[D. 1:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Chair Rennison Presiding - CU Denver Business School - Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship - 1475 Lawrence Street, Denver, CO 80202 (Large Conference Room on the First Floor)]

STARTING OFF. REGENT VAN DRIEL, WILL YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[2. Land Acknowledgement Statement]

COULD A CU DENVER STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT BRI COMBS COME TO THE LECTERN, PLEASE? THERE YOU ARE. HELLO.

TODAY SHE HAS THE HONOR TO READ OUR LAND.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT. REDDY.

ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE RESIDE IN THE HOMELANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN RECOGNIZING THE HISTORY AND THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THESE LANDS.

LAND. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MUST EXTEND FAR BEYOND WORDS.

THE UNITED STATES HAS WORKED HARD TO ERASE THE NARRATIVES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OVER TIME.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENTS CAN HELP TO REMIND US OF THE HISTORY, THE CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THE SACRIFICES NATIVE PEOPLES HAVE MADE.

WE HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE ON THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES AND ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE CHEYENNE, ARAPAHO, AND UTE NATIONS.

THIS AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE CONFLUENCE OF THE PLATTE AND CHERRY CREEK RIVERS, WAS THE EPICENTER FOR TRADE INFORMATION SHARING, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND ALLY BUILDING, AS WELL AS CONDUCTING HEALING CEREMONIES FOR OVER 45 INDIGENOUS NATIONS, INCLUDING THE LAKOTA, KIOWA, COMANCHE, APACHE, SHOSHONE, PAIUTE, ZUNI, HOPI, AMONG OTHERS.

WE MUST RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THIS LAND, AND AS THESE WORDS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ARE SPOKEN AND HEARD, REMEMBER THE TIES THESE NATIONS STILL HAVE TO THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS.

LET US ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAINFUL HISTORY OF GENOCIDE AND FORCED REMOVAL FROM THIS TERRITORY, AND PAY OUR RESPECT TO THE DIVERSE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES STILL CONNECTED TO THIS LAND.

LET US ALSO GIVE THANKS TO ALL TRIBAL NATIONS AND THE ANCESTORS OF THIS PLACE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR THE APRIL 11TH AND 12TH BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING.

[3. Action Item: Approval of the April 11-12, 2024, Board of Regents Meeting Agenda]

IS THERE A MOTION? GREAT. SECOND. OKAY.

IT IS MOVED BY REGENT MONTERA AND I BELIEVE SECONDED BY REGENT GALLEGOS TO APPROVE THE BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING AGENDA, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. AWESOME.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS NEXT.

[4. Public Comment (see information in this agenda item)]

AND WE HAVE A LONG LIST TODAY.

SO WE ALWAYS HOLD EACH COMMENT TO TWO MINUTES AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT PEOPLE PLEASE RESPECT THAT.

SO EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK.

LET ME SEE MY LIST HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH DOCTOR CARRIE FOLEY PLEASE.

CHAIR, RENNISON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

MY NAME IS DOCTOR KERRY FOLEY.

I AM A RETIRED EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN.

I PRACTICED IN ACADEMIC LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTERS IN THE WASHINGTON, DC AREA FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE, A NATIONAL NONPROFIT WITH MORE THAN 17,000 PHYSICIAN MEMBERS AND NEARLY 1 MILLION SUPPORTERS.

COLLECTIVELY, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO USE YOUR AUTHORITY AS KU'S GOVERNING BOARD TO URGE THE ANSHUTZ GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY TO USE HUMAN RELEVANT TRAINING METHODS INSTEAD OF LIVE ANIMALS.

AT CU ANSCHUTZ SURGERY, RESIDENTS PRACTICE INVASIVE PROCEDURES ON LIVE PIGS, AND FOLLOWING THE TRAINING SESSIONS, THESE ANIMALS ARE KILLED.

MEANWHILE, 80% OF Q'S PEER PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE ARE TURNING OUT EXPERT SURGEONS BY USING ONLY NON-ANIMAL METHODS, INCLUDING PROGRAMS AFFILIATED WITH STANFORD, YALE, MAYO CLINIC AND HARVARD.

THESE HUNDREDS OF OTHER MEDICAL CENTERS USE DEVICES BASED ON HUMAN ANATOMY DEVICES THAT CAN BLEED, BREATHE, AND EVEN DIE.

OTHER SURGERY TRAINING PROGRAMS ALSO USE HUMAN CADAVERS PERFUSED WITH FLOWING ARTIFICIAL BLOOD.

THE PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE IS OFFERING TO HELP Q TRANSITION AWAY FROM USING ANIMALS WITH A GIFT VALUED AT $13,000.

THIS WOULD BE A DEMONSTRATION OF THIS PERFUSED CADAVER SYSTEM.

THROUGHOUT MY TRAINING TO BECOME AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN.

NEVER ONCE WAS I REQUIRED TO TRAIN ON LIVE ANIMALS, AND NOT ONCE HAVE I EVER LOOKED BACK AND THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE PREPARED IF I HAD PRACTICED ON A PIG.

I SERVED AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, AND OVERSAW THE EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS WHO WERE TRAINED EXCLUSIVELY WITH HUMAN RELEVANT

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METHODS. MY REQUEST TO YOU IS ECHOED BY 66,474 PETITIONERS, WHO ARE ALSO URGING YOU TO MAKE SURGERY TRAINING AT SIU MORE PATIENT, RELEVANT, MORE HUMANE AND MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE NATIONAL SURGICAL STANDARDS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT MATTER.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR JOHN RILEY.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

I'M IN FRONT OF YOU ONCE AGAIN TO ASK YOU TO REINSTATE THE CONCEALED CARRY BAN OF WEAPONS ON THE ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS.

I WANT TO THANK REGENT JAMES FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN MAKING THE MOTION THAT YOU'LL BE DISCUSSING TOMORROW.

THAT HAS BROUGHT THIS INTO PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

AS I'VE PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED TO YOU, I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT MAKE OUR CAMPUS UNIQUE WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.

WE HAVE THREE HOSPITALS THAT ARE CAMPUS PARTNERS ON OUR CAMPUS THAT WITH NO PHYSICAL BARRIERS BETWEEN US.

ALL THREE OF THOSE HOSPITALS HAVE WEAPONS BANS, POLICIES IN PLACE.

AND WE ASK THAT WE EXTEND THAT TO THE REST OF THE CAMPUS.

WE ARE UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT WE NOT ONLY HAVE FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS, BUT WE HAVE ROUGHLY 3 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR TO OUR CAMPUS.

THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE PATIENTS COMING TO SEEK CLINICAL CARE AND, AS A RESULT, HAVE MANY CLINICAL PROGRAMS INTEGRATED INTO THE SAME BUILDINGS WHERE OUR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE.

SO I THINK THERE IS A COMPELLING LOGIC FOR SUCH A BAN.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TWO THINGS.

ONE IS THIS WOULD BE A REINSTATEMENT OF A LONG STANDING POLICY OF THE REGENTS THAT WAS OVERTURNED SOME TIME AGO.

AND I WOULD LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, THE AUTHOR OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING TOMORROW DURING YOUR DISCUSSION WAS JAMES MADISON. JAMES MADISON IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, ALONG WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON AND FIVE OTHERS.

AND IN THE INITIAL SET OF POLICIES THAT HE WROTE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, HE BANNED WEAPONS FROM THAT CAMPUS.

SO IF THE AUTHOR OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT THINKS THAT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR WEAPONS ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, I ASK THAT YOU REACH THE SAME CONCLUSION AND GO BACK TO THE POLICY THAT YOU HAD BEFORE 2012.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. UP NEXT, WE HAVE DOCTOR SCOTT, AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE.

SCHEFFEL CHAPEL.

THANK YOU DOCTOR.

GREAT. WELCOME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS SCOTT CHAPPELL.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE REGENTS TO PROHIBIT FIREARMS ON CU CAMPUSES.

I'M A FACULTY MEMBER DOWNTOWN, AND I TEACH IN A MASTER'S PROGRAM THAT TRAINS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

SO I'M HERE TODAY AS A FACULTY MEMBER, ALSO A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER.

AND AS A COLORADO RESIDENT WITH SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THE WIDESPREAD AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MASS SHOOTINGS.

I BELIEVE THAT A FIREARMS BAN ON CAMPUS WOULD HAVE TWO POSITIVE OUTCOMES.

FIRST, IT WOULD HELP LESSEN THE RISK OF MURDERS AND SERIOUS INJURY COMMITTED WITH FIREARMS ON OUR CAMPUSES.

SECOND, IT WOULD HELP PROVIDE SOME PEACE OF MIND TO THE MANY STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY IN OUR CAMPUSES WHO HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT OR AFFECTED BY OTHER MASS SHOOTING EVENTS IN THE GREAT STATE OF COLORADO, FOR EXAMPLE, COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL, BOULDER KING SOOPERS CLUB, CU COLORADO IN COLORADO SPRINGS, THE AURORA MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING CARRIED OUT BY CU STUDENT, AND MOST RECENTLY, THE MURDERS ON THE COLORADO SPRINGS CAMPUS.

AS THE REGENTS, TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR LEARNING TO OCCUR, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN STUDENTS ARE IN FEAR AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THESE EVENTS THAT FEAR MAY BE PRESENT OR WAITING JUST BELOW THE SURFACE FOR SOMETHING TO BRING IT FORWARD.

I THINK A FIREARMS BAN WOULD HELP PEOPLE FEEL SAFER ON CAMPUS.

THERE'S A COMMON ARGUMENT THIS ISN'T A GUN PROBLEM.

IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT TRUE.

THERE'S NO MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS CRITERIA THAT HAS CARRIED OUT MASS SHOOTINGS AS PART OF IT.

ALTHOUGH SOME SHOOTINGS ARE CARRIED OUT BY FOLKS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, THE MAJORITY ARE CARRIED OUT BY PEOPLE WHOSE MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY IS UNREMARKABLE, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES ARE NOT VIOLENT OR DANGEROUS.

SOCIETY TO IMPLY THAT THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS POSE A THREAT STIGMATIZES MENTAL ILLNESS.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT STIGMATIZING MENTAL ILLNESS IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR CAMPUSES CONCERNS FOR PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AMONG OUR STUDENTS.

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SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. UP NEXT WE HAVE MAYA IZMIR.

DID I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME PROPERLY? THERE WE GO.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MAYA ESCHMEYER, AND I'M A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT WHY FIREARMS NEED TO BE BANNED ON ALL CU CAMPUSES.

BEFORE GOING TO COLLEGE, I WOULD HAVE VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH MY PARENTS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THERE BEING A SHOOTER OR SHOOTING ON CAMPUS.

MY PARENTS WOULD TELL ME THAT THEY HOPED THAT WE WOULD NEVER HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING.

IT WASN'T UNTIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED.

ON FEBRUARY 16TH, AT APPROXIMATELY 6 A.M., THERE WERE REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED IN THE DORM ROOM RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

THEN AROUND 6:10 A.M., OFFICERS TOLD US THAT PEOPLE WERE FOUND WITH SIGNIFICANT INJURIES.

LATER, THE COPS CAME BACK TO TELL US THAT THEY WERE INVESTIGATING A HOMICIDE.

THEY WOULD THEN COME BACK TO CHECK FOR ANY BULLETS OR BULLET HOLES IN OUR APARTMENT.

AT THIS TIME, MY BRAIN COULDN'T PROCESS WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

I WAS BEING QUESTIONED BY OFFICERS ABOUT STUFF THAT I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE ANSWERS TO.

THEY WOULD ASK ME IF I WAS OKAY, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO RESPOND, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL IN THE MOMENT, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT DIDN'T FEEL REAL.

MY PARENTS, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS WERE TEXTING AND CALLING ME, WONDERING IF I WAS OKAY.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE EMAILS AND TEXTS THAT WERE SENT FROM THE ALERT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.

THE SITUATION FELT SURREAL UNTIL I GOT THOSE ALERTS, AND AT THAT POINT, MY BRAIN COULD NO LONGER DENY THAT IT WAS REAL.

NOW, WHEN I WALK AROUND CAMPUS, I GET WORRIED WHENEVER I WALK ALONE.

SINCE THE SHOOTING, EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP, I WORRY THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER MESSAGE ON MY PHONE SAYING THAT THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON CAMPUS.

I STRESS OUT WHENEVER I HEAR A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, AND I ALSO WORRY THAT ANYONE THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE BUILDINGS AND DORMS ON CAMPUS MIGHT HAVE A FIREARM ON THEM.

AFTER THE SHOOTING HAPPENED, I READ A NEWS POST THAT SAID OUR CAMPUS POLICY GRANTS STUDENTS WITH A VALID AND ACTIVE CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT TO HAVE A HANDGUN ON THEIR PERSON WHILE ON CAMPUS. HOWEVER, THOSE PERMITS DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHO AN INDIVIDUAL IS OR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, WHICH IS THE REALITY OF WHY GUN VIOLENCE HAPPENS AND IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.

