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

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

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

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

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

The minutes will be released upon board approval.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

President Todd Saliman with the concurrence of the University Advisory Committee of Distinguished Professors.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Please refer to the attached memo. 

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Venkat Reddy with concurrence of Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Nancy Marchand-Martella.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

I have reviewed this tenure case and have approved it. I attest that it is consistent with all requirements of regent policy.

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Venkat Reddy, with concurrence of Provost Nancy Marchand-Martella.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

I have reviewed the sabbatical applications and approved. I attest they are consistent with all requirements of regent policy. 

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Elliman, with the concurrence of Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Nairn

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  I have reviewed this sabbatical application and have approved it. I attest that it is consistent with all requirements of regent policy.

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See attached report.

See attached report.

See attached.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor DiStefano, with the concurrence of Provost Russell Moore, Chief Operating Officer Patrick O’Rourke and Interim Vice Chancellor for Infrastructure and Sustainability Chris Ewing.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

CU Boulder is requesting approval to rename the Fleming Building, located on the university main campus as the “Ofelia Miramontes and Leonard Baca Education Building.” The building is undergoing extensive renovations to provide a new campus home for the School of Education.

Following Regent guidelines for honorary building naming, a committee of alumni, faculty, staff, donors and students created a process and reviewed nominations for renaming the building currently named after a former Law School Dean from when the building housed the Law School.

Ofelia Miramontes was a beloved and highly respected professor in the School of Education, a pioneering bilingual education scholar across K-12 and higher education, and CU Boulder’s first Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, long before many other higher institutions had elevated such critical work. As Associate Vice Chancellor, she created the CU-LEAD Alliance and established an undergraduate scholarship program for first-generation college students and students of color.

Miramontes was born and raised in San Diego, California, where she developed and implemented the first federally-funded bilingual education program for the city. In Colorado, she was instrumental in creating the bilingual programs at elementary schools in the Boulder Valley School District.

Miramontes’ legacy is deeply connected with her family and Latinx heritage, and her work lives on through the students, educators, and communities that continue to benefit from her research and leadership. Long before diversity and equity were commonplace terms used by university leaders nationwide, Miramontes’ vision embodied and exemplified diversity and equity principles in ways that truly broadened and enriched both the School of Education and campus perspectives that continue to influence students and campus life today.

Leonard Baca is a well-regarded researcher in the consequential field that he initiated, Bilingual Special Education, which aims to address the overrepresentation of emergent bilingual children in special education classes as well as a general misunderstanding of the differences between language issues and learning issues in the field of bilingual education and general education.

This work, conceptualized and developed in the early 1980s, earned Baca the affectionate title “Father of Bilingual Special Education.” He wrote the first and seminal textbook in the field titled the “Bilingual Special Education Interface,” which has four editions, and for decades has been touted as the central work on the nexus of bilingual and special education. 

Baca was hired as an assistant professor at CU Boulder in the School of Education in 1974, and the following year, he conceptualized, created, and directed the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education, the first center in the School of Education.

Over the past 46 years, Baca and the BUENO Center have generated over 100 million dollars of external support, and created critical programs to support educators and provide access to education for students from historically marginalized communities, from GEDs to PhDs.

Both Baca and Miramontes opened doors to education for many students of color, as mentors, scholars, leaders, teachers, and activists in a premier Research I university, where service and advocacy have not been historically valued as highly as a form of traditional research. By expanding the definition of what was historically believed to be the work of a “professor,” they serve as an inspiration for the educators and students that have followed in their footsteps.

They were both consequential in their fields of research and embodied what it means to center equity, diversity and justice in education. Naming the building after them will honor them as individuals and provide important models for future generations in the School of Education and across the campus.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None

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PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Venkat Reddy with concurrence of Provost Nancy Marchand Martella.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Please read the statement of information in the public file attachments.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None.

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STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

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