As we gather, we honor and acknowledge that the University of Colorado’s four campuses are on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Lakota, Pueblo and Shoshone Nations. Further, we acknowledge the 48 contemporary tribal nations historically tied to the lands that comprise what is now called Colorado.

Acknowledging that we live in the homelands of Indigenous peoples recognizes the original stewards of these lands and their legacies. With this land acknowledgment, we celebrate the many contributions of Native peoples to the fields of medicine, mathematics, government and military service, arts, literature, engineering and more. We also recognize the sophisticated and intricate knowledge systems Indigenous peoples have developed in relationship to their lands.

We recognize and affirm the ties these nations have to their traditional homelands and the many Indigenous people who thrive in this place, alive and strong. We also acknowledge the painful history of ill treatment and forced removal that has had a profoundly negative impact on Native nations.

We respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land. We honor them and thank the indigenous ancestors of this place. The University of Colorado pledges to provide educational opportunities for Native students, faculty and staff and advance our mission to understand the history and contemporary lives of Native peoples.

The official CU Board of Regents agenda is the agenda located online at www.boarddocs.com/co/cu/Board.nsf.

Speakers are requested to limit their comments to two minutes. Groups with similar comments are requested to identify one spokesperson. Written comments that are submitted are provided below for Regent review. 

CU Foundation Retreat

· Regent Spiegel attended the CU Foundation Strategic Planning Retreat on August 11, 2022.

          o Pre-Retreat Prep: Prior to the retreat, board members and staff studied Innovating for the Future, CU’s 2021-2026 strategic plan, and AGB’s The New Realities for Public Higher Education Foundations.

· The purpose of the retreat was to look at the entirety of higher education including challenges and opportunities for CU and discuss ways for CU Foundation to be better partners of the University.

· Foundation is engaged in updating the vision and mission statements for approval at the Foundation Board meeting in November.

CU Foundation Trustee Meeting

· CU Foundation Trustees met on August 12, 2022 – Regent Spiegel thanked the Trustees for their support and shared the Board of Regents’ priorities for the year ahead.

· The next meeting for the Foundation Board of Trustees is on November 17-18, 2022, at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

· In coordination with the Office of the President, the CU Foundation designated a portion of its unrestricted net assets to programs and projects across all four of CU’s campuses.

· The Foundation reallocated funds for upgrades in three different athletic facilities at CU-Boulder.

· CU Ascend will launch in early 2023 – a new donor customer relationship management platform. This will allow CU Advancement staff to work more efficiently.

· Regent Spiegel thanked the outgoing Foundation Board Chair Mary Sissel and welcomed the new Chair, Jeremy May.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

(The Board of Regents' adopted rules of parliamentary procedure, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the board by a single motion. Most of the items listed under the consent agenda have gone through board committee review and recommendation. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member.)

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor DiStefano, with the concurrence of Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Moore, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer O’Rourke, and Interim Vice Chancellor for Infrastructure and Sustainability Ewing. 

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Venkat Reddy, with concurrence from Interim Vice Chancellor Karl Spiecker

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

UCCS is requesting approval of a second budget amendment to the program plan for the Engineering Building Annex project.  The project constructs two annexes to the engineering building to accommodate continued growth in engineering programs.  Currently, the 1,700-student College of Engineering and Applied Science (EAS) grows at a rate of about 3 percent a year.  The university estimates that the current growth rate coupled with expected growth from new EAS programs will result in an EAS population of between 2,400 and 2,600 students by 2026.  However, the existing facilities cannot accommodate this estimated growth. 

The workforce needs in Colorado Springs and southern Colorado are greater than the university's capacity to deliver engineers and computer scientists to the region, so there is a need to grow the college to serve southern Colorado.  There are about 200 companies in the region seeking EAS graduates.  The university speaks to industry partners on a consistent basis and the primary request is for additional engineers and computer scientists.  A common theme for these requests includes an expanded intern supply leading to long-term employment.  Industry partners have indicated that long-term retention of graduates with technical depth is their priority, with local UCCS graduates representing the most reliable employee for long-term retention.

The "Appropriateness of Financing" section has been updated to read:

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is requesting spending authority of $23,765,427.  The source of the funds includes $5.4 million campus cash funds, $6.0 million CU Foundation funds, and $12.4 million in gifts and donations.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

The Board of Regents approved the program plan on September 10, 2021.

The Board of Regents approved the first budget amendment to the program plan on April 7, 2022.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

See attached.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

OncoVerity description: OncoVerity is a new joint venture between CU and Argenx. OncoVerity is designed to rescue a Phase II therapeutic drug and gain accelerated FDA approval for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). OncoVerity is predicated on the hypothesis that acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other blood cancers are variable between persons and within persons to be cured with “one size fits all” approaches to therapeutic development. The company leverages single cell omics technologies and bioinformatic tools to organize, analyze, and understand these variabilities in order to optimize treatments for the right patient at the right time, develop companion diagnostics (CDX), construct “data-driven” clinical trial designs, and convey these complexities into actionable clinical decision support for oncology.

(The Board of Regents' adopted rules of parliamentary procedure, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the board by a single motion. Most of the items listed under the consent agenda have gone through board committee review and recommendation. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member.)