AS COLLEGE STUDENTS, WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH ON OUR PLATE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS AS EXCESSIVE AS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER OR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEONE CARRYING A GUN ON CAMPUS. I AM HOPING THAT MYSELF AND THE MANY OTHER FUTURE STUDENTS, INCLUDING MY LITTLE SISTER WHO WILL BE IN COLLEGE IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, WILL FEEL SAFE WALKING TO CLASS, GO FOR EVENING STROLLS, OR EVEN SAFE.

THEY EVEN FEEL SAFE WHILE LIVING IN THEIR CAMPUS DORM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HAYLEY. KRIST.

SIU BOARD OF REGENTS, THANK YOU FOR GRANTING ME, ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES AT ALL SIU CAMPUSES, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY.

MY NAME IS HAILEY CRIST AND I'M A STUDENT OF UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COLORADO SPRINGS, AND I SERVE AS THE CO-LEAD OF THE UCS STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION CHAPTER.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE SIU AFFILIATES HERE TODAY BANDED BY ONE COMMON BELIEF FIREARMS DO NOT BELONG ANYWHERE ON OUR SIU CAMPUSES.

THE LOSS OF UC'S STUDENT, SAMUEL KNOPP, ON FEBRUARY 16TH HAS DEVASTATED OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS TRAUMATIC LOSS HAS SHATTERED STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF, AND MANY ARE NOW MOVING THROUGH CAMPUS WITH NEW FEARS, UNCERTAINTIES AND ANGER.

THIS TRAGEDY HAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT THAT OUR FIREARMS POLICY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED URGENTLY.

IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, A PETITION HAS BEEN CIRCLING THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COLORADO SPRINGS CAMPUS.

IT IS A RALLYING CRY TO PROHIBIT FIREARMS ON OUR CAMPUS.

OVER 900 SIGNATURES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AND THE COUNT CONTINUES TO RISE AS WE SPEAK.

STUDENTS, STAFF, ALUMNI, FACULTY AND PARENTS WITHIN THE CU SYSTEM ARE PLEADING WITH YOU TO HEAR US.

WE DO NOT WANT FIREARMS ON ANY OF OUR SIU CAMPUSES.

WE ARE CALLING UPON YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR LEGAL AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT A BAN ON FIREARMS ACROSS ALL UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO COLORADO CAMPUSES.

CU REGENTS.

FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF OUR CLASSMATE SAMUEL KNAPP, YOU RELEASED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING YOUR SORROW AT THE TRAGEDY THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 16TH.

YOU CLAIM TO BE SADDENED TO LEARN ABOUT THE TRAGEDY THAT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS CAMPUS, AND THAT WORDS COULD NOT EXPRESS THE SYMPATHY WE HAVE FOR ALL THOSE IMPACTED BY THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE.

INSTEAD OF OFFERING SYMPATHY, WE ARE DEMANDING YOU TO TAKE ACTION.

DEMONSTRATE TO ME AND THE OTHER 900 SIU AFFILIATES WHO COULD NOT BE PRESENT HERE TODAY, THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED TO MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

BAN ALL FIREARMS ON OUR CAMPUS NOT ONLY TO PROTECT THE CU STUDENTS YOU REPRESENT, BUT IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL KNAPP.

THE POWER OF CHANGE LIES IN YOUR HANDS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CHOOSE TO CORRECTLY APPLY IT AND PROTECT THE SIU SYSTEM.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, ASHLEY MARTINEZ.

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HI EVERYONE! MY NAME IS ASHLEY MARTINEZ AND I AM A UX STUDENT, VETERAN AND THE ADVOCACY LEAD OF STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION CHAPTER AT UX.

AS SOMEONE WHO RESPECTS THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND PERSONALLY OWNS FIREARMS, MY EXPERIENCE IN THE ARMY HAS EQUIPPED ME WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN HANDLING VARIOUS TYPES OF GUNS.

HOWEVER, I CHOOSE NOT TO CARRY CONCEALED CARRY FIREARMS ON CAMPUS.

POSSESSING, OPERATING, AND CARRYING A FIREARM IS AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND SHOULD NEVER BE REGARDED LIGHTLY.

BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT OF CARRYING A FIREARM, I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT OTHERS MAY BE CARRYING GUNS ON CAMPUS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH FAR LESS TRAINING.

CONSIDERING THE TROUBLING INCREASE IN GUN RELATED VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY ON OUR CAMPUS BY IMPLEMENTING POLICIES THAT LIMIT FIREARMS. IT IS ALSO WORTH CONSIDERING THE CHALLENGE LAW ENFORCEMENT FACES WHEN ARRIVING AT A SCENE WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE ARMED.

HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHO THE GOOD GUY IS WITH A GUN? ALTHOUGH GUN VIOLENCE IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE, THIS POLICY IS A START IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IT'S CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT NO SINGLE POLICY CAN FULLY RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

HOWEVER, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO LESSEN THE PRESENCE OF FIREARMS IN SCHOOLS.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN GUN FREE ZONES ON OUR CAMPUS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

TINA PITTMAN WAGERS.

THANK YOU, REGENTS, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF REINSTATING THE BAN ON FIREARMS ON OUR CAMPUSES.

I'M DOCTOR TINA PITTMAN WAGERS.

I'M A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND TEACHING PROFESSOR EMERITA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER.

COLLEGE CLASSROOMS AND CAMPUSES ARE PLACES WHERE IDEAS ARE QUESTIONED, WHERE INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGES ARE POSED, AND WHERE FACULTY EVALUATE STUDENTS WORK. AND TRUST ME, THINGS CAN GET TENSE.

AS OUR FOUNDING FATHERS KNEW AND ONE OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER MENTIONED, IT'S OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO PURSUE THE RIGOROUS WORK OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SPACES THAT ARE FREE FROM THE THREAT OF FIREARMS. IN 1824, JAMES MADISON, TOGETHER WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON, SUPPORTED A RULE PROHIBITING FIREARM POSSESSION AND USE BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, MY ALMA MATER.

THAT RULE STILL STANDS 200 YEARS LATER.

CAMPUSES FACE CHALLENGES LIKE HIGH LEVELS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, INCREASES IN MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, INCLUDING SUICIDALITY, AND ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF TENSION THAT MAKE THE COMBINATION OF FIREARMS AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES PROBLEMATIC AT BEST FATAL AT WORST.

SUICIDE CONSTITUTES ABOUT 70% OF DEATHS BY FIREARMS IN OUR STATE, WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

WE KNOW THAT ACCESS TO FIREARMS TRIPLES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMEONE WILL DIE BY SUICIDE.

NATIONALLY, 15% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDE, SO PROHIBITING GUNS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES IS ONE WAY OF DECREASING THE RISK THAT SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THE MIDST OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THERE IS PRECEDENT FROM OTHER STATES, INCLUDING VERY CONSERVATIVE ONES, FOR PROHIBITING FIREARMS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES BY ENACTING THIS RULE.

SEE? SEE, YOU WOULD BE JOINING STATES LIKE FLORIDA, LOUISIANA, WYOMING, SOUTH CAROLINA AND OKLAHOMA.

I COMMEND THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR ADDRESSING THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE AND, AGAIN, RESTRICTING FIREARMS ON OUR CAMPUSES TO MAKE THEM SAFER FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF.

THANK YOU. LANE.

HILLMAN. IS LEAN IN THE ROOM.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK HERE TODAY.

TO QUOTE SOME OF THE LAST WRITTEN WORDS OF ERIN BUSHNELL.

MANY OF US LIKE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WAS ALIVE DURING SLAVERY OR THE JIM CROW SOUTH, OR APARTHEID? WHAT WOULD I DO IF MY COUNTRY WAS COMMITTING GENOCIDE? THE ANSWER IS YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.

IT TAKES VERY LITTLE TO CONDEMN GENOCIDE.

YET THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HAS FAILED TO GIVE ANY STATEMENTS CONDEMNING THE ACTIONS OF ISRAEL SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, AND CHANCELLOR MICHELLE MARKS HAS YET TO MEET WITH STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING DISCUSSIONS OF ACTION AND AND DIVESTMENT.

THE UNITED STATES HAS CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO ACT IN THE INTERESTS OF ITS CITIZENS, AND HISTORICALLY, UNIVERSITIES HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE

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AT HOLDING OUR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.

ALTHOUGH MANY UNIVERSITIES AT FIRST PARTNERED WITH THE WITH THE MILITARY TO REPRESS STUDENT PROTESTERS, EVENTUALLY, UNIVERSITY DIVESTMENTS PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL PART IN ENDING THE US INVASION OF VIETNAM AND DISMANTLING APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA.

CU BOARD OF REGENTS, YOU ARE NOT HELPLESS TO TO STOP THE ATROCITIES BEING COMMITTED IN PALESTINE.

THE TIME FOR SILENCE AND COMPLICITY HAS LONG PASSED.

I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE DEMANDS OF THE STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SHALL WRITE AND PUBLISH A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE GENOCIDAL ACTIONS OF ISRAEL WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT.

CHANCELLOR MICHELLE MARKS OF CU DENVER WILL MEET WITH STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT, WITHOUT DELAY, TO DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THE DEMANDS DIRECTED AT CU.

THE US GOVERNMENT SHALL END ALL AID TO ISRAEL, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SHALL FULLY DIVEST FROM ANY CORPORATIONS WHICH OPERATE IN ISRAEL.

THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SHALL TERMINATE THE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM TO ISRAEL, AND REFUSE TO ACCEPT GRANTS OR FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS THAT CONTACT THE US, THAT CONTRACT WITH THE US ARMED FORCES AND TERMINATE ANY RELATIONSHIPS WITH SAID CORPORATIONS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO WE'VE GOT FOUR MORE PEOPLE.

I'M GOING TO CALL THE NAMES IN ORDER JUST SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED.

FIRST UP IS GOING TO BE GERALD MUELLER.

AFTER GERALD, WE'LL SEE CHASE BRIAN AND KHALID.

SAY, HI, MY NAME IS GERALD MUELLER AND I AM PRESIDENT OF CU DENVER STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE FACT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS REPRESENTING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS.

AND I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSPARENCY IS BEING PROVIDED FOR US.

I'VE BEEN TO MULTIPLE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

BOARD OF REGENTS MEETINGS.

AND SO MUCH OF IT IS HIDDEN BEHIND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS THAT IT'S HARD TO EVEN COMMENT ON WHAT I BELIEVE ARE VERY PRESSING ISSUES, BECAUSE STUDENT VOICES ARE SUPPRESSED FROM IT AND LEFT OUT.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS VERY SHAMEFUL TO BE GIVING A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WHEN THIS UNIVERSITY HAS FINANCIAL TIES TO THE GENOCIDE HAPPENING IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW.

HOW LONG, HOW MUCH LONGER WILL IT TAKE BEFORE WE'RE HAVING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CORPORATIONS THAT CU DENVER IS INVESTED WITH, LIKE LOCKHEED MARTIN, ARE IS IS WRONG TO BE TIED WITH THAT FINANCIALLY? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START ACKNOWLEDGING OUR PLACE IN THAT GENOCIDE? HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THAT TAKE? I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT CU DENVER IS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE A STANCE ON POLITICAL ISSUES, BUT I BELIEVE THAT FINANCIALLY SU DENVER ALREADY HAS.

AND AND WITH THE STATEMENTS THAT IT MAKES AS WELL AFTER OCTOBER 7TH.

SO YOU PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING THEY WERE HORRIFIED BY THE HORRIFIED BY THE DEATHS IN ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7TH, BUT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SILENT STILL SINCE THEN.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS HORROR ON THAT DAY, BUT THERE IS NO HORROR OR OUTRAGE FOR THE 15,000 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE OUTRAGE IS FOR OSSAMA MUHAMMAD SULEIMAN AL-ASTAL.

AL-BATTAL. IBRAHIM HAMID AL-ASTAL.

HAFSA. NASIR.

SALIMAN. AL-ASTAL.

SHAAM. RAFAT ABDEL KARIM.

AL-ASTAL. HISHAM MUHAMMAD SULEIMAN AL-ASTAL.

MAKHDUM MUHAMMAD ABDUL MAJID AL-ASTAL MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD AHMED AL-ASTAL MUHAMMAD NASR SULEIMAN

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AL-ASTAL. I'M GONNA I'M GONNA STOP YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE WAY OVER TWO MINUTES.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR SENTIMENT, AND I'M GLAD YOU CAME TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY, SIR.

THANK YOU ALL. ASSAULT.

AGE 19.

SAMARRA MUHAMMAD SULEIMAN AL-ASTAL, AGE 19.

WALI AL ANWAR MUHAMMAD AL AZHAR.

OFTEN. AL RAHMAN MOHAMED AHMAD AL AZHAR.

