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

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

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

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

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

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

The President's report will also include remarks from the Chancellors. 

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

Minutes will be released upon board approval.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Regent Policy 10.E.: Compensation Principles

- Recommendation: renumber to policy 11.A.

Note: Policy 10 received Notice of Motion at the April 2023 Board of Regents meeting. The Board did not vote on proposed changes at the June board meeting. 

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano with the concurrence of Provost Russell L. Moore

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  I have reviewed these tenure cases and have approved them. I attest that they are consistent with all requirements of regent policy.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:                                                                                                                   

Chancellor DiStefano with the concurrence of Chief Operating Officer Patrick O’Rourke and Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Todd Haggerty.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

The University of Colorado Boulder (the “University”) is proposing to convey to the City of Boulder (the “City”) a piece of land, to allow the City to complete the 30^th Street Corridor Multimodal Improvements Project.

The land herein referred to as “the Property" is an approximately 88-square foot strip of land owned by the University, running along the east edge of the 30^th Street right-of-way, north of its intersection with Colorado Avenue, on the edge of CU Boulder’s East Campus.

The reason for the conveyance is to facilitate a cooperative project between the City and the University to build multimodal improvements along 30^th Street between Colorado Avenue and Arapahoe Avenue.  The Property is located within what will become the vehicle right-of-way on 30^th Street.  The multimodal improvements will include 30^th Street bike paths; sidewalk widening; improvements to bus stops; an extension of the McCarty ditch under 30^th Street just north of Boulder Creek; associated utility replacement and/or relocation; landscaping; and irrigation. The 30^th Street multimodal improvements will further enhance safe connectivity between Main Campus and East Campus and will help reduce the perceived negative travel distance between the campuses.

In 2019, the University agreed to contribute $200,000 from campus cash funds towards the project.  In addition to the cash contribution, the Property will be valued by Western States Land Services in August 2023 and this value will be considered an additional contribution to the project.  Conveyance of the property will also transfer liability and responsibility for maintenance to the City.

The City will be responsible for the next steps of the conveyance, including the preparation of contracts and closing documents.

An illustration of the Property to be conveyed, a legal description of the Property, and a conceptual illustration are provided in attachments to this letter.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):

In February 2020, the Board of Regents approved the conveyance of 1,399-square feet of land along 30^th Street to the City of Boulder, to allow the City to complete an underpass project at 30^th Street and Colorado Avenue.

ATTACHMENTS:

            Attachment A: Legal description of the property

            Attachment B: Illustration of property to be conveyed to the City

            Attachment C: Conceptual illustrations

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Interim Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet with the concurrence of Kathy Kaoudis, Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration and CFO.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

INTERIM CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE:

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:
Treasurer Usha Sharma with the concurrence of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Chad Marturano.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

  See attached.

 PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE:

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Interim Chancellor Sobanet with concurrence of Provost Nancy Marchand-Martella.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

TCID is a program with growing enrollment. In order to support that growth, and especially the impact of the new degree, it is important to grow the faculty. While instructors could be hired, the research and impact of the program justify hiring tenure-track faculty. In order for the program to be a tenure home for faculty, APS 1041 and Regent Law 4A require the program to become a department. The program has completed the important work to make the transition to department status (including creating RPT expectations, annual merit criteria and developing a new degree program, etc.). Therefore, we are now requesting that the regents approve TCID as a department. They have clear, distinct teaching and research missions. These represent a unique aggregation of topics that would benefit students by being available in one degree and one department.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Interim Chancellor Sobanet with concurrence of Provost Nancy Marchand Martella.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

WEST is one of a handful of programs in the United States that integrates an interdisciplinary, intersectional approach to Ethnic/Race Studies and Women’s/Gender Studies. The research and impact of the program justify rostering tenure-track faculty. In order for the program to be a tenure home for faculty, APS 1041 and Regent Law 4A require the program to become a department. The program has completed the important work to make the transition to department status (including creating RPT expectations, annual merit criteria and developing new degree programs, etc.). Therefore, we are now requesting that the regents approve WEST as a department. They have a clear and distinctive teaching and research mission. These represent a unique aggregation of topics that would benefit students by being available in one degree and one department 

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

See attached.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Presenters are:
Dr. Phillip DeLeon, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities

Dr. Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Design and Computing

Dr. Xiaojun Ren, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Dr. Chris Phiel, Associate Professor Department of Integrative Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Summary:

Chancellor Michelle Marks and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Phillip DeLeon will introduce two teams of researchers who have been awarded internal and external grants in recognition of their cross-disciplinary work associated with the university’s Grand Challenges research initiative. Dr. Xiaojun Ren and Dr. Christoper Phiel will present on the activities of the Center for Applied Genome & Epigenome Science and Dr. Farnoush Banaei-Kashani will report on research activities of the Infrastructure Informatics team.

See attached report.

See attached.

See attached.  

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Regent Policy 10.A. Discrimination/Affirmative Action General Policy Statement and Long Range Goals (for the Boulder Campus)

 Recommendation: rescind and replace with new language re: diversity, equity, and inclusion statement

Note: Policy 10 received Notice of Motion at the April Board of Regents meeting. The Board did not vote on proposed changes at the June board meeting. 