Minutes will be released upon board approval.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  I have reviewed these sabbatical applications and approve them. I attest that they are consistent with all
requirements of regent policy.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee; Regent Laws and Policies Review Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

No changes are recommended for Regent Policy 14.D. Notice of motion was given at the June 23, 2022, Board of Regents meeting.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

RECOMMENDATION FROM:   Chancellor Don Elliman, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

The Joint Operating Agreement dated January 31, 2012, between Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc. (“Poudre Valley”), University of Colorado Hospital Authority (“UCHA”) and University of Colorado Health provides that the University of Colorado Health Board of Directors will be comprised of eleven individuals: the President and Chief Executive Officer (who is selected by the Board of Directors); two individuals appointed by the President of the University of Colorado; four individuals appointed by the University of Colorado Health Board of Directors; and four individuals appointed by the Board of Regents upon the recommendation of the President of the University of Colorado, provided that the President first has consulted with and obtained the concurrence of at least three-quarters of the University of Colorado Health Board as to each individual recommended by the President.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):

This is Michael Long's second appointment to the University of Colorado Health Board of Directors. He was first appointed on July 1, 2018.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE:

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE:

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Venkat Reddy, with the concurrence of Interim Vice Chancellor Karl Spiecker

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

UCCS is requesting approval to name the Engineering Building Lab Annex Building the Anschutz Engineering Center in recognition of a $3.5 million donation from The Anschutz Foundation to support construction of the new building.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

The Board of Regents approved the program plan on September 10, 2021.

The Board of Regents approved the first budget amendment to the program plan on April 7, 2022.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

See attached report.

Will be posted at time of presentation.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Tony Vu, Treasurer of the University of Colorado

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Reddy with the concurrence of Interim Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance Spiecker.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The UCCS campus is proposing to convey to the city of Colorado Springs permanent easements of two parcels of land (1.03 acres and 3.36 acres) to provide parking areas for residents to access hiking trails on the Austin Bluffs Open Space. The parking areas will serve campus stakeholders and community members wishing to access the Austin Bluffs Open Space.  

Legal descriptions and exhibits of the properties to be conveyed are provided in attachments.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Michelle Marks, PhD

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Project History

CU Denver first began planning for a new building for the College of Engineering, Design and Computing (CEDC) in 2015. In June of that year, CU Denver submitted a program plan to the Board of Regents and requested funding for a 60,000 gross square foot (GSF) building adjacent to the North Classroom for CEDC, and 31,250 GSF of renovation in North Classroom for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). The request was for $41,326,002, 50% of which was to be funded by CU Denver. The program plan was approved by the Board of Regents on June 23, 2015.

In 2017, as part of the CU Denver Facilities Master Plan process, CU Denver explored other sites for the engineering project- sites with better visibility and ones that might allow for multiple phases of buildings for CEDC. CU Denver selected a site located at the intersection of Speer Boulevard and where Arapahoe Street extends into the Auraria Campus as a pedestrian and cycling path. The site is also adjacent to the Auraria Science Building. CU Denver submitted a program plan amendment in 2017 which reflected the new site and increased the gross square feet of renovation to 38,000. The size of the new building (60,000 GSF) remained the same. The total request for that project was $69,294,516, 75% to be funded by the state, and 25% by CU Denver. The project was also amended from a one-year request to a three-year request. That program plan was approved by the Board of Regents on June 16, 2017.

In 2019, CU Denver hired ZGF Architects to re-examine the engineering project. CU Denver sought to focus its efforts on a single new building to support the CEDC (versus multiple buildings built over time in phases as contemplated in 2017), making the large site proposed in 2017 unnecessary. CU Denver also wanted to focus on a project that prioritized new construction where needed to support modern pedagogies, while utilizing much of the existing space CEDC occupies in North Classroom. Through that process, a decision was made to change the site of the project to an area that lies between the North Classroom and Speer Boulevard. The site allows for a synergy between new engineering space and the space utilized by CEDC in the North Classroom. An amended program plan reflecting this change in the site was approved by the Board of Regents on April 8, 2021.

For fiscal year 2022-2023, CU Denver again submitted the Engineering Building for consideration for state funding. This was the seventh consecutive year the project had been submitted as part of the capital request process. Unfortunately, the project was not selected for funding.

Project Overview

The vision for the CU Denver Engineering Building is to provide contemporary facilities to educate and support a diverse student body, to promote design-oriented engineering education, increase engagement with the public and private sectors, to meet the workforce needs of Colorado, and to create a hub for engineering activity and education.

The project includes a 72,000 GSF new building adjacent to the North Classroom.

Design is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2022 and construction in spring 2023, with an anticipated completion date of late summer 2024. The total project cost is $93,500,000. The sources of funds include:

• Debt
• Existing Institutional Reserves
• Strategic Plan Funds and Gifts

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Building | Renovation program plan was approved by the Board of Regents on June 23, 2015.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Building | Renovation program plan amendment was approved on June 16, 2017.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Building | Renovation program plan 2nd amendment was approved on Apri1 8, 2021.

Approval of cash funds spending authority for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Building | Renovation project was approved on Apri1 7, 2022.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Anschutz Medical Campus

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Kathi Wells, Executive Director of the Kempe Center, will accept the resolution presented by the Board in honor of the 50th anniversary of The Kempe Center. 

Having no further business, the board business meeting was adjourned at TIME