17. MUHAMMAD RAHIM ABDUL KARIM AL AZHAR.

17. CU BOULDER STUDENT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT CHASE CROMWELL.

YOU'RE UP NEXT.

DONNA MOHAMMED TOCAREMA ALSO SAYING WELL, AHOLL ALSO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. REGENTS, THIS IS MY LAST REGENTS MEETING AS A CU STUDENT, AS THE EXTERNAL STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AT CU BOULDER.

IN THE LAST YEAR, I'VE ATTENDED NEARLY EVERY ONE OF THESE AND MOST OF YOUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND SEVERAL OF THESE MEETINGS BEFORE THAT.

I'VE BEEN TO THREE STATES WITH SOME OF YOU.

I RESPECT YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

I HAVE SO MANY THINGS I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AS A TRANSFER STUDENT, THE MILLION THINGS MY TEAM IS WORKING ON, HOW EXCITED I AM FOR OUR NEXT CHANCELLOR, AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED AND HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS SCHOOL.

INSTEAD, I HAVE TO SPEND MY TIME TALKING ABOUT GUNS AGAIN.

THAT'S WHY THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING FOR SO MANY OF MY PEERS AND MYSELF.

I THINK REGENT JAMES FOR TAKING THIS FIRST STEP FOR YEARS.

YOU'VE HEARD FROM STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND CAMPUS LEADERSHIP ABOUT GUN POLICY, GUN POLICY, WHICH YOU HAVE CONTROL OF AND WHICH YOU ARE CLEARLY LEGALLY ALLOWED TO CHANGE.

AND YET, IN THE ULTIMATE ACT OF COWARDICE, YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS TIME SITTING ON YOUR HANDS.

INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING RESEARCH, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE REST OF THE NATION, YOU ISSUE A STATEMENT AS A BOARD THAT GUNS AREN'T A PREVALENT ISSUE.

I CHALLENGE YOU TO COME TO ANY OF OUR SHARED GOVERNANCE MEETINGS ON CAMPUS AND TELL US WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, THAT GUNS AREN'T A PREVALENT ISSUE DESPITE BEING ELECTED INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

MANY OF YOU, MOST OF YOU HAVE NO DESIRE TO SPEAK AS INDIVIDUALS ABOUT YOUR VIEWS ON THIS.

ONE OF YOU RECENTLY UPDATED YOUR CAMPAIGN WEBSITE TO SHARE THAT YOU OPPOSE THIS CHANGE.

AT LEAST SETS IN WRITING SOMEWHERE.

ONE OF YOU IS MAD AT ME FOR TALKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT GUNS ON CAMPUS, BECAUSE YOUR INACTION AS A BOARD WAS A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY WITH.

WE ARE ONE OF VERY FEW STATES WITH SUCH AN INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION DECISION MAKING PROCESS, AND ONE OF JUST FOUR THAT ELECT REGENTS.

THE WAY THAT WE ELECT YOU IN DOZENS OF STATES LEGISLATURES ARE.

THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE. LEGISLATURES ARE GOING AFTER THEIR GOVERNING BOARDS AND TAKING OVER CAMPUS POLICY DECISIONS.

ARE YOU CONTENT TO BECOME TEXAS OR FLORIDA OR TENNESSEE? YOU'RE ELECTED TO LEAD OUR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND YOU'RE SITTING BACK WHILE OUR STATE, OUR STATE LEGISLATURE TAKES A HUGE LEAP INTO YOUR JOBS.

YOU ALL DESERVE SOME SCRUTINY FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS FOR GIVING UP YOUR POWER BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT GUNS.

POLITICS IS ONLY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU MAKE IT COMPLICATED.

IT'S WELL PAST TIME TO BAN CONCEALED CARRY ON OUR CAMPUSES.

YOU'RE PLAYING INSIDE BASEBALL WITH CAMPUS SAFETY AND PEOPLE'S LIVES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE.

I ACTUALLY MISSED SOMEBODY THAT WAS EARLIER IN THE LIST.

I'M SORRY. YVONNE WU, CAN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M YVONNE WU, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AT UCCS.

I'M HERE TO DELIVER PHYSICALLY THE PETITION TO YOU TO BAN FIREARMS AND ALL SIU CAMPUSES.

YOU'LL ALSO BE GETTING AN ELECTRONIC DELIVERY LATER TODAY.

THE PETITION HAS OVER 950 SIGNATURES AND COUNTING.

WE ASK YOU TO TAKE THE AUTHORITY THAT SB 2156 HAS GRANTED YOU AND ACT NOW TO PROHIBIT GUNS, INSTEAD OF PASSIVELY WAITING FOR THE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TAKE THE LEAD. TOMORROW, THE UCS FACULTY ASSEMBLY WILL ALSO VOTE ON A RESOLUTION ASKING YOU TO DO THE SAME.

SO IN ADDITION TO GRIEVING THE DEVASTATING LOSS OF SAM KNOPP AND KELLY MONTGOMERY, MANY AT UCS ARE NOW ONLY LEARNING ABOUT OUR PERMISSIVE WEAPONS POLICY, AND THEY'RE TERRIFIED AT THE IDEA THAT GUNS ARE ALL AROUND THEM.

WITH OVER 45,000 GUN DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY EACH YEAR, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

MOST DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE.

AND BUT PREVENTION REQUIRES YOU AS POLICYMAKERS TO ACT.

ONE COMMON COUNTERARGUMENT IS THAT PROHIBITING CONCEALED CARRY ONLY PUNISHES LAW ABIDING PEOPLE.

TO THAT, I SAY THIS WE NEED STRONG POLICIES TO CHANGE NORMS OF BEHAVIOR BECAUSE PEOPLE OFTEN BEND THE RULES BUT WILL FOLLOW STRONG, UNEQUIVOCAL POLICIES.

LET ME GIVE YOU THREE SNAPSHOTS.

ONE, A STUDENT TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD RATHER KEEP A GUN IN THEIR DRESSER DRAWER THAN REGISTER IT WITH THE UNIVERSITY, A PROCESS THAT UCS REQUIRES BUT NO STUDENT HAS EVER COMPLIED WITH.

TWO, A FORMER STUDENT WHO SIGNED OUR PETITION LEFT UCS WHEN THEY SAW TWO RIFLES LYING AROUND IN PLAIN SIGHT AT A CAMPUS PARTY.

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THREE. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SEEN GUNS IN STUDENTS BACKPACKS IN CLASS.

IT IS TOO EASY TO IMAGINE A STUDENT DYING BY SUICIDE WITH A ROOMMATE'S GUN.

TOO EASY TO IMAGINE A DRUNK STUDENT MAKING A BAD CHOICE AT THAT PARTY.

TOO EASY TO IMAGINE A HEATED CLASSROOM DEBATE GONE WRONG WHEN A GUN IS JUST INCHES AWAY.

A STRONG POLICY PROHIBITING FIREARMS WOULD REMOVE THE GUN IN ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS AND MORE.

IF NOT, THEN OTHERS COULD REPORT THEM AND HAVE THEM REMOVED.

PLEASE ACT NOW TO MAKE OUR CAMPUSES SAFER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU EARLIER.

UP NEXT, BRIAN GRABER.

DID I GET THAT RIGHT? OH, GREAT. OKAY, GOOD.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

REGENTS, MY NAME IS RYLAN GRABER.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE CU STUDENT GOVERNMENT, BUT I SPEAK FIRST AND FOREMOST AS A CU BOULDER STUDENT.

I'M NOT A STRANGER TO THE THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE.

I'M A NEPHEW OF THE OF A COLUMBINE ALUM.

SO WHEN MY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS LOCKED DOWN TO THE DUE TO THE THREAT OF A POTENTIAL SHOOTER AIMING TO RECREATE COLUMBINE, I WAS SCARED, NO DOUBT.

BUT MORE THAN THAT, I WAS APPALLED.

THEN, IN HIGH SCHOOL, AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH A CLASSMATE, A GUN WAS HELD TO ME ON SCHOOL GROUNDS PREVIOUSLY CARRIED BY THEIR PARENTS IN A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION. I MAY NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT AT LEAST IN THOSE SITUATIONS, I COULD REST EASY KNOWING THAT THOSE WERE PROTECTED AREAS WHERE PERMIT HOLDERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN ON THE PREMISES, AND THAT TRAINED SROS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY PROTECTION.

WHEN I CAME INTO BOULDER, I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT CU OPERATED UNDER A SIMILAR POLICY.

BUT COME TO FIND OUT SINCE 2012, THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CASE.

I UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINAL RATIONALE BEHIND ALLOWING FIREARMS ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES, SINCE SCHOOL GUN VIOLENCE WAS ALREADY PREVALENT AND SOLUTIONS WERE NEEDED, BUT 12 YEARS LATER, ALL EVIDENCE POINTS TO THE CONTRARY, INCLUDING 108 STUDY META ANALYSIS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY THAT FINDS THAT RIGHT TO CARRY FIREARM LAWS DO NOT REDUCE MASS SHOOTINGS OR CASUALTIES. LEGALLY, ARMED CITIZENS VERY RARELY SUCCESSFULLY INTERVENE TO PREVENT OR INTERRUPT MASS SHOOTINGS.

DESPITE MULTIPLE ANECDOTES, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE FOR THE CLAIM THAT GUN FREE ZONES FACILITATE MASS SHOOTINGS AND MOREOVER, ABOVE ALL ELSE, RIGHT TO CARRY LAWS HAVE SHOWN AN ACTIVE CORRELATION WITH INCREASED GUN VIOLENCE.

MOREOVER, MANY CU STUDENT BOULDER STUDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, FEEL VERY UNEASY THAT GUNS CAN BE BROUGHT INTO A CAMPUS THAT HOSTS OVER 30,000 FULL TIME STUDENTS.

SO WITH CU'S CURRENT POLICY ON CONCEALED CARRY NO LONGER NO LONGER HAVING A BASIS IN SECURITY, WHY ALLOW US STUDENTS TO LIVE IN A LATENT FEAR THAT OUR LIVES COULD BE ENDED IN A SNAP DECISION OF WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES, ALL BECAUSE OF INACTION ON A QUICKLY OUTDATED POLICY THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO RESULT IN MY CLASSMATES LOSING THEIR LIVES THAN SAVING THEM.

MAY SAMUEL KNAPP, REST IN PEACE, REGENTS, THANK YOU FOR REOPENING THIS CONVERSATION, AND HOPEFULLY YOU TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND DO THEM JUSTICE BY BANNING FIREARMS ON CU CAMPUSES.

THANK YOU. AND KHALID.

MY NAME IS KHALID AND I'M A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER, AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT THIS CAMP, THIS COLLEGE'S CONNECTIONS TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, OVER 33,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MURDERED, AS WELL AS OVER 15,000 KIDS BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL, DELIBERATELY BOMBING SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE A STATEMENT WITH NO WITH NO MENTION OF THE BLOCKADE ON GAZA AND THE CALORIE AND THE INTENTIONAL COUNTING OF CALORIES, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE BARELY ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED EVERYONE.

IMPLEMENTED IN 2008.

MEANWHILE, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SUPPORTS THE OCCUPATION THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE STUDY ABROAD AND INVESTMENTS AND GRANTS.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO IS NOT NEUTRAL.

THEY HAVE TAKEN THE SIDE OF ISRAEL A SIDE THAT IS AGAINST THE STUDENTS.

WE MUST CUT TIES WITH THE OCCUPATION, ESPECIALLY NOW AS THEY ENGAGE IN A GENOCIDE.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO READ OFF SOME NAMES.

ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM THE SAME FAMILY SUBHI HAMDAN, SOFI HASSOUNA, ONE YEAR OLD SARWAR, RAMI MOHAMMED FADEL HASSOUNA, ONE YEAR OLD ADAM HASSAN, AYMAN HASSOUNA, THREE YEARS OLD SARA BILAL MOHAMMED HASSOUNA, THREE YEARS OLD ABDULLAH MOHAMMED FADEL HASSOUNA, FOUR YEARS OLD SHARIF ASHRAF SHARIF HASSOUNA, FIVE YEARS OLD.

YAZAN MOHAMMED ALI HASSOUNA, FIVE YEARS OLD.

SAMAR RAMI MOHAMMED FADEL HASSOUNA, SIX YEARS OLD.

MONA AHMED MOHAMMED HASSOUNA, SIX YEARS OLD JUDE HASSAN ALI HASSOUNA, SEVEN YEARS OLD.

NADA WISSAM AMEEN HASSOUNA, SEVEN YEARS OLD.

HODA MOHAMMED FADEL HAMAD HASSOUNA, EIGHT YEARS OLD.

YAZAN RAMI MOHAMMED FADEL HASSOUNA, EIGHT YEARS OLD AYA HUSSAM AMIN HASSOUNA, EIGHT YEARS OLD.

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JANNAH AHMED MOHAMMED HASSOUNA, EIGHT YEARS OLD.