The proposed changes to policy 10.A were forwarded to the Board by the Governance Committee with a 3-1 vote.  

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Recommendation to rescind policy 10.H was forwarded to the Board by the Governance Committee with a 3-1 vote.  

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Recommendation to rescind policy 10.P was forwarded to the Board by the Governance Committee with a 4-0 vote. If proposed changes to Regent Policy 10.A are not adopted at this meeting, the board may wish to delay consideration of rescinding Policy 10.P.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Article 2.A. and Policy 2.C.1 received Notice of Motion at June 2023 board meeting. Proposed amendments to Article 2.A and Policy 2.C.1 were recommended by the Governance Committee by a 3-1 vote.  

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

Article 2.E of the Laws of the Regents states: "Amendments to the laws of the regents can be made only after a notice of motion of the proposed amendment has been given at least two months prior to the scheduled action at a previous regular or special meeting of the Board of Regents. Waiver of the notice of motion rule requires a unanimous vote of the board. Approval of the proposed amendment requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board."

Regent Policy 2.N.1 states that: "Approval, revisions or repeal of regent policy can be made only after notice of the proposed revision has been given at a previous regular or special meeting of the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents may waive the notice requirement and allow approval, revisions, or repeal of regent policy upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board."

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The Governance Committee discussed the proposed changes at the August 24, 2023, committee meeting. Proposed changes to Article 8 and Policy 8 were forwarded to the Board by the Governance Committee by a 4-0 vote.  

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The Governance Committee considered proposed changes to Article 2.E: Amendments to the Laws of the Regents and Policy 2.N: Approval, Revisions or Repeal of Regent Policy at the August 24, 2023, committee meeting. Previously, changes were voted on at the June board of regents meeting, and the newly proposed changes are intended to further clarify the process. 

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

Changes adopted at the June 22, 2023, Board of Regents meeting.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The Governance Committee discussed the proposed changes to Regent Policy 13.G at the August 24, 2023, committee meeting. The committee will discuss this policy again at its October 26, 2023, committee meeting.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The Governance Committee discussed the proposed changes to Regent Policy 2.L at the August 24, 2023, committee meeting. The committee will discuss this policy again at its October 26, 2023, committee meeting.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano with concurrence of Provost Russell Moore.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

This new degree is the next step in Dean Katherine Schultz’s ongoing project of rationalizing the undergraduate and graduate degrees in the School of Education. This rationalization conforms with best practices in the field. The BA in Middle and High School Teaching will recognize the organized curriculum and heavy credit load already involved in teacher licensure as a coherent and valuable degree of its own. To build their content expertise as well as their expertise in teaching, the students who receive this degree will be required to double major in a department cognate to their area of teacher licensure, whether it is Math, Science, Social Studies, English, or Spanish.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

Action item was presented at the June 22, 2023, Board of Regents Meeting, and referred to the University Affairs Committee for further consideration.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The University of Colorado Boulder is requesting the approval of a contract renewal with Athletic Director Richard L. George.

The action, if approved, would amend the employment agreement for CU Boulder Athletic Director Richard L. George as follows:

• Extend Athletic Director George's current contract, which has a termination date of June 30, 2026, by one year. The new contract term would be October 1, 2023 and extend through June 30, 2027 unless earlier terminated as set forth in the contract.
• Addition of Section 1.b, regarding Athletic Director George having the option to transition, once his service as Athletic Director is over, to a new role as agreed upon by the subsequent Athletic Director, George, and the Chancellor.
• Addition of the language updating the name of the applicable athletic conference to Big 12 Conference in August of 2024.
• Amendment to Section 2.l, changing preceding quarter to preceding year.
• Raising Athletic Director George's base salary from $400,000 to $500,000.
• Deletion of the Release of Deferred Incentive Payments.
• Updates to dates in Section 6.b: Fundraising Goals.
• Update to Incentive Salary threshold in Section 6.c: Attendance Goals.
• Deletion of Section 7.b, regarding a retention payment after the conclusion of the fifth contract year.
• Addition to Section 8.b, granting Athletic Director George four complimentary tickets to all University sporting events for life, upon the conclusion of his service as Athletic Director.
• Amendments to Section 9, removing liquidated damages that would be due to the University by Athletic Director George if he were to terminate his contract prior to its expiration.
• Amendments to Section 12: Termination without Cause, removing terms associated with George's duty to mitigate any damages the university owes George if it were to terminate him without cause prior to the expiration of the contract term.
• Addition of "Director of Compliance" to Section 14.a, regarding reporting of potential or known violations of NCAA or Conference rules.
• Grammar, citation and consistency corrections.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

Regents approved Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement on September 9, 2021.

Regents approved Employment Agreement Amendment #2 on June 14, 2019.

Regents approved Employment Agreement Amendment #1 on June 16, 2016.

Regents approved 5 Year Employment Agreement on August 7, 2013.

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

CHANCELLOR'S SIGNATURE: 

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE: 

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