Nov 03, 2022 Regular Board Meeting (November 3-4, 2022)

[D. 1:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Chair Smith presiding - Berger Hall]

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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING TO ORDER ON NOVEMBER 3RD, AND IT'S EXCITING TO BE ON CAMPUS AND LOOK AT YOU ALL.

SO JUST A FEW NOTES.

JASON, THANK YOU.

JASON IS GOING TO BE TURNING ON AND OFF THE MIC, SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT OBVIOUS WITH A HAND UP IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

SO THEN HE CAN TURN ON THE MIC FOR YOU.

ALSO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE MIC QUITE CLOSE TO YOUR MOUTH OR THERE'S GOING TO BE FEEDBACK.

SO I WILL BE REMINDING YOU IF THAT STARTS HAPPENING.

WE ARE LIVE STREAMING TODAY AS WELL AS RECORDING OUR MEETING.

WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO ASK REGENT GANAHL, WHO IS REMOTE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO LET'S ALL STAND.

THANK YOU, HEIDI. THAT WAS REALLY FAST, AND NEXT, REGENT

[2. Land Acknowledgement Statement]

IS THIS CLOSE ENOUGH? OKAY.

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 PEOPLE RECOGNIZES THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THESE LANDS AND THEIR LEGACIES. WITH THIS 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 PEOPLE 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 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.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER 3RD AND FOURTH BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING.

[3. Action Item: Approval of Agenda for November 3-4, 2022, Board Meeting]

YOU ARE ON MUTE.

OH, THANK YOU.

LESLIE, IS IT OKAY IF I SAY SOMETHING? YES, OF COURSE.

I WANTED TO MOVE THAT THE PROPOSED AGENDA BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE RESOLUTION THAT I SENT EVERYONE A FEW DAYS AGO REGARDING DONOR INTENT AND IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO READ THE RESOLUTION, I CAN.

WE'VE ALL SEEN IT.

SO I THINK WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

SO YOU HAVE MOVED IT.

IS THERE A SECOND? THERE IS NO SECOND.

SO I'M SORRY TO SAY, HEIDI, THAT DIES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD, AND AS I SAID, THE ORIGINAL AGENDA WAS MOVED BY REGENT RENNISON AND SECONDED BY REGENT SPIEGEL.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

OKAY, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS IT STANDS.

AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[4. Public Comment]

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WELCOME, TAYLOR.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I WISH WE WERE MEETING UNDER BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE IN DIRE TIMES AND I DON'T USE DRAMATIC LANGUAGE TO INVOKE EMOTIONS ONLY BECAUSE IT IS DIRE.

WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE CHOOSING BETWEEN FREEZING, STARVING OR COMING TO WORK.

OUR STUDENT EMPLOYEES ARE THE BACKS OF WHICH THIS FOUNDATION AND THIS INSTITUTION ARE RUN ON AND WE ARE DYING.

WE NEED MORE.

WE NEED MORE RESOURCES, WE NEED BETTER PAY, WE NEED BETTER ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

WE ARE WORRIED AS A STUDENT BODY AND AS A WORKING BODY ABOUT THE NEWLY BROKEN GROUND ON A NEW BUILDING WHILE STUDENTS HAVE TO SLEEP IN THE FREE LOT IN THEIR CARS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD RENT.

I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY LGBTQ COMMUNITY HERE ON CAMPUS AND SAY THAT WE DO NOT FEEL REPRESENTED.

WE DO FEEL LIKE WE ARE NOT HEARD ON THIS CAMPUS, AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE I AM IN JEOPARDY WHEN I OUT MYSELF ON THIS CAMPUS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I DO KNOWINGLY AND PROUDLY IN OTHER SPACES.

I WANT MORE RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO GREW UP IN WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, SINGLE INCOME FAMILIES, LGBT, DISABLED AND TRANS, BECAUSE, YES, TRANS LIVES MATTER ON THIS CAMPUS, DESPITE WHAT SOME OF THE REGENTS MAY THINK, AND I WANT THAT TO BE REPRESENTED FULLY, SUPPORTIVELY AND AS IT SHOULD BE ON EVERY COLLEGE CAMPUS, WE SHOULD ALL MATTER, AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE MATTER, AND IF YOU CARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO WORK HERE, WHO LIVE HERE, WHO ARE HERE, DO BETTER.

NOT IN THIS ROOM, NOT JUST HERE, OUT THERE.

WHEN YOU ARE IN MEETINGS THAT WE DO NOT GET TO BE IN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, AND WE WILL TAKE NOTE OF THAT, AND WE DO VALUE EVERY PERSON, EVERY STUDENT, AND WE DON'T DISCRIMINATE.

SO I'M SORRY YOU'RE FEELING THAT WAY.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WE HAVE A SERIES OF THREE AND IT'S GOING TO BE FIRST NOELLE LOPEZ, THEN SECOND, KENNEDY [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN THIRD ISABELLA [INAUDIBLE].

SO YOU CAN LINE UP AND YOU EACH WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES.

THANK YOU. HELLO, I JUST WANT TO SAY MY COWORKERS [INAUDIBLE] AND MATT ARE HANDING YOU OUT A COPY OF OUR PETITION THAT WE HAVE DISPERSED AMONGST OUR RESIDENTS ON CAMPUS AND ALL OVER AMERICA.

WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO READ THAT IN DEPTH AFTER OUR SPEECH TODAY.

PLEASE TAKE IT TO HEART, AND WE ALSO PROVIDE A QR CODE SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY SIGNATURES WE HAVE COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF THAT PETITION.

WE ALSO PROVIDED A LIST AT THE END OF THE PAPER OF A LIST OF GRIEVANCES WHICH WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING OVER TODAY.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE CU BOARD OF REGENTS AND CU PRESIDENT TODD SOLOMON.

MY NAME IS NOELLE LOPEZ.

I'M A RESIDENT ASSISTANT R.A.

HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS UCCS.

I'M HERE WITH MY COWORKERS, KENNY BOILEAU AND ISABELLA PALUMBO.

AT UCCS, RESIDENT ASSISTANTS EMPLOYED UNDER UCCS RESIDENT LIFE AND HOUSING ARE ADVOCATING FOR A STARTING STIPEND OF $100 PER MONTH FOR EVERY MONTH AN R.A.

IS A PART OF THE POSITION.

WE ARE ALSO CALLING ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS TO ESTABLISH A SPECIFIC PRICE CLASSIFICATION FOR ALL RA ROOMS IN ORDER FOR EQUAL COMPENSATION TO BE GIVEN TO ALL RAS WHO WORK AND LIVE IN THE SAME POSITION AND THE CU SYSTEM.

BELOW IS A LIST OF GENERAL GRIEVANCES.

NUMBER ONE, CURRENT COLORADO UNIVERSITIES HAVE HIGH STANDARDS IN TERMS OF COMPENSATING THEIR RAS.

THE CURRENT EXAMPLE IS BOTH FROM WITHIN THE C.U.

SYSTEM AND OTHER COLORADO UNIVERSITIES ARE LOCATED IN PARAGRAPH TWO AT THE POSITION OF THE PETITION BELOW YOU TODAY.

THIS EXEMPLIFIES THAT IT IS BOTH FEASIBLE AND POSSIBLE TO COMPENSATE RAS ON A BETTER STANDARD THAT LIFTS THE LIVING STANDARDS OF ALL RAS . 2. UCCS RAS ARE CURRENTLY UNCOMPENSATED MONETARILY OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM AND BOARD CREDIT .

IN COMPARISON CSU PARAGRAPH TWO PROVIDES THEIR RAS WITH UP TO $450 IN STIPENDS IN ADDITION TO ROOM AND BOARD AFTER THREE SEMESTERS.

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IN ADDITION, DURING WINTER BREAKS, WE ARE ALSO IN PAID, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO FULFILL OUR BASIC NECESSITIES, WHILE CSU PARAGRAPH TWO PAYS THEIR RAS OVER BREAK THE MINIMUM WAGE ON CAMPUS.

NUMBER THREE STUDENT EMPLOYMENT CAPPED STUDENT ON CAMPUS JOBS AT 25 HOURS A WEEK.

HOURS WORK OVER THE 25 HOUR LIMIT BY PICKING UP EXTRA DUTY SHIFTS DUE TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES QUITTING.

FOUR, ALTHOUGH RAS AT UCCS ARE ALLOWED TO GET ADDITIONAL JOBS, THEY ARE LIMITED BY POLICY TO ONLY WORK IN AN ADDITIONAL 10 TO 15 HOURS A WEEK OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS ONLY.

FIVE. THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN OFF CAMPUS JOB IS ALSO LIMITED FOR MANY OF THE AREAS BECAUSE THEY LACK TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBILITY AND DO NOT HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OR ABILITY ASKED BY MANY EMPLOYERS.

I SENT OUT A POLL TODAY TO 16 RAS.

OUT OF THOSE 16, SIX DO NOT HAVE A VEHICLE OR RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION TO GO OFF CAMPUS AND GET ANOTHER JOB.

SIX. CURRENTLY, RAS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO ATTEND TWO IN-SERVICES A SEMESTER OR JOB TRAININGS.

WE DO NOT GET COMPENSATED FOR OUR TIME LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK AT NO COST.

AN EXAMPLE CAN BE SEEN IN PARAGRAPH THREE WITH THE [INAUDIBLE].

SEVEN, THE AVERAGE DUTY SHIFTS ARE FACTORED INTO A 25 HOUR A WEEK TRACKER, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT RAS FROM OVERWORKING, BUT ALSO SETS THE BASIS OF CURRENT COMPENSATION. HOWEVER, RAS WORK MORE DUTIES A SEMESTER THROUGH THE NUMBER OF VILLAGE STAFF MEMBERS AND THE INCREASE IN TURNOVER OF RAS.

EIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] RAS DUE TO NOT BEING COMPENSATED MONETARILY AND EQUALLY ON MEAL PLANS THEY HAVE LIMITED MEAL PLANS, CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY GROCERIES AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES DESPITE HAVING A KITCHEN.

IF YOU HAVE A KITCHEN, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN IT? YOU'RE GOING TO COOK IN IT, BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BUY THAT FOOD MONEY? WE DO NOT HAVE THAT.

IN COMPARISON, CU BOULDER APARTMENTS RECEIVE AN UNLIMITED MEAL PLAN.

PARAGRAPH TWO. NINE.

RAS [INAUDIBLE] SICK TIME BECAUSE WE ARE NOT COMPENSATED WITH WAGES.

WE CANNOT USE THAT SICK TIME.

TEN. RAS LIVE, WORK AND STUDY ON THE SAME CAMPUS, WHICH REALISTICALLY PUTS THE 25 HOURS PER WEEK INTO A FULL TIME POSITION BASED ON THE POLICIES THAT RESIDENT LIFE AND [INAUDIBLE] ENFORCE.

THIS REQUIRES US TO BE ON CAMPUS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME DURING OUR EMPLOYMENT AND REQUIRES US TO REPORT WHEN WE LEAVE CAMPUS.

THIS IS DIFFICULT WHEN 45 RAS FOUR RESIDENT HALL MANAGERS AND ONE GRADUATE ASSISTANT FOR HOUSING AT UCCS ARE THE MEDIAN BETWEEN OVER 1684 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON THE UCCS CAMPUS.

AS RAS, WE DO A LOT.

A LOT OF IT IS DIRTY WORK.

WE DO WELLNESS CHECKS.

WE HAVE TO PROMOTE SAFETY ON CAMPUS BY LIMITING THE USE OF ALCOHOL.

WHEN ALCOHOL IS CAUGHT AND PARTIES WE HAVE TO ATTEND WITH THE POLICE, WHICH CAN BE AN ENGAGEMENT ON OUR BEHALF DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE RESIDENTS REACT. WE ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES, FACILITY DISASTERS, VANDALISM, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE HALF OF IT. ON TOP OF JUST GENERAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE TO CARRY OUT OF OUR EXPEDITION DUTIES.

THIS SUMMER WE HAD A STUDENT RESIDENT COMMIT SUICIDE WITHIN THE DORMS. OUR RESIDENT ASSISTANTS HAD TO ATTEND TO THAT.

I'M GOING TO LET THAT SINK IN.

18 YEAR OLD, 19 YEAR OLD, 20, 21, 22 DOESN'T MATTER THE AGE, ATTENDED TO THAT.

THEY KNOW THAT STUDENT'S NAME.

DO YOU? THANK YOU . REGENT SHARKEY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR SMITH AND THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE COME FORWARD AND PRESENTED THIS TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS.

I THINK SOMETIMES FOR STUDENTS IT'S ESPECIALLY TAUNTING TO COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND MAKE STATEMENTS AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE HERE, AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND ALSO, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

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SO EXCUSE ME IF YOU SAID THIS AND I DIDN'T PICK IT UP.

SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS YOUR REQUEST IS FOR $100 A MONTH STIPEND, AND I WAS ABLE TO READ REAL QUICKLY THAT WHEN THE CAMPUS IS SHUT DOWN, YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY FUNDS FOR GROCERIES.

DID I READ THAT CORRECTLY? YES, YOU ARE. SO DURING WINTER BREAK LAST YEAR ON THE RAS STAY AND ATTEND TO THOSE SHIFTS WHICH RAS IN THE APARTMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO DID NOT GET A STIPEND OF MONEY TO AFFORD GROCERIES.

EVEN THOUGH DINING HALL SERVICES ARE CLOSED.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO REACH OUT TO THE CU UNION TO GET A $500 STIPEND TO AFFORD GROCERIES SO THEY CAN COOK IN THEIR KITCHENS.

OKAY, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS THE $100 A MONTH STIPEND, OR DO YOU WANT ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THOSE GROCERIES DURING YOUR BREAKS? OR ARE YOU JUST ASKING FOR $100 STIPEND? IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE MORE FOR THE WINTER BREAK RAS BECAUSE ON AVERAGE A PERSON SPENDS ABOUT $300 IN GROCERIES IN ONE MONTH, ESPECIALLY WITH COST OF LIVING EXPENSES, INFLATION GOING AND RISING.

BUT YES, WE ARE REQUESTING $100 AS A STARTING STIPEND.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND SHARE THESE CONCERNS, AND I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD INTERNALLY.

YOU KNOW, IN MY TIME ON THE BOARD, WE'VE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES ARISE FROM STUDENT GROUPS, PERHAPS MOST NOTABLY GRADUATE STUDENTS ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS, AND THERE WAS A PRODUCTIVE DIALOG BETWEEN ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE STUDENTS, AND OVER TIME, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR CONDITION BECAUSE I THINK EVERYTHING YOU PRESENTED TODAY HAS MADE A VERY VALID CASE FOR WHY WE NEED TO BE DOING MORE FOR YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BOARD WE CAN CERTAINLY HEAR THESE THINGS, BUT THE ACTION NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THE CAMPUSES.

SO PERHAPS WE COULD HEAR FROM YOU ON ON WHAT YOUR ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN WITH CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AND THEN FROM THE CHANCELLOR AS WELL ON WHAT TYPES OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND THE LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I CAN ONLY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, BUT I WE STARTED OFF THIS AS A PETITION.

WE DID NOT LET ANYONE KNOW, AND THE REASON WE DID THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GIVE AS MUCH SUPPORT TO WHEN WE COME HERE TODAY TO PROVE TO YOU GUYS THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, NOT JUST TO THE RAS, TO OUR FRIENDS, TO OUR FAMILIES, TO OTHER AREAS THAT LIVE ACROSS AMERICA.

I HAD A FRIEND WHO'S AN R.A.

AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY WHO SIGNED THIS AND HER WHOLE FAMILY.

THIS IS THAT IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE STANDARD.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET STIPENDS.

ACTUALLY, MOST UNIVERSITIES DO GIVE THEIR RAS STIPENDS.

OKAY. SO I HEAR ALL THAT AND YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD, AND NOW WHAT I'D ASK IS, THE CHANCELLOR, ARE YOU YOU KNOW, WHAT STEPS ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE TO ENGAGE WITH THESE STUDENTS TO IMPROVE THESE CONDITIONS? SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT AT LEAST I'M HEARING AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OUR VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS, WHO IS RIGHT HERE.

I THINK, CARLOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? SURE , AND REGARDLESS OF HOW THE INFORMATION IS GOT HERE, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JUST KIND OF FIND A WAY TO COME TO THE TABLE AND TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE SOLVABLE PROBLEMS AND I THINK EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME TEAM HERE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SINGLE ANYONE OUT OR CALL ANYONE OUT.

I JUST WANT A CONVERSATION TO OCCUR.

RESPECTFULLY, CHANCELLOR AND VICE CHANCELLOR, I AM AWARE THAT STUDENT GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENT AXEL AND VICE PRESIDENT AIDEN ALSO CAME AND SHOWED YOU THIS PETITION LAST WEEK? THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. IS THAT NOT TRUE? I APOLOGIZE. YOU'RE NEVER DID IT.

I APOLOGIZE. IT WAS PRESENTED AT THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT MEETING.

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YES, I THINK MAINLY THE GENERAL THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST GET THE WORD OUT AND START THERE AND WE ARE WILLING TO WORK AND ADVOCATE AND GO THROUGH THAT LINE OF PROCESS, BUT WE FELT LIKE WE HAD TO TAKE THIS STEP FIRST BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE HEARD AND WE FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T.

IT WAS YOUR RIGHT TO BE HERE AND YOU'VE BEEN HEARD AND WE HOPE WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONE OF OUR OTHER SPEAKERS PRESENT SOME OTHER THINGS, IF THAT IS OKAY.

ACTUALLY, YOU'RE ALLOWED 2 MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU HAD THREE.

YOU SPOKE OVER 6 MINUTES, AND WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA, SO SORRY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO PRESENT ON ALL.

SO WE HEARD AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD AND TELLING US ABOUT THIS, BUT LIKE EVERYONE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO THE LOCAL TEAM NEEDS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, AND SO YOU'VE MADE IT APPARENT WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

I AM NEXT GOING TO ASK KEENAN POWELL TO COME , AND I'LL REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES.

IS THERE A TIMER BY CHANCE? THANK YOU. HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND ESTEEMED FACULTY.

MY NAME IS KEENAN POWELL.

I AM THE SPEAKER OF THE SENATE AND SENATOR OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION HERE AT UCCS.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A CROSS CAMPUS CAMPAIGN IN THE C.U.

SYSTEM. THE PETITION FOR THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CALL TO ACTION.

WE, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDENTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY AND STAFF, AND CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS CALL ON THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO TO COMMIT TO DIVESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SYSTEMS, TREASURY POOL, RETIREMENT FUNDS AND ENDOWMENT FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, AND TO REINVESTING IN JUST ENERGY TRANSITION BY THE END OF 2027.

WE CALL ON THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THIS COMMITMENT AT THE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT IN DECEMBER 1ST, 2022.

THIS CAMPAIGN, ORIGINATING FROM CU BOULDER, WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO ATTENTION THE FACT THAT AS OF 2018, ENERGY STOCKS, MUCH OF WHICH WENT INTO FOSSIL FUELS, ACCOUNTED FOR AT LEAST $36 MILLION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ENDOWMENT AND INVESTMENTS.

THE CU SYSTEM IS LAGGING BEHIND 1500 OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE ALREADY DIVESTED OF $40 TRILLION FROM FOSSIL FUELS.

BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SHOULD BE OUR GOAL AS AN INSTITUTION.

IN A STATE THAT HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS THE MARSHALL FIRE.

CLIMATE CHANGE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE PREVALENT.

WE BELIEVE IT IS PRUDENT.

WE BEGIN TO SECURE COLORADO'S FUTURE BY NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE VERY PROBLEM THAT WILL DEVASTATE BOTH OUR ECONOMY AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

IT WAS SAID BY THE BOARD IN PREVIOUS YEARS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO'S INVESTMENT DECISIONS MUST FIRST AND FOREMOST ADVANCE INSTITUTION'S FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND SUPPORTED ITS ACADEMIC MISSION.

THIS CAMPAIGN ARGUES THAT INVESTMENT INTO CLEANER, RENEWABLE ENERGY IS ABSOLUTELY IN LINE WITH THAT GOAL.

DIVESTING IS NOT A SIMPLE BUSINESS.

THIS SHOULD BE DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT NOW MORE THAN EVER, COLORADO NEEDS SOLUTIONS, EVEN IF THE PURSUIT OF THESE SOLUTIONS PROVIDES OBSTACLES.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ZOOMING IN RIGHT? OKAY, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE CHAIR REPORT, AND FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SAY AGAIN, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE'RE

[5. Chair of the Board of Regents Report, Chair Smith]

I AM GOING TO BE COMPLETING MY FOURTH YEAR ON THE BOARD AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE FOR A REGULAR BOARD MEETING, SO IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.

WE WILL BE ATTENDING THE BASKETBALL GAME AND SUPPORTING THE MOUNTAIN LIONS TONIGHT, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

WE'VE GOT OUR MOUNTAIN LION GEAR AND WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

SO THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR REDDY AND YOUR TEAM FOR HOSTING US AND DOING ALL THIS ORGANIZATION AND SO FORTH.

WE'VE GOT THREE OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS, REGENTS SHARKEY, GANAHL AND KROLL, AND WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS FOR THESE MEMBERS TOMORROW AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO COLORADO.

YOUR EFFORTS HAVE MADE US STRONGER, A STRONGER UNIVERSITY THAT SERVES OUR STUDENTS AND STATE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

SERVING ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS A LABOR OF LOVE.

WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY SINCE THE POSITION IS UNPAID, BUT THE COMMON THREAD IS THAT WE ALL SHARE A DEEP COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE PEOPLE OF

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WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR MEETING NEXT WEEK ON NOVEMBER 9TH, WHEN WE'LL MEET AT THE THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WILL BE ELECTED NEXT TUESDAY AND WELCOMING THEM ON BOARD, AND WE'LL BE WELCOMING BACK SEVERAL REGENTS EMERITUS FOR RECEPTION.

WE APPRECIATE THEIR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE THEIR WISDOM WITH THE CURRENT AND INCOMING REGENTS.

WE WERE ALL SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HUGH MCKEON.

HE WAS A DEDICATED AND EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVANT, BOTH ON THE LOVELAND CITY COUNCIL AND IN THE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

HE HAD A REPUTATION IN THE LEGISLATURE AS A BRIDGE BUILDER WHO WAS BOTH A FAIR AND FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR POSITIONS HE TOOK, AND FROM WHAT I'VE READ, HE WAS A VERY STRONG FAMILY MAN.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS, WE OFFER OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES.

CU WAS HONORED TO RECEIVE THE [INAUDIBLE] AWARD, WHICH RECOGNIZES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM ACTION 22 IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF COLORADO, A WELL-REGARDED REGIONAL ADVOCACY GROUP.

AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH ACROSS THE STATE AND IT'S GREAT TO GET THIS RECOGNITION, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR STATE BY THESE OUTREACH TOURS AND DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND SO FORTH.

THE REGENTS CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN DEI BRIEFINGS ON OUR CAMPUSES WITH PRESIDENT SOLOMON AND SENIOR DIVERSITY OFFICER JUDY DIAZ [INAUDIBLE]. THE BRIEFINGS GIVE US VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO ADDRESSING OUR PRIORITY TO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

TOMORROW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DEI BRIEFING FOR THE UCCS CAMPUS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AFTER OUR MEETING CONCLUDES.

SO THANK YOU TO TODD JUDY AND THE CAMPUS DEI LEADS FOR THEIR TIME AND ATTENTION, AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO PRESIDENT

[6. University of Colorado President Report, President Todd Saliman]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR SMITH.

SO I TOO WANT TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE REGENT SHARKEY, REGENT KROLL AND REGENT GANAHL FOR THEIR FOR THEIR SERVICE.

SO THIS IS THEIR LAST OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING, AND SO IT'S A BIG DEAL, AND SO WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND ALL THE ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

WE'VE BECOME A BIT OF A FAMILY ON THE BOARD AND WITH THE TEAM, AND SO WE WILL MISS YOU ALL AND WE WISH YOU WELL AND WE KNOW THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE YOU AROUND, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE THE UNIVERSITY'S PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BOARD AND WITH ALL OF YOU OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT WERE THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON.

SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU'LL ACTUALLY HEAR ABOUT TODAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING KIND OF A DEEP DIVE INTO A PIECE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN REGARDING STUDENT RETENTION.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES OF STUDENT SUCCESS AND IMPROVING OUR RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND NOT JUST NOT JUST IMPROVING OUR GRADUATION RATES, BUT STARTING TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN THE GRADUATION RATE AND RETENTION RATE FOR OUR TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION VERSUS OUR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENT POPULATION.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME DATA AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME BREAKOUT GROUPS WHERE THE BOARD CAN CAN LISTEN DIRECTLY TO THE CAMPUSES OVER AT THESE TABLES OVER HERE AND REALLY ENGAGE AND LEARN WHAT'S BEING DONE TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION.

I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE CAMPUSES FOR THEIR HARD WORK TO IMPLEMENT THE FINDINGS OR TO TAKE ACTION BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE CWC SURVEY.

SO THAT SURVEY REALLY HELPED US IDENTIFY THE AREAS ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE PROGRESS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON AT EACH CAMPUS AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL .

EACH CAMPUS IS WORKING HARD TO TO IMPLEMENT, TO DEVELOP AND THEN IMPLEMENT ACTION STEPS TO TRULY HELP US MAKE PROGRESS

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SO THE GOAL THAT WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT AND THE THING THAT WE ALL MUST, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT IS HOW TO ENSURE THAT OUR CAMPUSES ARE A PLACE WHERE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG AND WHERE PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT COLORADO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN COME AND BELONG, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CWC SURVEY IS ALL ABOUT, IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO IMPROVE AND THEN PUTTING IN PLACE ACTIONS SO THAT WE ACTUALLY DO IMPROVE.

AS REGENT SMITH MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THESE DEI BRIEFINGS ON THE CAMPUSES AND THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.

SO THANK YOU TO DENVER AND ANSCHUTZ FOR THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE SHARED.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM UCCS AND FROM BOULDER AS WELL, BUT REAL MEANINGFUL THINGS ARE HAPPENING, HAPPENING HAPPENING ON EACH CAMPUS TO HELP US NOT JUST RECRUIT MORE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, RETAIN THEM.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO RECRUIT.

WE NEED TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STAY AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE CAMPUSES ARE FOCUSING ON, AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO ALSO WELCOME JUDY, WHO I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING, AND SO JUDY IS OUR NEW SENIOR DIVERSITY OFFICER AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL WHO'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CAMPUSES AND REALLY WORKING TO TO ADVANCE THIS WORK AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL AS WELL. WE'VE HAD SOME EXTRAORDINARY OUTREACH TRIPS THIS YEAR.

WE'VE WRAPPED UP OUR KIND OF BIG OUTREACH TRIP SEASON, AND WE DID FOUR BIG TRIPS, ONE TO THE WEST SLOPE, WENT TO SOUTHWEST COLORADO, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WEST SLOPE TOO AND ONE TO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND ONE TO SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FROM COLORADO.

SO LOTS OF GREAT TOWNS AND CITIES IN COLORADO THAT WHERE WE MET WITH PEOPLE TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT FROM US, WHAT WE CAN DO FROM THEM, AND TO JUST REALLY ENGAGE AND SHOW THAT THAT WE COLORADO, THAT WE ARE HERE FOR ALL OF COLORADO AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR WORK IN THIS AREA, AND THANKS TO THE GOOD WORK OF TONY SALAZAR AND HIS TEAM AND THANKS TO SO MANY REGENTS FOR JOINING US ON THOSE TRIPS.

THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE AND USEFUL AND WE CONTINUE TO GET GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM.

YOU MIGHT HAVE READ RECENTLY THAT WE JUST RELEASED OUR NEW ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT.

SO THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING THAT THE CU SYSTEM COMBINED WITH OUR HOSPITAL AFFILIATES, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, HAS A $13.3 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE STATE OF COLORADO AND THANKS TO THE LEEDS BUSINESS SCHOOL AT CU BOULDER FOR FOR DOING THAT STUDY FOR US.

TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE COLORADO SKI INDUSTRY HAS ABOUT A $4.8 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE STATE OF COLORADO, AND SO SEE YOU AND OUR CU AFFILIATES HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT ON THE STATE, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF EDUCATING THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO, DOING RESEARCH THAT ADVANCES COLORADO, TAKING CARE OF COLORADO, BUT ALSO JUST ON THE CORE COLORADO ECONOMY, AND SO JUST JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY THING, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR FOR ALL WHO ARE PART OF THAT. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO TO THINK ABOUT AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE VALUE OF A FOUR YEAR DEGREE, AND THAT'S WHAT PART OF OUR OUTREACH WORK IS CENTERED. ON AS WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID RECENTLY IS DEVELOPED SOMETHING CALLED A VALUE INDEX, AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT REALLY LOOKS IT'S THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL VALUE OF A FOUR YEAR DEGREE AND OF A POST-SECONDARY AND A POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN GENERAL.

YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT, OF COURSE, THROUGH THE MONETARY LENS, HOW MUCH WILL SOMEBODY MAKE BUT THROUGH A WIDER LENS AS WELL AND IT TAKES ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND TRIES TO PRESENT A MORE HOLISTIC PICTURE OF THE VALUE OF A FOUR YEAR DEGREE.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE: CU .EDU AND TAKE A LOOK.

IT'S TRULY IMPRESSIVE.

FINALLY, WE ARE WORKING HARD TO CONTINUE TO FACILITATE PARTNERSHIPS AROUND THE STATE AND CONTINUING TO TRY TO MAKE CU MORE ACCESSIBLE TO TO COLORADANS, AND LOTS OF GOOD WORK GOING ON ON THE CAMPUSES IN TERMS OF THAT.

WE HAVE WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES CALLED THE BRIDGE TO BACHELOR'S PROGRAM, WHICH I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO CHECK OUT, WHICH IS INTENDED TO TRY TO. IT'S INTENDED TO TRY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND KNOW WHAT CLASSES THEY NEED TO TAKE TO TO PURSUE A FOUR YEAR DEGREE AND TRANSFER ALL OF THEIR CREDITS TO A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION SO THAT THEY ARE READY TO ROLL AND CAN EVEN BE HALFWAY TOWARD THEIR FOUR YEAR DEGREE WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT THE FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION, AND WE AREN'T ALONE.

AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT C.U., WE'RE NOT THE ONLY HIGHER ED SYSTEM IN COLORADO THAT'S ENGAGED ON BRIDGE TO BACHELORS.

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WE ARE ALSO THE CAMPUSES HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AND THERE WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION RECENTLY AT THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO TO FACILITATE CREDIT TRANSFERS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO OUR CAMPUSES.

CAMPUSES ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN MAKING IT EASIER TO TRANSFER CREDITS TO OUR CAMPUSES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO TRY TO DO BETTER.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK IN TERMS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION, AND WE ARE ABOUT READY TO ISSUE A REPORT AND THINGS TO VICE PRESIDENT LEITNER AND THE FOLKS THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH.

TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE GREAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION WORK THAT HAS IS GOING ON SYSTEMWIDE.

FINALLY, WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING UP.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY TIME, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP TO TO COMMUNICATE TO THE STATE OF COLORADO ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR THEM AND HOW WE NEED THEIR HELP SO THAT WE CAN DO BETTER FOR THE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR OUR FACULTY, OUR STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS, AND WE HEARD TODAY SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE INADEQUATE RESOURCES AT CU, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO HELP US PUSH THAT, PUSH THAT ROCK UP THAT HILL AND ENGAGE WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

AT THIS POINT, THEN, WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR GOVERNANCE LEADERS AND THE FIRST TWO.

[E. 1:40 p.m. GOVERNANCE LEADERS REPORTS]

SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE HERE ON YOUR CAMPUS.

YES, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE MAKING IT.

TO START MY REPORT, I WOULD LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW SEE YOU AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT HAS STEPPED DOWN EFFECTIVE THIS MORNING.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT TO REPRESENT THEIR CAMPUS.

SO I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON FROM CU ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS AND I HOPE TO HAVE ONE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ALSO, ME AND AIDEN WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT WE DO SUPPORT THE R.A.

PETITION, BUT, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS KIND OF GOT MIXED UP, THAT WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT IT TO LEADERSHIP AND WE ALWAYS IMPLORED THEM TO TAKE IT THEMSELVES BECAUSE AIDEN AND I STRESSED THE FACT OF STUDENT VOICES, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE WE'RE THE ONES LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE THEIR ELECTED ONES, BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO TAKE THE SHINE AND BE IN THE FRONT.

WE WANT EVERYONE TO DO EVERYTHING THEMSELVES.

EMPOWERMENT IN A SENSE.

SO I'LL START MY REPORT WITH THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT SOLOMON, CHAIR LESLIE SMITH AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE CHANCELLORS, ESPECIALLY DR.

REDDY. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS.

IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT THIS PRESTIGIOUS CAMPUS.

ICSF HAS MET TWICE SINCE THE LAST BOARD OF REGENTS MEETINGS AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SHARED FOCUSES.

WE HAVE A SAFETY INITIATIVE.

ICSF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ALIGNING SHARED CAMPUS SAFETY CONCERNS AND GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS.

THIS YEAR GOAL APPLIES TO HOW STUDENTS FEEL ON CAMPUS, BOTH DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT, HOW LIGHTING AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE IMPROVED TO SUPPORT SAFE TRANSIT BOTH BY CAMPUS BUSSES AND BY WALKING, AND WHAT STUDENTS BOTH GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE FEEL NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL MISSION PERSONALLY HERE ON UCCS.

ONE OF OUR SENATORS WHO WAS JUST UP HERE, SENATOR WATKINS, HE'S A SENATOR OF EDUCATION.

HE'S WORKING ON A BILL TO BRING FORWARD TO PUT TRACKERS ON OUR BUSSES.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE SOME INCLEMENT WEATHER HERE SOON SO IT CAN HELP STUDENTS PLAN ON WHEN TO GO OUT TO THE BUS STOPS SO THEY'RE NOT COLD AND ALL THAT GOOD JAZZ. ANOTHER THING ICSF IS WORKING ON IS THE ICSF BYLAWS.

THE ICSF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON CONSTRUCTING A NEW SET OF BYLAWS THAT REQUIRES ITS MEMBERS TO ATTEND BOARD OF REGENTS COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN ORDER TO BOLSTER STUDENT VOICES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY POLICY, DIRECTION AND GOALS.

THIS CONCERT, THIS CONCERT WITH COLORADO STATE CONSTITUTION REGARDING THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE BYLAWS OF THE ICSF HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2007 WHEN THEY WERE WRITTEN.