BARAA HASSAN ALI HASSOUNA, NINE YEARS OLD NOOR WISSAM AMIN HASSOUNA, NINE YEARS OLD MOHAMMED RAMI MOHAMMED FADEL HASSOUNA, TEN YEARS OLD SAMIR AHMED MOHAMMED HASSOUNA, TEN YEARS OLD.

KHALID I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND STOP YOU NOW, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD.

AND THE LAST PERSON WE HAVE SPEAKING TODAY.

ADAM. BAUMAN, ARE YOU HERE? I THINK THERE. HI.

WELCOME. HELLO.

I DON'T HAVE A PREPARED STATEMENT FOR YOU TODAY.

I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THIS MEETING WAS HAPPENING UNTIL LITERALLY ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP HERE AND SPEAK OUR MINDS WITHOUT FEAR OF GETTING BASICALLY EXECUTED PUBLICLY, AS IS THE CASE IN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD.

AND I JUST HAVE THE QUESTION NOT SPECIFICALLY ONLY FOR YOU, BUT JUST IN GENERAL.

SINCE WHEN IS GENOCIDE A HOT TAKE? SINCE WHEN IS SAYING WE CONDEMN THE MURDER OF CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN A HOT TAKE? SINCE WHEN IS CONDEMNING AND NOT WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS COMPLICIT IN CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY? SINCE WHEN IS THAT A POLITICAL STATEMENT? WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING FORWARD TO SPEAK ABOUT ENDING GUN VIOLENCE ON OUR CAMPUSES.

THAT WAS TRIGGERED BY ONE EVENT IN ITS CURRENT FORM.

BUT NOW THERE'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING KILLED AND WE FALL SILENT.

THERE'S NOT EVEN A CONSIDERATION OF RELEASING A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING IT.

SINCE WHEN IS THAT ANY MORE ACCEPTABLE THAN BEING PART OF IT? IS COMPLICITY REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR? WOULD THIS BE THE SAME THING IF WE WERE IF THIS WASN'T ONE OF OUR POLITICAL ALLIES DOING THIS? NO. WE'RE PUTTING OUR OWN POLITICAL AIMS AND OUR ECONOMIC GOALS OVER THE LIVES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND STUDENTS LIKE US.

AND SINCE WHEN IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE THING TO DO? SINCE WHEN IS THAT A MORAL THING TO DO? HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO IGNORE OUR OWN MORAL MORALITY, OUR OWN ETHICS, AND OUR OWN STANDARDS OF HUMAN DECENCY? BEFORE WE TAKE A STAND AND JUST SAY NO MORE.

WE WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS AND WE WILL NOT REMAIN SILENT ON IT.

IT ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON TO START THE CONVERSATION.

SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP, THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE CHAIR'S REPORT.

[E. 1:35 p.m. CHAIR AND PRESIDENT REPORTS]

THAT'S ME.

SO I JUST WANT TO WELCOME.

OKAY, WELCOME.

IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE HERE.

SO IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TO SEE YOU, DENVER, TODAY.

I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING TO CELEBRATE THREE OUTSTANDING CU ALUMNI ALUMNI TONIGHT AT THE CU DENVER REGENTS AWARD.

THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE EACH RECEIVING CU DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY, THE STATE OF COLORADO, AND BEYOND.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TERRIFIC EVENING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT LAST MONTH'S ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNING BOARDS NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BOSTON WAS ALSO TERRIFIC.

SEVERAL REGENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS ATTENDED ALONG WITH PRESIDENT SALIMAN.

IT'S ALWAYS VALUABLE TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS FROM INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE NATION, AND TO SPEND TIME WITH CU COLLEAGUES AND THOSE FROM OTHER COLORADO INSTITUTIONS. AND SPEAKING OF CONNECTING WITH OTHER COLORADO ORGANIZATIONS, I WANT TO COMMEND PRESIDENT SALIMAN AND HIS TEAM OF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO CONNECT THE LEADERS AT COLORADO'S OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE ISSUES.

PERHAPS MOST NOTABLY, CU LED THE CHARGE IN DEVELOPING AND GARNERING UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR A UNIFIED STATE FUNDING REQUEST FOR HIGHER EDUCATION DURING WHAT IS AN EXTREMELY TOUGH

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BUDGET CYCLE.

THIS HARD WORK PAID OFF WHEN THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE VOTED TO APPROVE $132 MILLION TOTAL STATE FUNDING INCREASE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, WHICH WILL GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING TO KEEP TUITION IN CHECK.

ADDITIONALLY, CU IS LEADING THE CHARGE ON HOUSE BILL 1340, WHICH WOULD INCENTIVIZE PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION IN COLORADO.

THIS BIPARTISAN BILL PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF THE HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, AND WE'RE EAGER FOR THE FINAL VOTE.

AND, OF COURSE, BIG NEWS AT CU BOULDER LAST WEEK WAS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JUSTIN SCHWARTZ AS THE FINALIST FOR THE CU BOULDER CHANCELLOR POSITION.

THE BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH JUSTIN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM, HIS VISION, AND HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE.

IN BETWEEN AS MANY MEETINGS WITH FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS, ALUMNI, DONORS, AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JUSTIN AND THE SEARCH PROCESS@CU.EDU.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BUFF SKI TEAM ON WINNING ITS 21ST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND TO CU BOULDER ATHLETICS DIRECTOR RICK GEORGE FOR BEING NAMED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS.

OTHER BIG NEWS INCLUDED MARCH MADNESS AND THE TERRIFIC SEASONS.

OUR BUFFS, MEN AND WOMEN TEAM HAD.

PRESIDENT SOLOMON AND SEVERAL REGENTS TRAVELED TO WATCH THE TEAMS DURING THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, INCLUDING THE WOMEN'S SECOND CONSECUTIVE SWEET 16 BID.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM, AND WE'RE ALSO PROUD OF OUR UCCS MOUNTAIN LIONS, INCLUDING THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, WHO FINISHED AS CO-CHAMPIONS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE'S REGULAR SEASON.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SUCCESSFUL TEAMS AND TO ALL OF YOU AMAZING, AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES ACROSS CAMPUSES.

I'LL REMIND YOU THAT OUR JUNE BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD IN PUEBLO.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE BOARD DECIDED LAST YEAR TO HOLD ONE OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS IN A COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE BOULDER DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREAS.

SO WE'LL BE HEARING FROM THE MAYOR OF PUEBLO AND MEET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM K THROUGH 12 LOCAL COLLEGES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHILE WE'RE THERE. BEFORE I TURN THINGS OVER TO PRESIDENT SOLOMON, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO CHANCELLOR SOBHANI FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND FOR GALVANIZING THE UCS COMMUNITY ON AND OFF CAMPUS FOLLOWING THE HORRIFIC SHOOTING ON THE CAMPUS IN FEBRUARY.

I'M DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY OUR MOUNTAIN LIONS WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN GRIEF, HEALING, AND HOPE.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

AND. AND THANK YOU, REGENTS.

SO DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER, I GET TO DO SOMETHING THAT I LOVE, AND THAT IS TO SPEND A WHOLE DAY ON EACH CAMPUS MEETING WITH STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE CAMPUS, HEAR ABOUT, HEAR WHAT FOLKS ARE THINKING.

AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR ME TO INTERACT WITH WITH THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND FOR FOR THEM TO ASK ME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND SO, SO FAR THIS THIS SEMESTER, I'VE BEEN TO ANSCHUTZ UCS IN DENVER.

AND OF COURSE, I'M ON CAMPUSES PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

BUT THIS IS LIKE A NICE LITTLE FULL DAY WHERE I GET TO HAVE IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS.

AND, AND IT REALLY HAS BEEN A JOY.

AND SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN AT THOSE MEETINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR FOR PARTICIPATING.

AND THANK YOU TO THE CHANCELLORS AND YOUR TEAMS FOR MAKING THOSE POSSIBLE.

I, I, I GET DIFFERENT TAKEAWAYS AT AT ALL THE MEETINGS.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES THIS YEAR AND I TALKED TO TO I'VE TALKED BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY HEARD IS THIS GREAT NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT UCS AND CU ANSCHUTZ HAVE GOING ON IN THE TO IN TERMS OF GETTING MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO GET A DOCTORATE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AT UCS.

BUT THE THE DEGREE IS ACTUALLY FROM CU ANSCHUTZ, AND IT'S LARGELY AN ONLINE DEGREE THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS.

AND THE ONES I CARE ABOUT ARE RURAL COLORADO TO TO GET A DOCTORATE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY AND TO PROVIDE BETTER CARE THROUGHOUT RURAL COLORADO.

AND SO THANK YOU TO CHANCELLOR SOBHANI AND CHANCELLOR ELLIMAN AND YOUR TEAMS FOR FOR MAKING THAT PROGRAM HAPPEN.

ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT, THAT I, THAT WE'VE BEEN BUSY ON IS OF COURSE, THE CU BOULDER CHANCELLOR SEARCH AND AND CHAIR RENNISON MENTIONED THAT THAT JUSTIN SCHWARTZ WAS ON CAMPUS LAST WEEK AND HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS.

WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION AND THAT MOST OF THE FORUMS. AND SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT JUSTIN SCHWARTZ.

I THINK THAT HE IS AN OUTSTANDING CANDIDATE.

AND AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK, OF COURSE, CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO, FOR FOR PUTTING US IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION TO RECRUIT A NEW CHANCELLOR.

SO CU BOULDER IS DOING REALLY WELL.

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AND AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING POOL OF CANDIDATES.

AND SO THANK YOU TO TO CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO FOR YOUR 15 YEARS AS CHANCELLOR AND YOUR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE AND COUNTING AT CU BOULDER.

SO THANK YOU. THE THE THE CU ANSCHUTZ SEARCH IS MOVING ALONG FOR A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL DEAN.

BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT TO CHANCELLOR ELLIMAN TO TALK ABOUT.

I AM ALSO REALLY PLEASED WITH THE NEW EXPANDED TUITION AND BENEFIT FOR FACULTY AND STAFF.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED WHO HAS BEEN WORKING SO LONG TO GROW THIS BENEFIT OVER, OVER TIME.

THE RECENT EXPANSION IS IS IS A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION.

AND I THINK IT REALLY ENHANCES THIS ALREADY EXCELLENT BENEFIT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE FOLKS ON THE CAMPUSES, BUT ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO OUR TO OUR STAFF AND OUR FACULTY WHO HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.

AND BY A LONG TIME, I MEAN YEARS.

AND, AND IT'S AND I THINK THAT'S IN LARGE PART THIS IS A NICE DEMONSTRATION OF HOW SHARED GOVERNANCE WORKS.

YOU KNOW, THE THE STAFF, THE FACULTY AND THE CAMPUSES AND THE SYSTEM LEADERS WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN OVER TIME.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT.

IT'S BEEN A BUSY, BUSY YEAR AT THE LEGISLATURE, OF COURSE.

AND I JUST WANT AND AND THE LEGISLATURE IS APPROVING A NEW BUDGET, WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THE LEGISLATORS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR ALL OF HIGHER EDUCATION. AND AND I ALSO WILL WANT TO EXTEND, THANKS TO OUR TEAM, WHO'S BEEN WORKING HARD ON THAT.

SO SPECIFICALLY HEATHER HRINKO, WHO I THINK IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY AT THE CAPITOL RIGHT NOW.

AND CHAD MARTORANO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.

AS WE AS AS WE LOOK TO THE VARIOUS OUTREACH THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OR THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE EVENTS THAT I'VE ATTENDED THAT WERE THAT WERE ESPECIALLY AWESOME.

ONE WAS THE LAUGH GALA, WHICH AND OUR VERY OWN TONY SALAZAR USED TO BE THE THE CHAIR OR THE PRESIDENT, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, OF LAUGH AND IS STILL FRONT AND CENTER.

AND LITERALLY WHEN I SAY FRONT AND CENTER, I MEAN THAT BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY FRONT AND CENTER AT THE EVENT EVERY TIME.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE.

AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.

WE'VE ALSO I'VE ALSO ATTENDED A VARIETY OF OTHER EVENTS OVER THE LAST FEW, FEW FEW MONTHS THAT THAT TRY TO, YOU KNOW, THAT TRY TO COMMUNICATE OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND FINALLY, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT LONG LIST OF ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS.

BUT I TELL YOU, IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

AND AND GOING TO THESE GAMES IS, IS IS A LOT OF FUN.

AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO, TO TO TO PARTICIPATE BOTH AT CU BOULDER AND AT UCCS.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR CHANCELLORS AND, AND YOUR TEAMS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENT ATHLETES WHO WHO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA.

AND I FORGOT WHAT TO DO.

WHAT I ALWAYS OH THAT'S I'M GOING TO DO TOGETHER ONE DAY WE'LL REMEMBER.

YES. SO WITH THAT I IF IT'S OKAY MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EACH EACH OF THE CHANCELLORS TO GIVE US A JUST A TWO MINUTE UPDATE ABOUT THEIR CAMPUSES.

