavez, second by Ilana Spiegel.
Final Resolution: Motion adopted
Yes: Nolbert Chavez, Glen Gallegos, Heidi Ganahl, Jack Kroll, Callie Rennison, Sue Sharkey, Lesley Smith, Ilana Spiegel
B. 10:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 - CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Chair Jack Kroll presiding
Subject
1. Public Comment
Meeting
Dec 8, 2021 - Special Board Meeting
Category
B. 10:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 - CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Chair Jack Kroll presiding
Type

Please contact CUBoardofRegents@cu.edu regarding public comment. 

 

 

Subject
2. Action Item: Revocation of PhD awarded to Michael Regner and approval of award of Master of Science; University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
Meeting
Dec 8, 2021 - Special Board Meeting
Category
B. 10:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 - CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Chair Jack Kroll presiding
Type
ACTION, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Recommended Action
RESOLVED The Board of Regents concurs with the recommendation by Chancellors Don Elliman and Michelle Marks that the PhD received by Michael Regner in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus should be revoked, and hereby revokes such degree;
FURTHER RESOLVED That the Board of Regents concurs with the recommendation to approve the conferral on Michael Regner of the Master of Biomedical Science degree by the Graduate School at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, for which he has fulfilled the requirements.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellors Elliman and Marks.

 

 

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The Board of Regents received a recommendation from Chancellors Don Elliman and Michelle Marks that the Board of Regents revoke a PhD received by Michael Regner in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus.

 

Pursuant to Article 4.B, Laws of the Regents, “[o]nly the Board of Regents has the right to revoke a degree.” Regent Policy 4.B.6 provides further that, “[u]pon recommendation of the faculty and the chancellor, the Board of Regents may revoke a degree if it is discovered that degree requirements were not satisfied due to academic misconduct or administrative error.” Pursuant to Regent Policy 4.B.6, the procedures for revoking a degree shall be consistent with the corresponding Administrative Policy Statement 1039, Degree Revocation.That policy defines “Academic Misconduct” to include research misconduct that would have resulted in a failure to meet graduation requirements if discovered prior to awarding the degree.  

 

The Board of Regents has reviewed the underlying reports completed by the campus authorities, including faculty representatives and the Chancellors and Executive Vice Chancellors for Academic and Student Affairs. Dr. Regner has not responded to the Regent’s offer to provide a response.

 

The Board of Regents finds that Dr. Regner was given adequate notice of the allegations against him, that he was provided an adequate opportunity to contest the allegations against him during the campus investigative process, and that he received an adequate opportunity to respond to the recommended revocation of his degree.

 

 

 

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

 

 

 

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

 

 

 

 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

 

 

 

 

Motion & Voting
RESOLVED The Board of Regents concurs with the recommendation by Chancellors Don Elliman and Michelle Marks that the PhD received by Michael Regner in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus should be revoked, and hereby revokes such degree;

Motion by Lesley Smith, second by Callie Rennison.
Final Resolution: Motion adopted
Yes: Nolbert Chavez, Glen Gallegos, Heidi Ganahl, Jack Kroll, Callie Rennison, Sue Sharkey, Lesley Smith, Ilana Spiegel
Subject
3. Action Item: Charge to the Presidential Search Committee
Meeting
Dec 8, 2021 - Special Board Meeting
Category
B. 10:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 - CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Chair Jack Kroll presiding
Type
ACTION
Recommended Action
RESOLVED that in accordance with Regent Policy 3.E, the Board of Regents expresses its appreciation to the search committee for its service and charges it with the tasks of considering candidates for the position of president of the University of Colorado and recommending qualified candidates for the Board of Regents to consider. In making those recommendations, the Board of Regents instructs the search committee to consider candidates in a non-partisan and inclusive manner and recommend those candidates who demonstrate the ability to perform the functions of the president as described in Colorado law, regent policy, and this charge;
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Regents approves this charge as stated in this resolution.
Motion & Voting
RESOLVED that in accordance with Regent Policy 3.E, the Board of Regents expresses its appreciation to the search committee for its service and charges it with the tasks of considering candidates for the position of president of the University of Colorado and recommending qualified candidates for the Board of Regents to consider. In making those recommendations, the Board of Regents instructs the search committee to consider candidates in a non-partisan and inclusive manner and recommend those candidates who demonstrate the ability to perform the functions of the president as described in Colorado law, regent policy, and this charge;
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Regents approves this charge as stated in this resolution.

Motion by Nolbert Chavez, second by Lesley Smith.
Final Resolution: Motion adopted
Yes: Nolbert Chavez, Glen Gallegos, Heidi Ganahl, Jack Kroll, Callie Rennison, Sue Sharkey, Lesley Smith, Ilana Spiegel
Subject
4. Information Item: Strategic Plan Update - President Saliman
Meeting
Dec 8, 2021 - Special Board Meeting
Category
B. 10:00 a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2021 - CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Chair Jack Kroll presiding
Type
Information, University of Colorado System

See attached.

 

 

 

C. 12:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
Subject
1. The next regular board meeting is scheduled for February 10-11, 2022.
Meeting
Dec 8, 2021 - Special Board Meeting
Category
C. 12:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
Type
Procedural