SO AN UPDATE IS IN ORDER.

CU BOULDER'S UPDATES.

LAST WEEK THE GPSG ASSEMBLY PASSED A RESOLUTION TO ENDORSE THE CITY OF BOULDER BALLOT QUESTION TO CHANGE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO EVEN YEARS. THE ASSEMBLY ALSO PASSED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ANNEXATION OF THE C.U.

SOUTH BOULDER, WHICH IS THE BALLOT MEASURE WHICH, IF THE BALLOT MEASURE SUCCEEDS, WILL ALLOW CU BOULDER TO EXPAND HOUSING FOR GRADUATE AND UPPERCLASSMEN AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS WEEK THEY MET WITH THE DEAN OF LIBRARIES TO DISCUSS EXPANSION OF BRANCH LIBRARY HOURS.

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ALSO THE UNDERGRADUATE IS WORKING ON REVISING THE COLORADO CREED VERY CLOSE TO MAKING PLAN B AVAILABLE, PLAN B ONE-STEP AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS FOR FREE, WORKING ON SAFETY MEASURES AND CREATING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH BOULDER PD.

WORKING ON COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS WITH CU STUDENTS BY MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS ON THE HILL.

FOR THE HOST CAMPUS CU COLORADO SPRINGS UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS.

A THOUSAND STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR HOMECOMING WEEK ACTIVITIES FROM OCTOBER 6TH TO THE 9TH IN THE BONFIRE EVENT.

THAT WAS VERY COOL.

IT DREW 641 STUDENTS.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 151 REGISTERED UCCS STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS IS KIND OF MY FAVORITE. UCCS HAS SEVEN ACTIVE SOCIAL FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES FOR FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES, WHICH I'M A PART OF THE FSL COMMUNITY MYSELF.

THE UCCS STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION [INAUDIBLE] LEADERSHIP MADE OVER A HUNDRED CARE PACKAGES FOR MILITARY FAMILIES IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. VETERAN AND MILITARY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR KRISTA HILL AND DR.

NANCY [INAUDIBLE] ARE WORKING TO LOCATE MONEY TO ASSIST, TO HELP ASSIST ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS WITH THE TUITION GAP THAT WE HAVE IN THE C.U.

SYSTEM. PERSONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GO THROUGH BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ACTIVE DUTY, I DID WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE, BUT THAT WHOLE TUITION GAP THING WAS EXPLAINED TO ME. SO THAT'S WHY WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE MILITARY.

MY FIRST STEP WAS PIKES PEAK STATE COLLEGE, AND I DID DO THE BRIDGE TO BACHELOR PROGRAM.

YES. COMING UP, ON NOVEMBER 16TH, SGA WILL HOST A CAMPUS WIDE FRIENDSGIVING EVENT TO BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOL SPIRIT AND NEW TRADITION, WHICH WE APPRECIATE DR.

REDDY AND HIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND PRESIDENTS [INAUDIBLE] ADMINISTRATION WILL ALSO ATTEND.

YOU CAN'T GET NONE OF THE FREE SCARVES THAT WE'RE HANDING OUT TO THE STUDENTS, BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO COME AND JUST, YOU KNOW.

FOR C.U. DENVER SGA IS CURRENTLY THEY'RE BUILDING A SURVEY TO SEE WHERE THEIR STUDENT BODY LIES ON THE PETITION THAT WILL COME FORWARD FOR CONCEALED CARRY, AND THEY'RE ALSO WELCOMING MS. KELSEY MYLES AS THEIR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT/SGA ADVISOR LIKE OUR OWN MS. [INAUDIBLE], AND ON BEHALF OF THE ICSF, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS REPORT.

I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ALL.

I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOU THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUR WELL-WISHES TO GPSG PRESIDENT MACKENZIE [INAUDIBLE] AS SHE WILL BE DEPLOYING TO FULFILL HER RESEARCH COMMITMENT, BUT SHE'LL BE BACK BEFORE OUR NEXT BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING.

THE ICSF WILL CONTINUE TO MEET MONTHLY THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR.

ICSF INVITES THE BOARD MEMBERS AND REGENTS TO JOIN US AT ONE OF OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS.

IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO ATTEND OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT MEETING TONIGHT AT 7:30 THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE STUDENT LIFE LOUNGE DOWNSTAIRS.

IF NOT, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOUR ATTENDANCE AT EACH OF THE UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT GOVERNMENT MEETINGS SOMETIME THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

FINALLY, FROM ICSF AND THE HOST CAMPUS, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK REGENT KROLL REGENT SHARKEY AND REGENT GANAHL FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE C.U.

SYSTEM, AND WE WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT YOU'RE INVITING US.

IT'S AT 7:30, RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COULD I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? THANK YOU, AXEL.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU STATED, WE ARE WORKING TO OFFER THE ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SCHOLARSHIP TO OFFSET THE EXTRA COST OF FEES THAT ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY STUDENTS HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.

WE'LL BE LAUNCHING A PILOT ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SCHOLARSHIP AT GIVING TUESDAY THIS MONTH , AND THIS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WILL COVER THE GAP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN MILITARY TUITION ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND THE UCCS TUITION SO THAT IT ESSENTIALLY IS FREE FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY STUDENTS, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A 1 TO 1 DONOR MATCH UP TO $100,000 AVAILABLE TO KICK START THE COMMUNITY FOCUSED INITIATIVE.

JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THE INDIAN COMMUNITY OF CORAL SPRINGS IS ALSO RAISING FUNDS THROUGH A BENEFIT EVENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON NOVEMBER 12TH TO START AN ENDOWMENT SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

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LET'S SEE. TWO THINGS I NOTICED IN YOUR BYLAWS THAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE ATTENDANCE.

HAVE STUDENT GOVERNMENT LEADERS COME TO OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THEY'RE LIVE STREAMED AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY ATTEND BECAUSE WE DON'T.

IT'S ALL BY ZOOM, SO IT MAKES IT EVEN EASIER TO ATTEND.

OKAY, BUT I THINK PRESIDENT DICE MACKENZIE DICE FROM BOULDER.

I THINK HER OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THIS WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A VOICE IN IT AS WELL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE COMES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.

RIGHT, AND THEN SHE SAID WHEN SHE WAS ON STUDENT GOVERNMENT THERE THAT THEY HAD A VOICE IN THESE COMMITTEES.

SO SHE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THAT HERE AS WELL.

GOT IT. I DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT.

REGENT KROLL. I'VE TOLD YOU TIME AND TIME AGAIN, IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, WE'LL LISTEN TO YOU WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.

SO I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, IF THEY WANT TO COME SHOW UP, RAISE YOUR HAND, WE'LL HEAR YOU OUT . GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU, AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED FOR THE YEAR, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR GOOD FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR IS GETS BACK TO KIND OF THE LAST THING I TALKED ABOUT DURING MY REPORT, WHICH IS STUDENT HEALTH DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE WHO HAVE OFFERED TO ENGAGE.

WE WILL TAKE YOU UP ON IT, AND JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR LOBBYISTS ARE HERE.

SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM REAL QUICK SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE THAT YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH.

SO TANYA KELLY BOWERY RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK IS KIND OF FILLING IN FOR HEATHER [INAUDIBLE], WHO JUST HAD A BABY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HEATHER, AND WE HAVE TWO NEW LOBBYISTS.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO REBECCA MASSEY OVER THERE AND [INAUDIBLE] GRECO.

THOSE ARE BRAND NEW LOBBYISTS.

THEY JUST STARTED THIS MONTH, AND SO THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL, AND SO THAT'S WHO YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT GOOD WORK.

REGENT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MISS DICE.

SHE'S NOT REALLY THE PERSON THAT JUST WANTS TO ATTEND THE MEETING AND RAISE HER HAND SPEAK.

SHE WANTS THE AGENDA.

SHE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED.

WE WANT THE AGENDA.

WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

WE WANT ALL THIS STUFF.

SO SHE BROUGHT IT FORWARD, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SPEAKING ON HER BEHALF TO THE BEST THAT I CAN.

APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT, TOO, AND SHE'S DEPLOYING TO ANTARCTICA.

SO ONE THING I JUST SINCE THIS IS RECORDED, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THE CU SOUTH BALLOT INITIATIVE, THE WORDING IS SORT OF STRANGE, AND SO THE STUDENTS VOTED TO VOTE NO ON 2F, WHICH MEANS THAT THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WOULD GO AHEAD.

SO NO MEANS NO MORE DELAY WITH THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.

SO YOU JUST GOT THAT FLIPPED A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S SORT OF A STRANGELY WORDED INITIATIVE.

YES, MA'AM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT WILL BE THE FACULTY COUNCIL.

IS DR. O'BRIEN.

HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. WE'RE TRYING.

WE NEED TO GET YOUR VOLUME UP.

HELLO. GREETINGS FROM IT LOOKS LIKE ANSCHUTZ.

CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR LETTING ME ATTEND VIRTUALLY.

I HAD A SUDDEN CHANGE IN MY SCHEDULE ON MONDAY.

IN MY SECOND JOB AS MOM, I FOUND OUT MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS A SENIOR AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL, QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE COLORADO STATE FIVE GYMNASTICS MEET, AND IT STARTS IN ABOUT 35 MINUTES AND IT'S IN THORNTON, SO THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ME TO MAKE IT TO COLORADO SPRINGS AND GET BACK TO THORNTON AND TIME TO WATCH HER COMPETE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE AT THE BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING TODAY MAKING THIS POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL BOTH OF MY DUTIES TODAY. SO JUST WANT TO BRING FORTH A REPORT FROM THE FACULTY COUNCIL SINCE OUR LAST BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK PRESIDENT SOLOMON, CHAIR SMITH, VICE CHAIR, MONTANA, THE REGENTS AND THE CHANCELLORS FOR OFFERING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE FACULTY COUNCIL'S WORK.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK REGENT KROLL AND SHARKEY AND GANAHL FOR THEIR GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AS A REGENT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN THEIR TERMS AND REALLY WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK IN THEIR NEXT ENDEAVORS.

SO WE RECENTLY HAD OUR OCTOBER FACULTY SENATE MEETING JUST LAST THURSDAY, IN FACT, AND IN THAT MEETING AND PRESIDENT SOLOMON ATTENDED, AND

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SO I REALLY APPRECIATE PRESIDENT SOLOMON BEING THERE.

I'M SPEAKING FRANKLY WITH FACULTY AND REALLY LOOKING AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO HELP WITH FACULTY RETENTION AND FACULTY AND BRINGING FACULTY, NEW FACULTY INTO THE FACULTY SYSTEM.

WE ALSO HAD INVITED GUESTS OF JUDI DIAZ BONACQUISTI, OUR SENIOR DIVERSITY OFFICER, AND EMILY [INAUDIBLE], WHO'S OUR DEI SPECIALIST, ATTENDED.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THEM THERE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DR.

BONACQUISTI KIND OF INITIATIVES AND HER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WANTS TO WORK ON AS SHE STARTS HER NEW POSITION, REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF INTEREST BETWEEN HER AND THE FACULTY COUNCIL IN WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MOVE SOME OF THESE DEI INITIATIVES FORWARD.

SO REALLY THANK DR.

BONACQUISTI AND EMILY [INAUDIBLE] FOR ATTENDING AS WELL.

AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN THE COMING YEARS.

SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN FACULTY COUNCIL AND I MENTIONED LAST TIME IS WE'RE CONTINUING OUR WORK TO UPDATE THE BYLAWS OF OUR FACULTY SENATE, WHICH WERE LAST APPROVED IN 2014.

SO THIS WORK REALLY IS BEING DONE TO ENSURE THAT OUR GOVERNING STRUCTURE IS CONTEMPORARY AND SUPPORTS THE ACADEMIC OPERATIONS OF OUR INSTITUTION.

SO WE HAVE A FACULTY COUNCIL BYLAWS COMMITTEE THAT'S ACTIVELY WORKING ON REVISIONS, AND AS PART OF THIS WORK, OUR ONLY STANDING COMMITTEE WITHIN THE FACULTY SENATE, WHICH IS OUR FACULTY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS OUR FACULTY SENATE PRIVILEGE AND TENURE COMMITTEE, WAS ASKED TO WORK ON REVISING BYLAWS FOR THEIR SECTION OF THE OVERALL FACULTY SENATE BYLAWS.

SO WE HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REVISIONS FROM THE FACULTY SENATE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE AND THE FACULTY COUNCIL BYLAWS COMMITTEE IS NOW REVIEWING THOSE REVISIONS AND WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE FACULTY SENATE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE TO COME TO A FINAL VERSION THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE OVERALL BYLAWS REVISION.

WE HAVE A TIMELINE TO HAVE THAT BYLAWS, THE OVERALL BYLAWS REVISION COMPLETED AND READY FOR A VOTE AT OUR APRIL FACULTY SENATE MEETING IN 2023. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.

ONE TOPIC THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT'S BEEN KIND OF AT THE TOP OF OUR DISCUSSIONS AND FACULTY GOVERNANCE IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN FACULTY GOVERNANCE.

WE'RE SEEING POST-COVID PEOPLE ARE BUSY PEOPLE OR HAVE BEGUN TO FOCUS ON DIFFERENT AREAS OF IMPORTANCE FOR THEM. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE PARTICIPATION IN SHARED GOVERNANCE WITH THE GOAL OF ENCOURAGING FACULTY AT ALL LEVELS TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARED GOVERNANCE.

SO EVEN STARTING AT THE UNIT LEVEL, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CU SYSTEM LEVEL, BECAUSE WE REALLY REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING DIVERSITY OF THOSE FACULTY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE WORK OF SHARED GOVERNANCE, AND WE CAN REALLY DO MORE TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE VOICES FROM A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH CAMPUS FACULTY ASSEMBLIES LEADERSHIPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FULFILLING ALL OF THE CAMPUS REPRESENTATION ON OUR FACULTY COUNCIL COMMITTEES, AND WE'RE BEGINNING DISCUSSIONS ACROSS CAMPUSES TO TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AGAIN TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AND SHARED GOVERNANCE. WE'RE ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY REVIEW STATEMENTS, AND SO THERE'S TWO APSS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY SHARED GOVERNANCE.

THAT'S OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATERIALS.

SO THAT'S APS 1014 AS WELL AS TENURE ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SHARED GOVERNANCE OR FACULTY FEEDBACK, AND WE'LL REPORT THOSE BACK.

LOOKING AT OUR CAMPUSES.

OUR CAMPUSES ARE VERY BUSY, AND SO FROM OUR LAST FACULTY SENATE MEETING, WE HAVE SOME CAMPUS UPDATES.

SO AT INSTITUTES, THERE WAS A RECENT CHANCELLOR ELLIMAN GAVE A RECENT STATE OF THE STATE OF THE CAMPUS ADDRESS THERE, AND IN THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT COLLABORATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND SUPPORTING HOSPITALS WITH THEIR SURROUNDING CLINIC TO SUPPORT HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

THEY'RE EXCITED IN THE ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS REALLY LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE [INAUDIBLE] CENTER AND ITS IMPACT ON TRANSFORMATIONAL RESEARCH AND THEN THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN CAMPUS IS REALLY INCREASING AND THEY'RE TRYING TO REALLY WORK ON CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY OR

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THEY'RE WORKING ON A RESOLUTION RELATED TO COMMON CURRICULUM, ALSO DOING SOME CONTINUING WORK ON ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS TO INCORPORATE DEI CREDIT INTO THEIR ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, AND AT COLORADO SPRINGS, THEY'RE BUSY WORKING ON RPT POLICIES AGAIN, ALSO ENCOURAGING LANGUAGE AND TEACHING CRITERIA FOR ANNUAL REVIEWS AND THEN WORKING WITH CAMPUS LEADERSHIP AS A NEW BUDGET MODEL IS IMPLEMENTED, AND THEN LASTLY, WITH THE DENVER CAMPUS, THEY'RE WORKING ON UPDATES RELATED TO SOME TOWN HALL CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE BEING HELD WITH THE CHANCELLORS AND CHIEFS OF STAFF, AS WELL AS AN IRC TASK FORCE REPORT.

WE HAVE HAD A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP ON THAT CAMPUS DUE TO THE CURRENT CHAIR NEEDING TO HAVE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

SO WE HAVE REPLACED FACULTY ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP THERE AND THAT HAS BEEN VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE FACULTY GOVERNANCE SYSTEM AND THE FACULTY ASSEMBLY AT THE DENVER CAMPUS.

SO JUST REFERRING TO SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE WORK SO FAR, A FACULTY SENATE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS AGAIN OUR ONLY STANDING COMMITTEE WITHIN OUR FACULTY SENATE, WE DID HAVE A REPORT AT OUR LAST MEETING.

THAT COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED TWO GRIEVANCE CASES SINCE OUR MEETING IN APRIL.

ONE WAS A CASE RELATED TO DENIAL OF TENURE AND ONE WAS RELATED TO A CASE OF ACADEMIC RIGHTS.

AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE WORKING ON BYLAW REVISIONS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE FACULTY COUNCIL, AND THEN LASTLY, THEY'RE SEEKING NEW MEMBERS AS AS MEMBERS.

TERM LIMITS ARE COMING COMING, AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.

LOOKING AT OUR FACULTY COUNCIL COMMITTEES, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE WHO IS WORKING WITH THE NEW VP, CHAD [INAUDIBLE], AND REALLY LOOKING AT TRYING TO LOOK AT BUDGETS ACROSS THE CAMPUSES AND FIND TRENDS IN THOSE BUDGETS THAT MIGHT BE BROUGHT FORTH TO FACULTY COUNCIL.

OUR COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE IS CONTINUING TO DO SOME GREAT WORK AND REALLY TRYING TO PROMOTE SHARED GOVERNANCE AND THE WORK OF OUR FACULTY ACROSS OUR FOUR CAMPUSES AND ARE REALLY TRYING TO REACH OUT TO FACULTY ORIENTATION PROCESSES ON THE CAMPUS TO LOOK AT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN INCORPORATE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SHARED GOVERNANCE AND THE FACULTY COUNCIL TO ENCOURAGE THAT PARTICIPATION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

OUR COMMITTEE IS REACHING OUT TO DIVERSITY GROUPS ON CAMPUS AND WORKING AND WORKING TO FIND PATTERNS IN FACULTY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED, LOOKING AT RETENTION AS WELL AS REASONS FOR LEAVING, AND THEY PLAN TO MEET WITH DR.

BONACQUISTI IN NOVEMBER TO REALLY LOOK AT ARE THERE SOME INITIATIVES THAT THEY CAN WORK ON TOGETHER.

OUR DISABILITY AND ACCESS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN REVIEWING APSS REGARDING DISABILITY AND ACCESS, AND THEN AGAIN ALSO ARE LOOKING AT ACCESS BARRIERS AND REPORTING DATA WITHIN SURVEYS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AT BOTH THE CAMPUS AND SYSTEM LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ANY RANGE OF ISSUES OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A DISABILITY AND ACCESS FACULTY.

[INAUDIBLE] AGAIN, THEY'RE WORKING ON REVIEWING OUR APSS, SO THEY WORKED ON APS 1014 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND AGAIN, THAT'S OUT FOR REVIEW AS WELL AS WHAT'S IN 20, AND ALL OF US ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING APPS 5060 TO LOOK AT FACULTY TITLES.

OUR LGBTQ+ COMMITTEE, THEY ARE DEVELOPING OR LOOKING TO UPDATE THE LGBTQ+ RESOURCE PAGES AT THE SYSTEM LEVEL AS IT APPEARS TO BE OUTDATED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH DR.

BONACQUISTI, BUT THEY WILL BE HOSTING A SYMPOSIUM IN MAY AND REALLY ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH DR.

BONACQUISTI AND OTHER FACULTY COUNCIL COMMITTEES IN HOSTING THIS SYMPOSIUM.

SO THERE'S A CALL OUT FOR PROPOSALS.

RIGHT NOW, OUR PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO DO GOOD WORK COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT A DIGITAL MINORITIES, AND ASSESSED AND SALARY ANALYSIS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PROSPECT FOR FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FACULTY TO SEE BENCHMARK OR THE PROCESS FOR BENCHMARKING SALARIES, LOOKING AT COMPILING SOME RECENT ANALYSIS OF SALARIES ACROSS THE CU SYSTEM.

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THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT OFF AS THEY WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AWARD AND MAYBE KIND OF REVAMP IT, MAKE SURE IT'S CURRENT TO WHAT THAT COMMITTEE WANTS TO RECOGNIZE FROM FROM THEIR CHARGES.

SO THAT IS THE REPORT THAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TO PRESENT THE WORK OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOG WITH SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS WITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS, TO REALLY ENCOURAGE A CULTURE OF FACULTY BELONGING.

GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK GOING ON AND GOOD LUCK TO YOUR DAUGHTER AND GO ANGELS, I THINK IT IS. THANK YOU.

LAST, SHARED GOVERNANCE REPORT IS STAFF COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] , AND IT WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] THAT GIVES THE REPORT TODAY.

WELCOME. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

CHAIR SMITH, VICE CHAIR MONTERA, REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS.

THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUE [INAUDIBLE] FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE STAFF AT CU , AND THE FOLLOWING IS SOME UPDATES THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER IN SEPTEMBER AT THE BOARD MEETING.

SO PRESIDENT SOLOMON TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING EMPLOYEES, FACULTY AND STAFF, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SPOKEN WITH HIM ABOUT AND THAT IS WHAT OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS IN THIS REPORT, AND WHILE MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE GREAT RESIGNATION, A NEW TERM [INAUDIBLE] HAS EMERGED AS AN INCREASINGLY COMMON ALTERNATIVE TO RESIGNING, AND THAT IS QUIET QUITTING, DRIVEN BY MANY OF THE SAME UNDERLYING FACTORS AS ACTUAL RESIGNATIONS.

QUIET QUITTING REFERS TO OPTING OUT OF TASKS BEYOND ONE'S ASSIGNED JOB DUTIES AND OR BECOMING LESS PSYCHOLOGICALLY INVESTED AND ENGAGED IN WORK. QUIET.

QUITTERS CONTINUE TO FULFILL THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT THEY ARE LESS WILLING TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES KNOWN AS CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS, INCLUDING SHOWING UP EARLY, STAYING LATE, OR ATTENDING NON-MANDATORY MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES.

AT FIRST GLANCE, THIS MAY NOT SEEM PROBLEMATIC.

AFTER ALL, THESE EMPLOYEES AREN'T DISENGAGING FROM THEIR PRIMARY TASKS.

HOWEVER, A RECENT GALLUP POLL FOUND THAT QUIET QUITTERS MAKE UP AT LEAST 50% OF THE US WORKFORCE AND THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THAT IN OUR REPORT.

FOR MANY EMPLOYERS, A WORKFORCE THAT IS WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT ONLY DESIRED, IT IS, IN FACT, ESSENTIAL.

THE REALITY IS THAT MOST JOBS CANNOT BE FULLY DEFINED IN A FORMAL JOB DESCRIPTION OR CONTRACT.

THEREFORE, ORGANIZATIONS RELY ON EMPLOYEES TO EXPEND EXTRA EFFORT IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY MEET ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS AND CUSTOMER DEMANDS.

SO WHILE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND CAN COME AT A COST FOR EMPLOYEES IN A HEALTHY ORGANIZATION, THESE COSTS ARE USUALLY COUNTERBALANCED BY BENEFITS SUCH AS INCREASED SOCIAL CAPITAL, WELL-BEING AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND SUCCESS.

THE QUIET QUITTING TREND SUGGESTS THAT EMPLOYEES ARE INCREASINGLY FEELING THAT THIS EXCHANGE HAS BECOME IMBALANCED.

EMPLOYEES ARE DEMANDING INCREASING EFFORT FROM WORKERS WITHOUT INVESTING IN THEM IN RETURN.

AS THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK WORSENS AND OUTRIGHT QUITTING BECOMES LESS FEASIBLE FOR MANY.

THIS QUIET ALTERNATIVE IS LIKELY TO BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE COMMON.

WE IN STAFF GOVERNANCE HAVE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM CU STAFF AT LARGE VIA SURVEYS, COMMENTS AT COUNCIL MEETINGS ON THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, AND ALSO REPORTS

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WHILE SOME AMOUNT OF JOB CREEP THAT IS A GRADUAL EXPANSION OF AN EMPLOYEE'S CORE DUTIES OVER TIME IS NATURAL.

AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF PANDEMIC FUELED FIREFIGHTING, WHICH SAW MANY TAKING ON ADDITIONAL DUTIES TO COVER VACANT AND UNFILLED POSITIONS AND MORE AND MORE ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT HAVE ONCE BEEN CONSIDERED ABOVE AND BEYOND BECAME EXPECTED PART OF WORKERS' JOB.

THE BENEFITS OF CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR INCREASINGLY FEELS OUTWEIGHED BY THE COSTS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE ARE STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF QUIET QUITTING.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE OVERALL DECLINE IN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IS ESPECIALLY RELATED TO CLARITY OF EXPECTATIONS.

OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND GROW, NOT FEELING VALUED, AND A CONNECTION TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION OR VISION, AND THIS SIGNALS A GROWING DISCONNECT BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED BY EMPLOYERS LISTENING TO AND THEN INVESTING IN THEIR EMPLOYEES.

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IS LESS LIKELY TO LEAD TO CITIZENSHIP FATIGUE WHEN EMPLOYEES FEEL VALUED AND SUPPORTED BY THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, AND EFFECTIVE SUPPORT STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED, AND WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT EMPATHY OR SAYING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. REAL LISTENING REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO COLLECT QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA AROUND WHAT EACH EMPLOYEE NEEDS TO FEEL SUPPORTED AND ENGAGED AT WORK, AND IT WOULD BE ERRONEOUS FOR LEADERSHIP TO ASSUME THAT WHAT IS GOOD FOR ONE OR A SMALL GROUP OF EMPLOYEES IS GOOD FOR ALL. SO I'M GOING TO OUTLINE A FEW OF THE WANTS AND NEEDS THAT WE'VE ANECDOTALLY HEARD REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED BY STAFF AT CU. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULE AND WORKPLACE ARRANGEMENTS PERMANENTLY.

CLEAR CUT CAREER PATHS FOR ALL JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.

MORE HIRING AND PROMOTING FROM WITHIN.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REAL VALUE PLACED ON INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE, HAVE THAT BEING PRIORITIZED OVER EXTERNAL APPLICANTS.

MENTORSHIP, APPRENTICESHIP AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.

RECOGNIZING AND REWARDING LOYALTY.

INCREASED COMPENSATION WHERE AVAILABLE.

CHILD CARE AND ELDER CARE ASSISTANCE, AND A REAL OPPORTUNITY BUILT INTO PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS TO REGULARLY COMMUNICATE WITH SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS THEIR WANTS, NEEDS AND GOALS AND CONDUCT STAY INTERVIEWS , AND THERE'S A REFERENCE FOR THAT WITH THE BOOK STAY INTERVIEW A MANAGER'S GUIDE TO KEEPING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST.

SO IN TODAY'S CHALLENGING WORKPLACE, EMPLOYEES CAN OFTEN FEEL COMPELLED TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN WAYS THAT HARM THEIR WELL-BEING, SUCH AS TAKING ON ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT CAUSE THEM TO MISS OUT ON IMPORTANT FAMILY OR SOCIAL EVENTS, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.

SO WE WANT EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR OWN VALUES, MOTIVATIONS AND NEEDS, AND THAT WAY, THESE THESE ACTIVITIES WILL FEEL ENERGIZING RATHER THAN BURDENSOME.

GOING BACK TO HOW ONE THING DOESN'T WORK FOR ALL.

SOME EMPLOYEES MIGHT BE DRIVEN BY HELPING OTHERS AND THEREFORE MAY BE EXCITED TO TAKE ON EXTRA TASKS WHEN THERE IS A PROSOCIAL COMPONENT.

STILL, OTHERS MAY BE MOTIVATED BY PUBLIC RECOGNITION, SO THEY MAY BENEFIT FROM FOCUSING ON CITIZENSHIP, CITIZENSHIP ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HIGHLY VISIBLE AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE AND AS PRESIDENT SOLOMON TALKED ABOUT, ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ECONOMY.

IT IS OUR DUTY TO LISTEN TO STAFF, HELP THEM DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC FORMS OF CITIZENSHIP THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR INTRINSIC MOTIVATIONS AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE, AND BEING, AS MAHATMA GANDHI ONCE SAID, THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.

WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARDS THAT WERE HELD ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2002, AT THE HILTON INVERNESS HOTEL. MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM ATTENDED THOSE, AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE AWARDEES THIS YEAR.

THERE WERE TWO AWARDEES ON EACH CAMPUS EXCEPT FOR DENVER, WHO HAD THREE BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIE.

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VOTER WAS MIKE JONES AND NICKY HUTCHINSON.

DENVER WAS LIZ EVANS, SAMANTHA KELLY AND KELSEY MYLES.

SYSTEM WAS EMILY OLSON AND RYAN SCOTT AND UCCS WAS ELLEN BURKHART AND CINDY GARLAND.

WE THANK THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT, AND ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT SOLOMON FOR ATTENDING AND PRESENTING THE SYSTEM.

AWARDEES TERRY [INAUDIBLE], MONIQUE SNOWDEN, AND ALSO PROVOST [INAUDIBLE] AND CARL [INAUDIBLE] FROM UCCS.

I WILL FORGO THE CAMPUS REPORTS.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE IN THE ATTACHED, OUR ATTACHED REPORT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, BUT IN CLOSING ON BEHALF OF UCSC, THE STAFF AT CU, WE WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION THUS FAR, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING CONTINUING COLLABORATION TO BEST SERVE OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS AT CU.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT STAFF RETENTION, QUIET, QUITTING AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN OUR REPORT AS ISSUES OF CONCERN ON THE CAMPUSES ARE NOT ISSUES THAT ARE EASILY ADDRESSED AND IN SOME CASES THERE IS NO CLEAR CUT PATH FORWARD, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF THE THAT THE CAMPUSES AND SYSTEM HAVE ALREADY CALLED OUT MANY OF THESE ISSUES.

WE'VE LIKE I SAID, WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT SOME OF THEM WITH PRESIDENT SOLOMON AND VICE PRESIDENT FELICITY [INAUDIBLE], AND WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO WORKING ON THEM AS PART OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

ON MY HOME CAMPUS, THE DENVER CAMPUS, WE KNOW THAT GOAL FIVE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO BECOME THE BEST PLACE TO WORK, AND CHANCELLOR MARKS AND ADMINISTRATION ARE WORKING ON STEPS TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.

SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE HERE TO WORK ALONGSIDE WITH YOU IN SUPPORT OF THOSE GOALS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH YOU TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS AND TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES AND THE C.U.

SYSTEM. WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE REGENT KROLL, REGENT SHARKEY, AND REGENT GANAHL.

THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ALAN AND I, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

YES. REGENT KROLL.

THANK YOU, CHAIR SMITH, THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.

GLENN POINTED OUT TO ME THAT I'M A QUIET QUITTER BECAUSE I DIDN'T RUN FOR A SECOND TERM [CHUCKLING], BUT ON THAT SUBJECT, I WANTED TO LOOP BACK ON SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED, I THINK A YEAR OR TWO AGO AROUND STIPENDS FOR FOLKS SERVING ON STAFF COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE THAT'S AT FROM STAFF COUNSEL'S POINT OF VIEW? THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND LOOKED INTO MOSTLY BY RYAN, MY PREDECESSOR, AND I BELIEVE IT CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WAS NOT THE WAY WE WANTED TO GO.

CAN I MAYBE ENCOURAGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THAT APPROACH? I WILL SAY, I HAVE KIND OF A DIFFERENT AN ALTERNATE VIEW, BUT YES, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING INTO FOR SURE.

I THINK THAT THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP IS IS WILLING AND ABLE TO ENGAGE ON THIS BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THEM, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN, EVEN, YOU KNOW, ON A MARGINAL LEVEL OF JUST IMPACTING THOSE FEW DOZEN PEOPLE THAT MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME SORT OF STIPEND, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT NUMBER IS RIGHT, BUT WHATEVER SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT STIPEND, I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN AT THE VERY LEAST, EVEN IF THEY WOULD STAY HERE NO MATTER WHAT WE PAID THEM, WE CAN APPRECIATE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I AGREE. [INAUDIBLE] DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

OKAY. THANK YOU, JACK, FOR ENCOURAGING THAT.

PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

THANK YOU, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF IDEAS AND ALL THAT, AND WE'RE ALREADY ENGAGING IN THIS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO.

THIS IS, LIKE YOU SAID, A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM SYSTEMWIDE, AND IF ONLY IT WERE C.U. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL OF HIGHER ED AND SO MANY OTHER SECTORS AS WELL.

THAT BEING SAID, TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, THEN WE NEED TO DO THOSE THINGS.

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SOME OF THOSE COST MONEY, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING.

NOT ALL OF THEM DO, THOUGH, RIGHT, AND SO I THINK THAT WE WE YOU KNOW, WE ARE COMMITTED AND THE CHANCELLORS AND I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME AND WHAT YOU MENTIONED THERE IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES FACING US BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO THEM, AND THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AND WE COMPLETELY RELY ON THE STAFF.

AND SO JUST FROM ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CHANCELLORS AND THE CAMPUSES, I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL OF THE STAFF ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. WE KNOW WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU, AND WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.

SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT.

THANK YOU, AND I'LL JUST SAY, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE REGENTS, WE SO APPRECIATE OUR STAFF, WE KNOW HOW STRETCHED THIN YOU ARE.

I HADN'T HEARD OF THIS QUIET QUITTING, BUT THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT AND SURVEYING PEOPLE AND COMING UP WITH A LIST OF IDEAS THAT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

SO VERY THOUGHTFUL REPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE GOVERNANCE REPORTS, AND SO NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA PART ONE.

[F. 2:00 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA PART I]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA PART ONE ITEMS? SO MOVED. MOVED BY REGENT MONTERA AND SECONDED BY REGENT RENNISON.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I ASSUME NOT. ARE ANY OPPOSED? WITH THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA PART ONE IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA PART TWO CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION.

[G. 2:05 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA PART II (Capital Construction)]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA PART TWO ITEMS? MOVED BY REGENT SHARKEY SECONDED BY REGENT.

CHAVEZ. THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? AUTHORIZATION OF THE ITEMS ON PART TWO, NOT ALL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? JUST PART TWO, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN ABSTENTION.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE ROLL CALL.

YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THEN THE CONSENT AGENDA PART TWO IS APPROVED.

AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE AND WE ARE FOCUSING TODAY ON STUDENT RETENTION, AND I CALL UP

[H. 2:10 p.m. STRATEGIC PLAN]

THAT'S WHY WE JUST CALL HIM CHAD.

KEN WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST OF A FEW FOCUS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS IN THE YEAR.

TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO THINGS: FRESHMAN STUDENT RETENTION FROM FRESHMAN TO SOPHOMORE YEAR AND THE CU ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS LOOKING AT PATIENTS SERVED. THIS IS BRAND NEW DATA.

ALL OF THE CAMPUSES AND FOLKS ON THE IR SIDE, ITS SYSTEM WORKED REALLY HARD TO TURN THIS AROUND FOR PURPOSES OF THIS EARLIER NOVEMBER MEETING.

SO THIS IS BRAND NEW TO US AND WE ARE REACTING TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT PUT IN A TON OF WORK TO GET THIS DONE, AND SO ANGELIQUE, WHO'S OVER THERE, WHO'S GOING TO BE OUR MAESTRO WHEN WE GO TO BREAKOUT GROUPS, HUGE THANK TO ANGELIQUE.

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I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THESE SLIDES.

THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF YOU WHEN WE GO TO THE BREAKOUT GROUPS.

I'D RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOU--YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE STUFF--TO HOLD QUESTIONS FOR WHEN YOU GET TO THE BREAKOUT GROUPS SO THAT YOU CAN ASK DIRECTLY TO THOSE CAMPUS FOLKS.

I HAVE A HUNCH OF WHAT RESPONSES ARE, BUT IT'S BETTER TO JUST GET THE ANSWER FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH, SO TO SPEAK, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN.

WE'LL DO TEN MINUTE SEGMENTS OVER AT THE TABLES AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF BREAK FROM THERE AND WE'LL HAVE THE CHANCELLORS AND THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ROTATE.

SO YOU'RE ASSIGNED A TABLE AND WE'LL GET ALL THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

SO JUST GETTING INTO THIS, LIKE I SAID, THIS DATA IS NEW TO US.

NOT ALL OF IT IS IDEAL, AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE OBSERVING IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE SEEING SOME RETENTION RATES THAT AREN'T MAKING ANNUAL PROGRESS THAT WE WOULD HAVE HOPED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION AS TO WHAT THOSE THINGS COULD BE.

IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S THIS INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THAT WE READ ABOUT EVERY DAY AND THAT WE SEE IT WHEN WE GO TO BUY GROCERIES OR FILL UP THE GAS TANK, AND IT COULD BE THAT THAT'S CAUSING PRESSURE FOR PEOPLE TO RECONSIDER COMING BACK FOR A SECOND YEAR BECAUSE MAYBE THEY WANT TO TAKE A JOB TO COVER SOME OF THOSE COSTS FOR THEIR OWN LIVES OR THEIR FAMILY'S LIVES, AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING MORE AND THERE'S LOW UNEMPLOYMENT AND THERE'S A LARGE VOLUME OF OPEN POSITIONS.

SO THAT COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

THERE'S ALSO SPECULATION OF SOME OF THIS BEING TIED TO JUST REVERBERATIONS FROM THE PANDEMIC.

ALSO MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH JUST THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, AND THEN ALSO SPECULATION AROUND WHERE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY WERE COMPLETING AND MAYBE REMOTE, MAYBE LACK SOME OF THE ACADEMIC PREPAREDNESS IN PRIOR COHORTS.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

CAMPUSES HAVE HUNCHES, BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, SOME THEORIES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN RESPONSE TO THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES AND YOU CAN ASK THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO THE CAMPUSES.

SO STARTING WITH BOULDER HERE, THE NEW DATA IS WHERE YOU SEE THAT ARROW THAT IS FRESHMAN FROM FALL OF 2021, RETURNING FOR THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR IN 2022.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE MADE PROGRESS AND THE OVERALL RETENTION RATES FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND ON THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE CONTINUING IN THAT TRAJECTORY.

I SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE LOOK AT THIS DATA AND OUR CU METRICS IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS, NOT JUST THROUGH THESE TWO BUCKETS.

WE LOOK AT IT BASED ON FIRST GENERATION, BASED ON PELL, BASED ON STUDENTS OF COLOR, RESIDENT, NONRESIDENT.

WE ALSO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF JUST RETENTION RATES YEAR OVER YEAR OR TERM TO TERM.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THESE.

THESE ARE JUST THE ONES TIED TO GOALS.

IN TERMS OF ACTION STEPS AT BOULDER.

THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED IN THE EXISTING STRATEGIC IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THIS IS WHAT'S WRITTEN ONLINE.

CURRENTLY, SOME OF THESE ACTION STEPS THE CAMPUSES ARE PURSUING, BUT IN RESPONSE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE'RE REEVALUATING AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE FROM THE CAMPUSES ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING AND IMPLEMENTING TO TRY TO CONTINUE ADVANCING AND MAKING PROGRESS ON THESE GOALS.

SO AT UCCS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ANNUAL PROGRESS TOWARDS GOAL ISN'T HEADED NECESSARILY IN THE UPWARD PITCH.

FOLLOW THE FALL RETENTION FOR OVERALL STUDENTS IS UP FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT IT'S DOWN FOR YOUR STUDENTS.

AGAIN, SOME OF THE ACTION STEPS THAT WE COVERED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN PREVIOUSLY IN THE JULY RETREAT.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT DENVER, YOU SEE A PICTURE HERE WHERE THERE'S NOT AN UPTICK COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR, BUT ONE OBSERVATION THAT I WOULD POINT OUT HERE IS THAT THEY'RE IN LINE FROM TOTAL STUDENTS TO YOUR STUDENTS.

SO THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OF A GAP BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

WE LOOK AT THE ACTION STEPS THAT THEY HAD SUBMITTED AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THOSE AND ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THE CAMPUS IS CONSIDERING AT THE BREAKOUT GROUP, AND THEN WE'LL QUICKLY PIVOT OVER TO CU ANSCHUTZ, AND IN TERMS OF PATIENTS SERVED, THIS IS THE FINAL PRIOR FISCAL YEAR DATA.

SO THIS IS THE FINAL, FINAL DATA FROM FISCAL YEAR 21-22, AND YOU SEE THAT REALLY BIG JUMP IN TERMS OF PATIENTS SERVED [INAUDIBLE] AND DEAN RILEY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE CAUSATION THERE AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING IN THE FUTURE IN THAT SPACE.

SO FOR PURPOSES OF BREAKOUT GROUPS, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT 10 MINUTES IN EACH OF THESE GROUPS.

THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM BY CAMPUS.

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SO HERE'S OUR TABLE ASSIGNMENTS.

THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ENCOURAGED TO JOIN TABLES THAT AREN'T QUITE THERE.

ANGELIQUE IS GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES WHERE I INVITE YOU TO STAND UP AND GET SITUATED AND THEN HEAD OVER THERE.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, FEEL FREE TO TAKE WHAT I WOULD CALL LIKE A SENATORIAL FIVE.

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SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'M SORRY THAT I MISSED THAT DURING MY REPORT.

SO I THINK WE WILL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THE CHANCELLORS TO GIVE US THEIR REPORTS, AND WE'LL START, OF COURSE, WITH OUR HOST CAMPUS AND CHANCELLOR.

READY. ALL RIGHT, I THOUGHT YOU FORGOT, AND WE SAID, OKAY, THAT'S GOOD , BUT EITHER WAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE REGENTS, THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENTS, OUR FELLOW CHANCELLORS AND ALL OUR FRIENDS FROM OTHER CAMPUSES HERE AFTER FOUR YEARS, AND I WANT TO SAY THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT.

SOMETHING CALLED COVID CAME IN BETWEEN THAT KIND OF DID THIS TO US, BUT REALLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU HERE, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK REGENT KROLL REGENT GANAHL AND REGENT SHARKEY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO SEE YOU.

AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE BOTH FOR US, YOU AND SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CAMPUS.

I WAS GOING TO INTRODUCE THE NEW VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT WHO WAS HERE THIS MORNING.

AGAIN ON ME. I DON'T BLAME MY BOSS, BUT HE WAS HERE, AND DR.

JOSE CANTU. HE CAME FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - VICTORIA, AND WHAT WE HAD DONE IS WE HAD RECONFIGURED OUR VICE-CHANCELLOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO VICE-CHANCELLOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT AND REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.

HE COMES WITH 29 YEARS OF HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET TO MEET HIM AT ANOTHER TIME, BUT JUST WE'RE REALLY THRILLED HE'S JOINED OUR TEAM BY HIM COMING ON.

OUR CABINET IS ALMOST 70% DIVERSE.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT DIVERSITY, I THINK CERTAINLY THE CABINET IS VERY DIVERSE.

WE ALSO HAVE WELCOMED A NEW POLICE CHIEF, [INAUDIBLE], AND HE STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND HE HAS ALREADY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

HE COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, WHERE HE SERVED AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE.

I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S HERE TODAY EITHER.

WE ALSO ARE DOING A LOT IN THE DI SPACE.

OUR INAUGURAL VICE CHANCELLOR FOR DI, [INAUDIBLE], HAS BEEN DEVELOPING OUR UPCOMING DI ACTION PLANNING PROCESS THAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTING LATER TODAY, AND AS PART OF THE DI ACTION PLAN, THEY RECENTLY FACILITATED 12 CAMPUS WIDE DI COMMUNITY DIALOGS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE THAT INCLUDED FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT FROM THEM, AND I DON'T HAVE TO MENTION THIS TO YOU BECAUSE DURING THE EXECUTIVE MEETING YOU SAW OUR ENGINEERING ANNEX BUILDING IS ACTIVELY BEING CONSTRUCTED AND WE ARE EXCITED THAT IT WILL OPEN IN SPRING OF 2024.

I ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT THE MILITARY SCHOLARSHIP EARLIER ON, SO I'LL SKIP THAT ONE, BUT I WOULD ALSO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO COME TO THE INDIAN COMMUNITY SONG AND DANCE EVENT ON NOVEMBER 12TH, A TWO DAY EVENT WHICH WILL ALSO RAISE MONEY FOR OUR ACTIVE MILITARY STUDENTS.

OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE IS GOING ON SO AS WE SPEAK, AND WE HOPE WE'LL HAVE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND DRAFT PLAN FROM OUR CONSULTANTS BY THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING THAT AND IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.

WE ARE STILL IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR OUR VICE-CHANCELLOR ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, OUR CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER AS WELL AS ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR FACILITIES.

THOSE ARE THREE ACTIVE SEARCHES GOING ON AND AS WE ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING TODAY, THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ARE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES , BUT WE PREVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF STUDENTS MOSTLY, BUT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF FACULTY AND STAFF HAS BECOME VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US.

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AND ALSO WE HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH PUEBLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OFFER AN ENGINEERING DEGREE PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS WILL DO TWO YEARS THERE AND COME AND FINISH UP WITH US AFTER THEY DO IT.

WE ALSO HAVE A PRE COLLEGIATE AGREEMENT WITH THEM WHERE THEY'LL ACTUALLY PROVIDE OFFICE SPACE FOR NANCY HERNANDEZ.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THE OUTREACH TRIPS THAT PRESIDENT SULLIVAN HAS STARTED ARE ACTUALLY PAYING OFF AT THE CAMPUSES.

SO WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THAT, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE REGENTS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US ON THESE TRIPS AND ARE REALLY SUPPORTING OUR CAMPUSES IN THIS WAY.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO.

GREAT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

I'LL START WITH COLORADO FREE APPLICATION DAY, AND THIS YEAR CU BOULDER RECEIVED 10,483 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS THROUGH COLORADO FREE APP DAY, ACCORDING TO OUR PRELIMINARY ACCOUNTS, AND THAT INCLUDES MOSTLY FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, ALONG WITH ABOUT 212 TRANSFER APPLICATIONS, AND THAT NUMBER IS ABOUT 2% MORE THAN WHAT WE COLLECTED FOR COLORADO FREE APPLICATION DAYS LAST YEAR.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS INCREASE AND HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL ALLOW MORE COLORADO STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM C.U.

EDUCATION. I NOW WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND THE SHIFT THAT WE MADE WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

CU BOULDER AS, YOU KNOW, FACES MANY OF THE SAME CHALLENGES AS OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, INCLUDING A NEED TO BETTER SERVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHILE MUCH OF THE NEEDS ARE FROM OUR STUDENTS, WE ALSO NEED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.

THE PANDEMIC ACCELERATED STRESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE RETURNED TO A MORE IN-PERSON ENVIRONMENT, WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY AND OUR STAFF, AND LAST WEEK AT THE REGENT FINANCE COMMITTEE, YOU SAW THAT WE HAVE MORE VACANCIES THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AMONG BOTH OUR FACULTY AND STAFF, AND SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES ARE RELATED TO ISSUES LIKE COMPENSATION AND HOUSING, BUT SOME ARE DUE TO BURNOUT AND FATIGUE.

EVERYONE IS WORKING HARD, BUT WE'VE BEEN SHORT STAFFED IN MANY AREAS AND WE'RE CALLED UPON PEOPLE TO FILL AND WE'VE CALLED UPON PEOPLE TO FILL THE GAPS TO SERVE OUR CAMPUS AS A WHOLE.

WE'VE COMBINED OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES INTO AN INTEGRATIVE UNIT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE A HOLISTIC VIEW.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES BEFORE US IF WE THINK OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS ONLY AS PROVIDING CLINICAL SERVICES.

INSTEAD, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN PROMOTE WELLNESS ACROSS THE CAMPUS, IN THE CLASSROOM, IN OUR WORKPLACES AND IN OUR ACTIVITIES, AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO CREATE RESILIENCY AND ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING.

WE HAVE WORLD CLASS RESEARCHERS SUCH AS THOSE AT THE RENÉE CROWN WELLNESS INSTITUTE WHO CAN HELP US IDENTIFY THE BEST WAYS THAT WE CAN PROMOTE WELLNESS.

AND TODAY, AS WE'VE TALKED, YOU HEARD ABOUT STUDENT RETENTION.

YOU'VE ALSO ASKED US TO FOCUS ON FACULTY AND STAFF RETENTION, AND THOSE ARE THE RIGHT QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND OUR CAMPUS LEADERS TO BE ASKING.

SUPPORTING HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM, THE LABORATORY AND THE WORKPLACE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THESE ISSUES. I WANT TO CLOSE BY NOTING THAT WE'RE ONE MONTH AWAY FROM THE RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW GLOBAL CLIMATE SUMMIT, WHICH WE'RE HOSTING WITH UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ON DECEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE FOURTH.

IF YOU HAVEN'T YET REGISTERED TO SEE KEYNOTES AND PANELS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE WEBSITE AND DO SO.

I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE'RE HOSTING WATCH GLOBALLY ENGAGE LOCALLY PANEL SERIES THAT FEATURES LOCAL, STATE AND REGENTAL EXPERTS FOCUSING ON HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

THOSE EVENTS INCLUDE A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH CHANCELLORS FROM SEVERAL AAU UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS PANELS WITH BUSINESS AND POLITICAL LEADERS AND YOUTH ADVOCATES, AND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOULDER CAMPUS TO CONVENE GLOBAL EXPERTS, AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL THERE AND YOU CAN FIND ALL THE INFORMATION AT COLORADO.EDU/GLOBAL-CLIMATE-SUMMIT, AND IN CLOSING, I JUST LIKE TO THANK

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WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HOSTING THE BOARD AT CU BOULDER ON MONDAY FOR OUR DE&I BRIEFING.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND CHANCELLOR MARKS.

I ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO REGENT SHARKEY, REGENT KROLL, AND REGENT GANAHL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AN UPDATE ON THE COLORADO FREE APP DAY FOR CU DENVER.

IT WAS THE FIFTH YEAR FOR FREE APP DAY AND THE THIRD YEAR THAT CU DENVER IS ON THE COMMON APP, AND THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED 5082 APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS 458 ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AND AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 10% FROM LAST YEAR, AND WE EXTENDED IT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WELL.

SO IT WAS GOOD FOR US.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW STUDENTS.

WE HAD TEN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS ALONG WITH THEIR FACULTY ADVISORS, GET RECOGNIZED FOR A VERY PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL AWARD FOR STUDENT COMMUNITY AND SERVICE FOR STUDENT COMMUNITIES AND STUDENT COMMUNITY SERVICE FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, AND HERE'S THE PROJECT THAT THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FACULTY ADVISORS COMPLETED OVER 16 WEEKS.

THEY DESIGNED AND BUILT A FUN AND INTERACTIVE LANDSCAPE THAT FACILITATES LEARNING FOR PRE-K THROUGH SECOND GRADERS AT PEAK EXPEDITIONARY, WHICH IS A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO.

THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAPPENS TO SERVE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS WHERE 50% OF THEIR STUDENTS ARE ON FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, AND THEY THEY BASICALLY TOOK A TURF 58 SQUARE FOOT COURTYARD AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO A SUSTAINABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR GROWTH AND PLAY THAT HAS LIKE A B HOTEL, PLANTS, A DINOSAUR DIG AND MANY OTHER REALLY COOL THINGS.

AND IT'S THE RESULTING SPACE IS THE FIRST OUTDOOR CURRICULUM BASED ENVIRONMENT IN THIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT WON THE NATIONAL AWARD.

VERY PROUD OF THEM, AND SPEAKING OF OTHER GREAT THINGS, C.U.

DENVER ALUMNUS WHO I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE, WHOSE NAME IS THOMAS EVANS, A.K.A DETOUR, HE WAS THE MURALIST WHO DID THE MURALS ON OUR CAMPUS.

IT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THOMAS EVANS HAS BEEN AWARDED A $450,000 COMMISSION BY THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO CREATE A SCULPTURE IN THE EXTENSION OF THE NEW CONCORD BASED EXPANSION THAT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE CREATED FROM UPCYCLED LUGGAGE. YOU MIGHT HAVE READ ABOUT IT IN THE DENVER POST.

IT'S QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.

LAST THURSDAY, SOME OF YOU HERE WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

WE HOSTED A VERY SPECIAL BLESSING FOR THE CENTENNIAL HOUSE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HISTORIC HOMES AT NINTH STREET PARK THAT IS RECEIVING A RENOVATION, AND WE WERE JOINED BY DISPLACED AURARIANS IN THEIR FAMILIES, INCLUDING RITA GOMEZ, WHO WAS AN ORIGINAL INHABITANT OF THAT HOUSE.

WE HAD A LATIN AMERICAN HEALER THERE NAMED CHRISTINA [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS ALSO A DENVER FACULTY MEMBER AND DOCTORAL STUDENT WHO ASKED THOSE TO COME TOGETHER AND MOVE AROUND THE HOUSE AND TOUCH THE HOUSE AND IMPART OUR LOVE ONTO THE HOUSE BY PLACING OUR HANDS ON THE WALLS AS WE ALL CIRCLED THE HOUSE, AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO EXTEND A THANK YOU TO REGENT CHAVEZ FOR LEADING THIS INITIATIVE FOR US, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, NOT ON THIS INITIATIVE AND THIS PARTICULAR EVENT. IT WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND A STRONG SIGN THAT WE'RE HONORING THOSE WHO INHABITED THE LAND ON WHICH THE AURARIA CAMPUS AND C.U.

DENVER SITS BEFORE US.

ALSO, PRESIDENT SOLOMON, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY BEING THERE, BUT PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.

LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT ON OCTOBER 7TH, CITY HEIGHTS, IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ON AT THE TABLES, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING IN DOWNTOWN DENVER, WHICH CITY HEIGHTS HAS DONE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ON OCTOBER 7TH, WE RECEIVED WE WERE ONE OF SIX BUILDING PROJECTS WHO WON A DOWNTOWN DENVERSHIP AWARD, WHICH IS AN HONOR THAT RECOGNIZES CHANGEMAKERS AND CHANGE, MAKING PROJECTS THAT ARE MAKING DENVER A CITY WHERE ALL CAN THRIVE, AND SO AND THE AFFORDABLE CREATING, AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING IS PART OF WHAT'S CREATING A STRONG COMMUNITY IN DENVER AND FOR CU DENVER.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR? SO, SO GRAND [INAUDIBLE] YEAH, WHATEVER.

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SO THERE YOU GO. OKAY, SO DON IS AT AN HLC MEETING AND HE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO TERI FOR STEPPING IN.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SOLOMON, AND THANK YOU, REGENTS.

SIMILAR TO WHAT CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND THE OTHER CAMPUSES ARE WORKING ON AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MORALE, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, EVEN MORE SO COMING OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, WHICH WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN. BUT WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS ON THE CAMPUS TO HELP.

WE'VE SPENT AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 22 TO SUPPORT FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH OFFERINGS, WHICH RANGED FROM INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING GROUPS, THERAPY SESSIONS, HEALTH PROMOTIONS, THE ANSCHUTZ HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER DOES THIS MEAL HOW TO PREPARE HEALTHY MEALS, WHICH IS VERY COOL BECAUSE THE STUDENTS LOVE TO GO AND THEN THEY GET A HEALTHY MEAL TO GO HOME WITH TOO.

SO THEY LIKE THAT A LOT, AND SO BUT WE'RE FUNDING A LOT OF THINGS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO HELP WITH THAT, AND OF COURSE, THE ANSCHUTZ FOOD PANTRY IS ALWAYS STOCKED UP AND AVAILABLE FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS AT ANY TIME.

WE'VE EARMARKED $1,000,000 FOR DIVERSITY, MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY PROGRAMS WHICH ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT, AND WE HAD A HUGE BACK TO CAMPUS EVENT IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND THANK GOD IT WAS OUTDOORS SO EVERYBODY COULD PARTICIPATE, BUT IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND I HAD SOMEBODY SWINGING OUTSIDE MY OFFICE.

I'M LIKE, WELL THAT'S A PROBLEM, BUT ANYWAY, SO IT'S JUST CRAZY.

SO EVERYBODY HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.

SO WE THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US DO OUR MERIT INCREASES.

WE'RE STILL ON THE JULY SCHEDULE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS ON JANUARY, AND THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.

WE DID A REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO ALL THE STAFF SALARY RANGES THIS YEAR AND GOT THEM UP TO THE RIGHT LEVELS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AT, AND SO WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF COMPRESSION ISSUES AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE FOUND OUT.

WE FOUND OUT WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND SO WE'VE BEEN FIXING THOSE, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR APPROVING THAT FOR US AS WELL.

WE'RE SO EXCITED.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WHERE THE CAMPUS IS GOING TO BE CLOSED THE WEEK BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S.

THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE THEY ARE AS YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS SO TIRED AND STRESSED AND IT'S JUST THEY NEED THAT TIME TO DECOMPRESS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE DOING THAT.

OF COURSE, OUR CLINICAL PROVIDERS THAT ARE SCHEDULED, WE'LL STILL BE PROVIDING THEIR SERVICES DURING THAT TIME, AS THEY ALWAYS DO, BUT THEY WILL GET COMMENSURATE TIME AS WELL , BUT EVERYBODY IS SO THRILLED ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PEOPLE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DECOMPRESS WITH FAMILIES AND WORKING THROUGH OUR CAMPUS STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE PILLARS.

THANK YOU TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD EARLIER ALIGNED.

WE'RE DOING CAREER PATHWAYS, WE'RE BUILDING MORE STUDENT COMMUNITY, WE'RE EXPANDING EVEN OUR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE OR ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION PROGRAMS TO HELP WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THIS STRIFES THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND MORE GOOD NEWS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO YOU SOON TO GET APPROVAL WITH UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL TO BUILD A NEW DAY CARE CENTER IN CAMPUS, BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM. WE KNOW IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 120 SLOTS IN THE DAY CARE CENTER THAT WE OWN WITH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

SO NOW WE WILL HAVE ONE WITH UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL, WHICH WILL ADD AT LEAST ANOTHER 130-135 SLOTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 250-255 FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO USE, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CARE.COM, WHICH IS WE DID THAT IN THE PANDEMIC AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THAT FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THAT WAY, IF PEOPLE NEED LAST MINUTE BABYSITTERS, THEY NEED TO FIND A DAYCARE CENTER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THEIR SCHEDULES OR WHATEVER.

IT'S A RESOURCE WHERE THEY CAN GO AND IT WILL HELP THEM FIND THESE THINGS RIGHT AWAY, EVEN IF IT'S THE DAY OF.

SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY TO DO EVERYTHING WE'D LIKE TO DO, BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD AT IT AND THINGS ARE GOING PRETTY WELL RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CHANCELLORS.

TERI, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS--MAY I SAY ONE THING? YES, OF COURSE.

I WANT TO THANK CHAD M.

I CAN'T PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, AND ALSO ANGELIQUE FOR THAT LAST SESSION.

I THOUGHT THAT LAST SESSION REALLY BROUGHT US FORWARD WITH THE PILLAR OF STUDENT RETENTION.

IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COLLEGIAL WITH OTHER REGENTS, AND IT WAS NICE TO WORK WITH THE CHANCELLORS AND WITH THE STAFF THAT THEY BROUGHT AND REALLY SEE THE GOOD WORK THAT'S GOING ON.

I'LL BET WE MAKE A LOT OF GAINS WITH REGARD TO STUDENT RETENTION AND WE'LL TALK FACULTY RETENTION AT ANOTHER ONE, BUT I GUESS I WOULD SAY I WOULD WANT TO DO

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE THAT. YES. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T HERE DURING THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE DID THAT FOR EACH MEETING WITH A DIFFERENT PILLAR, AND WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET MORE INTERACTIVE AGAIN.

SO ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE ZOOM MEETINGS.

SO IT'S NICE TO GET A MIX OF CHANCELLORS AND REGENTS AND STAFF AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING THIS.

THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE REPORT FROM UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE CHAIR RENNISON AND VICE PRESIDENT LEITNER.

[J. 3:30 p.m. UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS]

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE REGENTS UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING MET ON OCTOBER 25TH FROM 1 TO 3.

ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION FROM THIS MEETING ARE AVAILABLE ON BOARD DOCS.

SO THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF MYSELF AS CHAIR REGENT SHARKEY AS VICE CHAIR, REGENT KROLL AND REGENT [INAUDIBLE].

WE BEGAN AT ONE AND ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE PRESENT.

LESLIE SMITH, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, ALSO JOINED US.

WE HAD A PACKED SCHEDULE AND MANAGED TO GET IT ALL DONE.

WE CONSIDERED SEVERAL DISCUSSION INFORMATION AND ACTION ITEMS OF FIRST ACTION ITEM.

DEAN SCOTT DAWSON OF THE C.U.

DENVER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PRESENTED A PROPOSAL TO SEPARATE THE EMBA PROGRAM FROM THE MBA PROGRAM, WHICH CREATED A STANDALONE EMBA DEGREE.

NEXT, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ITEM OF COURSERA DEGREE PROGRAM INNOVATIONS, CU BOULDER.

WE HAD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS PRESENT ON THIS LEARNER FIRST INITIATIVE, WHICH CU BOULDER HELPED PIONEER.

THE FOCUS OF THE PRESENTATION WAS THE TRANSITION OF THE EXISTING MS IN DATA SCIENCE TO THE LEARNER FIRST MODEL, AND THE POTENTIAL ADDITION OF THE MS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE TO THE MODALITY.

ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO ON BOARD DOCS.

FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION RESOLVED THAT THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION TO THE CU BOULDER FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THEIR PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND OFFERING DEGREE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE COURSERA PLATFORM.

UP NEXT, WE HAD A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW PHD PROGRAM IN CLIMATE AND HUMAN HEALTH PRESENTED BY ROD NAIRN, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS FROM ANSCHUTZ WITH INPUT FROM SEVERAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

THE COMMITTEE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PROPOSED DEGREE, AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

UP NEXT, CATHERINE [INAUDIBLE], SENIOR VICE PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT AT CU BOULDER, PRESENTED THE DEGREE NAME CHANGE FOR CU BOULDER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, MASTERS OF ARTS IN EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY TO NOW BE THE EQUITY BILINGUALISM AND BI-LITERACY DEGREE.

NEXT, WE HAD A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ITEM THAT DEALT WITH TRANSFER CREDIT EVALUATION ON THE THREE CAMPUSES, ANCHUTZ WAS NOT PRESENTING FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, GIVEN THEIR STUDENT BODY.

EACH PRESENTATION WAS SET THE STAGE WITH THE SIZE OF THE EVALUATION EFFORT, IDENTIFYING THE PRACTICES THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE IN THE PAST.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? THE NEW PRACTICES CURRENTLY IN PLACE, AND PLANS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT.

THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN LEARNING THE SCOPE OF THE CHALLENGES AND PLEASED WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TAKING PLACE ON EACH CAMPUS.

THEY ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION THAT CAMPUSES WERE SHARING BEST PRACTICES WITH ONE ANOTHER.

MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS POINTED OUT THAT REGENT OUTREACH VISITS SUGGESTED C.U.

HAD A REPUTATION FOR NOT BEING AS TRANSFER-FRIENDLY AS WE COULD BE, AND THE CURRENT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IS GOING TO HELP IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

I MADE THE REQUEST AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT WE GET AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON TRANSFER THAT BE INCLUDED IN OUR WORKPLAN SO WE CAN GET THESE UPDATES EVERY YEAR TO SEE THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT.

WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ITEM, REGENTS.

WE DISCUSSED THE REGENT AWARDS, THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH FOUR FACULTY MEMBERS FROM [INAUDIBLE], GET TOGETHER EVERY YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THE REGENT AWARDS, WHICH CONSIST OF HONORARY DEGREES, UNIVERSITY MEDALS AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS.

WE MET ON OCTOBER 7TH AND UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 25TH.

WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF OUR TIME TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE PROCESS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE CHANGES TO REGENT POLICY 2D SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THIS PROCESS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR BOTH CAMPUSES, BUT ALSO THE COMMITTEE TO DO THE BEST JOB THEY CAN.

THERE WERE FOUR FOUR ITEMS DISCUSSED THAT YOU CAN FIND IN BOARD DOCS, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FROM THERE IS ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRODUCE A

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THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2:58 ON TIME.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT, ALTHOUGH WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE, SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.

THANKS. THANK YOU, AND I WILL ATTEST THAT A LOT GOT DONE DURING THAT TIME.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT REPORT, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE TRI-EXECS, RACHEL HILL, IS HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR THREE COLLEAGUES WENT, BUT FROM THE BOULDER CAMPUS.

SO WELCOME, AND IF THEY COME BACK IN, I'LL GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT, TOO.

OUR LAST REPORT BEFORE WE GO TO THE POST CAMPUS REPORT IS THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION, PLEASE

[K. 3:45 p.m. GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS]

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR SMITH AND THE REGENT'S GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 12TH.

THE REGENTS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE WERE COMMITTEE MEMBERS MYSELF, REGENT RENNISON, REGENT SHARKEY, AND WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO BE JOINED BY CHAIR SMITH.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE DISCUSSED THE CAMPUS AND WORKPLACE CULTURE SURVEY THAT WAS ADMINISTERED LAST YEAR AND IS NOW IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.

JUDI DIAZ, [INAUDIBLE] SENIOR DIVERSITY OFFICER, DISCUSS THE CAMPUS DEBRIEFINGS, TWO OF WHICH ARE COMING UP.

THE DEI CAMPUS BRIEFINGS ARE WHERE THE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS WILL OCCUR REGARDING THE CWC SURVEY RESULTS AND ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE TWO CAMPUSES THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE.

THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLE CONVERSATIONS, AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR THOSE STAFFS, AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION, THANKS TO VICE PRESIDENT HEWITT FOR THE PROCESS FOR SOLICITING INPUT ON REGENT POLICY THREE AND POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY . REGENT POLICY THREE DEALS WITH OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND ADMINISTRATION.

THE OFFICE OF POLICY AND EFFICIENCY WILL SOLICIT INPUT ON THE CURRENT POLICY FROM BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE WILL WORK TO INCORPORATE CHANGES BASED ON THE INPUT RECEIVED.

WORKING GROUPS ARE CURRENTLY MEETING REGARDING THE REVIEW OF EXISTING DIVERSITY AND NONDISCRIMINATION POLICIES AND COMPENSATION RELATED POLICIES.

CHANGES TO THOSE POLICIES WILL BE FORTHCOMING WHEN THE WORKING GROUPS ARE FINISHED.

IN TERMS OF REGENT RETREATS AND EVENTS.

WE HAVE A REGENT EVENT COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 9TH, AND THE BOARD OFFICE WILL BE HOSTING THIS EVENT FOR NEWLY ELECTED REGENTS.

CURRENT REGENTS AND REGENT EMERITI ON NOVEMBER 9TH.

THE DAY PROGRAM WILL INVOLVE CURRENT AND NEW REGENTS AND WILL INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS AN OUTSIDE SPEAKER.

THE EVENING EVENT WILL BE A RECEPTION FOR ALL REGENTS PAST AND PRESENT.

THE WINTER RETREAT WILL BE HELD AT GARDEN OF THE GODS RESORT AS WE HAD SCHEDULED IT LAST WINTER, BUT NEEDED TO POSTPONE DUE TO COVID.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS RETREAT FOR TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE BOARD, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO WELCOME OUR NEW REGENTS AND AN AGENDA WILL BE FORTHCOMING. THE SUMMER RETREAT WILL BE HELD JULY 12TH THROUGH 14TH AT LONE ROCK RETREAT IN BAILEY, COLORADO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO PLANNING THIS RETREAT IN THE COMING MONTHS.

WE ALSO BEGAN SCHEDULING AND DISCUSSING NEW REGENT ORIENTATION SESSIONS, AND WE STILL HAVE MANY MORE SESSIONS THAT NEED TO GET ON PEOPLE'S CALENDARS, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ONBOARDING THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW REGENTS, WHICH WILL BEGIN IN NOVEMBER AND LAST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

PLEASE HOLD THE DATE FOR THE NEW REGENT SWEARING IN CEREMONY ON THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 5TH, 2023, AT THE SYSTEM OFFICE.

THE NEXT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 15, AT WHICH TIME WE WILL FINALIZE THE WINTER RETREAT AGENDA.

COULD I ADD AND CLARIFY THAT POLICY THREE THAT WE PUBLISHED FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT IS SPECIFICALLY POLICY 3C, RELATED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH PROCESS, WHICH, HAVING JUST FINISHED THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH PROCESS, IT SEEMS DILIGENT TO LET THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS THAT THEY THOUGHT WENT WELL OR THINGS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE ON, AND SO THIS IS A SOMEWHAT ELONGATED REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK ON A POLICY, AND WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN FOR A WHILE.