AND SO SINCE WE ARE IN YOUR HOUSE, CHANCELLOR MARKS, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO GO FIRST.

GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE TWO THINGS.

ONE IS THAT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER AND ANSCHUTZ ARE ONCE AGAIN BEING RECOGNIZED WITH A MILITARY FRIENDLY DESIGNATION. WE ARE, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A DIFFERENT WE'RE IN A RESEARCH CATEGORY DIFFERENT THAN UCS, WHICH IS ALSO HIGHLY RATED, BUT BUT CU DENVER ANSCHUTZ IS RANKED NUMBER SIX SPOT IN NATIONWIDE.

AS MILITARY FRIENDLY.

AND WE'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN THESE RANKINGS FOR OVER TEN YEARS.

BUT WE CONTINUE WE CONTINUE TO MOVE UP.

WE ARE THE ONLY UNIVERSITIES IN COLORADO TO RANK IN THE IN THE TIER TWO RANK CATEGORY IN COLORADO TO RANK THIS HIGH.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY A BIT ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.

THE MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOLS AWARDS RECOGNIZE THE TOP COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO DO THE MOST TO EMBRACE MILITARY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AT CU DENVER, WE HAVE NEARLY 1600 VETERANS, ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES.

I'LL JUST SHARE A FEW OF THE THINGS WE DO.

THEY HAVE NO ADMISSION APPLICATION FEE.

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THEY HAVE PRIORITY REGISTRATION, MILITARY SERVICE, CREDIT, TUTORING, PEER MENTORING, DIFFERENT KIND OF RESOURCES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS LIKE BOOTS TO ZOOT SUITS AND ALL OF THESE ARE WHAT WHAT HAS CREATED US TO ACHIEVE THAT, THAT CATEGORY.

AND AND I ALSO AND NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLE ALUMNI.

SEVERAL REGENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK WHEN WE HOSTED FOR THE CHANCELLOR'S DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES.

ERIC LUCERO HE DELIVERED A TALK CALLED QUANTUM IS THE LANGUAGE OF NATURE.

ERIC LUCERO, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ON TV, DESIGNED, BUILT AND OPERATES GOOGLE'S QUANTUM AI LAB IN SANTA BARBARA.

AND THEY HAVE A MISSION TO BUILD THE WORLD'S FIRST ERROR CORRECTED QUANTUM COMPUTER TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN HUMANKIND THAT HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE.

AND AND HE IS ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS ON THE GOOGLE AI QUANTUM TEAM THAT THAT DEMONSTRATED HUMANITY'S FIRST BEYOND CLASSICAL COMPUTATION, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, ACTUALLY, AND WAS WRECKED. BUT I KNOW THAT IT WAS RECOGNIZED BY SCIENCE MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE BREAKTHROUGHS OF THE YEAR.

SO, SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS QUANTUM BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK.

IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE.

WE ALSO HAD WITH US SEVERAL LEADERS FROM THE TECH INDUSTRY AND THE QUANTUM, INCLUDING WENDY LEE FROM THE TECH HUB.

NOW, THE LEADERS OF THE ELEVATE QUANTUM CONSORTIUM THAT MANY OF US ARE A PART OF IN THE STATE OF COLORADO.

SO VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HIM ON CAMPUS.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND CHANCELLOR ELLIMAN.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

BOARD OF REGENTS. THE BIG, BIG, BIGGEST EVENT ON OUR CAMPUS RIGHT NOW IS, IS THE SEARCH FOR THE NEW DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

WE HAVE THREE FINALISTS COMING THROUGH FOR FULL DAYS ON CAMPUS FOR THEIR INTERVIEWS.

THE FIRST ONE WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.

THE LAST ONE WAS LAST WEEK.

AND THE NEXT ONE OR.

SORRY, THIS WEEK.

AND THE FINAL ONE WILL BE THE NEXT WEEK.

AND HOPEFULLY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE WILL COME TO A CONCLUSION AND AND MAKE A DECISION ON A ON A NEW DEAN.

BEYOND THAT TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS WERE RECOGNIZED WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR RANKINGS IN US NEWS.

ONE WAS THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THE AFOREMENTIONED DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY.

THAT THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH NOT NOT THE NEW PROGRAM, BUT THE EXISTING PROGRAM.

SO IT'S A BUSY TIME IN ANSCHUTZ, AND WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SOLOMON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS.

LATER ON TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IN THE STRATEGIC GROUPS ABOUT RESEARCH AT OUR CAMPUSES.

AND I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT QUANTUM AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT CU BOULDER IS A LEAD PARTNER AND A RAPIDLY GROWING OF FIVE VIBRANT QUANTUM ECOSYSTEM IN COLORADO AND THE REGION THROUGH ITS RESEARCH, TECH TRANSFER, BUSINESS, STARTUPS, SCIENCE EDUCATION, AND MORE.

AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE STATE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, INDUSTRY AND NONPROFITS IN THE REGION TO ENHANCE QUANTUM SCIENCE EDUCATION, RESEARCH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE ARE DOING THIS IS AS A PARTNER ON THE STATE'S PROPOSAL TO THE FEDERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR PHASE TWO TECH HUB, WHICH IS FUNDING UP TO $75 MILLION.

COLORADO IS ALREADY GIVEN A QUANTUM TECH HUB DESIGNATION DURING PHASE ONE, AND WE'RE NOW IN COMPETITION WITH ILLINOIS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TO WIN PHASE TWO.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS TO CU IS THAT IF COLORADO WINS THE PHASE TWO FUNDING PROPOSAL, IT WILL TRIGGER A STATE INVESTMENT VIA A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM PROPOSED IN THE STATE HOUSE OF $29 MILLION THAT WILL GO TO BUILD A QUANTUM RESEARCH INCUBATOR, IDEALLY LOCATED IN BOULDER, FOR EASY ACCESS FOR RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS.

AND THIS FACILITY FACILITY WILL BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH LABS AND THE QUANTUM INDUSTRY, FOSTERING COLLABORATION AND CATALYZING INNOVATION.

ALMOST ALL COLORADO BASED QUANTUM COMPANIES, FROM START UP TO MORE ESTABLISHED, EMANATED ACTUALLY FROM CU BOULDER LABS, AND THE QUANTUM INCUBATOR IS DESIGNED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE THAT SPIN OFF RATE.

AS YOU KNOW, CU BOULDER IS ALREADY A GLOBAL LEADER IN QUANTUM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.

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WITH OVER 50 YEARS OF JILA CU BOULDER'S PARTNERSHIP WITH NIST, FOUR NOBEL LAUREATES IN PHYSICS SINCE THE 1990S FOR QUANTUM RELATED INSIGHTS AND IS THE HOME OF THE QUBIT QUBIT QUANTUM INITIATIVE AND QUANTUM ENGINEERING INITIATIVE.

LATER YOU'LL HEAR FROM OUR VICE CHANCELLOR FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, MASSIMO REGINI, WHO WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT QUANTUM AND OUR RESEARCH BROADLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND CHANCELLOR SOBHANI.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SALIMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS, FOR GIVING ME THIS CHANCE TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE FROM OUR CAMPUS.

SINCE I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES, I WANT TO SPEND MY ENTIRE TIME ON GRATITUDE.

GIVEN THE PAST SEVEN, SEVEN WEEKS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.

SORRY. ALTHOUGH YOU ARE AWARE.

OUR CAMPUS HAS SUFFERED GREAT LOSS THIS SEMESTER.

WE HAVE BEGUN TO HEAL AND MOVE FORWARD.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS SO WELL IS THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY IN OUR UNIVERSITY FAMILY.

THANK YOU TO THE REGENTS.

WHO IN YOUR OWN WAYS, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY HAVE SHOWN US SO MUCH SUPPORT.

THANK YOU TO THE SIU SYSTEM OFFICE WHO HAVE PROVIDED EXTENSIVE RESOURCES AND COUNSEL TO OUR CAMPUS.

SORRY, THIS WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SISTER CAMPUSES FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH AND THROUGHOUT.

WE OWE A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR COLORADO SPRINGS COMMUNITY WHO HAVE EMBRACED OUR CAMPUS.

I'D LIKE TO PARTICULARLY CALL OUT MAYOR YEMI MOBILITY, THE ENTIRE COLORADO SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF VASQUEZ, CHAIR CAMI BREMER AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THE UNIVERSITY AND OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED ALSO BY OUR BUSINESS AND CIVIC COMMUNITY.

WITH SO MANY DONATIONS AND IN-KIND SUPPORT, TRULY THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND RESOURCES HAVE LIFTED US IN A VERY DARK TIME. I'D ALSO LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK SO MANY ON OUR CAMPUS.

THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND HAVE HEARD FROM ME PERSONALLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IT PUBLICLY.

OUR UCCS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE DEAN OF STUDENTS OFFICE, WELLNESS CENTER STAFF, OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS, THE LYDA HILL INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RESILIENCE, STUDENT LIFE, DINING AND HOSPITALITY, OFFICE OF DEI FACILITIES, HUMAN RESOURCES, OUR HOUSING STAFF AND THOSE COLLEGES WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES, THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS.

AND I HAVE TO MENTION THAT BEFORE THE INCIDENT ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH, WE WERE ALREADY GRIEVING.

SO I WANT TO REACH OUT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR JOHNSON BETH-EL COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES FOR ALL THAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH.

I WANT TO THANK OUR CARING AND COMPASSIONATE FACULTY AND STAFF AND OUR SHARED GOVERNANCE LEADERS AND EVERYONE WHO, UNDER EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, FOUND IT WITHIN THEMSELVES TO GIVE A LITTLE EXTRA MORE AND MAKE A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALING.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FACULTY WHO WERE HERE EARLIER TODAY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ROAD WE ARE ON IS A LONG ONE.

THE INDIVIDUAL ACCUSED OF THIS SERIOUS CRIMES IS LIKELY TO BE IN THE IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.

AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE FEBRUARY 16TH INCIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO RESURFACE IN THE MEDIA AND IN THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF SO MANY FROM OUR CAMPUS.

IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

KNOW THAT WE HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

FOREVER CHANGED AND STRONGER.

OUR CAMPUS GREW FROM A TRADITION OF RESILIENCE, AND WE WHO ARE CURRENTLY THERE ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF

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THAT. IT IS THE MOUNTAIN LION WAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I THOUGHT I'D MAKE IT THROUGH ONE MEETING WITHOUT CRYING.

SO THANKS. NEXT ON THE AGENDA?

[F. 1:45 p.m. GOVERNANCE LEADERS REPORTS]

YEAH. YEAH.

NEXT TIME I WON'T DO IT.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA ARE THE GOVERNANCE LEADERS REPORTS STAFF COUNCIL CO-CHAIRS JENNY HART AND ALAN SLINKARD.

LOOKS LIKE JENNY GETS THE CALL TODAY.

WELCOME. INDEED.

THANK YOU. CHAIR RENNISON.

PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE IN TIME WITH YOU AND DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO CU STAFF.

AND THE FOLLOWING UPDATE WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT ON WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH STAFF AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM STAFF SINCE WE LAST REPORTED TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.

UNIVERSITY STAFF COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM OFFICE, STAFF COUNCIL AND THE FOUR CAMPUS COUNCILS ARE ALL EITHER IN THE PROCESS OF HOLDING THEIR ELECTIONS OR JUST RECENTLY WRAPPED UP HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

FOR OUR UCSC LEADERSHIP, UNFORTUNATELY, MY FRIEND AND CO-CHAIR ALAN SLINKARD WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO UCSC NEXT YEAR.

SO JUNE WILL BE HIS LAST MEETING WITH US.

I AM UP FOR REELECTION.

AND WE WILL KNOW BY THE JUNE MEETING WHO OUR LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE.

SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH PRESIDENT SOLOMON, FELICITY O'HERRON, AS WELL AS CAMPUS LEADERS IN THE PAST, AND MOST RECENTLY DURING OUR CAMPUS VISIT WITH PRESIDENT SOLOMON AND HIS TEAM, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY STILL EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH RECRUITING AND RETAINING MEMBERS ON STAFF COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY MEMBERS IN FRONTLINE POSITIONS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCLUDING WORK HOURS FOR MEMBERS WHO ARE IN FACILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES POSITIONS A HIGHER TURNOVER IN THOSE AREAS.

AND THEN ALSO, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT IS DUE TO WORKLOAD ISSUES AND STAFF JUST SIMPLY NOT BEING AFFORDED THE TIME, FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORT TO ENGAGE IN SHARED GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES.

THEY ARE OFTEN PULLED AWAY FROM OR UNABLE TO ATTEND MEETINGS AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE LOST MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY JUST SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT IN BOTH ENCOURAGING STAFF PARTICIPATION AND ALSO PROMOTING THE VALUE OF SHARED GOVERNANCE IN THE BROADER UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY.

FOR CHANCELLORS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS. ON A MORE PRACTICAL LEVEL, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU WORK WITH YOUR CAMPUS AND SYSTEM CREWS TO EITHER CONTINUE.

I KNOW SOME CAMPUSES ARE ALREADY DOING IT, SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU EITHER CONTINUE OR BEGIN SENDING LETTERS TO THE SUPERVISORS OF ELECTED STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS, INFORMING THEM THAT STAFF MEMBER OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ELECTION, AND INDICATING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SHARED GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES, AND ALSO ENCOURAGING SUPERVISORS TO ENSURE THAT STAFF MEMBERS ARE AFFORDED THE FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORT TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN SHARED GOVERNANCE.

IN MOST CASES, THE BARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS 3 TO 5 HOURS A MONTH, TWO HOURS FOR THE ALL CAMPUS STAFF COUNCIL MEETING, AN HOUR FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE ALL STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO PARTICIPATE ON A STANDING COMMITTEE, AND THEN MAYBE 1 TO 2 HOURS A MONTH FOR ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER WORK OR ACTIVITIES THAT WE MIGHT PUT ON.

BUT THESE DON'T HAPPEN EVERY MONTH.

SO IN AN AVERAGE MONTH WITH 160 WORKING HOURS, WE WOULD SINCERELY HOPE THAT STAFF CAN BE EXTENDED SUPPORT AND BACK UP COVERAGE WHERE NEEDED FOR 3 TO 5 HOURS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING THAT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE UNIVERSITY.

UNLIKE FACULTY WHO HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO FULFILL, STAFF DON'T HAVE THESE REQUIREMENTS AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN SHARED GOVERNANCE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND SO THEY RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THEY, THEIR WORK, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF HAVE A VOICE AND WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING WITHIN THEIR POWER TO MAKE THE UNIVERSITY BETTER FOR ALL STAFF.

I LIKE TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STAFF OVER THE RECENT HISTORY.

WITH A DOCUMENT.

THANK YOU.

AMBER I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON ALL OF THESE.

YOU CAN READ ALL OF THEM. JUST BUT JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THEM QUICKLY.

THAT STAFF COUNCIL HAS DIRECTLY BEEN INVOLVED IN AND LED, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL PROPOSAL AND AUTHORING THE WHITE PAPER

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THAT LED TO THE SUBSEQUENT EXPANSION OF THE PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS.

WE ALL CAMPUS COUNCILS AS WELL AS UCSC MODIFIED THEIR BY.

LAWS TO INCLUDE RAISE AND PRAISE ON THE CAMPUSES BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T RECEIVING, I GUESS, REPRESENTATION AMONG THE FACULTY RANKS.

AND IT REALLY MAKES MORE SENSE FOR THEM TO BE REPRESENTED BY STAFF, THEN FACULTY.

WE REGULARLY SPONSOR STAFF APPRECIATION EVENTS.

WE TRY TO DO AT LEAST ONE PER SEMESTER ON EVERY CAMPUS.

WE ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY.

WE ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

WE SPONSOR BLOOD DRIVES, COAT DRIVES, FOOD DRIVES THAT BENEFIT CAMPUS PANTRIES AS WELL AS SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE HOST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS FOR STAFF.

WE THE SYSTEM STAFF.

COUNCIL IS CREATING AND MOBILIZING THE CULTURE AND ENGAGEMENT TASK FORCE TO CREATE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF.

WE SERVE ON SEARCH COMMITTEES, AD HOC COMMITTEES, PLANNING COMMITTEES WE ALL REGULARLY PARTICIPATE IN BYLAW MODIFICATIONS FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCILS.

AMONG ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SEE UP THERE.

AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS.

SO AS THE SYSTEM AND CAMPUSES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING YOUR BUDGETS AND HOW FUNDS WILL BE USED IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT CAMPUS LEADERS REALLY CONSIDER AND ALLOCATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF CAMPUS AND SYSTEM STAFF COUNCILS.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK CHANCELLOR CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO AND ALSO PRESIDENT SOLOMON AND FELICITY FOR INSTITUTING THESE ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS AND ALSO AT UC AT THE UCSC LEVEL STAFF GOVERNANCE MEMBERS FREELY GIVE OF THEIR TIME, TALENTS AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OTHER STAFF AND THE UNIVERSITY.

AND WHILE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FULLY COMPENSATE THEM FOR THEIR TIME THAT THEY GIVE AND THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION, THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN TELL THEM, AND YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU HEAR THEM, YOU SEE THEM, AND THAT YOU APPRECIATE THEM.

AND THIS WILL ALSO GO TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT INEQUITY, WHERE STAFF GOVERNANCE MEMBERS ARE THE ONLY GROUP THAT ARE NOT RECEIVING STIPENDS OR IN SOME FORM COMPENSATED FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR TIME.

SO YOU CAN REFER TO OUR WRITTEN REPORT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL UPDATES ON ALL OF THE CAMPUSES.

AND WE AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, OUR MOTTO IS HELP US HELP YOU.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

JENNY. UP NEXT, FACULTY COUNCIL CHAIR ALASTAIR NORCROSS.

I KNOW IN PERSON TODAY.

WELL, NO, THIS IS A HOLOGRAM.

I'M NOT REALLY HERE.

YOU'RE THINNER THAN I IMAGINED.

I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT.

YES, I.

YES. NO.

IT IS A TREAT TO BE HERE IN PERSON.

I'M ALMOST NOT HERE IN PERSON.

IN FACT, I AM LEAVING FROM HERE TO THE AIRPORT TO FLY TO INDIANA.

BUT I HOPE YOU'RE FLATTERED.

I ARRANGED THE LATEST FLIGHT.

I COULD JUST SO I COULD BE HERE IN PERSON FOR THIS MEETING.

SO. YES. OF COURSE.

YEAH. ANYWAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

CHAIR. RENNISON.

VICE CHAIR. MONTERO.

PRESIDENT SOLOMON.

REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WORK OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL.

I SENT A FAIRLY DETAILED WRITTEN REPORT WITH A COUPLE OF ADDENDA.

SO I'LL JUST HIT ON A FEW HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

SOME OF THIS FEELS A LITTLE BIT TRIVIAL COMPARED WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THAT, TOO.

AND YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO.

UNTIL DOT DOT DOT.

BUT FIRST WE TOOK WE FOLLOWED YOUR LEAD.

WE, THE FACULTY COUNCIL, WE HAD AN IN-PERSON RETREAT AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.

AND WE HAD FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHAT THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES ARE DOING IN THE AREA OF SUSTAINABILITY.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED POTENTIAL CHANGES TO OUR FCPS SYSTEM, AT LEAST ON THE BOULDER AND DENVER CAMPUSES WHICH, YOU KNOW, POSE SOME CHALLENGES FIGURING OUT HOW THE BEST WAY TO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FRUITFUL FEEDBACK

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WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR FOR SORT OF PUNITIVE MEASURES.

SO AND, AND, AND WE PLAYED A GAME BECAUSE YOU GUYS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE GAMES YOU PLAY.

AND THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THAT IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE RETREAT.

SO WE PLAYED A TRIVIA GAME CALLED MIND THE GAP WITH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF QUESTIONS BASED ON DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.

AND YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE GENERATION COMPRISING THE STUDENTS THAT WE TEACH.

SO WE HAVE A LOT. WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.

THE I THEY SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.

BUT ANYWAY, WE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ECHO WHAT PRESIDENT SOLOMON SAID ABOUT THE TUITION ASSISTANCE BENEFIT.

OUR PERSONNEL BENEFITS COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT THAT.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT.

HAVING SAID THAT, WE DO STILL LAG BEHIND OUR PEERS, OUR PEER INSTITUTIONS, IN OUR TUITION ASSISTANCE BENEFITS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THERE'S MORE TO THERE'S MORE TO GO.

FACULTY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AT THE MOMENT.

I DON'T THINK IOC FACULTY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

AND SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT CAN BE INSTITUTED FOR OUR IOC FACULTY AND NOT JUST TENURE TRACK FACULTY.

IT'S PARTICULARLY NEEDED IN BOULDER AND DENVER, WHICH ARE AMONG THE MOST EXPENSIVE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO LIVE.

CERTAINLY WITHIN THE COASTS.

SO ANYWAY, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.

AS YOU KNOW, THE UK'S FACULTY ASSEMBLY HAS A MOTION CALLING ON YOU TO BAN CONCEALED CARRY ON CAMPUSES.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS PARTICULARLY URGENT GIVEN THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF FEBRUARY 16TH.

THE FACULTY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS AND UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT IT.

AND WE WILL BE ASKING FACULTY COUNCIL AT OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR ON APRIL 25TH TO ALSO SUPPORT THE UK'S FACULTY ASSEMBLY MOTION.

AND I FULLY EXPECT THAT FACULTY COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW THEY VOTE.

SO WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING EFFORTS TO BRING HIRING PRACTICES ON THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH APS 50 60 IN PARTICULAR, AS REGARDS THE SITUATION OF LECTURERS WHO ARE MANY OF WHOM PARTICULARLY ON MY OWN CAMPUS IN BOULDER, ARE ARE NOT HIRED AS THEY SHOULD BE.

THAT IS, THEY THE LECTURER IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PART TIME POSITION.

PART TIME IS TO. FIND IS UNDER 0.5 AND NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS.

BUT MANY, MOST IN FACT OF OUR LECTURERS DO TEACH TWO, THREE OR EVEN FOUR COURSES.

THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT THE BOULDER CAMPUS IN PARTICULAR IS IS FACING.

ONE THING THAT I'VE BEEN ASSURED, AND I ALSO AM DISMAYED TO HEAR THAT THIS HAPPENS SOMETIMES ON OTHER CAMPUSES, IS THAT SOME FACULTY ARE HIRED AT JUST JUST BELOW 50% SO AS TO AVOID PAYING BENEFITS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

WE'RE NOT A FAST FOOD FRANCHISE.

AND THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT WE SHOULD BE GAMING THE SYSTEM.

ANYBODY ON THIS CAMPUS, ON THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE GAMING THE SYSTEM TO EXPLOIT WORKERS LIKE THIS.

BUT I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT BOULDER WILL NOT BE DOING THAT.

AND I SINCERELY HOPE THAT OTHER CAMPUSES DON'T DO THAT EITHER.

LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF THE SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR THE CHANCELLOR AT CU BOULDER.

JUSTIN SCHWARTZ HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL VISIT.

I THINK I ATTENDED TWO OF THE EVENTS.

I PERSONALLY WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY HIM.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT IF HE IS OFFERED THE JOB AND ACCEPTS IT, THEN HE WILL MAKE A WONDERFUL CHANCELLOR FOR CU BOULDER.

AND I CAN'T LEAVE THIS WITHOUT THANKING CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO FOR HIS 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.

I KNOW THAT FACULTY COUNCIL BOULDER FACULTY ASSEMBLY AND I PERSONALLY AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR HARD WORK.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR IN YOUR CONTINUED PRESENCE ON THE ON THE SEA BOULDER CAMPUS.

THANK YOU. REGENT. BOULDER FACULTY ASSEMBLY.

THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE WELCOME.

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ANYTIME. THANK YOU.

UP NEXT, WE HAVE THE INTER CAMPUS STUDENT FORUM CHAIR, NICHOLAS DAWSON, JOINING US.

THERE YOU GO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

CHAIR. RENNISON. PRESIDENT.

SOLOMON. REGENTS.

CHANCELLORS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.

FOR MY REPORT, I'M AGAIN GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF SNAPSHOT OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON ALL FOUR CAMPUSES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE STUDENTS, AND THEN TRANSITION OVER TO GENERAL REMARKS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WHICH I PREFER, BECAUSE I GET TO GO FIRST WITH MY CAMPUS.

SEE YOU. ANSCHUTZ. WE HAVE RECENTLY DEDICATED FUNDS TO TWO MAJOR EVENTS UPCOMING.

ONE IS OUR DONOR CEREMONY, WHICH IS A UNIQUELY ANSCHUTZ EVENT WHERE WE HONOR THE FAMILIES AND THE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BODIES TO SCIENCE. AND WE ARE ALSO HOLDING A EXCELLENCE AWARD CEREMONY WHERE STUDENTS, STAFF MEMBERS, MENTORS, AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS GET RECOGNIZED FOR THE EXCELLENCE THEY DEMONSTRATE ON CAMPUS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO LAUNCHING A NEW OUTDOOR GEAR RENTAL PROGRAM, WHICH NOW HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY BEHIND IT, WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR AND OUR STUDENT.

OUR SENATE ELECTIONS HAVE RECENTLY FINISHED WITH A NEW SET OF OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SET TO COME IN FOR OUR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT SOLOMON FOR VISITING OUR CAMPUS, AS WELL AS TO CHANCELLOR ELLIMAN AND OUR EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR CARRUTHERS, WHO HOSTED A LUNCH WHERE THEY INVITED A BUNCH OF STUDENT LEADERS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT BODY COUNCILS, FROM OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND FROM STUDENT SENATES, WHERE THEY LISTENED TO JUST WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A STUDENT.