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THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

OKAY, OUR LAST ITEM FOR THE DAY IS THE HOST CAMPUS REPORT CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE AND SUCCESS FOR

[L. 4:00 p.m. HOST CAMPUS REPORT]

JESS KIRBY, STUDENT ATHLETE AUDREY BLOOMQUIST, AND HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH JEFF CULVER AND COACH CULVER, MANY OF US ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE BASKETBALL GAME.

NO PRESSURE [CHUCKLING]. THANK YOU, CHAIR SMITH.

I OFTEN SAY I WISH EVERY STUDENT ON THIS CAMPUS IS A STUDENT ATHLETE BECAUSE OUR STUDENT ATHLETES NOT ONLY PERFORM ON THE FIELD, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ACADEMICALLY VERY STRONG.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT TODAY.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP OVERALL ATHLETICS DEPARTMENTS IN THE NCAA DIVISION TWO FOR ATHLETICS SUCCESS.

WE'RE ALSO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

WHAT THAT MEANS WILL BE TOLD BY OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, NATE GIBSON WILL ALSO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM.

I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR NATE.

HE'S BEEN JUST AN AMAZING LEADER ON THE CAMPUS AND HAS DONE TREMENDOUS THINGS FOR ATHLETICS.

HE'S A CARTER SPRINGS NATIVE.

HE WAS A QUARTERBACK AT RAMPART HIGH SCHOOL, 17 YEARS AT UCCS, NOT PINE CREEK, RIGHT? YEAH. SO I KIND OF MADE THAT MISTAKE LAST YEAR, BUT IN HIS TIME AT UCCS, THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE IN TERMS OF TOTAL STUDENT ATHLETES, ALONG WITH NEW AND IMPROVED FACILITIES AS WELL.

IN FACT, I JUST TALKED TO OUR STUDENT HERE WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE STATE OF THE ART INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD, WHICH SOME OF YOU HAVE VISITED AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF YOU WILL VISIT AT SOME POINT, BUT GREAT FACILITIES, AND I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF OUR ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT, OUR COACHES, STAFF, AND SO I LET NATE TAKE THIS AWAY.

WELL, A BIG THANK YOU TO CHANCELLOR REDDY AND VICE CHANCELLOR CARLOS GARCIA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TODAY.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD CHANCELLORS CAMPUS LEADERSHIP FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

IT'S FASCINATING TO SIT IN THE CROWD AND UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

SO TO GET SOME TIME IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, AS WELL AS ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN TODAY.

I'D LIKE TO START JUST KIND OF WITH A BROAD OVERVIEW OF ATHLETICS AT UCCS.

IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

MAYBE. THERE WE GO. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHO WE ARE AT UCCS.

WE HAVE 16 ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, 365 STUDENT ATHLETES.

WE COMPETE IN THE NCAA DIVISION TWO AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE.

TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, WHEN I STARTED AT UCCS 17 YEARS AGO, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY WAS OUR GYMNASIUM.

THAT'S WHERE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL COMPETED.

IT WAS THE SMALLEST GYM IN THE NCAA.

WE HAD TEN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN ABOUT 120 STUDENT ATHLETES.

SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY SINCE THAT TIME, BUT AS HAS OUR COMMITMENT TO ATHLETICS, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO GET INTO TODAY , AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH IS THAT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER ATHLETICS PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY IN DIVISION TWO THAT COULD GIVE THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING IN ATHLETICS, WE HAVE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS, SO WE'RE GETTING IT DONE IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE'RE ALSO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AS WELL AS FOR OUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO GET INTO A FEW OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE SPECIAL GUESTS HERE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO THIS PAST YEAR, ATHLETICALLY IN TERMS OF OUR COMPETITIVE SUCCESS WAS A BANNER YEAR FOR US.

WE HAD SIX CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH IS THE MOST IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

WE ALSO HAD TWO PROGRAMS THAT FINISHED AS RUNNERS UP.

SO EIGHT OF OUR 16 WERE COMPETING AT THE VERY TOP OF OUR CONFERENCE.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, JUST ABOUT EVERY TEAM IN OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WAS COMPETING WITHIN OUR CONFERENCE AND WE WERE RECOGNIZED THIRD IN THE RMAC ALL SPORTS COMPETITION CUP, WHICH IS A METRIC THAT COMPARES ALL ATHLETICS PROGRAMS AGAINST EVERYBODY IN OUR LEAGUE.

THIS WAS TIED FOR THE HIGHEST FINISH THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

WE WERE ALSO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS 28TH IN THE [INAUDIBLE] FIELD DIRECTORS CUP, WHICH IS A METRIC THAT COMPARES ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS ACROSS DIVISION TWO.

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THIS WAS AN ALL TIME BEST FOR US AS WELL.

64 ALL-AMERICANS TO HIGHLIGHT.

I COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO START.

IF I READ A LIST THAT WOULD TAKE UP ALL OF OUR TIME, AND THEY'RE ALL OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THAT WAS ALSO A RECORD FOR US.

SO WHEN YOU SEE A STUDENT ATHLETE WALKING ACROSS CAMPUS, IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY'RE ALL CONFERENCE, THEY'RE ALL AMERICANS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US, NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR CONFERENCE AND REGENT, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF NATIONAL SUCCESS.

WE HAD BANNER YEARS FOR ALL OF OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAMS. THIS FALL, WE HAD FOUR OF OUR FIVE.

CURRENTLY, FOUR OF OUR FIVE PROGRAMS ARE NATIONALLY RANKED.

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY IS CURRENTLY NUMBER FOUR IN THE NATION.

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY IS 16.

THEY'VE BEEN RANKED AS HIGH AS NUMBER FIVE.

OUR MEN'S SOCCER AND WOMEN'S SOCCER PROGRAMS HAVE BOTH BEEN NATIONALLY RANKED.

MEN'S SOCCER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999.

SO THEY HAD A REALLY SPECIAL YEAR, AND BOTH OF OUR SOCCER PROGRAMS ARE WAITING TO SEE IF THEY'LL ADVANCE ONTO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY.

CROSS COUNTRY HAS THEIR CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND, FOLLOWED BY REGIONALS AND NATIONALS HERE AS WE GET INTO DECEMBER, BUT AGAIN, OUR FALL SPORTS ARE ACCOMPLISHING AND CONTINUING THE SUCCESS OF 2020-2021, AND WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER OUTSTANDING START TO OUR SEASON HERE THIS FALL.

WITH ALL THAT SAID, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE FOR ME OF THE DAY, BECAUSE I COULD CARE LESS IF WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING IN ALL THOSE WAYS IF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES WEREN'T GETTING IT DONE IN THE CLASSROOM.

AT DIVISION TWO, THAT'S REALLY OUR MANTRA IS MOST OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES WON'T GO ON AND COMPETE POST COLLEGIATE.

SO WHAT WE DO AND THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON THEM ACADEMICALLY, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY, ETC., IS REALLY WHAT OUR FOCUS IS.

SO THIS TO ME, IF YOU TAKE THIS SLIDE AWAY, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US AT UCCS.

WE JUST COMPLETED OUR 36TH CONSECUTIVE SEMESTER WITH A 3.0 GPA OR BETTER, SO THAT'S 18 YEARS IN A ROW.

LAST SPRING WE HAD A 3.33 DEPARTMENT GPA.

ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS HAD ABOVE A 3.0, WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

WE HAVE AN 84% STUDENT ATHLETE RETENTION RATE, WHICH IS AMONG OUR PEERS, IS AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN OUR CONFERENCE IN OUR REGENT.

SEVEN ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS, WHICH IS A SCHOOL RECORD FOR US THIS LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS 137 STUDENTS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED WITH THE DIVISION TWO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, WHICH FOR US THAT MEANS A STUDENT ATHLETE THAT'S BEEN AT THE INSTITUTION FOR TWO SEMESTERS AND THEY HAD A 3.5 GPA OR BETTER.

SO OF THOSE ELIGIBLE, OVER 50% OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES HAVE A 3.5 GPA.

IMPRESSIVE. SO THAT TO ME, AGAIN, IS WHAT REALLY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

THE SUCCESS ASIDE, WE'VE BUILT OUR ATHLETICS PROGRAM AROUND TOP LEVEL STUDENT ATHLETES THAT GET IT DONE IN THE CLASS AND THE COMMUNITY FIRST, AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHY WE'RE ALL SO SUCCESSFUL IN OUR SPORTS.

WITH THAT.

IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO TURN THE NEXT PART OF THIS OVER TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

PRESIDENT CURRENT TRACK AND FIELD STUDENT ATHLETE, MULTIPLE TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPION, ETC.

I COULD GO ON, BUT AUDREY BLOOMQUIST, WHO'S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR MOUNTAIN LION ATHLETICS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GIBSON. AGAIN, MY NAME IS AUDREY BLOOMQUIST.

I AM A FOURTH YEAR STUDENT HERE ON THE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD TEAM.

I'M A LONG JUMP AND TRIPLE JUMPER, AND I ALSO DO SHORT SPRINTS.

I'M ALSO HONORED TO BE THE STUDENT ATHLETE ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HERE AT UCCS, ALONG WITH THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SAAC COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR THIS YEAR.

SO I GET TO SERVE ON A CONFERENCE LEVEL AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.

I AM STUDYING SPORT MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING AND I WILL BE GRADUATING WITH MY UNDERGRAD IN THE SPRING.

FINGERS CROSSED, BUT NO, I'M JUST KIDDING, BUT I WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR FOR A FIFTH YEAR AND START MY MASTER'S DEGREE.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANT TO JUMP IN FIRST TO THE STATISTICS ON THE SLIDE.

SO LAST YEAR, IN 2021 AND 2022, WE PERFORMED AS A STUDENT ATHLETE GROUP OVER 7000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, WHICH RANKED US NUMBER FIVE IN ALL OF NCAA DIVISION TWO.

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WE ALSO HAD A 92% STUDENT ATHLETE PARTICIPATION RATE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE 63 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

SO SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED TEAM IMPACT, THE COLORADO SPRINGS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, THE CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO, LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THEN OUR UCCS COMMUNITY HERE AS WELL.

SO WHILE THESE STATISTICS ARE AMAZING, WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ONE WAY WE'RE DOING THAT THIS YEAR IN SAAC IS BY OFFERING, IF YOU WILL, A SIGN UP SHEET, I GUESS, FOR EVERY TEAM TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST ONCE THROUGHOUT EVERY MONTH.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, BASEBALL WAS SIGNED UP FOR SEPTEMBER, SO THEY HOSTED A TEAM IMPACT STUDENT, AND WE'RE REALLY DOING THIS NOT JUST BECAUSE WE EXPECT OUR TEAMS TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY ONCE A MONTH.

THEY OBVIOUSLY WILL BE IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT MORE, BUT WE WANTED TO ENHANCE THE CONSISTENCY OF HOW OFTEN PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY SEE STUDENT ATHLETES AT UCCS.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY SEE A STUDENT ATHLETE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OUR GOAL WITH THAT INITIATIVE.

SO ASIDE FROM UCCS SAAC, I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AT THE RMAC SAAC ANNUAL MEETINGS.

THESE WERE HOSTED OCTOBER 1ST AND SECOND, AND I HAD THE HONOR OF GOING DOWN TO PUEBLO WITH ANOTHER STUDENT ATHLETE HERE, UCCS, AND WHEN I SAY HONOR OF GOING DOWN TO PUEBLO, I DON'T THINK I REALLY MEAN GOING DOWN TO PUEBLO [CHUCKLING], BUT THE MEETINGS ITSELF WERE AN HONOR.

CAREFUL THERE [CHUCKLING].

SORRY, I FORGOT, WE PROBABLY HAD SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM PUEBLO HERE.

WE HAVE A REGENT FROM PUEBLO AND WE HAVE A NEW PERSON FROM PUEBLO.

MY WIFE IS FROM PUEBLO TOO AND GLEN'S FAVORITE PART OF HIS DISTRICT IS PUEBLO, BUT WE LOVE HIM ANYWAY.

[CHUCKLING] MOVING ON [INAUDIBLE] SEE, THERE YOU GO. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT, HUH? [CHUCKLING] ANYWAYS, SO THE OUR RMAC SAAC MEETINGS WERE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH ME AND MY FELLOW STUDENT ATHLETE.

A LOT OF IT WAS SPENT TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATION AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THE NCAA HAS ADOPTED A NEW CONSTITUTION THIS PAST YEAR.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS AND LEGISLATION TO GO OVER REGARDING THAT, AND A BIG PART OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE FACT THAT NOW AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, SAAC GETS ONE VOTE ON THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR VOTING.

SO THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR STUDENT ATHLETES IN OUR VOICES, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF PASS THAT UP FROM AN INSTITUTION AND THEN ON THROUGH CONFERENCE AND NATIONAL SAAC LEVELS.

SO BEYOND THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR THREE MAIN NATIONAL SAAC GOALS THIS YEAR, WHICH THE FIRST IS MENTAL HEALTH.

SECOND IS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND THEN LASTLY, LIFE AFTER THE GAME.

SO DEVELOPING STUDENT ATHLETES AFTER THEIR COLLEGIATE ATHLETES, AND REALLY I'M PROUD OF WHAT UCCS IS DOING TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THOSE THREE GOALS.

THE FIRST WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

WE RECENTLY COMPLETED QPR TRAINING AS A STUDENT ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE GROUP.

OUR SAAC REPS ALL ARE NOW QPR CERTIFIED AND QPR STANDS FOR QUESTION, PERSUADE AND REFER, AND IT'S A SUICIDE PREVENTION SYSTEM WHERE OTHER STUDENT ATHLETES CAN COME TO LEADERS WHO ARE CERTIFIED AND GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO HANDLE MENTAL HEALTH A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF.

AS I SAID, ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE NOW CERTIFIED, BUT OUR GOAL IN THE FUTURE IS TO HAVE ALL STUDENT ATHLETES CERTIFIED SO THAT WE CAN BE PEOPLE ON OUR CAMPUS THAT OTHER STUDENTS CAN COME TO FOR SUPPORT.

THEN MOVING ON TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT, THEY'RE CALLED MINI MIC VIDEOS.

SO LITERALLY A LITTLE MINI MIC, AND WE INTERVIEWED STUDENT ATHLETES ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND, WHAT ALLYSHIP MEANS TO THEM, WHAT INCLUSION MEANS TO THEM, AND THEN ALSO ABOUT TITLE NINE, SINCE IT IS THE 50TH YEAR OF CELEBRATION OF TITLE NINE THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT THESE VIDEOS AND PASS THEM ON UP TO OUR SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR, WHO THEN POSTED THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND WE GAINED A LOT OF TRACTION FROM THAT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO BE INVOLVED IN, AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT MORE FROM DR.

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SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT PROGRAM, AND DR.

JESS KIRBY WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY INFORMATION PART OF MY PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

I AM SO BLESSED AND HONORED TO BE AT UCCS AND MOUNTAIN LION.

I'M ORIGINALLY FROM HELENA, MONTANA, SO MOVING DOWN HERE WAS I KNEW NOBODY.

IT WAS KIND OF A LEAP OF FAITH AND I WOULD NOT HAVE TRADED MY EXPERIENCE FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU, AUDREY, AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, OUR ARCH RIVAL IS CSU PUEBLO.

SO ANY JAB OR OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO TAKE A JAB AT THEM [CHUCKLING] AS YOU GO TO OUR BASKETBALL EVENT CENTER NEXT DOOR AND GO UP TO THE SKYBOX THAT WE HAVE A TRAVELING TROPHY WITH THEM AS WELL.

THE STEEL AND SILVER TROPHY, WHICH WE HAVEN'T LOST IN A LONG TIME.

SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH CEMENTED IN THE EVENT CENTER, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THE PUEBLO JAB, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THEM, BUT WE LOVE TO BEAT THEM.

KEEP BEATING THEM; THAT'S GOOD.

YES, WE WILL.

NEXT, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM AND I'M PROUD OF DR.

JESS KIRBY'S LEADERSHIP IN IT.

SHE'S GOING TO SHARE A LOT MORE ABOUT IT.

BUT WE WERE ONE OF FIVE INSTITUTIONS SELECTED FOR AN NCAA INNOVATIONS AND RESEARCH GRANT THIS PAST YEAR, AND SO I'M GOING TO LET DR.

KIRBY SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THIS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM MEANS TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, AS WELL AS THEIR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.

HELLO, HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING TODAY? GOOD, GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO PRESENT ON THIS PROGRAM.

REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MOUNTAIN LION STRONG PROGRAM, THE NEWEST INITIATIVE FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ON CAMPUS.

I'M DR. JESS KIRBY. I'M THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN OUR HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT HERE AND ALSO OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER FOR CRITICAL SPORTS STUDIES ON CAMPUS, AND I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR TO BE THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR MOUNTAIN LION STRONG THIS YEAR.

AS NATE MENTIONED, WE WERE ONE OF FIVE NCAA INSTITUTIONS NATIONALLY TO BE CHOSEN FOR THIS RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS AND PRACTICE GRANT OF ALL NCAA INSTITUTIONS. SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING, AND SO MOUNTAIN LION STRONG WITH THE FUNDING, IT GIVES US ONE YEAR OF FUNDING TO DEVELOP A FOUNDATION OF PROGRAMING, AND SO THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOEDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ON CAMPUS THAT CENTERS WELL-BEING, MENTAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

SO TO KIND OF EMPHASIZE WHAT ONE OF OUR GOALS IS IN THIS PROGRAM, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU TO HUMOR ME FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THREE THINGS IN QUICK SUCCESSION. I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN STAND UP, GIVE SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU A HIGH FIVE, AND TELL THEM THAT YOU APPRECIATE THEM.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

THERE'S REALLY GOOD APPRECIATION HAPPENING HERE.

EVEN HUGS. THAT'S EXCELLENT.

SO AS A PROFESSIONAL IN BOTH SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH PROMOTION, I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF WITH THAT ONE.

I WAS JUST KIND OF SITTING HERE OBSERVING THAT YOU'RE IN MARATHON MEETINGS, WHICH MAY NOT BE THE MOST ENJOYABLE ACTIVITY YOU COULD DO IN AN EIGHT HOUR SPAN, BUT IN JUST THOSE QUICK 30 SECONDS, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, A LITTLE BIT OF SOCIAL CONNECTION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT THE COGNITIVE CAPACITY AND ENERGY IN THE ROOM JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND SO THAT'S A COOL METAPHOR FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE MOUNTAIN LION STRONG PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY FOCUSING ON CULTURE BUILDING, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BIG SWEEPING THINGS WE DO THAT CAN REALLY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE WELL-BEING AND HEALTH OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ON CAMPUS, BUT THE SMALL THINGS WE DO AND THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER ON A DAILY BASIS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANCELLORS FROM BOULDER AND SHOOTS AND CUEING ME UP HERE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ONE OF OUR THREE BROAD OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROGRAM, HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THOSE OBJECTIVES, WHY THE PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT, AND SOME OF THE INITIAL

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SO ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IS WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE ALL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES THE EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO TRULY DEVELOP AND BUILD RESILIENCE.

WE WANT STUDENT ATHLETES TO DEVELOP RESILIENCE NOT ONLY SO THEY CAN BE THEIR BEST SELVES AND BE SUCCESSFUL AS STUDENT ATHLETES WHILE THEY'RE HERE AT UCCS, BUT AS AUDREY MENTIONED WITH THE SAAC GOALS IS WE WANT TO SET THEM UP TO BE THRIVING AND HIGH ACHIEVING PROFESSIONALS WHEN THEY LEAVE SPORT AND ENTER THEIR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE A HEALTHY TRANSITION OUT OF SPORT.

SOMETIMES WHEN IT COMES TIME TO TRANSITION OUT OF SPORTS, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY WITH MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR ATHLETES, AND SO IN SOME WAYS WE'RE APPROACHING THIS OBJECTIVE AS WE'RE DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL STUDENT ATHLETE WORKSHOPS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

WE JUST PILOTED OUR FIRST ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH ALL OF OUR FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE STUDENT ATHLETES.

WE'RE DEVELOPING EVIDENCE BASED CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES SO THEY HAVE READY ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACROSS ALL DIMENSIONS. WE'RE OFFERING TEAM SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, SO WE'RE ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE AND TAILOR EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOR THE TEAM AND FOR THE SPORT TO REALLY DIVE DEEPER INTO WHAT THOSE TEAMS NEED SPECIFICALLY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE AT THAT TIME AND IN THAT SEASON, WE'RE ALSO OFFERING MORE SOCIAL EVENTS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES TO REALLY HELP ENCOURAGE THEM TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF QUALITY PEER RELATIONSHIPS THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ON CAMPUS OUTSIDE OF THEIR TEAM.

THAT'S ANOTHER RISK FACTOR FOR MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES FOR ATHLETES IS IF THEY'RE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR SPORT IN A PLANNED OR UNPLANNED WAY AND ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT NETWORK AND THEIR FRIENDS EXIST ON THEIR TEAM, THEN THEY CAN BECOME ISOLATED VERY QUICKLY.

SO PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE TO INTENTIONALLY BUILD OUT THEIR SUPPORT NETWORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SECONDLY, WE ALSO WANT TO BUILD A CULTURE AT UCCS THAT STARTS AND ENDS WITH ATHLETE WELL-BEING IN MIND, AND A BIG PIECE OF THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS NOT ONLY THE STUDENT ATHLETE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, BUT ALSO PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL.

COACHES ESPECIALLY REALLY LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT THE ULTIMATE WELL-BEING OUTCOMES OF THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES WILL BE BASED ON THE CULTURE THEY BUILD ON THEIR TEAMS, BUT IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, WE ALSO WANT COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST AS HIGH RISK SOMETIMES FOR STRESS AND BURNOUT AS OUR ATHLETES ARE, AND SO WE'RE OFFERING THOSE WORKSHOPS AS WELL, AND ON THE MENTAL HEALTH FRONT, SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD A CULTURE ON CAMPUS THAT REALLY DE-STIGMATIZES MENTAL HEALTH.

MENTAL HEALTH FOR SO LONG HAS BEEN STIGMATIZED IN EVERY SETTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT IS ESPECIALLY STRONGLY STIGMATIZED IN SPORT BECAUSE FOR SO LONG ATHLETES AND COACHES HAVE LEARNED AND THEN RE TAUGHT THAT SPORT IS ALL ABOUT ACTING AND BEING TOUGH.

WHEN REALITY, THAT'S NOT SO MUCH THE CASE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A REALLY EMPHASIZE THIS CULTURE ON CAMPUS OF ONE THAT WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN SPORT AND IN ATHLETICS WITH EACH OTHER ON OUR TEAMS, WE TRULY SEE VALUE IN AND SUPPORT MENTAL REST, AND WE SET UP A STRUCTURE THAT REALLY PRIORITIZES QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE CHECK ON EACH OTHER EARLY AND OFTEN, AND AUDREY MENTIONED THAT A HUGE PIECE OF THAT INITIATIVE WAS IMPLEMENTING THE SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETE LEADERS, OUR COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS, AND WE'LL OFFER MORE TRAINING SOON IN THE FUTURE.

WHY IS THE PROGRAM LIKE MOUNTAIN LION STRONG SO IMPORTANT? WELL, MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED TODAY THE SUBSTANTIAL NEED TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS ACROSS ALL CAMPUSES.

IT'S ESPECIALLY UNIQUE FOR STUDENT ATHLETES WHO ARE IN A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE.

SO OUR STUDENTS ON CAMPUS RIGHT THERE AVERAGE ABOUT 18 TO 25 YEARS OLD.

THEY'RE IN THIS CRITICAL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE OF LIFE CALLED EMERGING ADULTHOOD, AND SO THEY'RE TASKED WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES DURING THIS TIME, AND MOST OF THEIR LIFE IS IN FLUX, RIGHT? SO THEY MOVE AWAY FROM HOME.

THEY NEED TO CHOOSE A COURSE OF STUDY THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY THINK WILL BE THEIR WHOLE CAREER, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE CASE.

THEY ARE FIGURING OUT HOW TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP HEALTHY, ROMANTIC AND PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS, AND THEY'RE REALLY ESTABLISHING THEIR IDENTITY AND VALUES THAT THEY'LL TAKE INTO ADULTHOOD.

SO IT'S A LOT ON THEIR PLATE, AND THEN OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, IN ADDITION, HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PRESSURES TO PERFORM AS THEIR SPORT DEMANDS, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND WITH ALL OF THIS IS THIS IS THE TIME WHEN OUR BRAIN FULLY DEVELOPS.

SO DURING THIS TIME FROM 18 TO 25 IS WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PREFRONTAL CORTEX, DEVELOPING EXECUTIVE FUNCTION FOR DECISION MAKING, CRITICAL THINKING, THINGS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO SUCCESS FOR A STUDENT ATHLETE BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE PLAYING FIELD, AND SO DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT,

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COLORADO AND EL PASO COUNTY HERE IN COLORADO SPRINGS IN PARTICULAR, HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF DEATH BY SUICIDE COMPARED TO THE NATION, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR YOUNG ADULTS.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS, ESPECIALLY IN THESE HIGH RISK POPULATIONS, AND WHILE I THINK THIS IDEA OF THIS NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WHICH IS PRETTY WELL COVERED IN THE MEDIA, WHICH HAPPENED, WHICH WAS BEGINNING EVEN BEFORE COVID AND WE KNOW WAS GREATLY EXACERBATED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, THE THING THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IS DURING THIS STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE THIS HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH TO SUPPORT AND TEACH DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE AND MENTAL STRENGTH IN THESE YOUNG ADULTS.

SO ONE OF THE HUGE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM IS TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TIME OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROACTIVELY BUILD UP OUR STUDENT ATHLETES THROUGH A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT VERSUS ALWAYS SCRAMBLING TO REACTIVELY RESPOND TO CRISIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS, YES, THEY'RE AT RISK, BUT THEY'RE ALSO HUGELY OPEN TO GROWTH DURING THIS PERIOD, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING, TO BUILD MENTAL WELLNESS AND BUILD MENTAL STRENGTH FOR THEM.

WE KNOW FROM THE NCAA NATIONAL STUDENT ATHLETE WELL-BEING SURVEY FROM LAST YEAR THAT ON AVERAGE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION, BURNOUT, ANXIETY, INCREASED ONE AND A HALF TO TWO TIMES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES COMPARED TO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN A LOT OF OTHER POPULATIONS AS WELL.

SO INTERESTING DATA THAT WE GOT FROM OUR FRESHMAN AND STUDENT ATHLETES WHEN WE HAD FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE EXCUSE ME, STUDENT ATHLETES WHEN WE HAD THEM ALL TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM. ACTUALLY FOR OUR FIRST WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER, 20% OF THOSE ATHLETES SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT ADMITTING THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING OR ASKING FOR HELP IF THEY NEEDED IT BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE VIEWED AS WEAK OR LESS VALUABLE TO THEIR TEAM, AND THOSE ARE OUR YOUNG INCOMING ATHLETES, RIGHT? SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR ATHLETIC CULTURE HERE, BUT OF A LIFETIME OF SOCIALIZATION IN SPORT AND LEARNING HOW TO BE TOUGH.

SUCK IT UP, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT KIND OF THING.

SO THAT REALLY VALIDATES THE NEED FOR THE PROGRAM.

ADDITIONALLY, 80% OF THEM SAID THAT THEY WOULD SAY THAT ABOUT BETWEEN 50% AND 1,000,000% OF THEIR IDENTITY IS AN ATHLETE, WHICH IS REAL AND CANDID AND NOT SURPRISING, BUT THAT'S ALSO VERY HIGH RISK.

SO PART OF OUR PROGRAM IS HELPING THEM EXPLORE DEVELOPING A DIFFERENTIATED HEALTHY IDENTITY, AS WELL AS 82% SAID THAT THEY FELT TIRED AND FELT LIKE THEY WERE CRASHING DURING THE DAY THREE OR MORE DAYS A WEEK, WHICH ALSO IS IN LINE WITH NCAA DATA.

SO AGAIN, HELPING THEM BUILD SKILLS AND HABITS AT A BASELINE FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL TO WORK ON SOME OF THAT BALANCE.

SO THEY HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.

SO AGAIN, WE COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PROGRAM ON OUR CAMPUS AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE ABOUT IT.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A PROGRAM FOR FORMER REGENTS OR SOON TO BE FORMER REGENTS [CHUCKLING] WHO ISSUES WITH THEIR IDENTITY BEING TIED UP IN SOMETHING? WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU JOIN US.

WHAT THEY NEED IS SOME THERAPY TO RECOVER FROM BEING REGENTS [INAUDIBLE].

DON'T COMPLAIN. [CHUCKLING] THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S A PLACE IN DIVISION TWO ATHLETICS THAT HAS THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT EXPERTS LIKE DR.

KIRBY, LIKE WE HAVE AT UCCS, AND AGAIN, SOMETHING I'M REALLY PROUD OF AND JUST A SNAPSHOT TODAY OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AT UCCS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT GREAT COACHES AND GREAT STAFF, AND I'VE ASKED ONE OF OUR VERY BEST COACHES, JEFF CULVER, OUR HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH, TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS PROGRAM, TALK ABOUT SOME OF HIS PILLARS, AS WELL AS GIVE A LITTLE PREVIEW OF THEIR BASKETBALL SEASON AND THEIR GAME TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE OUR HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH, JEFF CULVER.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND ALLOWING US TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU.

AS NATE MENTIONED, GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I DO WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I LOVE PUEBLO [LAUGHTER].

I DO. YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY.

I LOVE DENVER, BOULDER, AURORA.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE ALL 25 YEARS OF MY COACHING IN THE GREAT STATE OF COLORADO.

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YOU KNOW THAT NATE AND BEFORE HIM DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE] HAS BUILT.

IT'S GREAT TOO, ON JUST A SIDE TANGENT, TO HAVE THE SUPPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

I FEEL LIKE MENTAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION ARE TWO OF THE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES THAT OFTEN GET OVERLOOKED AND UNDER-FUNDED AND UNDERREPRESENTED. SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT DR.

KIRBY IS DOING AND THE RESOURCES THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS PROVIDED FOR NOT ONLY THE MOUNTAIN LION STRONG PROGRAM, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT WITH THE NUTRITION TOO FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, AND EXCUSE ME, I THINK THAT'S JUST GREAT SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT AS I MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BUILD THIS PROGRAM UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE UNIVERSITY STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE STANDARDS AND PILLARS THAT NATE HAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

WE SORT OF TURN IT INTO WE CALL IT THE FOUR C'S FOR OUR MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM, AND THAT'S CHARACTER, COMPETITION, COMMUNITY AND CAREER AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AND EVERYTHING THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON LANDS IN ONE OF THOSE BUCKETS WITH CHARACTER THAT STARTS WITH RECRUITMENT AND WHAT TYPE OF STUDENT ATHLETES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN TO THE UNIVERSITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOOD FITS AND CAN REPRESENT THE UNIVERSITY WELL, NOT ONLY IN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY BUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WE'VE OFTEN PASSED ON SUPERIOR TALENT WITH LESS CHARACTER, WILL ALWAYS MUCH PREFER TO BRING IN HIGH CHARACTER STUDENT ATHLETES THAT WE FEEL WILL BE A GOOD FIT TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

FROM A COMPETITION STANDPOINT, WE'RE COMING OFF A 21 WIN YEAR.

LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS, HAD TWO STARTERS OUT WITH INJURIES.

WE'RE HOPING WE CAN STAY HEALTHY THIS YEAR WITH A GOOD CORE OF RETURNERS AND MAKE IT THAT MUCH FURTHER.

WE WERE NUMBER ONE IN THE CONFERENCE IN ASSISTS AND REBOUNDS.

NUMBER TWO, IN SCORING NUMBER THREE DEFENSIVE TEAM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS COMING BACK.

FOR THOSE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO STAY TONIGHT, WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW OFF A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

WE'VE GOT SOME NEW FACES AS WELL THAT WE'VE TRANSITIONED INTO THE PROGRAM THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS TEAM CAN DO THIS YEAR.

FROM THE COMMUNITY ASPECT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO COOL TO SEE WHAT THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT HAS DONE.

OUR MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM AS WELL HAS BEEN TOP FIVE IN THE NATION FOR MEN'S BASKETBALL ACROSS DIVISION TWO IN COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS, THREE OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE ONLY TWO BEING THE COVID YEARS, WHERE WE WERE SOMEWHAT LIMITED ON HOW MUCH WE GET INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WORK A LOT WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN TOWN.

WE WORK A LOT WITH A LOT OF THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN TOWN, WORK A LOT WITH HILLSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER.

FOR THOSE IN THE AREA MAY OR MAY KNOW.

TROY BROWN'S DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT, AND ONE OF OUR ESTABLISHED ALUMNI, CRAIG SMITH, HAS BEEN A GREAT INTEGRAL PART OF THE GROWTH OF HILLSIDE CONNECTION.

WE'VE GOT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ARE LINED UP TO HELP WITH THEIR LITTLE PEEWEE CLINICS WITH SOME UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH THAT DON'T OFTEN GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ORGANIZED BASKETBALL OR HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, COLLEGIATE STUDENT ATHLETES COME IN TO THEM TO HELP WITH SOME DIFFERENT CLINICS AND CAMPS OR ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO.

IN FACT, COMMUNITY SERVICE IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT, IN MY OPINION, OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE GUIDE OUR PROGRAM.

I FEEL LIKE WHAT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES GET OUT OF THAT IS IS SO IMPORTANT, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE BUILD LIFELONG THAT LIFELONG ZEST TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE SEE IT ALREADY WITH SOME OF OUR ALUMS THAT ARE MOVING OUT INTO DIFFERENT REGENTS AND THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT CITIES IN COLORADO AND ARE ALREADY GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS JUST A GREAT FEELING TO SEE THAT.

SO FROM A CAREER STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, AND FOR MEN'S BASKETBALL, NORMALLY WITH TEAM GPAS, YOU RELY ON THE WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD AND SOME OF THE OTHER SPORTS TO BOOST THE GPAS, BUT ACTUALLY MEN'S BASKETBALL FOR US HAS BEEN OVER A 3.0--I'M IN MY 11TH SEASON--ALL BUT ONE SEMESTER THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO WE TAKE PRIDE IN THAT BECAUSE MEN'S BASKETBALL STEREOTYPICALLY AT LEAST, IS NOT TYPICALLY THE HIGHER ACADEMIC SPORT ON CAMPUS BUT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING IN AGAIN GOOD FITS THAT ARE GETTING IT DONE NOT ONLY ON THE COURT BUT IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE TAKE PRIDE IN THAT. I KNOW NATE MENTIONED WE DON'T OFTEN HAVE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT MAKE IT PROFESSIONALLY IN THEIR SPORTS. WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE NINE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS SIGN PRO CONTRACTS.