AND THEY TOOK THAT BACK UP TO HELP GUIDE THEIR DECISION MAKING FROM CU BOULDER.

THEY RECENTLY HELPED PARTICIPATE IN THE CHANCELLOR SEARCH.

THEY ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF STATE LEGISLATION.

I'M NOT AS PRIVY TO ALL THESE DETAILS, SO I'M GOING A LITTLE FASTER.

AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO FINALIZED THEIR STUDENT FEE BUDGET.

THEY HAVE FINALIZED THIS PROCESS FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND HAVING TALKED WITH CHASE MULTIPLE TIMES, IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT IS AT CU ANSCHUTZ.

FOR THE CU COLORADO SPRINGS CAMPUS.

I HAVE HEARD THAT THEY HAVE FINISHED THEIR ELECTION PROCESS AND THAT THEY HAVE PASSED.

STUDENT THE WORDING I RECEIVED IS A STUDENT FEE INCREASE HAS PASSED.

I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT DETAILS ON THAT.

AND LASTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE CU DENVER WHERE WE HAVE THEIR COLLABORATIVE THEY ARE COLLAB.

THEY ARE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CU SYSTEM IN VARIOUS STATE LEGISLATURES AS WELL.

THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PURSUING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CAMPUS INVOLVING COLLABORATIVE CAMPUS PARTNERS TO ENSURE VARIOUS STUDENT ADVOCACY COMMITTEES ARE STAFFED WITH REPRESENTATIVES, AND THEN THEY ARE PARTNERING WITH VARIOUS EVENTS ON CAMPUS, INCLUDING THEIR OWN ELECTIONS, A SPRING FLING EVENT.

AND THEN CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS STUDENT LIFE EVENTS.

COMING TO THE END OF MY REPORTS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS JUST TO EXPRESS A GRATITUDE ONE TO ALL THE PEOPLE I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH HERE AT THE CU SYSTEM OFFICE.

I'VE GOT TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT SOLOMON REGULARLY IN MY POSITION AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE ICSF, AS WELL AS I'VE GOTTEN TO MEET SEVERAL OF THE REGENTS THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE.

I HAVE ALSO GOTTEN TO MEET WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVES FROM STAFF AND FACULTY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER STAFF.

AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AS TAUGHT HAS SHOWN ME A LOT OF HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, HOW THE SIU SYSTEM WORKS, WHICH I HAVE BOTH DEEMED A VERY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE MYSELF AND HAS GIVEN ME SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE I COULD TAKE BACK TO THE ICSF.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FELLOW ICSF MEMBERS CHASE CARMEL, PRESIDENT AT CU BOULDER, FOR THEIR STUDENT BODY.

BEREA COMBS, PRESIDENT FOR THE CU DENVER STUDENT BODY, SAVANNAH BROOKS, HER VICE PRESIDENT.

ALEX BROWN, PRESIDENT OVER AT THE CU COLORADO SPRINGS STUDENT BODY.

AND HIS VICE PRESIDENT, AIDEN CLARK.

I COULD NOT DO MY JOB WITHOUT ALL OF YOU.

AND IT MADE ME INCREDIBLY PROUD TO SEE A LOT OF YOU PRESENTING UP HERE TODAY DURING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE MEETING.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE JUST BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT TEAM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED WORKING WITH EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'VE BEEN EXCELLENT TO WORK WITH TOO, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

SO THANK YOU.

I AM GRADUATING, BUT I HOPE TO BE BACK AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THERE YOU GO.

[01:20:01]

HINT, HINT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANKS. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[G. 2:05 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA]

THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA IS LISTED IN BOARD DOCS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND.

OH, I DO I DO THINK REGENT VANDERPOOL GOT THE IT MOVED IT.

AND I THINK REGENT SMITH BEAT OUT NOLBERT BY MERE HALF SECOND.

SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, GREAT.

THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS THE APPROVAL OF ALL THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. GREAT.

ANY OPPOSED? GOOD. THE MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN REGARDING RESEARCH.

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

CFO CHAD MARTORANO WILL BE PRESENTING.

WELCOME, CHAD.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, REGENTS.

I'M GOING TO START BY THE THANKS, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT I FORGET, AND THEN I COME AROUND TO IT AT THE END.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT FROM THE CAMPUSES AND IN MY TEAM, RYAN ALLRED, STEPHANIE SHELDON, AND THEN ANGELIQUE FOSTER, WHO IS SOMEWHERE BACK HERE FOR ALL THE COORDINATING THAT IT TAKES TO BRING TOGETHER THESE DEEP DIVES WHEN WE LOOK AT COMPONENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO TODAY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, DEEP DIVE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON ASPECT IN THE DISCOVERY AND IMPACT PILLAR.

AND THAT SPECIFICALLY IS RESEARCH.

THIS IS JUST ILLUSTRATES THE TIMELINE OF THOSE TOPICS THAT WE'VE COVERED OVER THIS, THIS CYCLE, THIS ACADEMIC YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR.

AND THEN AT THE JULY RETREAT, WE'LL DO A FULL BLOWN DISCUSSION OF THE ENTIRE STRATEGIC PLAN.

JUST A JUST A KIND OF GROUND OURSELVES IN TERMS OF HOW C U LOOKS RELATIVE TO THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER PUBLIC SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SEE YOU IN IN TOTAL, WHEN YOU ADD TOGETHER ALL THE CAMPUSES AND COMPARE US TO OTHER PUBLICS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE'RE 12TH IN THE NATION.

THIS IS FROM DATA THAT'S A COUPLE YEARS IN ARREARS, BUT IT'S THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION WE HAVE ON OUR PEERS.

AND, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PRIOR COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BELOW 12.

AND THIS IS, THIS IS RESEARCH EXPENDITURES, AND IT'S COMING IN AT AROUND $1.2 BILLION IN CHANGE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR GOAL.

WE REPORTED OUT ON THIS AT THE WINTER RETREAT, AND THAT WINTER RETREAT REPORT OUT WAS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES THROUGH NOVEMBER.

SO THIS IS A FEW ADDITIONAL MONTHS.

THIS IS THROUGH FEBRUARY.

IF YOU WERE TO THINK ABOUT HOW FAR ALONG IS FEBRUARY IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, IT'S ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

SO A PERCENTAGE TO KEEP IN YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE IS WE SHOULD BE IF WE'RE ON PACE TO GET TO OUR GOAL IN THE YEAR, WE SHOULD BE AROUND 66%.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE AT BOULDER THEY'RE AT 72% THROUGH FEBRUARY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT UCS, THEY'RE RIGHT ON TRACK IN TERMS OF THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

AND THEN DENVER HERE IS DOING FAR, FAR GREATER THAN WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD SUGGEST AT 98%.

AND THEN ANSCHÜTZ IS AT 70% IN TERMS OF THEIR THEIR GOAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO I CAN GIVE YOU THESE STATISTICS ON NUMBERS.

BUT THE REAL STORY IS THAT THE TABLE TOPS WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE CAMPUSES.

AND SO THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE'LL BE HEARING FROM TODAY.

BY CAMPUS.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK INTO THE THE TABLE TOPS, AND WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO, TO RECONVENE AT THE TABLES.

AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT REALLY GREAT PART OF THIS MEETING WHEN WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS.

I JUST WANTED TO LET THE REGENTS KNOW AND TO THANK CHANCELLOR MARKS FOR THE REALLY EXCELLENT BACKPACK SWAG THAT YOU GOT FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. SO TODAY, THE BOARD OF REGENTS HONORS AND CELEBRATES OUR NEW CU DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS WHO EXEMPLIFY THE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

[I. 3:50 p.m. DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR RECOGNITIONS]

OF CU. THE 2023.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS, ALL OF WHOM WILL BE HONORED TODAY, WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AT THE NOVEMBER OF 2023 BOARD MEETING.

THE COHORT CONSISTS OF SIX FACULTY FROM CU BOULDER AND THE CU ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS.

THESE FACULTY JOIN A COMMUNITY OF 144 CU DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS ACROSS THE FOUR CAMPUSES.

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS DISTINCTION ARE EXCEPTIONALLY ARDUOUS.

FACULTY MEMBERS MUST BE EXEMPLARY IN SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, AND SERVICE.

THE SIX INDIVIDUALS WE RECOGNIZE TODAY MEET THESE RIGOROUS EXPECTATIONS, AND THEY INSPIRE ALL OF US WITH THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK, COMMITMENT, AND AND PASSION FOR

[01:25:10]

KNOWLEDGE. TO BEGIN, WE WELCOME CU ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS CHANCELLOR DON ELLIMAN, WHO WILL INTRODUCE DOCTOR SEAN COLGAN AND DOCTOR FRANK DAGAR DIGGORY.

DIGGORY THINK DEGREE.

THANK YOU. I'M THE WORST AT THAT.

SO THANK YOU. DOCTOR.

DOCTOR. ELLIMAN MR. ELLIMAN DON ELLIMAN.

YOU EVER SEEN ME IN A WHITE COAT? I RUN FROM THE ROOM.

I'M GOING TO GET SOME COFFEE IN A SECOND.

IT'S MY HONOR TO HAVE THE THE PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR FACULTY TODAY WHO ARE REALLY OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF WHAT WHAT OUR FACULTY CAN DO AND, AND DO BRING TO THEIR, TO THEIR VERY PROFESSIONS, AND THE FIRST OF WHICH IS DOCTOR SEAN COLGAN.

HE IS A PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT THE CU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE JOEL LEVINE FRED KERN JUNIOR CHAIR IN IBD RESEARCH.

YOU WANT TO GUESS WHAT IBD RESEARCH IS? NO, I'M. ANYWAY DOCTOR COLGAN HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR CAMPUS SINCE 2006, WHEN WE RECRUITED HIM FROM THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.

HIS TREMENDOUS SERVICE TO THE CAMPUS INCLUDES NUMEROUS ROLES.

HE IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE MUCOSAL INFLAMMATION PROGRAM, VICE CHAIR FOR RESEARCH, THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, ASSOCIATE CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, AND DIRECTOR OF THE GI AND LIVER INNATE IMMUNE PROGRAMS. DOCTOR COLGAN IS A WORLD RENOWNED AUTHORITY IN THE FIELD OF MUCOSAL MUCOSAL BIOLOGY AND A GLOBAL LEADER IN GASTRO INTELLIGENCE GASTROENTEROLOGY RESEARCH.

HE HAS BLAZED TRAILS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY, DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF INFLAMMATION AND UNLOCKING SECRETS OF HOST MICROBE INTERACTIONS WITH A FOCUS ON GASTRO GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES.

HIS WORK HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL IN ADVANCING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN HEALTH ACROSS MANY AREAS OF MEDICINE, INCLUDING DRUG RESISTANCE IN CANCER AND HOW THE MICROBIOME INFLUENCES IMMUNITY.

HIS WORK IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY IN FOCUS, UNITING INSIGHTS FROM IMMUNOLOGY WITH MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, AND HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS ABILITY TO BRIDGE ACADEMICS AND INDUSTRY.

HE IS A PROLIFIC SCHOLAR IN HIS FIELD.

HE HAS OVER 270 PUBLICATIONS TO HIS NAME AND OVER 26,000 CITATIONS, PLACING HIM AMONG THE TOP 2.2% 0.2% IN THE WORLD FOR INFLUENCE.

AS A RESEARCHER, HE HAS ATTRACTED OVER $45 MILLION IN NIH FUNDING AND HOLDS NUMEROUS AWARDS AND ACCOLADES FOR HIS MANY PATENTS AND DISCOVERIES.

HE IS A MASTERFUL EDUCATOR.

HE HAS TAUGHT HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND TRAINED MORE THAN 50 FELLOWS.

AND AS A COLLEAGUE OF MINE SAID, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT MENTORS, THEY MENTION DOCTOR COLGAN'S NAME AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

HE HAS A GREAT MANY OUTSTANDING EMERGING EMERGING SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS CREDIT HIM WITH HELPING THEM LAUNCH THEIR CAREERS.

AND NEXT, AS ONE COLLEAGUE ALSO NOTED, NEXT TO DISCOVERY, HIS BIGGEST PASSION IS SEEING OTHERS SUCCEED IN SERVICE.

HIS WORK HAS LED TO MAJOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE FIELD AND NEW SCIENTIFIC SCIENTIFIC PARADIGMS. HIS NOMINATORS SPEAK OF HIS INCREDIBLE DISCOVERIES AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION.

ON ONE NOTE, HE IS A LEADER FOR ALL AGES AND A TREASURE FOR THE CAMPUS, ONE WHO.

ITS DEEP ROOTS AND STRONG WINGS FOR THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE WORKED WITH HIM.

WE ARE INDEED FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH AN EMINENT LEADER AT CU ANSCHUTZ.