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FOR THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIS GAME AND SEE HIM PLAYING WELL AND SHOOTING THE BALL WELL AND FITTING IN WELL, DEFENDING WELL, THAT'S ALL STUFF HE LEARNED HERE IN COLORADO SPRINGS , AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE HIM MISSING SHOTS AND TURNING IT OVER THOSE ARE SOME BAD HABITS HE PICKED UP IN BOULDER.

SO YOU GOT TO TALK TO COACH BOYLE ABOUT THAT.

[CHUCKLING] I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT, BUT HE'S DOING GREAT, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD STUDENT ATHLETES GO OVER SEVEN OR EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNTRIES NOW IN EUROPE, WE HAVE ONE IN THE UK COMPETING, AND I JUST THINK THOSE ARE GREAT LIFE EXPERIENCES FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

I DO WANT TO MENTION TOO, WE HAVE A GAME AT SEVEN.

WE ALSO HAVE AND I GOT TO WATCH MY CLOCK BECAUSE I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED TEAM IMPACT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH TEAM IMPACT.

IT'S A PRETTY COOL ORGANIZATION THAT MATCHES KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND SOME DIFFERENT HEALTH SITUATIONS THAT MAKE IT MAKE SCHOOL AWKWARD FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE IT TOUGH FOR THEM TO HAVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, AND SO TEAM IMPACT WILL PAIR THESE KIDS WITH DIFFERENT SPORTS TEAMS AND THEY DO THIS ACROSS THE NATION, AND WE ARE SIGNING ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT SIGNEES TONIGHT, TEAM IMPACT KID JOSH SO HE'S AN 11 YEAR OLD AND HE'S GOT SOME HEALTH ISSUES THAT HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM. SO WE'RE DOING A SIGNING CEREMONY AT 5:30 CENTER COURT.

HIM AND HIS MOM WILL BE HERE, HOPEFULLY SOME OF HIS FAMILY AS WELL.

HE'S GOT SOME OLDER BROTHERS. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT HE'S EXCITED AND NERVOUS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE A NICE BIG PRESENTATION FOR HIM AND A SIGNING CEREMONY TAKING A BUNCH OF PICTURES IF YOU ALL ARE AROUND, WELCOME TO COME ON DOWN ON THE COURT AND SHARE IN THE CELEBRATION AND THEN HE'LL STAY WITH US THROUGH THE GAME AND BE SORT OF AN HONORARY BALLBOY, AND THEN HE'LL WE'LL HAVE HIM BE A PART OF OUR FAMILY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS OFFICIALLY, AND THEN WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WITH OTHERS THAT OBVIOUSLY THE RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T END JUST WHEN THE TEAM IMPACT TERM ENDS, AND WE'VE HAD TWO OTHERS THAT OVER THE YEARS HAVE JOINED US AND THAT WILL STILL COME TO GAMES AND BE PART OF OUR FAMILY.

SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY FOR JOSH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT, BUT FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE AS WELL TO GIVE THEIR HEART TO LOVE, YOU KNOW, AND TO TO SEE WHAT THAT DOES AND HOW IMPACTFUL THEY CAN BE WITH SOMEONE THAT MAYBE ISN'T, YOU KNOW, AS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS ATHLETICALLY OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

AGAIN, THAT'S AT 5:30, OUR GAME'S AT SEVEN FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO STAY, WE'RE A WORK IN PROGRESS STILL EARLY.

THIS IS A POP QUIZ FOR US, AN EXHIBITION GAME.

SO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY.

SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'LL BE HEADING OUT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER AS WELL, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF US.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW JEFF'S GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR HIM, MAYBE WE'LL TAKE THOSE FIRST.

GREAT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

SO YOU'RE DOING DOING GREAT WORK.

NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION FOR BASKETBALL SPECIFIC, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOR DR.

KIRBY OR SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU PUT OUT THERE, THAT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE HIGH ACHIEVING, THEY STRIVE FOR SUCCESS.

THAT'S WHY THEY DO IT. THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THEM, AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO CREATE SUPPORT NETWORKS AND RESILIENCE AND THINGS LIKE QPR.

SO REAL SPECIFIC QUESTION, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER NOW, THAT'S OKAY, DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO YOU KNOW THE OPTION TO DESIGNATE AN ADVOCATE IF THEY GET INTO TROUBLE? THAT'S OFTEN SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY HARD, WHETHER IT'S PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, DISCIPLINARY, WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO BEING SO HIGH ACHIEVING, CAN THEY DESIGNATE AN ADVOCATE TO BE NOTIFIED IF THEY GET INTO A CHALLENGING SITUATION KNOWING ONCE THEY TURN 18, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE OR.

I CAN SPEAK TO MAYBE A PIECE OF THAT.

ONE OF OUR KEY ADMINISTRATORS ON OUR CAMPUS, AS WELL AS SOMEBODY WHO WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY, IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL EQUITY.

THEY PROVIDE SOME GREAT RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, AROUND DIFFERENT WHETHER IT BE CONDUCT OR OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE HAVE RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, THROUGH STEPHANIE [INAUDIBLE] AREA WHERE [INAUDIBLE], IF YOU'VE MET [INAUDIBLE], HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR MANY OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, AND DIFFERENT LANES OF IT, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A IT'S A COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX NETWORK DEPENDING ON A STUDENT ATHLETE

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BUT I THINK WE WE LOOK TO THOSE OFFICES, PARTICULARLY DEPENDING ON SITUATIONS, TO BE ABLE TO BE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT WHERE A STUDENT ATHLETE KNOWS THAT THEY CAN GO TO HAVE RESOURCES AND PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND POTENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AND HOW TO HELP THEM IN THOSE MOMENTS.

JESS, ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THIS QUESTION OF POLICY, AND SO WHETHER OR NOT STUDENT ATHLETES OR STUDENTS IN GENERAL CAN DESIGNATE A SUPPORT ADVOCATE BECAUSE LIKE I JUST SAID, THEIR EXECUTIVE FUNCTION HASN'T DEVELOPED YET, BUT THEY'RE ADULTS IN LEGAL SPEAK.

SO THROUGH THE KATIE'S SAVE INITIATIVE, WHICH IS STARTED THROUGH KATIE'S PARENTS, THAT WOULD HONESTLY BE SOMETHING THAT IF IT WERE DECIDED, WOULD PROBABLY BE DECIDED BY THIS GROUP AT THE SYSTEM POLICY LEVEL.

IF THAT IS A POLICY THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND I THINK WARRANTS DISCUSSION AND HAS A LOT OF VALIDITY AND COULD BE BENEFICIAL.

GREAT. THANK YOU, AND JUST FOR PEOPLE, SO KATIE MEIER WAS AN ATHLETE AT STANFORD, AND SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT WORK AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS LIKE IS THAT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALREADY GOING ON OR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NATE I JUST DIDN'T PICK UP WHAT WHAT YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT GRAND JUNCTION.

[CHUCKLING] WHAT I LOVE ABOUT GRAND JUNCTION IS WHEN I GOT TO SIT WITH YOU, WHEN WATCHING OUR BASEBALL TEAM WIN OUR FIRST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GRAND JUNCTION MOMENTS.

WE WON THE TOURNAMENT.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE WON THE TOURNAMENT.

SO, NO, WE LOVE GRAND JUNCTION.

IN FACT, I THINK COLORADO MESA IS ANOTHER ATHLETICS PROGRAM THAT'S DOING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK AND WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR THEM.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, IF YOU PLAYED THEM IN GRAND JUNCTION, I KNOW YOU ONLY PLAY THEM ONCE, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT DIVISION.

YOU PLAY IN GRAND JUNCTION OR HERE WE ARE.

WE HAVE ALL THE LONG TRIPS THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE IN GRAND JUNCTION AND SALT LAKE CITY AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND DURANGO, AND SO, YES, WE WILL BE OUT THERE THIS YEAR WITH MY MOUNTAIN LION HAT I'LL SIT BEHIND YOUR BENCH.

ABSOLUTELY. I'LL BUY YOU POPCORN.

[CHUCKLING] I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPENDING TIME HERE TODAY, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'LL BE BEATING CMU.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD.

WE WILL. WE WILL.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO WE CAN LOVE ALL THESE TOWNS AND STILL, YOU KNOW, WIN.

RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT.

WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE LIGHT THAT CU SYSTEM SHINES UPON D1 ATHLETICS AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM TAKING TIME TO CHAT WITH US TODAY.

YOU DO INCREDIBLE THINGS HERE AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH.

SO, YOU'VE BEEN HERE--THIS IS MY 17TH YEAR--SO THANK YOU FOR FOR MAKING UCCS YOUR HOME AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH UCCS IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN ATHLETICS ON SO MANY LEVELS AS YOU SHARED WITH US TODAY IS SOMETHING FOR US TO BE EXTREMELY PROUD ABOUT, AND YOU AND YOUR COACHES AND YOUR AND YOUR AND YOUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

YOU KNOW, YOU BUST YOUR BUTTS EVERY DAY AND WORK SO HARD TO BE SO COMPETITIVE, AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THAT, AND EVEN THOUGH THE LIGHT DOESN'T ALWAYS SHINE AS BRIGHTLY ON YOU, WHICH IS PROBABLY KIND OF A BLESSING, SOMETIMES I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR ATHLETES DO.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS, AND GO MOUNTAIN LIONS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YES, AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE CHANCELLOR [INAUDIBLE], BECAUSE HE'S YOUR NUMBER ONE CHEERLEADER, AND SO HE'S ALWAYS LETTING US KNOW WHEN THE TEAMS ARE DOING REALLY WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND THE MENTAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION AND HEAR FROM THE STUDENT ATHLETE AND REGENT KROLL. WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE OUTREACH TRIPS UNDER PRESIDENT SOLOMON TO PLACES LIKE GRAND JUNCTION, DURANGO, PUEBLO.

SO WHEN YOU GO THERE, BEAT THEM, BUT NOT TOO BAD.

NO PROMISES. YOU COULD BEAT THEM A LOT, BUT, JUST BE NICE AFTER.

AXEL WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.

A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN WE USED TO DO THAT, THAT PRESENTATION BEFORE THE BOARD.

DIFFERENT PLACES.

I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, AND I'M SURE YOU STILL DO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH RICK GEORGE.

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I THINK THAT CERTAINLY DIVISION ONE IS DIFFERENT THAN DIVISION TWO, AND DIVISION TWO HAS LOTS OF PLUSES, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, BUT I ALWAYS ENJOYED THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU HAD WITH THEM.

YEAH, RICK'S ALWAYS BEEN GREAT TO ME.

WE'VE COLLABORATED ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS OVER THE YEARS AND CERTAINLY A DIFFERENT ANIMAL IN BOULDER, BUT WHEN WE FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY EXCITING, NOT ONLY FOR THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES BUT FOR OURS AS WELL, AND DIFFERENT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATIVE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENCOURAGED WITH US.

THANKS, AND I'LL JUST LET AXEL CLOSE THIS OUT, AND WE'LL BE FINISHING UP TONIGHT AND WE WILL BE HERE BRIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW AT 8:30.

[INAUDIBLE] BUT I WANT TO SAY FROM THE OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, WE APPRECIATE WHAT MR. GIBSON DOES. THERE'S A SENATOR THAT'S ON SGA.

HER NAME IS SENATOR [INAUDIBLE], AND SHE SERVES ON AN IAAC COMMITTEE WITH MR. GIBSON. SHE SPEAKS HIGHLY OF HIM, AND I WANT TO APPLAUD MR. GIBSON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ABILITIES THAT HE SHOWS ON CAMPUS BECAUSE.

I'VE COME TO HIS OFFICE MULTIPLE TIMES WITH MULTIPLE IDEAS TO, YOU KNOW, GET IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY [INAUDIBLE] HOUSE, AND HE WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE CAN DO IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK HIM FROM [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

THAT'S REALLY NICE.

IF I COULD SAY ONE MORE THING IN CLOSING.

WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU ALL.

ANDREA HAS BEEN FANTASTIC IN HELPING COORDINATE THIS, BUT WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THAT.

IF YOU'RE AROUND TONIGHT, WEAR IT, BUT WE'D LOVE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A GIFT TO REPRESENT MOUNTAIN LION ATHLETICS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO MOUNTAIN LIONS AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING, AND AXEL WANTS ONE OF THOSE, TOO.

[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GO, MOUNTAIN LIONS. IF I KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE THIS MUCH SWAG IN EVERY NEW REGENT, I WOULD HAVE STUCK AROUND FOR ANOTHER [INAUDIBLE] GEEZ! [LAUGHTER]

[M. 5:00 p.m. RECESS]

[N. 8:30 a.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022 - MEETING RESUMES, CALL TO ORDER, Chair Smith presiding - Berger Hall]

THEY'VE ADDED TO MY UCCS PEN COLLECTION WITH MY MOUNTAIN LION, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED.

SPEAKING ABOUT MOUNTAIN LIONS, SEVERAL OF US WENT TO THE GAME LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE THE TEAM WHIP TC.

SO, ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE

[O. 8:30 a.m. FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION ITEMS]

NO, NO, NO. CHAVEZ, SORRY.

I'M LOOKING AT THEM AND SAYING, HEY, GOES RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

GRAY SO TRY THIS VICTORIA'S THUNDER TO GO AROUND.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 28TH DURING THE WELL, BY THE WAY, LET ME START OUT BY SAYING I'M REPRESENTING HERE WITH YOU DENVER HAT UCCS JACKET.

I HAVE MY BOULDER BAG.

THE ONLY THING I'M MISSING IS AN ANSCHUTZ SOMETHING.

BUT WE'RE ALL MISSING.

APPARENTLY, WE'RE ALL MISSING SOMETHING FROM ANSCHUTZ.

BUT ANYWAY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

I'D BE HAPPY TO OFFER YOU A FREE MEDICAL PROCEDURE.

THE PROBLEM IS, I MAY BE YOUR DOCTOR.

I WOULDN'T GO THERE. IT'S FUNNY.

YOUR PROSTATE EXAM SPONSORED BY AND I WASN'T SPECIFYING WHICH MEDICAL PROCEDURE.

[02:45:01]

DURING THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THE MEETING, CORY REVIEWED THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPORT.

SOME PROJECTS CONTINUE TO SHOW RISK TO THEIR SCHEDULE OR BUDGET AS A RESULT OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION AND INFLATION.

THE COMMITTEE HEARD PRESENTATIONS FROM ALL FOUR CAMPUSES ON THE USE OF ACADEMIC SPACES, SPACE UTILIZATION, PLANNING RESOURCES AND HOW SPACES USE SPACE USE MAY EVOLVE IN FUTURE YEARS.

THE COMMITTEE ALSO HEARD UPDATES FROM ANSCHUTZ, DENVER UCCS ABOUT THEIR CAMPUS MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS.

ALL THREE CAMPUSES ARE PLANNING TO BRING THEIR REVISED TEN YEAR MASTER PLANS TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL IN 2023.

THE DENVER CAMPUS IS PARTNERING WITH AHEC ON A TRI INSTITUTIONAL PLAN.

THE ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS IS UPDATING ITS 2012 MASTER PLAN AND WILL MAINTAIN MOST OF THE SAME GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND GOALS.

THE UCCS CAMPUS IS FOCUSING ITS EFFORTS ON SUSTAINABILITY, CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS BETWEEN NEW AND OLD CAMPUS SPACES.

DURING THE FINANCE PORTION OF THE MEETING, SCOTT MUNSON REVIEWED THE IT PROJECT REPORT, WHICH INCLUDED THREE PROJECTS NEXT GEN TIME AND LABOR AND DATA GOVERNANCE.

THE NEXT GEN PROJECT IS SHOWING SOME DELAY FOR TIMELINE.

ALL THREE PROJECTS, THOUGH, ARE ON BUDGET.

TONY VU PRESENTED ABOUT THE FINAL STEP TO ELIMINATE THE CU BOULDER CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION FEE.

THE COMMITTEE APPROVED REMOVAL OF THE STUDENT FEE AS A SOURCE OF FUNDS FROM THE MASTER BOND AGREEMENT, AND THIS ITEM IS ADDED TO THE CONSENT CAPITAL CONSENT AGENDA.

THE COMMITTEE HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM CHAD, FELICITY AND THE CAMPUSES ABOUT EMPLOYEE ATTRITION AND VACANCIES.

THE PRESENTATION FEATURED A TENURE POSITION VACANCY ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYEE ATTRITION.

DISCUSSION ABOUT TRENDS.

DISCUSSION ABOUT VARIOUS HIRING AND RETENTION STRATEGIES.

THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ATTRITION FROM FISCAL YEAR 2122 ACROSS THE UNIVERSITY AS COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS.

THIS INCREASE WAS MORE PRONOUNCED FOR STAFF THAN FACULTY.

ALSO, THERE WERE MANY OPEN POSITIONS IN FY 2122 AS COMPARED TO RECENT YEARS.

THE DENVER, BOULDER AND UCCS CAMPUSES ALL PROVIDED UPDATES ON ABOUT NEW SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PROSPECTIVE AND ENROLLED STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS.

THE CAMPUSES LAST PROVIDED AN UPDATE ABOUT THESE RESOURCES IN APRIL OF 2021.

REGION KROLL OFFERED A RESOLUTION ABOUT SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES, WHICH I THINK EITHER DID OR WERE GOING TO DO TODAY.

AND FINALLY, RICHARD [INAUDIBLE] WAS FROM THE CU BOULDER LEAD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PRESENTED THE FY 2122 CU ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, WHICH PRESIDENT SOLOMON REFERRED TO YESTERDAY.

THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THAT WAS $13.3 BILLION.

THE DIRECT IMPACT OF THE FOUR CU CAMPUSES WAS 8.7 BILLION, AND THE IMPACT OF THE AFFILIATED HOSPITALS ON THE CU ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS WAS 4.6 BILLION.

AND THAT CONSTITUTES THE MAJORITY OF WHAT I NEEDED TO SAY, EXCEPTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THING.

WE HAD A VERY LONG CALENDAR FOR OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.

WE DID RUN QUITE A BIT OVER.

AND SO I WOULD LOVE IN THE FUTURE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE PRESENTING TO WORK WITH CHAD, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED MORE TIME TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATIONS, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO SO.

OTHERWISE, I'D LIKE TO TRY AND KEEP US ON SCHEDULE IN FUTURE MEETINGS BECAUSE IT HURTS THE FOLKS AT THE END OF THE AGENDA WHEN EVERYONE HAS TO LEAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER MEETING.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ABILITY AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

AND WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR.

I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU REGENT CHAVEZ.

LET'S SEE. THE NEXT UP IS CFO MARTURANO. INFORMATION I AM UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION.

GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.

I'M CHAD MARTURANO., CFO OF THE CU SYSTEM.

SO EVERY YEAR AT THE NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE TALK THROUGH OUR UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION.

THIS IS TIED TO AN EPS THAT WE HAVE FOR CU.

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THESE THERE HAS TO BE A SPENDING PLAN IN PLACE AND TRANSFERS OF UNSPENT FUNDS ARE USUALLY HELD IN WHAT WE CALL PLANNED FUNDS UNTIL THEY'RE APPROVED FOR SPENDING.

SO IN PRIOR YEARS WE WERE TALKING, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, ABOUT HOW WE WERE UTILIZING OUR EMERGENCY TUITION STABILIZATION PLANS.

AND THESE BARS INDICATE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 22.

AND OUR BLUE BAR, WHICH IS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OF 2023, THE CAMPUSES HAVE MANAGED TO BUILD BACK UP THAT THAT ETSP.

IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE SPENT THESE DOWN SOMETIMES CLOSE TO ZERO, IN SOME CASES AT THE CAMPUSES.

SO THIS IS GOOD THAT WE'RE RECONSTITUTING THE SPACE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH CAMPUS.

SO IT'S CU BOULDER.

WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE.

AND THE THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT THE GOLD BAR ILLUSTRATES WHERE WE ENDED IN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND THE BLACK BAR IN FISCAL YEAR 21.

YOU CAN SEE SOME INCREASES IN SOME OF THESE BARS.

THE ONE THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT IN PARTICULAR IS THAT BOTTOM LINE THAT COMPENSATED ABSENCES.

THAT'S AN ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENT.

THAT'S THAT OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE ON OUR BOOKS IN THE EVENT THAT EVERYONE WAS TO TAKE, LEAVE OR RETIRE TODAY, AS WELL AS SOME POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

THE OTHER THING ON THIS CHART THAT YOU'LL OBSERVE IS IN GENERAL PROGRAMMATIC, YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE AND THAT'S TIED TO SOME OF THE TREASURY EARNINGS THAT WE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE ACCELERATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO HERE'S THE DETAIL ON ALL THOSE COMPONENTS.

ALL OF THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TIED TO THOSE GOLD BARS.

I WON'T READ THROUGH THESE VERBATIM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE, THESE ARE ONE TIME DOLLARS AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY SPENT FOR ONE TIME PURPOSES.

SO THAT COULD BE FOR A CAPITAL RELATED EXPENSE, IT COULD BE FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN SOME CASES IN THAT GENERAL PROGRAMMATIC SECTION, IT CAN BE USED FOR BRIDGE FUNDING BETWEEN GRANTS FOR RESEARCHERS OR START UP PACKAGES FOR FACULTY.

AND YOU TEND TO SEE SIMILAR THINGS ACROSS THE CAMPUSES AND THEMES HERE.

AT CAMPUS OBLIGATED ITEM THAT FOURTH ONE DOWN THAT'S HELENS AND OLD MAINE.

AND THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVE APPROVED AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

IN THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF BOARD APPROVAL.

JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE TANGIBLE RATHER THAN JUST LIKE DOLLARS AND DELINEATION OF ITEMS. THESE ARE THE THEMES OF WHERE THE CAMPUS IS PLANNING TO SPEND SOME OF ITS RESERVES FROM SOME D-I EFFORTS, TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECONSTITUTING THE ETSP. AT DENVER, WE SEE A SIMILAR PICTURE IN TERMS OF THE VARIANCE BETWEEN THE GOLD BARS AND THE BLACK BARS.

AGAIN, THE GOLD BEING THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 22.

AND AGAIN, THAT NEGATIVE AMOUNT AT THE BOTTOM IS AN ACCOUNTING VARIANCE THAT WE SEE.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUT ON OUR BOOKS.

BUT ISN'T REAL LOSSES, IT'S JUST SOMETHING ON PAPER.

AND HERE'S SOME OF THE DETAIL BEHIND THAT.

AGAIN, YOU SEE SIMILAR SAME THEMES HERE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE LIST BECAUSE I WOULD BE UP HERE FOR AN HOUR, BUT THIS IS ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN BOARD DOCS AND YOU CAN READ THROUGH THIS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT PRIOR TO THIS.

AGAIN, IN THAT GENERAL PROGRAMMATIC, WHEN WE SAW SOME OF THE INCREASE IN THAT GOLD SECTION, SOME OF THAT'S TIED TO SOME SOME OF OUR INVESTMENTS RELATED TO ACCELERATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE MORE ACUTE EXPENSES FROM RESERVES.

SO THE ENGINEERING BUILDING, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, START UP PACKAGES AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE.

AT ANSCHUTZ, AGAIN HERE'S THEIR PICTURE IN TERMS OF THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 22 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 21.

SIMILAR TYPES OF EXPENSES HERE.

CAPITAL. CAPITAL RENEWAL.

CONTROLLED MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.

A LOT OF THE REVENUE OR A LOT OF THE BALANCES IN THAT GENERAL PROGRAMMATIC ARE TIED TO BRIDGE FUNDING BETWEEN GRANTS LIKE I REFERENCED EARLIER, THAT COMPENSATED ABSENCES IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S ON PAPER THAT WE ILLUSTRATE BECAUSE OF GATSBY REQUIREMENTS.

SO THESE ARE SIMILAR THEMES AND THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE DETAILS.

SO DEBT SERVICE ON THE PHARMACY BUILDING, THE GATES INSTITUTE, AGAIN, THE EMERGENCY TUITION STABILIZATION RESERVES AND PLANS.

AND WE GET TO COLORADO SPRINGS.

AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE OTHER CAMPUS PICTURES.

THE GOLD BAR SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE ON IN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND THE GENERAL PROGRAMMATIC SECTION RELATIVE TO 21.

AGAIN, ONE OF THE BIG DRIVERS OF THAT IS TIED TO THAT SECOND BULLET.

THERE IS SOME OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE IN BALANCE FOR PURPOSES OF OUR EXPENSES TIED TO ACCELERATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUILDING BACK THE EMERGENCY TUITION STABILIZATION PLAN, AND THEN THAT COMPENSATED ABSENCES.

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WE EXPECT THAT TO GROW OVER TIME AS OUR COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES GROWS.

YOU WOULD SEE THAT GROW OVER TIME.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, THIS YEAR THE BOARD APPROVED A 3% COMP POOL.

YOU'D EXPECT THAT TO GROW AT LEAST BY 3%.

AND HERE'S SOME OF THOSE MORE TANGIBLE EXPLANATIONS.

SO THE THE BUILDING THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS THAT WAY OR THAT WAY.

SO I'M TOTALLY WRONG THAT WAY.

IS THE IS THE ANSCHUTZ ENGINEERING ANNEX.

AND THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THESE DOLLARS ARE HELD FOR IN PURPOSES OF COMPLETING THAT RENOVATION OR ADDITIONS.

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.

THESE LINES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU SEE THE BIG VARIATION BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 22 AND FISCAL YEAR 21, BUT IT'S FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

SO THESE ARE SOME DOLLARS IN THAT CAMPUS OBLIGATED SECTION THAT ARE TIED TO FUTURE CAMPUS ACCELERATED EXTRA STRATEGIC PLAN NEEDS.

I'VE TALKED TO YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THIS AND PROVIDED DETAILS SUCH AS THE DEGREE TO WHICH ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS.

AFTER THIS, I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU OR ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

SAVE SOME OF THESE EXTRA THINGS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS AT THE END.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE PLANNED TO SPEND OUT OF RESERVES FOR INVESTMENTS, OUT OF SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM NOW, BUT ALWAYS HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS I MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY OR OVER EMAIL OR TEXT OR CALL.

ANYBODY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS THE TREASURER'S REPORT AND I WILL CALL UP TREASURER TONY VU. MORNING, EVERYONE.

I'M HERE TO DO THE QUARTERLY REPORT.

ONTO THE FIRST SLIDE.

THIS IS THE TYPICAL LIQUIDITY SLIDE.

I THINK THE POINT HERE WE WANT TO MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT RED DOTTED LINE IS OUR AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYROLL.

AND AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES AS MUCH IN LIQUIDITY AS WE DO IN AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYROLL.

SO OUR LIQUIDITY POSITION IS REALLY STRONG.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

APOLOGIES HERE.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE NUMBERS YET FOR THE PERFORMANCE IN THE POOL.

SO WE HAVE SOME PENDING INFORMATION.

BUT GENERALLY THE MARKETS LOOK NOT GREAT.

OTHERWISE, JUST TALKING WITH VICE PRESIDENT LEITNER AND THERE WAS AN INTERESTING TIDBIT OUT THERE AFTER MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THE 12 MONTHS AFTERWARDS ARE ALWAYS POSITIVE IN THE EQUITY MARKETS.

IT'S A STATISTICAL ANOMALY.

BASICALLY, WE EXPECT SOME POSITIVE NEWS IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AFTER THE AFTER THE ELECTION.

SO WE WILL BE UPDATING THESE NUMBERS AT THE NEXT INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP ON THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER.

ONCE AGAIN, JUST SOME DETAILS ON THE INVESTMENTS.

YOU DO SEE SOME DECLINES ON THE BALANCE THERE, AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE PERFORMANCE WHEN WE GET THOSE NUMBERS UPDATED.

ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? IF NOT OUR DEBT.

WE JUST DID A DEFEASANCE OF ALMOST $50 MILLION, REALLY, AS PART OF, AS MENTIONED BY REGENT CHAVEZ, THAT DEFEASEMENT THAT WE DID ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS. AND THAT'S REFLECTED HERE, BUT STILL ALMOST $2 BILLION IN DEBT OUTSTANDING.

AND THEN REALLY THE GOOD NEWS IS OUR CREDIT RATINGS ARE STABLE.

WE HAVEN'T CHANGED OR THE VIEWS OF THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES HAVE NOT CHANGED FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT WAS THE STUDENT FEE AMOUNT THAT WE? [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT WAS RELATED TO WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET.

SO IT ELIMINATED, I THINK WAS AROUND $200 PER STUDENT FEE.

AND SO FOR SOME CONTINUING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, IT RESULTED IN A DECREASE IN COMBINED TUITION OF FEES AROUND 1.6%.

THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THAT DEFEASEMENT WAS A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF $50 MILLION.

I WANT TO SAY IT WAS BETWEEN I WANT TO SAY IT WAS BETWEEN 45 AND 50.

THANKS. COUNCILOR DISTEFANO.

DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?

[03:00:02]

ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST I WANT TO THANK THE CAMPUS FOR PRIORITIZING THAT TO, YOU KNOW, THAT THE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED, BUT THAT THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TO DIRECT SOME OF THOSE ONE TIME DOLLARS INTO ELIMINATING THAT FEE FOR STUDENTS AND SAVING EVERY STUDENT $200.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THINK THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

AND I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE REGENTS FOR MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED.

YEAH, THAT WAS VERY STRONG.

YEP. ALL RIGHT, IF THERE.

YES, SIR. TONY, I'M JUST CURIOUS.

THERE'S BEEN SOME RELEASES LATELY OF OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND HOW THEY PERFORMED OVER THE LAST QUARTER.

I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION RELATIVE TO STATE UNIVERSITIES AND OUR PERFORMANCE AND GETS THEM.

AND IF WE DON'T, WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.

BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE COMPARE, ESPECIALLY THE UNIVERSITIES, WITH SIMILAR INVESTMENT PARAMETERS.

YES, AND WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THAT.

AND AS SOON AS I GET THAT INFORMATION, I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE WITH THAT.

AND I CAN ESPECIALLY DO THAT IN THE IAC, IF YOU'D LIKE.

THE INFORMATION ISN'T OUT YET.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EARLY.

YEAH. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND NEXT, WE HAVE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND I WILL CALL ON CHAIR SPIEGEL FOR THE REPORT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. CHAIR SMITH AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022.

MYSELF, REGENT GANAHL, REGENT CHAVEZ WERE PRESENT AND REGENT MONTERA WAS APPOINTED BY CHAIR SMITH TO TEMPORARILY SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE QUORUM.

AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE APPRECIATION I HAVE FOR SO MUCH OF OUR STAFF AND THE REGIONS FOR THEIR FLEXIBILITY.

WE WERE ON AN OUTREACH TRIP AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT THAT WENT IN TO ENSURING WE COULD HAVE QUORUM AND WE COULD HAVE OUR MEETING.

AND JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN THAT MEETING.

AVP AND UNIVERSITY CONTROLLER BOB CUELLAR PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE UNIVERSITY FINANCIALS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2022.

HE VARIANCES DISCUSSED INCLUDED NET TUITION REVENUE, SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REVENUE.

ADDITIONALLY, AVP CUELLAR HIGHLIGHTED UNREALIZED INVESTMENT LOSSES, WHICH WERE A RESULT OF CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS.

UNUSUALLY HIGH MARKET RETURNS.

AVP, AGNIESZKA VARTA NOVA PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON CURRENT EXTERNAL REGULATORY AUDITS ON CAMPUSES.

INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS ISSUED AND THE STATUS OF CAMPUS ACTION PLANS AND PRIOR INTERNAL AUDIT FINDINGS.

NO MATTERS OF SIGNIFICANT RISK WERE NOTED.

AVP VARTA NOVA PRESENTED THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 INTERNAL AUDIT ANNUAL REPORT.

THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED UPDATED INTERNAL AUDIT PRACTICES AND INCREASED FOCUS ON TEAM CULTURE, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATIONS PROCESS.

INTERNAL AUDITS FOCUS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPING DATA ANALYTICS CAPABILITIES, ENGAGEMENT TIMELINES, CONTINUED ALIGNMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF INTERNAL PROCESSES AND ANTICIPATION OF THE EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW IN EARLY FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND CONTINUING TO BUILD A STRONG AND POSITIVE TEAM CULTURE.

AVP VARTA NOVA NOTIFIED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE NEED TO HAVE A QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW CONDUCTED FOR THE SIU INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.

THIS REVIEW IS REQUIRED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AND TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS THROUGH WHICH THE REVIEW CAN TAKE PLACE.

AFTER REVIEWING THE CONTEXT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CONCURRED THAT A FULL EXTERNAL REVIEW WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR THE UPCOMING QR. DURING THE MEETING, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 AUDIT COMMITTEE WORK PLAN.

THE COMMITTEE'S WORK PLAN IS TYPICALLY CONSISTENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AS IT IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY THE REGIONS RESPONSIBILITIES OUTLINED IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER AND RELEVANT PRIOR BOARD RESOLUTIONS.

THE CADENCE OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WORK PLAN ITEMS GENERALLY REVOLVES AROUND FINANCIAL, QUARTERLY TRENDS AND OTHER RELEVANT RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.

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THIS DOCUMENT LAYS OUT DUTIES BETWEEN THE BOARD OF REGENTS, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UNIVERSITY COUNCIL AND THE AVP FOR INTERNAL AUDIT AND MANAGING THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.

THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON THE INCIDENTS REPORTED THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S ETHICS HOTLINE OVER THE LAST QUARTER.

THE HOTLINE SAW AN INCREASED NUMBER OF ALLEGATIONS AND INQUIRIES, THOUGH THE OVERALL NUMBER OF REPORTS CONTINUES TO BE WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK FOR ORGANIZATIONS OUR SIZE. THE CASES ARE MANAGED TIMELY, EITHER DIRECTLY BY INTERNAL AUDIT OR OTHER DESIGNATED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.

AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE PUBLIC SESSION, THE COMMITTEE CONVENED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE AND UPDATE REGARDING THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMPLIANCE ENVIRONMENT IN CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS.

THE COMMITTEE WILL NEXT MEET ON DECEMBER 14, 2022.

AS ALWAYS, WE WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE WORK OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OR THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU. REGION SPIEGEL.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THE MEETING.

IT WAS MY FIRST TIME AND I REALLY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AVP MARTINEAU.

I THOUGHT SHE DID A GREAT JOB IN PRESENTING THE INFORMATION.

IT'S INTERESTING AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY SAYS YOU MAKE AUDIT FUN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SEE, I WASN'T THE ONE WHO SAID IT.

THIS TIME. IT.

THANK YOU, REGENT MONTEIRO AND I MIGHT HAVE TO CHECK OUT THAT MEETING ON THE 14TH, BUT ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I DO KNOW THAT YOU WERE ON THE OUTREACH TRIP.

SO GREAT NIMBLENESS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO STILL DO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE ARE VERY MUCH AHEAD OF TIME AND WE'VE GOT PRESIDENT SOLOMON WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I'M GOING TO SHUFFLE A LITTLE BIT

[Q. 10:30 a.m. BOARD OF REGENTS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS]

TO JUST TWO QUICK THINGS.

ONE IS, SO THIS IS THE THE THE THE LAST DAY OF THE LAST BOARD MEETING FOR FOUR REGENT, SHARKEY, REGENT, KROLL, AND REGENT GANAHL.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ELIZABETH'S TAKEN PICTURES.

THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY SHE'S DOING THAT.

AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE DOING THAT LATER, BUT IT'S A BIG DEAL.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE WENT THAT REGENT CHAVEZ MENTIONED DURING HIS FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT IS THAT SPACE UTILIZATION STUDY. SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S REALLY BORING, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ACTUALLY AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THING.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

THE CAMPUS IS DOING ALL THE WORK.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE REGENTS HAVE REALLY PRIORITIZED AND THEY FEEL LIKE WE'VE PRIORITIZED IT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING OUR SPACE EFFECTIVELY ON THE CAMPUSES AND AT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.

IT'S LOTS OF CHANGES WITH SPACE THESE DAYS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO IT'S A PARTICULARLY VALUABLE DOCUMENT THIS TIME AROUND.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

AND SO THANKS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND FOR FOUR TO THE CAMPUSES FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK ON THAT.

THAT IS. IT IS A COOL.

IT'S SO COOL. THEY DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE EXCITED.

IT'S A PRETTY I MEAN, I THINK SO.

IT'S PART OF WHAT YOU GUYS CAN STOP NOW.

I THINK IT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES FINANCE THE BEST COMMITTEE.

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY. YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S IMPORTANT TOO BECAUSE I KNOW DEPARTMENTS ARE ALWAYS SCRAMBLING TO FIND CLASSROOM SPACE AND MEETING SPACE AND SO FORTH.

AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT, VERY IMPORTANT WITH HOW THE CAMPUS FUNCTIONS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH ITEMS AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RESOLUTION CONCERNING SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? SO MOVE. MOVED BY REGENT KROLL, WHO IS THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN THE DRIVER BEHIND THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SECONDED BY REGENT SPIEGEL.

AND I ASSUME THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION AND I WILL LET REGENT KROLL.

SURE. YOU KNOW, I THINK MY MY INTENT IN BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD IS REALLY TO RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S GOING ON AT OUR CAMPUSES

[03:10:07]

WE'VE KNOWN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MEETINGS I EVER ATTENDED AS A REGENT, MICHAEL LIGHTNER PRESENTED DATA ABOUT THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR STATE.

AND WE'VE HAD COUNTLESS CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL MIDDLE CLASS WHITE STUDENTS ARE DECLINING IN THEIR VOLUME OF GRADUATES THAT ARE BEING PRODUCED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.

AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THE NEXT DECADE IS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT.

AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A BIG SHIFT TOWARDS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STUDENT COMING TO US.

AND WE ARE OBLIGATED, I BELIEVE, AS A UNIVERSITY TO MAKE OURSELVES ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.

AND MANY STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO COME FROM FAMILIES IN WHICH ENGLISH IS NOT THE FIRST LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME.

AND MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS COME FROM FAMILIES IN WHICH SPANISH IS THE FIRST LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME.

AND I THINK THAT THE EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, UNDERWAY AT THE CAMPUSES ARE REALLY GREAT.

AND I HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION, IF IT GETS THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES TODAY, WE'RE REALLY SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE VALUE THAT WORK AND WE WANT TO CREATE A SPACE EVERY YEAR IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE BEST COMMITTEE FOR A REPORT TO BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD, BUT NOT ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CAMPUSES ARE UP TO AND HOW THEY'RE ENDEAVORING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, MAKING ENROLLMENT MATERIALS ACCESSIBLE AND THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS ACCESSIBLE TO SPANISH SPEAKERS, BUT REALLY TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK US FOR THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

BECAUSE I KNOW OFTENTIMES THE CAMPUSES WILL FEEL LIKE, UH OH, HERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT THE SYSTEM OFFICE OR THE REGENTS WANT US TO DO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT CAME UP AS THE RESOLUTION WAS BEING CRAFTED BETWEEN THE BOARD OFFICE, MYSELF AND THE CAMPUSES, IS THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT HAVING THE RESOURCES POTENTIALLY TO ENACT ON WHAT OUR VISION WAS FOR PROVIDING THESE RESOURCES.

SO WHEN THAT REPORT COMES EVERY YEAR, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL HEAR THEM OUT AND I HOPE THE CAMPUSES WILL SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS.

AND I'LL END BY SAYING IN WHEN I GOT SWORN IN AS A REGENT SIX YEARS AGO, I MY DAD GRABBED A COPY OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION THAT HE HAD IN THE COLLECTION AT THE WESTERN HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN AT THE DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY.

AND WHEN THE STATE WAS FOUNDED IN 1876, THE, YOU KNOW, THE VOTERS OF THE AREA HAD TO APPROVE THE CONSTITUTION.

AND SO IT WAS PRINTED IN ENGLISH, IN GERMAN AND IN SPANISH.

AND IF THEY COULD DO THAT IN 1876, WE CAN DO THIS TODAY.

AND SO I JUST WISH AND I HOPE THAT I CAN GAIN THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN ENSURING CU SERVES THE STUDENTS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AND ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SEE OVER THE NEXT DECADE.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WAS SURPRISED WITH THE GERMAN.

I'M GLAD I'M KEEPING UP WITH MY GERMAN WITH DUOLINGO SO I CAN READ THE CONSTITUTION, THE ORIGINAL ONE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE.

I'M OLD SCHOOL.

I MAKE ALL MY NOTES IN MY SPIRAL AND IN FINANCE.

I DID HIGHLIGHT IN PINK THAT WE WOULD GET AN UPDATE EVERY YEAR, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

OKAY. WELL, WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT THE QUESTION BEFORE US OF APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION ON SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS.

ANYBODY OPPOSED TO THIS? HEARING NONE. THE RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 10:30 BECAUSE WE NEED THE CHAIR.

WE WANTED TO SEE THREE.

33 STEM CELLS.

NO, WE'RE TAKING A BREAK.

BECAUSE I NEED WE NEED THE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU KNOW, VANESSA, I KNOW SUE'S GOT SOME FOLKS COMING AND MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE COMING DOWN TO BE HERE.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE JUST DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB RUNNING THE MEETING WE WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE EARLY.. I KNOW WE'RE BEING REALLY EFFICIENT.

SO WE WE HAVE A WHOLE SET OF RESERVED SEATS UP THERE.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYBODY MISS OUT ON THE RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING ONE FOR THE C LOOP.

[03:15:02]

MAYBE. YEAH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I MEAN, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK UNTIL.

I MEAN, I THINK UNTIL THE FOLKS GET HERE, RIGHT? YEAH, AND I KNOW. AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE.

SO DON'T GO TOO FAR.

HOW ABOUT THAT. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS RIGHT NOW IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE DUSTY LOO.

AND I'M GOING TO HAVE CHANCELLOR REDDY.

ALL RIGHT.. START THIS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR SMITH.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE LOO FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO CAME FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION TO COME JOIN US HERE.

AND I DO, AS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY HERE, I WANT TO SEE HOW SPECIAL THE LIU FAMILY HAS BEEN FOR OUR CAMPUS, OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEY'VE REALLY BEEN TRUE COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS WHO CARED FOR OUR CAMPUS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M REALLY THRILLED THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE DONE TODAY.

AND DUSTY'S IMPACT HAS BEEN TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO DUSTY AND CATHY AND THE LOO FAMILY FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND IMPACT YOU MADE ON THIS CAMPUS AND THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'M REALLY DELIGHTED THAT OUR.

REGENT VICE CHAIR MONTERA WILL READ AN OFFICIAL RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS, WHICH IS GOING TO OUTLINE ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS DUSTY HAS DONE FOR US.

REGENT MONTERA. YES, IT'S.

YOU KNOW, I MOVED BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS NOW FOR COMING UP ON A YEAR.

SO I'M PARTICULARLY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE DUSTY LOO.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET HIM IN LIFE, BUT I KNOW HIM THROUGH SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND I REALLY WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO LET ME READ THIS RESOLUTION OF RECOGNITION.

WHEREAS LESTER B, DUSTY LOO, SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AND ADDED VIBRANCY THROUGH HIS INTERESTS IN THE ARTS AND WORKED ENERGETICALLY TO ENHANCE AND FURTHER THEATER ENDEAVORS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS, AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, DUSTY NURTURED AND GREW MANY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES AND UTILIZE HIS TALENTS AND RESOURCES TO ENRICH THE PIKES PEAK REGION, TO CREATE A LEGACY THAT DEMONSTRATED HIS PASSION FOR PEOPLE IN THE ARTS AND WAS HONORED AS SUCH BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS WITH A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD IN 1997.

WHEREAS, DUSTY PROVIDED SUPPORT TO GROW, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THEATER WORKS FROM A GRAND VISION INTO A PRODUCTION COMPANY RECOGNIZED AND ADMIRED THROUGHOUT ALL OF COLORADO. WHEREAS, DUSTY ADVISED THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COMMUNITY AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF THE CHANCELLOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL AND PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN AMPLIFYING GROWTH FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS.

WHEREAS, DUSTY SPEARHEADED UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND ADOPTED A MANTRA THAT THE ARTS AND THE BEAUTY OF THE THINGS SHOULD BE ENJOYED BY ALL.

WHEREAS, DUSTY AFFIRMED, HE WAS A FORCE WHO BELIEVED IN GIVING BACK THROUGH SERVICE AND INVESTING HIS TIME AND RESOURCES INTO COUNTLESS COMMUNITY ENDEAVORS.

WHEREAS DUSTY SUPPORTED A MEDLEY OF COLORADO SPRINGS NONPROFITS AND DEVOTED TIME TO COMMUNITY BOARDS LIKE THE PIKES PEAK YMCA, THE COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER BOARD, THE MYRON STRATTON HOME, THE SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, GOODWILL, UNITED WAY AND MANY OTHERS.

WHEREAS, AFTER HIS UNTIMELY PASSING IN DECEMBER 2001, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO THEATER WORKS THEATER WAS NAMED THE DUSTY LOO BON VIVANT THEATER IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE ARTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION TO DUSTY LOU FOR HIS DEDICATION AND COMPASSION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF COLORADO.

BE IT FURTHER THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS EXTENDS ITS DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE LEW FAMILY FOR THEIR CONTINUED GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT.

HEREBY ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2022.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS TACK IN REMEMBER?

[03:20:08]

THIS IS A VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND WONDERFUL AWARD.

AND I KNOW DUSTY WOULD BE THRILLED ABOUT IT, BUT HE ALSO WOULD BE PROBABLY EMBARRASSED BECAUSE HE SAID HE DIDN'T EVER WANTED ANYTHING NAMED FOR HIM OR HE NEVER WANTED TO TAKE THE CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE.

UH, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I THINK WE ALL REALIZE EVERYBODY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO ALL THE WORK, BUT I AM REALLY HONORED AND THRILLED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED THE RECOGNITION THAT HE HAS OVER THE YEARS NOW FOR THE WORK HE DID.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE REST OF THEM, ALL OF US AND ALL OF YOU WHO DO ALL THE GREAT WORK STILL TODAY AND KEEP THINGS GOING AND MAKING THEM BETTER ALL THE TIME.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, BEFORE WE BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WE NEED TO.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? BY REGENT KROLL AND SECONDED BY REGENT SHARKEY.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADD SOME COMMENTS? YES. BEING HERE AND FOR DUSTY AND I GREW UP MOSTLY IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

AND OF COURSE [INAUDIBLE] WAS A BIG, BIG PART OF OUR OUR TOWN, OUR CITY HERE.

AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

AND WHEN YOU WERE OVER OFF OF FILLMORE AND THEN MOVED OVER BIG PLACE ON WOODMAN ROAD AND GREW THAT BUSINESS, BUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOUR FAMILY HAS MADE TO COLORADO SPRINGS HAVE BEEN SO SIGNIFICANT.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR YOUR FAMILY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW WONDERFUL IT IS THAT YOU COULD ALL BE HERE.

AND OBVIOUSLY I DID NOT KNOW HIM, BUT WONDERFUL ALL THE WAYS HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO UCCS.

SO AT THIS POINT, THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS THE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION HONORING DUSTY LOO.

IS ANYBODY OPPOSED? IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO AT THIS POINT, THEN WE ARE READY FOR PICTURES.

THAT'S OKAY.

AS WE ARE CONVENING FOR THE PICTURE.

I DO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO GARY LOO, WHO HAS BEEN A CRITICAL PART WITH DUSTY.

HE AND DUSTY REALLY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

SO, GARY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND EFFORTS.

AND GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE.

[03:26:09]

HEIDI? WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND MOVE YOUR RESOLUTION? YES. THANK YOU, LESLIE. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. OKAY, GREAT.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND IN MAY PUT FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO THE REGENT UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO SEE IF WE COULD CREATE A RESEARCH COMMITTEE AT CU ANSCHUTZ TO STUDY ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO DO THE RESEARCH THEY WANT TO.

THIS IS RELATED TO EMBRYONIC HUMAN FETAL TISSUE AND THE NEED TO USE IT IN RESEARCH, SPECIFICALLY ABORTED FETAL TISSUE.

AND SO I PUT A RESOLUTION FORWARD.

I WAS ASKED BY THE COMMITTEE TO GIVE IT SOME TIME TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION BEFORE IT WAS PUT TO A VOTE.

SINCE THIS IS MY LAST REGENT MEETING, I WANTED TO PUT IT FORWARD TO A VOTE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS ENCOURAGES THE UNIVERSITY TO STRENGTHEN ITS POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ABORTED HUMAN FETAL TISSUE IS NEVER USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS ASKED THE SCIENTIFIC ETHICS COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A CALL FOR RESEARCH AND FUNDING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH.

I REALIZED THAT THE THIS HAS BECOME MORE RARE SINCE WORK DONE ON THIS ISSUE ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU MAKE A STATEMENT THAT IT WILL NOT USE ABORTED FETAL TISSUE IN RESEARCH AND THAT IT COULD PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO FIND ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH WHEN IT'S NEEDED.

WE ARE A LEADER IN SO MANY THINGS AT CU, ESPECIALLY CU ANSCHUTZ.

I'M VERY PROUD OF A LOT OF THE WORK THEY DO, BUT THIS IS ONE AREA I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER AND MAKE A STATEMENT AND BE A LEADER ON STOPPING THIS PRACTICE.

SO I MOVE THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AND I'M READY FOR A SECOND.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SECOND BY KEN MONTERA.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, REGENT.

YES, GO AHEAD REGENT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION NEEDED FOR THIS.

I THINK THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE.

AND I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE REGENT GANAHL IN DOING THIS.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IS THAT WE MOVE THIS BACK TO COMMITTEE.

I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROCESS IS THAT'S PRESENTLY IN PLAY FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT ANSCHUTZ AND ALSO LOOK AT THE EXACT FACTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE WE PUT THAT PROCESS IN PLACE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I FEEL LIKE I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE I KNOW ENOUGH TO PROBABLY MAKE A QUALIFIED VOTE AT THIS TIME, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN BY DOING THAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO, IF IT'S PROPER, TO MOVE THIS TO BRING BACK TO UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS.

SECOND THAT MOTION.

REGENT MONTERA.

I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THAT MOTION.

AND THAT IS I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD WHEN IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION SEVEN YEARS AGO IN 2015.

AND AT THAT TIME I HAD CONSIDERED ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AND CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT, BUT RATHER WE, THE REGENTS DID MEET WITH THE FOLKS AT IT FROM ANSCHUTZ WHO BRIEFED US ON WHAT THEIR PRACTICES WERE.

THE RESULT OF THAT WAS A POLICY CHANGE AND THAT INCLUDED THAT THEY NO LONGER WOULD PURCHASE ABORTED FETAL TISSUE FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

I'M PROUD OF OUR UNIVERSITY AND OUR FOLKS OUT AT ANSCHUTZ FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO THAT CONCERN THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD.

[03:30:04]

THEY HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAD FORMED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GUARDRAILS NOW AROUND THIS POLICY.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WON'T BE ON THIS BOARD IF THIS GOES TO COMMITTEE, IF THIS BOARD VOTES NOW TO SUPPORT GOING TO COMMITTEE.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE THE PROPER THING TO DO THAT THE COMMITTEE THEN CAN LEARN.

AS A FOLLOW UP OVER THESE SEVEN YEARS SINCE THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED.

WHAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS? AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR REGENT GALLEGOS AND I, WE WE WERE BRIEFED AND WELL INFORMED, BUT THE REST OF THIS BOARD HASN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND I THINK IT WOULD SERVE ALL OF YOU WELL TO LEARN MORE AS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO WITH THAT AGAIN, I SECOND REGENT MONTERA'S MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO A COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER REVIEW.

THANK YOU REGENT SHARKEY.

BECAUSE THIS IS A MOTION TO SEND THE ACTION ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEE, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE WILL PROCEED TO A VOTE.

SO IF ANYBODY.

OH, HEIDI. LESLIE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN TO COMMITTEE.

IT HAS BEEN VETTED OUT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FULL BOARD HASN'T GOTTEN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE.

SO THIS SHOULD HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY.

IF THE COMMITTEE GOES BACK TO COMMITTEE, IT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A VOTE AT THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THAT.

THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT IT GOES BACK TO A VOTE TO THE FULL BOARD AFTER IT GOES TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THEN I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES WITH THE VOTE HERE.

SO IF ANYBODY IS OPPOSED TO MOVING THIS TO BACK TO COMMITTEE, PLEASE SPEAK UP.

CHAIR SMITH, CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS? WE CERTAINLY MAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

IF YOU IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

CAN YOU CLARIFY.

THERE WERE TWO MOTIONS.

SO THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT REGENT GANAHL MADE HAS BEEN RESCINDED.

AND WE HAVE A NEW MOTION MADE BY REGENT MONTERA AND SECONDED BY REGENT SHARKEY.

SO WHAT ARE WE VOTING FOR? YES. WE'RE VOTING ON A MOTION TO RECOMMIT IT.

IT'S IN ALL HIS MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.

SO, YES, IT IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

SO IT ONLY TAKES A MAJORITY VOTE AND REGENT GANAHL HASN'T RESCINDED A RESOLUTION.

BUT YOU'RE VOTING ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO RECOMMIT IT TO UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS.

OKAY. SO THIS VOTE IS TO REFER THE RESOLUTION TO UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS.

CALL] PASSES SEVEN-TWO.

THANK YOU. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE LAST BIT OF THE DAY HERE.

AND LET ME JUST GET MY NOTES.

OKAY, SO WE'RE AT THE TOWARDS THE END OF OUR MEETING HERE, AND WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING OUR OUTGOING REGENTS WITH A RESOLUTION.

WE'LL DO A SIMILAR THING WITH THE LOO FAMILY, WITH THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN GET PHOTOS, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO A PHOTO WITH HEIDI.

HEIDI, I'M SORRY YOU'RE NOT HERE.

YEAH, LET'S GET AROUND THE TV SCREEN SO WE UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE SORRY THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE IN PERSON.

SO I GET TO READ HEIDI'S RESOLUTION, AND I NEED MY GLASSES. IF YOU WANT TO USE ME.

I ASKED TO READ HEIDI'S RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE ARE BOTH AT LARGE REGENTS.

SO WE WERE ELECTED STATEWIDE.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, HEIDI'S SEAT IS GOING TO THE CD EIGHT.

AND SO I WILL BE THE LAST STANDING AT LARGE REGENT UNTIL WE GET A NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

[03:35:06]

WHEREAS REGENT HEIDI GANAHL WAS ELECTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS IN 2016, REPRESENTING COLORADO AT LARGE, WHEREAS REGENT HEIDI GANAHL IS A CU ALUMNI WHO ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER, WHERE SHE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS.

WHEREAS PRIOR TO SERVING AS REGENT, REGENT GANAHL HAD AMPLE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SHIP EXPERIENCE AND OPERATED THE SUCCESSFUL CAMP BOW WOW. WHEREAS, REGENT GANAHL ADVANCED THE WORK OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS THROUGH HER SERVICE AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEES, VICE CHAIR OF FINANCE, UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE AWARD'S CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION INTO INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

WHEREAS, REGENT GANAHL HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR ISSUES FACING TODAY'S YOUTH, INCLUDING BULLYING, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SCHOOL SAFETY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

WHEREAS REGENT GANAHL HAS WORKED TO PROMOTE A POSITIVE LIFESTYLE WITH THE PLATFORM SHE FACTOR, WHICH SERVES GEN Z WOMEN COMMUNITY GROWTH AND PURPOSE.

WHEREAS REGENT GANAHL HAS BEEN A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

WHEREAS REGENT GANAHL HAS CONSISTENTLY ADVOCATED FOR AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HIGHER EDUCATION IN COLORADO.

WHEREAS REGENT GANAHL HAS SERVED THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS HONORABLY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND BESTOWS THE TITLE OF REGENT EMERITA ON HEIDI GANAHL FOR HER SIX YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO, HEREBY ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2022, AND SIGNED BY ME. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK THAT THERE BE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

SECOND.. BY REGENT KROLL.

AND I'D LIKE, OH, I'M SORRY.

AND WE CAN NOW MAKE COMMENTS.

IF I COULD, HEIDI.

SO I REMEMBER, GOSH, AUGUST 2014, YOU AND I HAVING LUNCH TOGETHER UP AT THE HIGHLANDS AND TWO YEARS BEFORE THE ELECTION FOR THE REGION AT LARGE.

AND YOU AND I HAD MET OH MY GOSH, I THINK IT WAS SIX MONTHS EARLIER, SEVEN MONTHS AT THE LPR RETREAT.

AND I KNEW YOU HAD SUCH A LOVE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AS AN ALUMNI.

AND I THOUGHT, WAIT, YOU WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD REGENT.

SO YOU AND I MET FOR LUNCH.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THIS, BUT WE HAD LUNCH AND I WAS TRYING TO RECRUIT YOU TO BECOME A REGENT.

AND I REMEMBER YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU WERE THAT YOU THANKED ME AND SAID WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IN YOUR FUTURE IS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF COLORADO.

AND HERE WE ARE EIGHT YEARS LATER, AND YOU'RE LEAVING THE REGENT BOARD AND YOU'RE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

AND SO IT TOOK ME A YEAR TO RECRUIT YOU.

YOU'RE KIND OF STUBBORN, BUT.

BUT WE GOT YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, HEIDI, IN SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AS A REGENT AND FOR SERVING COLORADO AND GETTING OUT THERE AND ADVOCATING FOR YOUR BELIEFS AND YOUR PRINCIPLES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE.

SO I WISH YOU WELL.

THANK YOU SUE. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE.

YES, KEN.

HEIDI, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GAVE ME.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOUR YEARS AGO IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL LUNCH TO MY PARTNER OVER HERE.

BUT YOU TURNED OVER VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING IN YOUR CAMPAIGN TO ME, AND IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

I'D NEVER RUN FOR ANYTHING SINCE I WAS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT IN MY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND YOU MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY CAMPAIGN AND HOW TO LOOK AT A CAMPAIGN.

AND I APPLAUD ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

I THINK YOU'RE THE HARDEST WORKING CANDIDATE IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK FOR YOU FOR A BRIEF YEAR, AND I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TOGETHER.

BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KEN.

APPRECIATE THAT. HI, HEIDI.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND ELSEWHERE.

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I WISH YOU WELL, ALTHOUGH I THINK WE'LL BE CROSSING PATHS AGAIN SOON.

SO GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PRESIDENT SALIMAN.

THANK YOU. SO, HEIDI, I REMEMBER WHEN WE MET, WHEN YOU WERE A CANDIDATE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, BUT WE HAD WE HAD BREAKFAST OR SOMETHING AT JILL'S RESTAURANT IN BOULDER AS THE AND WE STARTED GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER BACK THEN.

AND YOU WERE THERE BACK, YOU KNOW, BACK FROM DAY ONE.

WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHAT YOU WOULD BE FOCUSING ON ON THE BOARD.

AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN TO WORK TOGETHER ON QUITE A FEW THINGS OVER THE YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BOTH OF US PROBABLY REMEMBER PRETTY VIVIDLY IS OUR ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE COST OF EARNING A CU DEGREE AND AFFORDABILITY AND HOW MUCH FAMILIES TRULY HAD TO PAY TO EARN THAT DEGREE. AND WE WENT THROUGH A MILLION ITERATIONS.

AND AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT THAT WE GOT FRUSTRATED WITH EACH OTHER FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND BUT THE END IN THE END WE PUT TOGETHER A GREAT WAY TO TO DEMONSTRATE THAT TO YOU KNOW, THE CU COMMUNITY AND TO THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.

AND SO I, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO STICK WITH THAT AND BEING FLEXIBLE ALONG THE WAY.

AND ULTIMATELY WE ARE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A GREAT PATH FORWARD ON THAT.

AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE BOARD AND WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

YOU KNOW, LOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU CARE A LOT ABOUT.

YOU ARE LIKE AN IDEA MACHINE AS WE ALL KNOW AND WE AND YOU'VE HAD PATIENCE AND WE AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET THINGS DONE ALONG THE WAY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE BOARD AND TO FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO.

AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

AND I WISH YOU LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE.

THANK YOU, TODD. I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.

I'M LEAVING CU YOU IN GOOD HANDS WITH YOU AND AT THE HELM.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS GOVERNOR.

WELL, JACK, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, CHAIR SMITH. WELL, HEIDI, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO DO THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER SIX YEARS.

AND I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, SITTING AT THE ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR, 1800 GRAND, GOING THROUGH OUR ORIENTATION SESSIONS TOGETHER AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND WORK WITH YOU HAS JUST BEEN A BLAST. I MEAN, WE'VE WE GOT TO WORK ON SOME REALLY COOL THINGS.

WE GOT TO PUT TOGETHER THE DEBATE UP IN BOULDER.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU DID MOST OF THE WORK ON THAT, BUT I WAS GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT WITH WITH THE STATE TREASURER AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN 2018.

WE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY MOVE THE BALL WITH RESPECT TO VETERAN STUDENTS AND APPLICATION FEE WAIVERS AND TRANSFER STUDENTS AND THE SAME THING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE JUST REALLY ENJOYED LEARNING FROM YOU YOUR TENACITY, YOUR COMMITMENT.

IT'S BEEN INSPIRING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE ARC THAT YOU'VE HAD AS A REGENT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

AND THIS YOU'VE BECOME JUST EVEN MORE AWESOME OVER THE YEARS.

AND I HEARD YOUR INTERVIEW ON CPR A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST LIKE, DANG, SHE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, SO I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST, HEIDI, AND I'LL MISS YOU.

AND THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES TOGETHER.

THANKS, JACK. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND BUILDING A FRIENDSHIP TOO.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOUR NEXT STEPS ARE AS WELL.

THANKS. GLENN AND THEN VENKAT.

YEAH. WELL, HEIDI, SIX LONG YEARS, HUH? AND WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU OVER THOSE YEARS IS THE CONVICTION THAT YOU'VE HAD TOWARDS YOUR BELIEFS.

THE OTHER THING I'VE REALLY ENJOYED SEEING IS HOW MANY FIRES, HOW MANY IRONS YOU HAD IN THE FIRE.

AND IT WAS NEVER ONE.

THERE WAS VERY MANY.

AND THEY ALL DWELT ON CHANGE AND ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS AND ADVOCATING FOR PARENTS, WHICH YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD ANOTHER IRONS IN THE FIRE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

I RESPECT THAT VERY MUCH FROM YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUST FINE.

SO IT WAS GREAT WORKING WITH YOU.

THANKS, GLENN. FEELINGS VERY MUTUAL.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR MENTORSHIP, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS ON THE REGION BOARD.

HEIDI I WISH YOU WERE HERE AT UCCS CAMPUS AS THIS WAS DONE, SO WE MISS YOU BEING HERE.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF UCCS DURING YOUR REGENT TERM AND ALSO YOUR FIGHT FOR REDUCING COSTS FOR THE STUDENTS.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MORE HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND KEEP THAT TUITION RATE LOW.

SO BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

THANK YOU, VENKAT. I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR UCCS SINCE I GREW UP IN MONUMENT, SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL THERE.

HEIDI, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WHEN I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD, A LOT OF MUTUAL FRIENDS SAID, IT'LL BE REALLY NEAT TO SEE YOU AND HEIDI TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY REALLY SAW THE SIMILAR PASSION WE HAD FOR STUDENTS.

AND THEY KNEW THAT MAYBE WE DISAGREED ON SOME POLICY THINGS, BUT REALLY TOLD ME TO LOOK TO YOU FOR THAT, THE PASSION AND THE FIGHT.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE ROBUST AND DISCUSSIONS.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T OFTEN GET TO SEE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY YOU AND I HAD TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE ON THINGS WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE ON, BUT ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE FRIDAY DIALOGS ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS ABOUT REDUCING POLARIZATION AND HOW WE TALK ABOUT REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE KNOW AT THE CORE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A BELIEF ABOUT MOVING THINGS FORWARD FOR STUDENTS AND FOR FAMILIES AND FOR OUR STATE AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN A RESPECTFUL WAY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AND AND THOSE SHARED VALUES ABOUT MOVING STUDENTS FORWARD.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONVICTION, YOUR BELIEFS, YOUR TENACITY AND BEING A GOOD PARTNER IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THANKS A LOT. AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU.

AND I CONSIDER ALL OF YOU FRIENDS AND I WILL DEFINITELY STAY IN TOUCH AND AND BE VERY INVOLVED IN HELPING SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE.

AND I'LL JUST FINISH WHERE WE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION BY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE YOU GOT REALLY BUSY.

WE WORKED TOGETHER ON A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I REMEMBER BEING AT THE OLD SERIES POLICY CENTER BUILDING, SITTING AROUND A CONFERENCE ROOM TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POLARIZING DISCUSSIONS AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP GETTING PEOPLE ON CAMPUS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS ON POLARIZING ISSUES AROUND THE TABLE TO DISCUSS.

AND OUT OF THAT, WE HAD THE FRIDAY DISCUSSIONS THAT ILENA SPOKE OF THAT WERE THAT STILL BEING LED ON A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORMAT BY MATT BURGESS, WHO'S A FELLOW AT CERES AND ALSO WITH THE VINSON CENTER.

SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT THING THAT IT WAS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT EVEN DURING COVID THAT WENT FORWARD, WE WERE ZOOMING AND NOW I THINK IT'S PROBABLY HYBRID.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT YOU'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT.

I KNOW YOU WANTED TO START THE DEBATE GROUP AND SO FORTH.

SO BEST OF LUCK TO YOU FOR NEXT WEEK.

AND YEAH, DON'T BE A STRANGER.

THANK YOU, LESLIE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR CAMARADERIE.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE US TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.

ANYBODY OPPOSED PLEASE SPEAK UP.

THE RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. PICTURE AROUND THE MONITOR.

OR WE CAN DO A PICTURE ABOUT THIS.

OH, YEAH. THE BIG SCREEN.

YEAH. WE NEVER WE NEVER SEE THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR WHEN SHE'S GOVERNOR AND SHE CAN LORD OVER ALL.

THIS WILL BE A GOOD REMINDER OF ALL THE FUN WE HAD DURING COVID ON ZOOM.

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UP NEXT. YES.

SO THE NEXT RESOLUTION IS FOR REGENT KROLL AND REGENT SPIEGEL WILL BE PRESENTING.

AND I ASK THAT BOTH OF YOU GO UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

WHEREAS REGENT JOHN JACK KROLL WAS ELECTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS IN 2016.

REPRESENTING COLORADO'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

WHEREAS REGENT KROLL IS A CU ALUMNUS WHO EARNED BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN ECONOMICS AND ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER, WHERE HE SERVED AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND CHAIR OF THE INTER CAMPUS STUDENT FORUM.

WHEREAS REGENT KROLL ALSO EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN FINANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER.

WHEREAS PRIOR TO SERVING AS A REGENT, REGENT KROLL WAS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER CAMPUS, WHERE HE FOUGHT FOR ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR 11 YEARS.

WHEREAS REGENT KROLL IS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, RAISING OVER $300,000 IN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING.

WHEREAS THE REGENTS ELECTED REGENT KROLL IS VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR 2018 THROUGH 2019, AND HE WORKED IN HIS ROLE TO HELP STUDENTS REALIZE THEIR DREAM OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION.

WHEREAS REGENT KROLL WAS ELECTED AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR 2021- 2022, AND HE CHAIRED THE BOARD OF REGENTS DURING ITS MOST RECENT PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH.

WHEREAS REGENT KROLL ADVANCED THE WORK OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS THROUGH HIS SERVICE AS CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, VICE CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS AND AUDIT COMMITTEES, AND AS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNANCE AWARDS AND INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE.

WHEREAS REGENT KROLL HAS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF HELPING PEOPLE IN TRANSITION OUT OF THE MILITARY AND INTO COLLEGE.

ESTABLISHING THE CU BOULDER MILITARY STUDENT DAY, WHEREAS REGENT KROLL HAS BEEN A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR RESPONSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

WHEREAS REGENT KROLL HAS ADVOCATED FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO TO TO SERVE DIVERSE POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS MORE EQUITABLY. WHEREAS REGENT KROLL HAS SERVED AS THE UNIVERSITY, HAS SERVED THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS HONORABLY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND BESTOWS THE TITLE OF REGENT EMERITUS ON JACK KROLL FOR HIS SIX YEARS OF MOST EXCELLENT SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO, HEREBY ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2020.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING?

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OH, YOU NEVER LACK FOR THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH I USED TO TALK AT REGENT MEETINGS UNTIL I BECAME THE CHAIR.

AND THEN I WAS LIKE, GEEZ, I NEVER SHUT UP.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A FEW MORE WORDS BEFORE I GET OUT OF HERE.

AND VANESSA AND LUCY, PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN ME HERE.

THANK YOU, ILANA, FOR READING THAT WONDERFUL RESOLUTION.

SO AS WE ALL KNOW, ONE OF THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS THE READING OF THE NORLIN CHARGE AT COMMENCEMENT.

AND I'D LIKE TO START MY REMARKS BY SHARING A LINE FROM THAT CHARGE THAT RESONATED ME WHEN I ATTENDED MY FIRST UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COMMENCEMENT ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, AND I GOT TO SIT ON THE STAGE AT COMMENCEMENT.

AND THE LINE GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THE UNIVERSITY IS YOUR KINDLY MOTHER AND YOU, HER CHERISHED SONS AND DAUGHTERS.

WELL, IF THE UNIVERSITY IS MY KINDLY MOTHER, I'M LIKE THE SON WHO HASN'T MOVED OUT OF THE BASEMENT YET.

MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE, I'VE LIVED IN THE CONFINES OF THIS WONDERFUL UNIVERSITY, AND OVER THE YEARS I'VE DONE NEARLY EVERYTHING AND THE RESOLUTION ENUMERATED IT. SO I WON'T GO BACK THROUGH THAT.

BUT AS I FINALLY MOVE OUT OF MY KINDLY MOTHER'S ABODE HERE, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE MY FELLOW REGENTS WITH A FEW PIECES OF ADVICE.

FIRST, STAY HUMBLE.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THOSE WHO ARE HUMBLE AND THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE HUMBLED.

AND I HAVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF MY HUMILITY ON THIS BOARD.

AND IT STARTED THE FIRST MORNING AFTER I GOT ELECTED, WON THE PRIMARY.

AND I GET THIS PHONE CALL.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GET THOSE PHONE CALLS AND YOU SIT STRAIGHT UP OUT OF BED.

AND I SAW ON THE CALLER ID IT WAS THE DENVER POST CALLING AND I WAS PUMPED.

I WAS LIKE, OH, THEY'RE CALLING ME TO GET MY COMMENT.

AND I AND I LEAN OVER TO VANESSA AND I AND I KIND OF LIKE VANESSA WAKE UP.

AND SO SHE SITS UP AND SHE'S ALL GROGGILY.

AND THE VOICE ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE GOES, HI, THIS IS ALYSSA WITH THE DENVER POST.

AND I'M LIKE, OH, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO ASK? AND SHE GOES, CAN WE GET YOU BACK ON THE WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY SUBSCRIPTION? SO, YOU KNOW, THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, I GET ELECTED TO SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR ON THE BOARD.

AND IT WAS A NINE NOTHING VOTE.

AND I PICK UP THE EAGERLY, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE DAILY CAMERA WEBSITE TO SEE THE STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN.

AND CASA, THE REPORTER AT THE TIME, WROTE AT THE VERY END OF THE RECAP OF THE REGENT MEETING, YOU KNOW, SUE WAS ELECTED CHAIR AND SHE RECAPPED THAT VOTE AND THEN SHE HAD THIS LITTLE TWO SENTENCE PARAGRAPH AT THE END OF THE STORY THAT SAID AND JACK KROLL WAS ELECTED VICE CHAIR ON A NINE NOTHING VOTE BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE RAN.

THEN A FEW YEARS LATER, I GOT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THE VACANCY THAT OPENED UP.

AND I WAS SUPER PUMPED.

I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO CALL ME AND ASK FOR MY ADVICE.

AND SO I GET ON THE PHONE AND SUE WAS ON THE PHONE.

AND THIS IS NOT A KNOCK AGAINST THE REGENT THAT WILL BE NAMED IN THIS STORY, BUT IT'S JUST A KNOCK THAT LIKE, GEEZ, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE IT TO THE CHAIR AND YOU'RE STILL NOT VERY WELL KNOWN. AND THE GOVERNOR ANSWERS THE PHONE AND GOES, HEY, GLENN GALLEGOS, HOW ARE YOU DOING? SO, YOU KNOW, BUT PRAISE, ADULATION AND RECOGNITION IS REALLY NOT WHY ANY OF US DO THIS WORK.

WE DO IT FOR THOSE BEAMING FACES THAT WE SEE WHEN THEY CROSS THE STAGE AT GRADUATION FOR THEIR DIPLOMAS AND THEIR HANDSHAKES.

WE DO IT FOR THE AMAZING LIFE SAVING CARE THAT'S DELIVERED EVERY DAY AT THE ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS IN THE UNIVERSITY'S HOSPITALS.

WE DO IT FOR THE RESEARCH THAT GOES ON OUR CAMPUSES THAT CHANGES THE WORLD LITERALLY EVERY DAY.

AND FOR THOSE AMAZING LAUNCHES WHERE WE SEND SPACECRAFT INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO IT FOR FOR MANY OTHER REASONS THAN JUST THE PRAISE AND ATTENTION, ALTHOUGH THAT IS NICE AT TIMES.

AND MY SECOND PIECE OF ADVICE TO YOU ALL IS TO STICK TOGETHER.

YOU CAN DO SO MUCH MORE AS STEWARDS OF THIS GREAT UNIVERSITY BY RECOGNIZING THE SIMPLE FACT THAT NONE OF US HAS ANY POWER AS REGENTS UNLESS WE ACT TOGETHER.

AND I THINK THIS BOARD REALLY GETS IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THREE EXAMPLES OF TIMES IN THE UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY AND NOT NECESSARILY ONE MY FROM WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD WHERE THE REGENTS HAVE TRULY STEPPED UP AS INDEPENDENT ENTITIES AND CHANGED THE PATH OF THE UNIVERSITY FOREVER.

SO MY PREDECESSOR, MICHAEL KERRIGAN, HAD GREAT CONSTERNATION A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THE LEGISLATURE WAS CONSIDERING HOW REGENTS ARE ELECTED AND HOW WE GET TO OUR SEATS. AND HE SHARED WITH ME THE STORY ABOUT WHEN THE UNIVERSITY DECIDED TO MOVE OUT TO THE ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS.

THE GOVERNOR AT THE TIME WAS DEAD SET AGAINST IT, DID NOT WANT THE UNIVERSITY TO MOVE, BUT HE DID.

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AND NOW, LOOK, WE HAVE A PREEMINENT HEALTH CARE CAMPUS IN THE WORLD AS PART OF OUR UNIVERSITY'S PORTFOLIO. AND JIM SHORE, FORMER REGENT SHORE, REGENT EMERITUS SHORE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT.

ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS ON THE BOARD IS WHEN WE ELECTED TODD SALIMON ON A 9-0 VOTE, WHICH WAS THE LONGEST IN A YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS THE FIRST IN A VERY LONG TIME.

AND IN ONE OF THE ONLY FEW TIMES THE BOARD HAS EVER VOTED NINE NOTHING TO CHOOSE A PRESIDENT.

AND NOW YOU ALL AS REGIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE ON AND THOSE WHO WILL SUCCEED ME HAVE A WONDERFUL LEADER FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

AND THE BOARD HAS TO ACT THROUGH THE PRESIDENT AND STANDING BEHIND THE PRESIDENT AND STICKING BEHIND THE PRESIDENT AND BUILDING A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT WILL ENSURE THAT SUCCESS.

AND FINALLY, MUCH OF MADE MUCH IS MADE OF GEORGE NORLIN'S REFUSAL TO RID THE FACULTY OF JEWS AND CATHOLICS.

AND HE STOOD UP AND HE RIGHTFULLY, YOU KNOW, SAID, WE WILL NOT DO THAT.

BUT WHAT ISN'T TALKED ABOUT IS HOW HE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT THE REGENTS STANDING BEHIND HIM.

AND I THINK THAT GETS LOST AT TIMES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT TODD WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND I HOPE YOU ALL WILL STAND BEHIND HIM AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO DO THIS JOB AND TREAT HIM NICE BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT GUY.

AND BEFORE I WRAP UP, I JUST WANT TO THANK SOME OF THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO HELPED ME SERVE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS.

THEY RAISED ME ASKING THE QUESTION, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE? NOT IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE.

THEY WERE BOTH LIFELONG LEARNERS.

YOU KNOW, MY MOM WENT BACK TO SCHOOL LATER IN LIFE.

SHE EARNED A PHARMACY BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM C.U.

SHE TOOK CLASSES ON THE DENVER AND THE BOULDER CAMPUS.

IT WAS BEFORE THEY MOVED OUT TO ANDREWS.

AND SHE HAD A TENACITY AND SHE WAS RAISING TWO YOUNG BOYS, AND TO GET THROUGH HER DEGREE, SHE HAD TO TAKE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, AND SHE TOOK THAT CLASS AND FAILED IT FOUR TIMES BEFORE SHE FINALLY PASSED.

AND THAT TENACITY AND THAT COMMITMENT HAS ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME AND MY DAD, HE LOVED THE UNIVERSITY SO MUCH HE BASICALLY DID HIS MASTER'S IN HISTORY AT C.U.

DENVER TWICE, ONCE IN THE EIGHTIES UNDER TOM NOEL AND THEN AGAIN IN THE IN 2011 HE GRADUATED, WHICH WAS SO COOL BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME YEAR I GRADUATED.

BUT WHAT WASN'T COOL WAS RUNNING INTO YOUR DAD AS A COLLEGE STUDENT ON CAMPUS, AND I'D ALWAYS HAVE TO INTRODUCE HIM TO MY FRIENDS AS MY ROOMMATE.

SO, YOU KNOW, JEREMY, YOU'VE BEEN MY FRIEND SINCE GOD KNOWS WHEN.

AND AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIME YOU TOOK ME TO LUNCH RIGHT BEFORE I GRADUATED FROM MY UNDERGRADUATE AT C.U.

DENVER. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WANTED TO GIVE ME ADVICE, AND I'VE NEVER BEEN GREAT AT TAKING YOUR ADVICE, AND NOR HAVE YOU WITH MINE.

BUT SOMEHOW WE'RE STILL FRIENDS THROUGH IT ALL.

AND YOU, LIKE, I ORDERED, LIKE, A GIANT BURGER AND FRENCH FRIES, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY IT COOL.

AND JEREMY IS JUST LIKE, I'LL GET A CUP OF SOUP.

AND I'M LIKE, WHAT? NOW I'M INSECURE.

I SHOULD HAVE NOT GOTTEN ALL THIS FOOD.

YOU JUST GET IN A CUP OF SOUP.

AND I SAID, WELL, WHY DID YOU GOT TO JUST GET A CUP OF SOUP? AND HE LOOKED AT ME. HE SAYS, YOU GOT TO STAY HUNGRY.

IT'S. GREAT ADVICE.

GREAT ADVICE. YOU KNOW, THE LIST IS IS REALLY TOO LONG.

BUT JUST BEAR WITH ME FOR A LITTLE BIT.

I WANT TO THANK DAN WILSON AND HIS SUCCESSOR, TONY VU, FOR ALL OF THE GREAT MENTORSHIP THEY PROVIDED ME ON THE IAC AND THEIR ROLE AS TREASURER FOR THE UNIVERSITY. I'D LIKE TO THANK EFFIE AND THE BOARD OFFICE STAFF AND CARRIE AND AMANDA AND AMBER.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

ELIZABETH, YOU'VE BEEN WONDERFUL.

YOU ARE SO AMAZING AT YOUR JOB.

PAT O'ROURKE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS FOR SO LONG.

JEREMY I HOPE YOU PUT UP WITH US FOR JUST AS LONG AS PAT DID.

LEONARD THANKS FOR ALWAYS BUYING ME.

WHERE DID LEONARD GO? HE'S NOT HERE TODAY.

OH, LEONARD. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

HE ALWAYS BUYS ME BEER AND LISTENS TO ME RANT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT, TANYA.

YOU ALWAYS SET ME STRAIGHT.

YOU'VE BEEN LIKE MY MOM IN THIS PLACE.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

KEN MCCONALOGUE, YOU'RE THE WORLD'S GREATEST RACONTEUR.

YOU TELL THE BEST STORIES AND IT ALWAYS LIGHTENS THE MOOD.

CHAD MARTURANO, THANKS FOR THE REESES FROM LEO AND ALL OF THE GREAT WORK YOU AND COREY AND TODD BEFORE YOU WERE PRESIDENT DID ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ALSO THE BEST COMMITTEE STILL.

DR. LEITNER, THANK YOU FOR FOR ALWAYS SHARING YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GREAT WORK ON ON UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS.

IT'S BEEN A JOY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS.

TONY SALAZAR, YOU HOOKED IT UP WITH TWO RIDES IN THE STATE PATROL PLANE.

SO THAT WAS LIKE THE BEST THING EVER.

ALTHOUGH VANESSA GOT REALLY MAD AT ME BECAUSE WE LANDED IN GRAND JUNCTION, THERE WAS A DURANGO AND I DIDN'T TEXT HER RIGHT AWAY.

AND SHE'S LIKE, I WAS LIKE, GOOGLING.

DID THE PLANE GO DOWN?

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LET ME TELL YOU WHAT.

TO THE CHANCELLORS, CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE AN EMPLOYEE ON YOUR CAMPUS FOR SO MANY YEARS AND DEALING WITH THE AWKWARDNESS OF ME BEING A REGENT AND PUTTING UP WITH MY BELIEFS AROUND ATHLETICS.

THANK YOU TO CHANCELLOR MARKS.

YOU'RE A WONDERFUL LEADER TO THE DENVER CAMPUS.

THANK YOU TO VENKAT.

YOU'VE MADE SUCH A GREAT IMPACT HERE AT UCCS AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR WISDOM AND I'M SAD WE ONLY GOT TO ONE MOUNTAIN LIONS BASEBALL GAME DURING MY TENURE.

AND THANK YOU TO DON.

YOU'RE THE SECOND BEST RACONTEUR ON THIS IN THIS GROUP TO TO KEN BUT THE STORIES YOU WOULD TELL, I MEAN YOU GOT TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR LIFE. IT'S JUST AMAZING.

AND MY FELLOW REGENTS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH.

BUT I'VE LOVED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.

I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND THOSE WHO I SERVED WITH WHO ARE NO LONGER ON THE BOARD.

IT'S JUST BEEN AN HONOR TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND LEARN FROM YOU.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, VANESSA, WHO SOME SIX AND A HALF YEARS AGO HELPED ME WIN ELECTION TO THIS SEAT.

SHE HAS SUPPORTED ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

I CAN STILL REMEMBER DRIVING AROUND SOUTHEAST DENVER TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION, WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS BEFORE OUR WEDDING, AND WE WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS ALONG THE WAY THAT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

OKAY. THE NEXT VOTER HERE, SHE WOULD SAY, IS 75 YEARS OLD.

HER NAME IS AGNES.

AND OH, BY THE WAY, CAN YOU SEE YOUR COUSINS SITTING NEXT TO MY UNCLE AT OUR RECEPTION? AND IT WAS JUST THAT TYPE OF COMMITMENT IS SO HARD TO FIND IN THIS WORLD.

AND THE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME THROUGH ALL THE SACRIFICES, THROUGH ALL THE TIMES, I COULDN'T GO DOWN AND BE WITH YOUR FAMILY.

YOU WERE THERE AND YOU'RE STILL HERE WITH WITH LUCY AND THE LITTLE ONE ON THE WAY.

YOU'RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND YOU'RE THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE.

AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

AND SPEAKING OF LIGHT, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY HERE IS A FINAL LESSON I DECIPHER FROM THE NORLIN CHARGES.

WE ALL KNOW THE CHARGE REACHES ITS CLIMAX WITH THE CRESCENDO WHAT THE UNIVERSITY PURPOSES TO BE, WHAT IT MUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE AS REPRESENTED ON ITS SEAL, WHICH IS STAMPED ON YOUR DIPLOMAS.

A LAMP IN THE HANDS OF YOUTH.

AND IF ITS LIGHT SHINES, NOT IN YOU.

AND FROM YOU, HOW GREAT IS ITS DARKNESS? BUT IF IT IF ITS LIGHT SHINES WITHIN YOU TODAY AND IN THE THOUSANDS BEFORE YOU WHO CAN MEASURE ITS POWER.

SO IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO REALIZE THAT AS REGENTS, IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO SHINE THE BRIGHTEST FLASH THE HARDEST, OR ATTEMPT TO OUTSHINE ANYONE OR ANYTHING AT THIS UNIVERSITY.

OUR STAFF, FACULTY, STUDENTS, ALUMNI.

THEY'RE THE TRUE LIGHTS OF THIS UNIVERSITY, AND THEY'LL ALWAYS BE THE BRIGHTEST.

AS REGENTS, WE WILL NEVER SHINE BRIGHTER THAN THEM.

NOR SHOULD WE TRY, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T DESIGNED TO BE THAT TYPE OF LIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY .

BEFORE THERE WAS EVER STUDENTS, THERE WAS EVER CAMPUS FACILITIES OR FACULTY OR STAFF, THERE WERE THE REGIONS.

AND THAT'S WHERE OUR LIGHT IS.

WE ARE THE LIGHTS FROM WHICH ALL OTHER LIGHTS ON THE UNIVERSITY TAKE ITS SPARK OR THEIR SPARK.

WE ARE THAT ORIGINAL LIFE.

AND IF OUR LIGHT IS HUMBLE AND UNIFIED, WE CAN ALLOW IN PERPETUITY THIS UNIVERSITY TO CONTINUE TO SHINE BRIGHTLY.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I LOVE ALL OF YOU.

IT'S BEEN THE HONOR OF A LIFETIME.

FIRST WE HAVE TO VOTE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SAGE AND WITTY REMARKS.

WITH THAT IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION? LET'S SEE, KEN MONTERA FIRST AND I'LL DO TWO SHARKEY SINCE YOU GUYS ARE GOING OFF TOGETHER.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND I WILL OPEN IT UP TO YOU.

SO REGENT KROLL, I WASN'T GOING TO CRY TODAY.

I'M NOT CRYING.

YOU'RE CRYING. [LAUGHTER] JACK.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

YOU HAVE REALLY JUST BEEN A GREAT FRIEND AND PARTNER AND WE ARE A GOOD TEAM, YOU AND I.

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AND, MAN, WHAT A JOURNEY.

RIGHT? AND THEN YOU.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE YOU FOR A WHILE.

AND THEN I GET A CALL FROM YOU.

YOU WANTED TO MEET ME? YOU WERE REGENT CANDIDATE, AND YOU HAD SOME NAMELESS PERSON RUNNING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO RUN AGAINST YOU.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HECK.

SO. BUT YOU AND I MET DOWN AT RACINE'S, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT WHY YOU WANTED TO BE A REGENT.

AND I'M LIKE, HOLY COW.

THAT YOU. YOU ARE SUCH A BRIGHT, SHINING STAR, AND IT WILL ONLY GET BRIGHTER.

BUT I'VE WATCHED YOU FROM BEING A STUDENT TO A REGENT.

CANDIDATE IN A REGENT AND A HUSBAND AND A FATHER AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND VICE CHAIR WITH ME.

AND BOY, WE HAD SOME FUN TIMES TOGETHER.

WE REALLY DID LAST NIGHT.

WELL, YEAH, WELL, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO, JACK, YOU YOU ALWAYS AMAZE ME WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR INTELLECT, AND I SHOULDN'T BE AMAZED BY THAT.

BUT SIX YEARS, REALLY? 12 YEARS, FRANKLY, FROM WHEN YOU WERE A STUDENT.

YOUR LOVE OF THIS UNIVERSITY WAS SO APPARENT IN HOW YOU HAVE COMPLETELY COMMITTED YOURSELF TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AS A STUDENT AND STUDENT GOVERNMENT AS A REGENT.

AND YEAH, YOU YOU YOU KIND OF IN REGENT MEETINGS DO KIND OF TALK A LOT BUT IT REALLY IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW SO DOGGONE MUCH AND YOU DO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND YOU STUDY AND YOU PREPARE AND AND I GUESS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF ADVICE TO THE REGENTS IS TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO READ OUR MATERIALS AND UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.

AND THEY'RE SO COMPLEX.

BUT YOU GET IT.

YOU GOT IT. WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PERSON IN THIS WORLD I AGREE WITH ALL THE TIME, BUT I SO RESPECT YOU AND ADMIRE YOU, AND I'M GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR STAR CONTINUE TO SHINE AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND YOUR FUTURE WILL BE GREAT THINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, JACK.

AND DOGGONE IT MADE ME CRY TODAY.

THANK YOU, SUE. YES KEN.

JACK, I'M THE NEWBIE ON THE BOARD, AND THE DAY I WAS APPOINTED, YOU GAVE ME A CALL AND WELCOME ME.

AND I KNOW I'M ALMOST OLD ENOUGH TO BE YOUR FATHER, BUT I LOOK TO YOU AS A MENTOR, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THIS.

THE CIVIL DISCOURSE THAT WE HAD IN THE CAMARADERIE THAT WE HAD.

AND YOU MAY BE YOUNG IN AGE, BUT YOU HAVE A WISDOM THAT DON'T EVER LET GO OF.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE EMBARKING ON SOMETHING NEW RIGHT NOW.

AND THE I GUESS THE ADVICE I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU NOW IS DON'T EVER GIVE UP ON YOU.

DON'T EVER CHANGE WHO YOU ARE TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE BECAUSE YOU ARE A REALLY QUALITY, GOOD PERSON.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC CAREER AHEAD OF YOU.

YOU'RE A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND FATHER AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT IN LIFE.

DON'T EVER LET THAT GO TO BE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THAT GREAT PERSON WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.

THANK YOU, KEN. MICHELLE.

JACK, YOU WERE PART OF THE BOARD WHEN I WAS HIRED.

AND I REMEMBER THAT YOU ASKED THE TOUGHEST QUESTIONS.

ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSFER STUDENTS AND PATHWAYS FROM DENVER TO ANSCHUTZ.

AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT CHANCELLOR FOR YOUR HOME CAMPUS WAS GOING TO TAKE THE VALUES THAT YOU HAVE AND HAVE PUT FORWARD AS REGENT AND ALSO AS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET CARRIED FORWARD.

AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED NOT ONLY YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT ALSO YOUR PARTICULAR PASSION FOR C.U.

DENVER. THANK YOU.

I LOVE THAT PLACE.

VENKAT. JACK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A GRADUATE OF C.U.

DENVER, YOU REALLY CARED A LOT ABOUT BOTH DENVER AND UCCS, AND YOU ALWAYS PUT THAT FORWARD AS A BIG FIGHT, SAYING, HEY, THE LITTLE GUYS NEED HELP.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT ABOUT YOUR REALLY CONSISTENTLY ON THAT MARK.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT ONE BASEBALL GAME.

I WANT TO INVITE YOU BACK TO MORE BASEBALL.

WHENEVER YOU'RE HERE, JUST BRING ME IN.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ANOTHER ONE.

I'D LOVE TO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. TODD.

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WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES TOGETHER.

AND I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND FOR THE BOARD.

AND AND WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS, LOTS OF MEETINGS AND AND AND AND IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS, LIKE, GET INTO THE MEAT OF IT TOGETHER.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WITH YOU.

YOU'RE SO YOU'RE PASSIONATE AND YOU CARE SO MUCH.

AND IT COMES THROUGH AND IN ALL THE CONVERSATIONS AND AND YOUR TIME HERE MATTERED, YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE.

I MEAN, WE CAN POINT TO THINGS ALONG THE WAY THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU AND.

AND THE ONE THAT REALLY THAT I THINK IS GOING TO HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL AGREE ON THE ONE THAT THAT IS LIKE KIND OF THE SHINING ONE.

BUT THE WORK YOU DID AND THE WAY YOU SHINE LIGHT ON THAT ON ON THIS ISSUE OF OF WHAT REQUIREMENTS STUDENTS HAVE TO BRING TO, YOU KNOW, TO COME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND WHAT THEY AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED A LITTLE BIT FROM FROM MODERN TIMES.

AND SO YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AND WE FOLLOWED UP ON IT AND IT AND WITH THE WORK THAT MIKE LEITNER AND THE PROVOST AND THE CHANCELLORS AND SO THAT THAT ACTUALLY HAD A REAL MEANINGFUL IMPACT AND IT'LL HELP US BE A MORE ACCESSIBLE INSTITUTION.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A FOCUS OF YOURS.

SO WE HEARD ABOUT IT TODAY, RIGHT? SO YOUR FINAL RESOLUTION THAT YOU THAT YOU PASSED WAS, WAS REGARDING ACCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT CU IS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO TO ALL OF COLORADO AND ALL PEOPLE, NOT JUST COLORADANS EITHER.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES, TOO.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S NOT THOSE AREN'T JUST WORDS.

YOU YOU SAY THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CARE PASSIONATELY ABOUT AND IT'S REFLECTED IN YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR WORK.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE OTHER THE OTHER THING THAT THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE BOTH HAD FUN ON TOGETHER IS ALL THIS OUTREACH STUFF.

I MEAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE PRIORITIZED AND OTHER REGIONS HAVE PRIORITIZED ALONG THE WAY.

AND NOW WE ARE DOING IT.

AND AND I THINK IT'S SO GREAT WHEN YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES COME ON THESE TRIPS AND YOU YOU CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S COOL, RIGHT? WHEN WE GET TO TO ENGAGE AND WORK WITH THE PEOPLE DIRECTLY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THAT.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT BUT REALLY MOST IMPORTANT IS IS IS THE THE GIFT OF LUCY THAT VANESSA AND YOU GAVE TO ALL OF US.

AND SO YOU KNOW, SHE YOU KNOW, WE ALL REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEING ON ZOOM AND AND LUCY WAS WE WOULD ALL THAT WAS ALWAYS THE HIGHLIGHT OF ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WHEN LUCY WOULD STOP BY AND AND IT WAS HARD TO GET HER ON THE SCREEN SOMETIMES.

AND IN ANYWAY, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR FAMILY AND TO THE UNIVERSITY IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.

AND WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR GUIDANCE.

YOU GET FRUSTRATED WITH ME SOMETIMES, WHICH IS AWESOME, YOU KNOW? BUT IT'S AWESOME, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE CAN WE CAN ACTUALLY TALK THAT WAY AND MAKE AND GET STUFF DONE.

I MEAN, THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.

SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU DOWN AND I WISH YOU VERY MUCH SUCCESS IN YOUR IN THE MANY YEARS AHEAD OF YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TODD.

ALANA.

JUST JACK, THANK YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED IN YOUR REMARKS ABOUT THE NORLIN CHARGE AND THE LIGHT.

AND I JUST IN ADDITION TO THE RESOLUTION, JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WHAT A LIGHT YOU'VE BEEN FOR SO MANY OF US.

FOR ME AS A NEW REGENT COMING ON THE BOARD, FOR MY FAMILY AND FOR FOUR FRIENDS OF OUR FAMILY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, CARPOOLING DOWN, DOWN TO MEETINGS HERE IN THE SPRINGS OR OUTREACH TRIPS AND SHOWING UP AND, YOU KNOW, FINDING WAFFLES OR OREOS TO TO FEED YOU.

BUT JUST KIND OF THAT SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE COMFORTABLE THERE AND THAT MADE MY FAMILY FEEL COMFORTABLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU AND VANESSA AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE LUCY WENT REALLY HELPING MY KIDS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY BUT, YOU KNOW, RUTHIE AND BEING A LIGHT TO HER, YOU KNOW, BEING A LIGHT TO THE REST OF OUR FAMILY.

AFTER THE HOLIDAY CONCERT LAST YEAR, YOU CELEBRATED HANUKKAH WITH US AND.

YEAH, AND YEAH, AND YOU GOT TO KNOW CHARLOTTE AND HER FRIENDS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE STORY FOR ME, OUTSIDE OF ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, WAS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING WITH SOME STUDENTS AND THERE WAS A

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AND YOU HAVE A LIGHT THAT HAS HELPED SHINE A LIGHT ON A PATH FOR SO MANY PEOPLE PERSONALLY, PROFESSIONALLY, AND FOR THIS BOARD AND FOR THIS UNIVERSITY.

AND THAT LIGHT WILL CONTINUE ON.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ILANA.

HEIDI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? OKAY, GLENN.

YOU KNOW, JACK, EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU COVERED IN YOUR SPEECH.

SO I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY ANYMORE.

YOU KNOW, ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT VERBOSE.

ME AS WELL.

WHEN I WAS CHAIR OF THE BOARD, I COULD HARDLY WAIT NOT TO CALL ON YOU OR TO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN.

AND WHEN YOU DID THAT TO ME, WHEN I ASKED CHAIR IF YOU NOTICED WHEN YOU WERE CHAIR, I TRIED DOING THAT TO GIVE IT RIGHT BACK.

ACTUALLY, YOUR SIX YEARS, YOU'VE PUT A LOT INTO IT.

AND MAYBE THE REASON YOU DIDN'T RUN AGAIN IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU TO DO.

WHICH IS NOT REALLY TRUE.

YOU HAD GOOD.

AN AMAZING SIX YEARS.

AND THINGS I REMEMBER ABOUT YOU THE MOST IS THAT YOU WORKED WITH REGIONS.

YOU DIDN'T CARE IF THEY WERE HOURS OR DS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

YOU PUT TOGETHER PROGRAMS, PLANS, WHATEVER, TO MAKE THE WORLD GO AROUND OR TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.

AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT THAT TO THE BOARD A LOT AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THIRTY FOUR.

THAT'S USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT RUNNING THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT? SO I THINK YOU HAVE ANOTHER TERM LEFT IN YOU WHEN YOU'RE 50 OR 55 OR WHATEVER.

SO MAYBE THEN YOU CAN RUN FOR ANOTHER SIX YEARS, ANOTHER 12 YEARS.

I ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOU.

I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AND ACTUALLY A GREAT LIGHT.

FOR WHAT THIS UNIVERSITY REPRESENTS.

SO THANKS A LOT.

THANK YOU, GLENN. AND HEIDI IS NOW ON.

SORRY, GUYS. I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THE THING BACK ON.

JACK, YOU'VE BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO SERVE WITH.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS TOGETHER OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, BUT I CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND.

AND WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME HOW I'M GOING TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE, I USE OUR FRIENDSHIP AS AN EXAMPLE AND SAY WE CERTAINLY DISAGREE ON A LOT, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A LOT OF GOOD THINGS DONE AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SPEECHES.

I THINK THEY'RE GREAT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD LUCK WITH ALL OF YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

YOU'RE GOING TO DO GREAT.

THANK YOU, HEIDI. WELL, I WILL FINISH IT UP AND THEN WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS TO APPROVE IT.

JACK, I STILL REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET YOU.

AND THIS IS PROBABLY A HUMBLING REMARK.

WE HAD A CONFERENCE ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER.

YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE AND SO FORTH.

AND I REMEMBER YOU WERE AT MY TABLE AND I WAS LIKE, WHO IS THIS YOUNG GUY.

AND YOU WERE LIKE, I'M THE REGENT FROM DENVER.

AND HERE I'D BEEN ON THE CAMPUS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I ONLY KNEW THE REGENT FROM CD2.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THERE'S REGENTS OUTSIDE OF CD2.

AND THIS IS JACK KROLL AND GOSH, LOOK HOW YOUNG HE IS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST SHOWS THAT I DIDN'T LIKE PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO THE REGENTS ARE, RIGHT? AND I THINK THESE OUTREACH TRIPS ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO HELP A LOT WITH THAT.

BUT ANYWAYS, WE YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY WE PARTNERED TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE PANELS FOR OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT WERE DOING RESEARCH.

I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE TRANSFER ADVISORS GOING AND THEY WOULD GO OUT AND TAKE OUR MATERIALS OUT WHEN THEY VISITED.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO APPARENT.

I RECALL THIS VERY COMPLICATED RESOLUTION THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD JUNE.

WAS THAT OF COVID 20, AND IT HAD ABOUT 15 ITEMS AND BUT EVERYONE WAS DRIVING TOWARDS.

STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, THE LOW SPACE NATIVE AMERICAN LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THE THE TUITION FOR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF STATE GETTING IN-STATE TUITION IF THEY HAD TRIBAL CONNECTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, WAS SORT

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AND JOSE HAD JUST GOTTEN HIRED AND IT WAS ZOOM.

AND BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON THE BOARD, ON US, ON THE ADMINISTRATION IN SO MANY IMPORTANT WAYS.

AND THE UNIVERSITY IS BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND AT THIS? YES. OH, YES.

AXEL. YOU'RE FINALLY SPEAKING UP.

I LOVE IT. YEAH. JUST A LITTLE BIT.

I FEEL LIKE I WOULDN'T BE DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE BEING THE ICSF CHAIR.

SEEING AS YOU SAT HERE BEFORE ME AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STORIES THAT THEY SAID AND THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN YOU LIVE IN, YOU KNOW YOU LIVE IN UCCS'S MOM'S BASEMENT AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. IT'S ONE AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO KNOW YOU AND TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU'VE IMPACTED THE WHOLE CU SYSTEM.

SO I DIDN'T JUST WANT TO SIT QUIET.

THAT'S LIKE I'M OVER HERE TRYING TO DRAW SOMETHING UP FOR EVERYONE THAT'S LEAVING TODAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU SAT IN THIS CHAIR BEFORE US AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU TOLD US WAS, YOU KNOW, SPEAK UP BECAUSE YOU'RE THE VOICE.

YOU'RE THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP.

AND THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO US TO THE POINT TO WHERE THAT AFTER THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, OF COURSE, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF YOU WHEN WE CAME BACK TO THE CAMPUS, THIS BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS THAT YOU'RE SITTING ON RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT WAS YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT STOOD OUT TO US.

WE TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT YOU.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE JACK, JACK'S OUR HERO BECAUSE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TIMID AS STUDENTS TO SPEAK UP TO THOSE IN ADMINISTRATION.

AND YOU TOLD US SOME STORIES AND LET US KNOW THAT THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN GO ABOUT THINGS IN THIS WAY, THAT WE SHOULD GO ABOUT THINGS.

SO I'LL LET AIDEN TAKE OVER THE MIC AND THEN, YEAH, YOU KNOW, AXEL KIND OF MENTIONED IT THERE, BUT I JOKINGLY TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT, YOU'RE A HERO.

IT'S NOT A JOKE.

YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON WHO CAME UP TO AXEL AND I, AND WE LOVED WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE REGION, BUT THAT MADE AN IMPACT ON US.

YOU HAVE MADE AN IMPRESSION THAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS JUST BY DOING THAT.

AND WE'VE SEEN YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

WE'LL ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES WE'VE HAD WITH YOU.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ONLY GOTTEN TO WORK WITH YOU FOR A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, IT'LL ALWAYS BE AN HONOR FOR BOTH OF US.

SO THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING FOR ALL THE STUDENTS AND FOR STANDING UP FOR AXEL AND I AND HELPING US THROUGH THIS.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING AWESOME.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. SO OUR LAST ITEM THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, AT LEAST FOR YOUR RESOLUTION, IS TO APPROVE IT.

SO IF THERE ARE NO THERE IS NO OPPOSITION, SPEAK UP.

IF THERE IS, THIS RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

OH.

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AND SUE YOU CAN GET YOUR FAMILY UP HERE TO JOIN YOU.

NO, NOT ME. WHEREAS REGENT SUE SHARKEY WAS ELECTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS IN 2010, REPRESENTING COLORADO'S FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

WHEREAS, REGENT SHARKEY WAS REELECTED TO A SECOND TERM IN 2016, WHICH I THINK WAS THE BETTER OF THE TWO TERMS, I THINK OK.

WHEREAS REGENT SHARKEY IS A PROUD CU PARENT WITH TWO CHILDREN GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER.

WHEREAS, REGENT SHARKEY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE'S PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 12 1350, WHICH EXTENDS RESIDENCE STUDENT TUITION TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR DEPENDENTS PURSUING THEIR EDUCATION ON QS CAMPUSES.

WHEREAS, REGENT SHARKEY SPONSORED A REGENT RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED AND IMPLEMENTED TO AMEND THE UNIVERSITY'S NONDISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT POLICY TO INCLUDE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL AFFILIATION.

WHEREAS, THE REGENTS ELECTED REGENT SHARKEY AS VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS THREE TIMES.

FOR 2013-14, 2014-15 AND 2021-2022.

WHEREAS, REGENT SHARKEY WAS ELECTED AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR 2017-18 AND WAS REELECTED THE CHAIR FOR 2018-19.

WHEREAS, REGENT SHARKEY WAS CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON, DC.

WHEREAS, REGENT SHARKEY ADVANCED THE WORK OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS THROUGH HER SERVICE AS CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS, GOVERNANCE AND AWARDS COMMITTEES, THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEES AS VICE CHAIR OF UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS, INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, AND UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HEALTH BOARD LIAISON COMMITTEES.

SO YOU BASICALLY DID EVERYTHING AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT LAWS AND POLICIES SOCIAL CLIMATE SURVEY AND CAMPUS CLIMATE COMMITTEES AS REGENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION BOARD, AND SHE SERVED AS VICE CHAIR FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH IN 20 2022.

SO THEN YOU DID EVERYTHING, AND THEN YOU DID EVERYTHING AGAIN.

WHEREAS REGENT SHARKEY HAS BEEN A DILIGENT SUPPORTER FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND VETERAN STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COMMUNITY WITH A COMMITMENT TO ADVANCE HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST GENERATION, UNDERSERVED STUDENTS SEEKING A PATHWAY TO COLLEGE.

WHEREAS REGENT SHARKEY HAS SERVED THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO IN THE BOARD OF REGENTS HONORABLY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST APPRECIATION AND BESTOWS THE TITLE OF REGENT EMERITA ON SUE SHARKEY FOR HER 12 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO, HEREBY ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2022.

THANK YOU REGENT KROLL.

THANK YOU, BOARD OF REGENTS.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY.

JACK IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.

GOSH, I YOU ARE JUST SUCH A GREAT SPEAKER.

AND SO I AM GOING TO HUMBLE MYSELF NOW TO HAVE TO FOLLOW AND AFTER YOU.

YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS HOW MUCH I LOVE THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION.

AND BY ALL RIGHTS, I SHOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW.

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SO THE PEOPLE DECIDED TO PUT ME HERE TWO TIMES.

AND FOR THAT, I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL.

I'LL TELL YOU. I HOPE I CAN MAKE THIS QUICK.

THE FIRST TIME I BEGAN MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH CU.

I WAS BEGINNING A LOVE AFFAIR, NOT ONLY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BUT WITH THIS GUY RIGHT HERE.

WHEN DAVE JORDAN AND I WERE EARLY IN OUR RELATIONSHIP AND GETTING QUITE SERIOUS, WE WENT AWAY TOGETHER AND DAVE SAID ON OUR WAY UP TO THE MOUNTAINS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU BY UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER AND SHOW YOU WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL.

WELL, I DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE, SO I'D NEVER BEEN ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS BEFORE.

SO THIS WAS MY FIRST COLLEGE CAMPUS VISIT.

I WAS 27 YEARS OLD.

AND IT WAS MARCH.

IT WAS SPRING BREAK.

AND IT WAS A REALLY COLD DAY.

AND DAVE, WHO'S FAIRLY QUIET, WASN'T REALLY THAT QUIET THAT DAY.

HE HAD A LOT OF STORIES TO TELL ME ABOUT HIS TIME AT C.U..

AND WE WENT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND WE WENT ACROSS CAMPUS.

AND I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT THIS GUY THINKING, MAN, HE LOVES HIS UNIVERSITY SO MUCH.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHY.

BECAUSE IT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

IN THAT DAY WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE CHANGE IN MY LIFE.

BECAUSE I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS UNIVERSITY AND HIM.

BUT I HAD A STORY THAT I HAD TO SHARE WITH MY HUSBAND, MY BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME.

AND I WAS REALLY, REALLY SCARED.

BECAUSE THERE IS ONE THING THAT DAVE DID NOT KNOW, AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING I WAS PARTICULARLY PROUD OF.

AND WE'RE ON THE DRIVE TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS.

AND I'M TRYING TO MUSTER UP MY COURAGE TO SHARE WITH THIS REALLY SMART GUY.

SOMETHING ABOUT ME.

AND I WAS AFRAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO THINK VERY MUCH OF ME, BUT HE NEEDED TO KNOW.

SO I MUSTERED UP MY COURAGE AND I SAID, DAVE, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

I DIDN'T GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

I WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH MY SENIOR YEAR.

I HAD TO GET A GED.

AND DAVE'S DRIVING AND HE LOOKS AT ME LIKE, WHO CARES? IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

HE'S SUCH A GOOD GUY.

SO AS A MOM AND AT THAT TIME, AS A SINGLE MOM OF MY TWO SONS AND MY DAUGHTER IN LAW IS HERE TODAY WITH HER DAUGHTERS AND MY KIDS.

AND LIKE YOU, JACK, IT WASN'T ABOUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO.

IT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE.

YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE.

SO MANY YEARS LATER, AND DAVE AND I HAD OUR DAUGHTER JENNA AND WE HAD ALREADY PUT ONE SON THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

AND NOW WE HAD OUR DAUGHTER HERE AND WE GOT INVOLVED IN THE PARENT ASSOCIATION.

POOR JENA, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING THAT THE POOR GIRL DID, WE WERE INVOLVED.

SO SHE THINKS SHE'S GOING TO GO OFF TO CU.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THE CORD, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND NOT ONLY WAS DAVE, PRESIDENT OF THE PARENT ASSOCIATION, BUT THEN I DECIDED TO RUN FOR REGENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO GO HERE, I'D LIKE TO BE ON THE GOVERNING BOARD.

HER SENIOR YEAR, I WAS ELECTED.

AND IN MAY THAT YEAR, SHE GRADUATED AND SHE PUT ON HER CAP AND GOWN.

AND I PUT ON MY REGALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.

I PUT ON THE REGALIA AND I WAS ABLE TO HAND MY DAUGHTER HER DEGREE.

SO I ACCOMPLISHED MY GOAL AS A MOM.

I GOT ALL THREE OF MY KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE, AND NOW I'M SERVING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOARD OF REGENTS.

AND I SHARE THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN IN MY HEART AND MY PASSION IS TO TRY TO HELP KIDS HAVE A PATHWAY TO COLLEGE.

TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT NOT HAVING A COLLEGE DEGREE MEANS.

THE DOOR SHUT ON ME.

SOMETIMES THEY SLAMMED.

AND SOMETIMES, NO MATTER HOW HARD I WORKED, I WAS REMINDED.

YOU CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER.

YOU DON'T HAVE A COLLEGE EDUCATION.

IT HELD ME BACK.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M SO PASSIONATE FOR THIS UNIVERSITY AND FOR HIGHER ED.

THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CHANGES LIVES.

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THE STUDENTS THAT I'VE MET, THE STUDENTS THAT I ARE SITTING HERE TODAY.

AND AND I AM HUMBLED BY OUR STUDENTS.

BECAUSE I KNOW THE DEDICATION AND THE COMMITMENT AND THE DISCIPLINE IT TAKES TO GET THAT DEGREE.

AND I DIDN'T HAVE IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE IT WHEN I WAS AN 18 YEAR OLD OR 20 YEAR OLD.

SO I SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT SIU DOES TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO COLLEGE.

AND I AM SO PROUD.

I AM SO PROUD OF THIS UNIVERSITY.

AND I AM HONORED THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET TO PLAY A LITTLE PART HERE ON THIS BOARD OF REGENTS.

AND I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO THANK.

AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES.

WHEN I GOT ON THIS BOARD, BRUCE BENSON WAS PRESIDENT.

BRUCE BENSON WAS MY MENTOR AND AND MY FRIEND.

WE DIDN'T EXACTLY START OUT AS FRIENDS.

AND BEING THE STUBBORN PERSON THAT I AM.

AND MAYBE BRUCE, TOO A LITTLE BIT.

I CAME TO REALIZE THAT I CAN LEARN A HECK OF A LOT FROM THIS MAN IF I'LL JUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND LISTEN.

AND I DID. AND I LEARNED A LOT.

THAT WAS A GIFT THAT BRUCE BENSON GAVE ME WAS TO BE A BETTER REGENT IN HOW TO SERVE CU BETTER.

AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BRUCE.

AND THE BOARD OFFICE TO CAREY, WHO'S BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD.

KERRY, THANK YOU.

YOU'VE ALWAYS TAKEN SUCH GOOD CARE OF ME AND THANK YOU.

YOU TAKE GOOD CARE OF ALL OF US.

AND AMBER.

THANK YOU.

MY GOODNESS, YOU HAVE SUCH PATIENCE.

WHEN I GOT MY NEW MY NEW APPLE COMPUTER.

HOLY COW. AND THEN.

NOW. AMANDA.

AMANDA, THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE NEW, AND I WISH I COULD HAVE HAD MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH YOU, BUT IT'S JUST BEEN A PURE JOY TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THESE LAST FEW MONTHS.

MIKE LEITNER, MIKE.

WHEN I CHAIRED UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS AND YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ME AND HELP YOU IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN THE SPEAKERS.

AND I THINK 111 OF THE THINGS THAT I QUITE PROUD OF IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN BRINGING HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH CU DENVER, THROUGH DR.

HARTNETT, TO BRING HIGHER EDUCATION INTO OUR PRISONS AND TO GIVE INMATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER THEIR LIVES.

AND MIKE, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THIS GREAT PANEL TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT BEGAN THE PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU. PATRICK O'ROURKE OH, MY GOODNESS.

PAT HAS SAVED ME. I'VE SAID THIS SO MANY TIMES.

HE SAVED ME FROM THE CLIFF.

BELIEVE ME, HE DID.

HOW MANY TIMES? YOU KNOW, PAT, WHEN I CHAIRED THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY, AND I'D GET SOME WILD IDEAS AND I'M GOING TO DO THIS AND I'M GOING TO DO THAT AND PAT WOULD SAY WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WAY.

AND AND THROUGH MY TIME ON THIS BOARD PAT YOU'RE MY FRIEND AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

IT HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.

AND YOUR ADVICE AND WISDOM HAS MEANT SO MUCH.

ELIZABETH, YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE ME.

BUT THEN ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR TAKING CARE, TAKING CARE OF DAVE, TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS AND ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE WE'VE SHARED TOGETHER AND THE GOOD TIMES WE'VE HAD.

BUT YOU ARE WHEN I SAY I FEEL SPOILED, YOU'RE PART OF THAT.

I MEAN, YOU'RE A HUGE PART OF WHY I FEEL SPOILED.

I MAY GO THROUGH SOME WITHDRAWAL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO FUNCTION OUT EVENTS WITHOUT ELIZABETH THINKING.

AND KEN MCCONALOGUE CAN.

WHEN I WAS A REGENT CANDIDATE, I WOULD SIT AS A CANDIDATE AND KEN AND I WOULD SIT TOGETHER AND JUST SUCH A GREAT GUY AND YOU TOO HAVE KEPT ME OUT OF A LOT OF TROUBLE AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT MY WORDS TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT I CANNOT BECAUSE I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH A FEW WORDS.

I HAVE TO SAY A LOT.

IT'S HOW I COMMUNICATE.

BUT KEN YOU ALWAYS HELP ME TO ARTICULATE BETTER WHAT MY MESSAGE WAS? AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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OH, MY GOODNESS SAKES.

THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER WAS ON THAT HOUSE BILL.

AND YOU WROTE THE RESOLUTION THAT WE GOT PASSED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS.

AND THEN YOU WENT ON TO THE LEGISLATURE.

AND YOU LOBBIED AND HELP AND WITH TONYA TO AND HELP GET THAT BILL PASSED.

THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME.

AS A DEPENDENT MILITARY DEPENDENT.

I KNEW WHAT THAT BILL WAS GOING TO MEAN FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.

THANK YOU, JEREMY.

AND NOW, AS BOARD SECRETARY, YOU TWO HAVE PULLED ME BACK.

AND WE'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS.

BUT YOU LISTEN. YOU LISTEN.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

TANYA. HOLY COW.

TONYA, MY DEAR FRIEND, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

AND. OH, I SHOULDN'T LOOK AT YOU WHEN I TALK, TANYA.

YOUR FRIENDSHIP HAS MEANT SO MUCH AND IT HAS BEEN BEYOND THIS, THIS BEING COLLEAGUES AND WORKING JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF CU.

BUT WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND I WAS GOING THROUGH ORIENTATION, I REMEMBER YOU SITTING DOWN WITH ME AND I KNEW I LIKED YOU LIKE THAT.

AND AND YOU SHARED SOME OF YOUR STORIES WITH ME AND YOUR LOVE OF CU.

AND THEN I COME TO FIND OUT THAT YOU KNEW MY SON LONG BEFORE YOU KNEW ME, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.

AND MY SON LIKED ME.

WE BOTH JUST LOVE YOU DEARLY.

OH, GOODNESS.

PHIL. PHIL DISTEFANO.

GOSH, BACK WHEN YOU KNOW, DURING THE DAYS OF WHEN WE WERE INVOLVED WITH WITH THE PARENT ASSOCIATION.

AND I GOT TO KNOW YOU AND YVONNE.

AND JUST ADMIRED YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY.

AND I THINK THAT YOU MUST HAVE STARTED HERE WHEN YOU WERE ABOUT FIVE.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE AT SOME EVENT AND YOU GOT UP AND SPOKEN, SAID YOU'D BEEN HERE 40 YEARS AND I THOUGHT, THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD.

YOU WERE NOT THAT OLD.

SO I KNOW YOU STARTED WHEN YOU WERE QUITE YOUNG, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT AND STEADFASTNESS AND LEADING CU BOULDER AND THROUGH SOME REALLY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TIMES.

BUT WITH SUCH GREAT LEADERSHIP, WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU.

AND VENKAT.

UCCS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR UCCS.

AND IN THE WINTER OF 1965, MY BROTHERS TOOK ME OUT HERE IN THEIR CAR AND THAT PARKING LOT AND DID DONUTS IN A BLIZZARD.

SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME, AND I WAS SWORN TO SECRECY.

I COULD NOT TELL MY PARENTS, BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER REMEMBER COMING TO A UCCS.

IT'S CRAZY, BUT THANK YOU.

AND YOU'RE GROWING THIS BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS, AND I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO AUDREY BEING ABLE TO TOUR THE CAMPUS TODAY.

SO. WE'RE ALL.

MICHELLE. MICHELLE, MY GOSH.

WHAT A FRIEND.

AND I ENJOY YOU SO MUCH AND ADMIRE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

YOU ARE TAKING C.U.

DENVER TO GREAT PLACES AND HAVE DONE IT IN THE MOST CHALLENGING OF TIMES WHEN YOU CAME ON DURING A PANDEMIC.

SO THANK YOU.

FOR WHAT? AND LIKE, I FEEL THAT CU DENVER IS IN HAS SUCH STABILITY RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND DON. GOODNESS WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT AT ANSCHUTZ, SAVING LIVES, CREATING A CAMPUS WITH DOCTORS AND THESE BRILLIANT PEOPLE AND RESEARCHERS AND.

TALK ABOUT HUMBLING, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN WHEN I GET TO MEET WITH THE FOLKS OUT AT ANSCHUTZ, IT'S QUITE HUMBLING.

BUT YET WE'RE SO PROUD AND YOU'VE LED THAT CAMPUS TOO.

I HAVE A NIECE WHO GRADUATED FROM THERE WITH AN MD AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT, WE HAVE ANSCHUTZ.

BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE A GRANDSON TODAY WHO WOULD HONESTLY NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T WEREN'T FOR OUR ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS.

MY LITTLE LEVI, MY LITTLE GRANDSON, WHO'S LIKE THIS TALL NOW.

TODD, BOY, WE'RE NOT HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE ON A COMMITTEE TO TO MAKE YOU OUR PRESIDENT OF CU, THE

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IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THAT SEARCH COMMITTEE.

WE GOT THE BEST.

THANK YOU. AND WHEN YOU BECAME CFO, I LOVE SO MUCH HOW YOU WOULD CONNECT WITH EACH REGION INDIVIDUALLY, WHERE WE WERE AT, NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, WHERE WE WERE AT, BUT INTELLECTUALLY WHERE WE WERE AT.

AND YOU ALWAYS MADE IT EASY FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND REALLY COMPLEX ISSUES REGARDING THE BUDGET HERE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS.

THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD I'VE SERVED WITH 19 REGENTS IN MY 12 YEARS.

AND THIS BOARD THAT WE HAVE TODAY, ALL OF YOU ARE REALLY LIKE THE BEST BOARD.

YOU ARE THE BEST THAT WE'VE HAD OR THAT I'VE HAD THE BENEFIT OF SERVING WITH.

AND NOW I HAVE TO LEAVE.

BUT I KNOW I'M LEAVING IN GOOD HANDS.

I BETTER STOP THERE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE VERY BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

AND THANK YOU TO THIS UNIVERSITY FOR IMPACTING LIVES, CHANGING LIVES, AND MAKING COLORADO A BETTER PLACE, OUR NATION A BETTER PLACE, AND CERTAINLY THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

THAT'S WHAT CU DOES.

THANK YOU.

CAN I OFFER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? YES. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR.

AND WHO WOULD LIKE THE SECOND? THIS SECOND, SECOND.

NORLBERT. AND I'M ASSUMING THERE IS NO OPPOSITION, BUT ANYBODY OPPOSED? THE RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND I WILL TAKE COMMENTS.

OH, GO. GO AHEAD.

SO, SUE, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER MET ANYBODY WITH THE TENACITY AND PASSION FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

YOUR LOVE OF THIS SCHOOL GOES SO DEEP IT AMAZES ME.

AND YOUR DESIRE TO MAKE IT BETTER IS REALLY UNRIVALED.

AND I GUESS I LEARNED THAT, WHAT, FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN JERRY RUTLEDGE SAID, I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEBODY IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING BEING A REGENT. SO WE WENT AND HAD DINNER AT A PLACE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, AND I TOLD THERESA PROBABLY BE GONE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.

I GOT HOME THREE AND A HALF HOURS LATER, AFTER TWO AND A HALF BOTTLES OF RED WINE AND A STEAK BIGGER THAN MY HEAD.

AND SUE SHARKEY CONVINCED ME THAT I NEEDED TO RUN FOR REGENT IN 2018.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE YOU REALLY ENLIGHTEN ME ON WHAT IT MEANS TO GIVE BACK TO A SCHOOL YOU LOVE.

YOU'RE A ROLE MODEL FOR THAT, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT.

AND ALTHOUGH THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT THE WAY I WANTED IT TO, IT CAME BACK AROUND AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND I AM COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS BOARD.

AND I ONLY HOPE THAT I CAN SERVE IT AS WELL AS YOU DID AND AS PROUDLY AS YOU DID.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT SOON.

THANK YOU, KEN. AND I REMEMBER JERRY SAID IN THE PARKING LOT THAT NIGHT, AND YOU WEREN'T GOING TO LET HIM GO UNTIL HE COMMITTED TO RUNNING FOR REGENT.

IT TOOK YOU THREE AND A HALF HOURS.

IT TOOK HEIDI A YEAR.

SO THANK YOU. IT'S SAFE TO SAY YOU IMPROVED YOUR PITCH IN BETWEEN.

I DID, YES. YES.

WELL, SUE, I YOU'VE BEEN JUST A TREMENDOUS FRIEND FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS.

AND GOSH, I MEAN, WE WENT THROUGH SO MUCH THE AS THE JUST THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR UNDER YOUR CHAIR SHIP AND THEN FOR YOU TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR FOR THE BOARD WHEN I WAS SERVING AS CHAIR.

WHAT A NEAT WHAT A NEAT THING THAT WE GOT TO DO AND THE TRIPS THAT WE TOOK PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC TO GO TO DC AND LOBBY.

AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN THE WAS IT THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT, WHEN WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE CONGRESS PASSED, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME REALLY HARMFUL THINGS IN THAT LEGISLATION TO THE UNIVERSITY, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN INTO HALF OF THE ROOMS THAT WE GOT INTO ON THAT TRIP WITHOUT YOU PERSONALLY GOING AGAINST, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR PARTY WAS SUPPORTING AT THE TIME AND

[04:55:04]

AND, YOU KNOW, IT FELT LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE AND THAT TYPE OF COMMITMENT IN SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY WHERE YOU WERE WILLING TO PUT SEE YOU ABOVE ALL ELSE, REALLY, YOU KNOW, ABOVE YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS, ABOVE YOUR FRIENDSHIPS.

TO STAND UP FOR THIS PLACE SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE TYPE OF REGENT YOU YOU WERE ON THE BOARD AND YOU HAVE SERVED AS AND I STILL REMEMBER WHAT BRUCE SAID TO ME WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM THAT TRIP, AND HE SAID, WELL, HOW? HE ASKED, HOW WAS THE TRIP? AND I SAID, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND AND WE GOT A LOT DONE.

AND HE SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DID YOU GET A LOT DONE, BUT I THINK YOU CAME BACK WITH SOMETHING EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

AND I SAID, WHAT'S THAT? HE SAID, YOU MADE A FRIEND.

AND WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOR LIFE.

YES, WE WILL. REGENT FRIENDS FOR LIFE.

THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU, SUE.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANKS, BILL.

SO JUST BRIEFLY, I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS OF ME, BUT ALSO THE FRIENDSHIP THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.

AND GOING BACK WITH DAVE TO THE PARENT ASSOCIATION AND IN THE RESOLUTION I MIGHT HAVE VISITED.

BUT ONE THING THAT WASN'T SAID WAS YOUR COMMITMENT TO PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER TO GET OUR PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM TOGETHER OUT IN THE NORTHEAST.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. THANKS, PHIL.

SO I KNOW A GOOD PIECE OF YOUR HEART IS IN YOU SIX AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MILITARY STUDENTS AND VETERANS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME, REALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MILITARY STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANKS, VENKAT.

GREAT. SO I.

I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE.

WHEN I WAS FIRST COMING ON THE BOARD, I WAS A LITTLE SCARED OF, YOU KNOW, YOU I, I KNOW.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN PERCEPTIONS YOU FORM.

AND AND I DIDN'T KNOW.

AND WHEN YOU TOLD THAT STORY ABOUT BRUCE AND STEPPING BACK AND LISTENING, IT WAS MY PREDECESSOR IN THE SEAT, JOHN CARSON, WHO GAVE INCOMING REGENTS THE ADVICE OF GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, FORM RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, BUILD THAT TRUST.

AND IT WAS ANOTHER REASON I [INAUDIBLE] MICHAEL KERRIGAN WHO SAID, GET GET TO KNOW SUE.

AND SO WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

I WAS THERE IN COVID AND WE DID SOME COFFEES, COFFEE ZOOMS BEFORE I CAME ON THE BOARD.

AND I, YOU KNOW, AS A CANDIDATE, HAD BEEN WATCHING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE DOING.

AND WHAT I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH, THOUGH, WAS AS AS I STEP BACK AND LISTEN, WAS YOUR DEEPLY HELD CONVICTIONS AND BELIEFS AND VALUES, BUT STILL HAVING AN OPEN MIND AND LISTENING TO INPUT AND THROUGH UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS WITH WITH MICHAEL LEITNER, YOU HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT TEST OPTIONAL COLLEGE ADMISSIONS, SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO ME AND I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT.

AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND YOU YOU HELD MY HAND AS I CAME ON THIS BOARD IN HELPING FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SOMETHING DONE THAT TRULY CREATES ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR SO MANY STUDENTS THAT WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOU.

AND YOU ARE TRULY A ROLE MODEL FOR THAT, ABOUT HOW YOU HOLD ON TO YOUR CONVICTIONS AND YOUR BELIEFS AND VALUES, BUT MAINTAIN AN OPEN MIND AND HEAR INPUT AND THANK YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR BECOMING, BECOMING A FRIEND AND A MENTOR.

AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, ILENA. THANK YOU.

DON. BECAUSE OF YOUR FAMILY, WE'VE HAD A SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH YOU AT ANSCHUTZ, AND AND WE'VE BEEN VERY PROUD TO DO THAT.

AND YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE CAMPUS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND MY MY ONLY PARTING WORD WOULD BE DON'T LOSE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, BECAUSE AS LONG AS I'M AROUND, IF ANSCHUTZ CAN HELP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE PROUD TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. AND I WOULD SAY THAT TO JACK AS WELL AND HEIDI.

SO, YEAH, DON, THANK YOU.

I WILL PROBABLY BE TAKING YOU UP ON THAT MORE AND MORE AS I'M GETTING OLDER.

AND DON, I'VE GOT A BABY DUE ON JANUARY 3RD.

SO WE'RE SEEING JACK. I KNOW THAT.

YEAH. AND I KNOW ABOUT THE GETTING OLD PART, TOO.

HE'LL GET YOU IN RIGHT AFTER NOLBERT'S PROCEDURE.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

SUE, I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR PRISONER POPULATIONS AND FOR MAKING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, AND ALSO FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND HOW WELCOMING YOU'VE BEEN TO ME AND TO, FRANKLY, EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN YOUR SPHERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHELLE.

OKAY, TODD.

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I AM GOING TO MISS ALL OF OUR OUR TIME WE GET TO HANG OUT TOGETHER OVER LUNCH AND AND TALK ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND OUR LIVES.

AND I JUST REALLY I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

AND FOR YOUR YOUR EMPATHY AND COMPASSION AND SENSE OF JUSTICE THAT YOU THAT YOU BRING TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO ALL THINGS.

AND AND WE WILL WE'LL DEFINITELY MISS ALL OF THAT.

YOU'VE ALSO BEEN INCREDIBLY COMMITTED TO KEEPING COSTS FOR STUDENTS IN CHECK AND AFFORDABILITY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF A HAWK ON FEES, RIGHT? AND ALWAYS HAVING YOUR EYES ON THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT THOSE FEES AREN'T GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.

AND SO SO I JUST WANTED TO TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR YOUR YOUR VIGILANCE ON THAT YOUR YOUR COMMITMENT TO VETERANS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT.

I THINK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE MENTIONED IT.

SO I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH MORE, BUT TO JUST TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO VETERANS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ADVANCE OUR WORK, TO SERVE THEM, SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED, BUT THAT IS OUR IS OUR WORKING OUTREACH.

SO YOU WERE REALLY ONE OF THE THE YOU WERE ONGOING YOUR CONSTANT VOICE IN TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO DO THAT.

AND NOW WE ARE WE ARE DOING MUCH MORE OF IT.

AND SO IT AND IT WORKS AND, AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING THAT.

AND SO YOU CAN BE YOU CAN BE SURE THAT WE'LL KEEP DOING THAT.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK YOU ALSO DIDN'T MENTION, JUST JUST THAT THAT JUST DEMONSTRATES YOUR LONG TIME COMMITMENT.

SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THE CWC SURVEY AND THE WORK WE'RE DOING AROUND THE CWC SURVEY.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THE FIRST TIME WE REALLY STARTED TALKING ABOUT DOING A SYSTEM WIDE SURVEY TO LOOK AT AT BELONGING WAS A LONG TIME AGO WITH YOU AND JIM GEDDES AND SO I REMEMBER AND AND I THINK OTHERS DO TOO AND FOUR AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK AND COMMITMENT ON THAT.

AND THEN THEN FINALLY, WE WILL KEEP SEEING YOU BECAUSE DAVE IS A TRUSTEE.

AND SO THANKS TO DAVE FOR HIS FOUR FOR FOUR FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO SEE YOU AS WELL.

AND YOU WERE YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW YOU BECAUSE YOU, YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE A TEAM.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU, TOO, DAVE, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE A TRUSTEE AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE YOU ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE SUE ALSO WHEN AT THE TRUSTEE RECEPTION.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE, YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND YOUR DEDICATION TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU, TODD. AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST ABOUT THE OUTREACH.

THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HAS A GREAT STORY TO TELL.

AND AS YOU GET OUT AND YOU TELL THE STORY ACROSS COLORADO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO GO ON THE OUTREACH TRIPS AS PEOPLE LEARN THEY'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT US.

AND AND LIKE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT WHERE THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO WE ARE COLORADO'S UNIVERSITY.

AND SO YOU HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL AND KEEPS KEEP TELLING IT.

THANK YOU. AXEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? YES. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, CHAIR SMITH.

MS.. SHARKEY, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR MIND.

I KNOW WE HAVEN'T WORKED TOGETHER FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME, BUT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR MIND TO A SPECIAL MOMENT WE SHARED LAST NIGHT IN THE SKYBOX.

AND AS I GOT HOME, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET HOME, I SORT OF REFLECT ON MY DAY SOMETIMES.

AND THE MAIN REFLECTION FROM YESTERDAY, BESIDES YOU ALL BEING ON A GREAT CAMPUS, WAS THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO SHOW ME GENUINE EMPATHY.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN SHOW SYMPATHY.

IT'S EASY. IT'S TWO WORDS IT'S, OH, I'M SORRY FOR THIS OR I'M SORRY FOR THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU CAN SIT THERE AND REFLECT AND SHARE EMOTIONS ABOUT A PAST EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING TOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO DO AND IT'S OKAY.

EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO SHOW HEALTHY.

BUT THE WAY WE SHARED THOSE, I THINK 5 MINUTES IN THE CROWDED, LOUD KIND OF SKYBOX.

IT WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, LIKE, EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY WORKED FOR, WHAT, TWO MEETINGS, THREE MONTHS, TECHNICALLY, THAT MOMENT ALONE WILL BE HELD ON FOREVER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

INVESTMENT. YES, MA'AM.

AND I THINK EDEN GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.

YEAH, SIMILAR TO AXEL.

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IT WAS ACTUALLY AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MEETING WE ATTENDED.

AND YOU GREETED US LIKE WE WERE OLD FRIENDS.

WE HAD NEVER MET BEFORE, BUT YOU SHOWED SUCH COMPASSION AND CARE WITH US.

AND EVEN WITH AXEL'S VETERAN STATUS, YOU GREETED HIM AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT AND JUST TALKED TO US LIKE WE WERE PEOPLE, NOT STUDENTS, BUT EQUALS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET AND SOMETHING I'LL ALWAYS APPRECIATE AND TRY TO STRIVE FOR WHEN I GREET PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THAT COMPASSION TO US.

HEY, GUYS. HEY, OUR STUDENTS.

YOU HUMBLED? OKAY.

SUE. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY BRIEF BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING I'M TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT HERE WITH OUR TIME.

YOU KNOW, WE BOTH SHARE OUR PASSION OF GOVERNANCE AND SHARED GOVERNANCE AND BOARD GOVERNANCE.

AND SO I WILL BE CARRYING THAT MANTLE WHEN YOU'RE YOU'RE OFF THE BOARD.

AND THANK YOU FOR IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CULTURE AND THE WAY WE DO OUR WORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST I'M GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE FOR YOU WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.

AND YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER IN THAT BECAUSE WE'VE CHAIRED AND VICE CHAIRED TOGETHER ON THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO GET TO KNOW DAVE.

WE WERE THE LAST HOLDOUTS AT THE PAC 12 TOURNAMENT BECAUSE OUR FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED.

SO MY THREE DAYS WENT TO FIVE DAYS AND SUE AND DAVE WERE SO NICE TO INVITE ME TO JOIN THEM FOR DINNER.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET TO KNOW DAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO AND YOU YOU'VE HAD SUCH A LONG TENURE AND IMPORTANT TENURE WITH YOU.

SO YOU'RE YOU'RE LIKE THE FACE OF THE CU FAMILY.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

BEFORE WE TAKE THE PHOTO, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE, I JUST WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO VENKAT AND WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE MEETING AND THEN WE'LL GET TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO WITH YOU.

SO. OKAY, WELL, THIS IS JUST A QUICK MINUTE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT KEY LEADERS WHO JOINED OUR CAMPUS.

I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY RECOGNIZE DR.

JOSE CANTU, OUR VICE CHANCELLOR, ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT.

WE REALLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM.

THIS IS HIS FOURTH DAY.

I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF BACK THERE, DWAYNE MCCARVER.

HE COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, WHERE HE SERVED AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM ON CAMPUS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I INTRODUCE TO THE REGENTS, THE PRESIDENT AND THE FELLOW CHANCELLORS AND OTHERS.

SO AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON OUR CAMPUS.

AND WE EVEN FIXED THE WEATHER THIS MORNING.

THERE WAS NO SNOW.

SO THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU BEING HERE.

AND THEN THE DEI BRIEFING IS GOING TO BE..

YEAH, THE DEI BRIEFING WILL BE IN UC 303 RIGHT AFTER THIS EVENT.

THANK YOU. SO GREAT.

WELL, WITH THAT, A VERY FULL DAY AND A HALF.

AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.

CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE.

SO MOVED MOVED TO ADJOURN.

YES. AND THE SECOND? SECOND, CALLIE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

AND LET'S GATHER FOR PHOTOS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.