HIS WORK IS NOT ONLY TRANSFORMING MEDICAL CARE, BUT ALSO ELEVATING THE UNIVERSITY ON THE NATIONAL AND GLOBAL STAGE.

DOCTOR COLGAN, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY AS A CU DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR UNBELIEVABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CAMPUS OVER THE YEARS.

DOCTOR COLGAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR AND REGENTS I'M HUMBLED TO STAND HERE TODAY TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE.

I CAN TELL YOU AND I SEEM TO GET THE CREDIT FOR THAT TODAY, BUT I REALLY I MOVED HERE 2006,

[01:30:06]

JUST WHEN THE ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS WAS DEVELOPING.

SO I'VE SEEN IT FROM ALMOST THE GROUND UP, AND AND I, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S A PLACE THAT I'VE REALLY COME TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH EACH AND EVERY DAY.

SO I, I COME FROM VERY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.

I GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN, AND I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN COLORADO WENT AWAY FOR 20 YEARS AND CAME BACK I GREW UP IN A SMALL FARM TOWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOK BACK ON MY LIFE AND I I STARTED MY I STARTED MY EDUCATION WANTING TO BE A VETERINARIAN GROWING UP ON A FARM.

AND I THOUGHT SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER JAMES HERRIOT BOOKS, RIGHT? TRAVELING FROM FARM TO FARM.

AND THAT'S HOW I SAW MY LIFE.

BUT I, I BECAME A LITTLE DISGRUNTLED WITH THAT IDEA AND DISCOVERED THE FIELD OF RESEARCH.

AND I WOULD SAY TODAY THAT IT'S NOT A CAREER I CHOSE.

I THINK IT'S THE CAREER CHOSE ME.

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DAILY CHASING OF QUESTIONS AND THE DAILY SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS AND THE THE FRUSTRATIONS OF EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND I THINK THAT OUR WORK HAS, HAS CERTAINLY BEEN IMPACTFUL, BUT WE HAVE A LOT STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

SO OUR, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE DISEASE, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.

SO MOST OF US IN THE ROOM KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS THIS DISEASE.

IT HAS AN INCIDENCE OF ABOUT 1 IN 300 INCHES THE UNITED STATES.

SO MOST OF US KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS EITHER CROHN'S DISEASE OR ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

AND I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS AREA FOR NOW, 30 YEARS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE STILL ARE REALLY NOT CLOSER TO KNOWING THE REAL MECHANISM OF THIS DISEASE.

THERE ARE MORE AND MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS, BUT THOSE THOSE WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

THE MICROBIOME IS PROBABLY PART OF THAT.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU PROUD OF OUR UNIVERSITY, YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE FIELD OF MICROBIOME.

SO MOST OF US KNOW THIS TERM MICROBIOME.

YOU CAN'T PICK UP THE YOU CAN'T PICK UP THE DENVER POST OR THE THE NEW YORK TIMES WITHOUT SEEING THE WORD MICROBIOME.

WELL, REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY STARTED HERE AT CU, AND WITHOUT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AT THIS UNIVERSITY, THAT FIELD WOULD NOT EXIST.

SO I FEEL FORTUNATE TO RIDE ON THE COATTAILS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DONE THAT.

SO I'VE BEEN ON FACULTY NOW, THIS IS MY 30TH YEAR 13 AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND 17 HERE AT CU.

AND AS I LOOK BACK ON THIS, I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO TO BE A FACULTY MEMBER.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I THINK IT MEANS A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

BUT MORE MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE LIFELONG LEARNERS.

AND THE THE LEARNING THAT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY DAY CONTRIBUTES TO THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND US.

THERE'S AN OLD AFRICAN PROVERB THAT SAYS, IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST, GO ALONE.

IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR, GO TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THIS IS ONE OF THE THE TALES THAT I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS.

AND THAT IS WE GO TOGETHER.

AND THE THING I'M MOST PROUD OF IS I'M NOW A BRIDGE TO THAT YOUNGER GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS.

AND YOU KNOW, BEING A FACULTY MEMBER IS IS AN INTERESTING LIFE.

THE BEAUTY IS THE VARIETY THAT YOU LIVE EACH AND EVERY DAY.

ONE DAY YOU'RE A TEACHER.

ONE DAY YOU'RE AN AUTHOR.

SOME DAYS YOU'RE A PRIEST.

AND MOST DAYS YOU'RE A PSYCHOLOGIST.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU'RE A FRIEND.

AND YOU DO.

YOU DO THIS FOR THOSE THAT YOU LOVE AROUND YOU.

AND WE GO TOGETHER AND WE GO FAR IF WE GO TOGETHER.

SO THIS CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT MY, MY MAJOR COMPATRIOT.

AND THAT'S MY, MY WIFE WHO WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER NOW FOR 30 YEARS.

SHE'S SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SHE WON'T TAKE ANY CREDIT, BUT SHE ACTUALLY IS THE ONE WHO PROBABLY HAS AFFECTED MY LIFE THE MOST.

SHE HAS AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF CHARACTER.

I'VE AVOIDED MANY, MANY PROBLEMS AND MADE FEWER.

STAKES BECAUSE OF HER, AND SHE HAS BEEN AT MY SIDE ALL ALONG, THROUGH THE GOOD AND THE BAD, AND IN ALL LIVES, THE GOOD AND THE BAD COME TOGETHER. MY TWO SONS ALSO HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

THEY'VE KEPT ME HUMBLE.

THEY'VE KEPT ME YOUNG AND AND THEY'VE GIVEN ME A GREAT PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU HERE TODAY.

[01:35:03]

I'M REALLY HUMBLED TO TO BE HONORED IN THIS WAY.

AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY GOOD DAYS AHEAD.

THIS IS ONLY JUST THE BEGINNING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I GUESS NOT. OKAY.

INSIDE. ON THE INSIDE.

SO. IT'S IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR SECOND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR.

DOCTOR FRANK DEGREE.

FRANK IS A HE'S A PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AND THE WOODWARD CHISHOLM CHAIR IN FAMILY MEDICINE.

FRANK IS A DOCTOR.

DEGREE IS A SELF-DESCRIBED UNAPOLOGETIC GENERALIST.

HE HAS LONG BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY CARE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE WHOLE PERSON MIND, BODY, BEHAVIOR, FAMILY AS WELL AS BODY. HE'S A CHAMPION OF INTEGRATED CARE, AND HE'S BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO INTERWEAVE MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF OF OF OF OF PRIMARY CARE.

FRANK HAS REALLY LED THAT EFFORT ACROSS THE NATION AND IN MANY WAYS IS THE FATHER OF THE CONCEPT.

DOCTOR DEGREE JOINED US FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN 1999, SOMETHING YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN HE COMES UP TO SPEAK, AND HAS SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE FOR OVER TWO DECADES, FROM 1999 TO 2021.

OVER THAT TIME, THE DEPARTMENT GREW TO ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE US, FROM 74 FACULTY TO MORE THAN 220, AND TODAY IS RANKED NUMBER SEVEN AMONG FAMILY MEDICINE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

HE IS THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH GROUP, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE COLLABORATIVE FAMILY HEALTH ASSOCIATION, AND PAST BOARD CHAIR OF THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN INQUIRIES NETWORK.

HE HAS SERVED ON NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS FOR PROMINENT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, AND THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF DEPRESSION CENTERS IN RESEARCH.

DOCTOR DEGREE OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER HAS LED A TRANSFORMATION OF THE HEALTH CARE LANDSCAPE, DRIVING ADVANCEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF PRIMARY CARE AND FAMILY MEDICINE. THOSE WHO WORK WITH HIM SAY HE IS A BRIDGE BUILDER AND A BOUNDARY SPANNER, WHO WAS A WHO HAS CONNECTED PRIMARY CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND THE SOCIAL INFLUENCES OF HEALTH INTO A DEMONSTRABLY BETTER WAY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

DOCTOR DEGREE HAS BUILT A FOUNDATION OF AN INTEGRATED APPROACH THAT HAS IMPROVED CLINICAL PRACTICE IN COLORADO AND HELPED SET DIRECTION FOR OF CARE FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. IN TEACHING, HE IS KNOWN AS A PATHFINDER.

HE HAS HELPED GENERATIONS OF EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS HONE IN ON THEIR ASPIRATIONS IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE, NO DOUBT BENEFITING FROM HIS INSIGHTS AND HIS MENTORSHIP IN SERVICE.

WHEN DESCRIBING DOCTOR DEGREE IS NOMINATORS USE WORDS LIKE ELOQUENT AND VISIONARY.

ONE NOTES HE LISTENS.

HE LISTENS AS FEW AS CAN.

FEW OF US THINKS BETTER THAN MOST OF US AND HAS BEEN A GIFT TO SEE YOU, COLORADO AND THE COUNTRY.

IT'S NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT DOCTOR DEGREE'S WORK HAS RAISED THE BAR FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE, AND HAS SHOWN VERY CLEARLY WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED APPROACH MAKES POSSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE UNDER OUR CARE DOCTOR DEGREE.

IT IS TRULY A PLEASURE TO HONOR YOU IN THIS THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AND TIRELESS ADVOCACY.

YOUR WORK IS AN INSPIRATION AND HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON ALL THAT WE DO, AND WILL DO SO FOR THE YEARS TO COME.

DOCTOR FRANK DEGREE.

GOOD LORD. IT'S MUCH BETTER ON PAPER THAN IT IS IN REAL LIFE.

THANK YOU DON. THANK ALL OF YOU, I.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS HONOR.

THANK YOU. I MY, MY THE ADVICE WAS TO JUST GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT I'VE DONE IN MY CAREER AND WHAT I HOPE TO DO WITH WHAT'S LEFT OF IT.

SO I'M GOING TO DO THAT. I'M GOING TO JUST DIVE RIGHT INTO SOME SPECIFICS THAT I HOPE, AND I THINK WILL BE INTERESTING TO YOU.

[01:40:07]

FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES, MY PERSONAL MISSION HAS BEEN TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME HEALTHIER.

AND IN THE 22 YEARS THAT I CHAIRED THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE HERE, IT WAS ALSO OUR DEPARTMENT'S MISSION JUST TO HELP PEOPLE BE HEALTHIER.

IF YOUR FAMILY DOC, THERE ARE SPECIFIC WAYS YOU CAN GO ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING THIS.

THE ECOLOGY OF CARE IS SUCH THAT IN AN AVERAGE COMMUNITY, IN AN AVERAGE MONTH, ABOUT ONE PERSON IN A THOUSAND HAS A HEALTH PROBLEM SERIOUS ENOUGH TO REQUIRE THE SERVICES OF AN ACADEMIC TERTIARY CARE CENTER, 1 IN 1000 PER MONTH.

THESE SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S A LIVER TRANSPLANT OR NEUROSURGERY OR TREATMENT FOR A RARE CANCER, CAN BE LIFE SAVING.

AND I AM ALL IN ON KEEPING THAT GOING.

I JUST COUNT MY BLESSINGS THAT I'M IN A PLACE WHERE THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY AND THE RESEARCH THAT LEADS TO THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY IS GOING ON, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE PRIMARILY OPERATE.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE HEALTH OF OUR NATION OVERALL, AND THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO IS NOT THAT HOT.

I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE OTHER 999 PEOPLE WHO ALL HAVE HEALTH CONCERNS.

WHETHER IT'S A PHYSICAL PROBLEM OR A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, OR A BEHAVIOR PROBLEM, OR A SOCIAL ISSUE THAT AFFECTS HEALTH INTO PRIMARY CARE, THE FIRST CONTACT MOST PEOPLE HAVE WITH THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

SO FOR A LONG TIME, WE'VE KNOWN THAT CERTAIN FEATURES OF PRIMARY CARE LEAD TO HEALTHIER PEOPLE AND BETTER, LESS EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE.

THESE ARE THINGS LIKE COMPREHENSIVENESS.

IF COMPREHENSIVENESS, A FEATURE OF PRIMARY CARE, WORKS BETTER, IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.

CONTINUITY OF CARE, COORDINATED CARE, PERSONAL CARE.

IF I KNOW YOUR NAME AND I KNOW YOUR FAMILY, AND I KNOW YOUR DEAL, THE CARE YOU GET IS BETTER.

AND SO ON. SO IF MY MISSION, IF OUR MISSION IS TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME HEALTHIER AND I'M A PRIMARY CARE PERSON, WHICH I AM, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THE PRIMARY CARE I RENDER MORE EFFECTIVE BY INCORPORATING THOSE FEATURES INTO MY PRACTICE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE, AND THE ONE I GRABBED ON TO 40 YEARS AGO, WAS COMPREHENSIVENESS.

BECAUSE OF THE BODY.

AND THE MIND ARE INDIVISIBLE.

BECAUSE EVERY PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEM HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS, AND EVERY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE HAS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS. I THOUGHT IT WISE TO INTEGRATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE INTO THE FABRIC OF ORDINARY PRIMARY CARE.

40 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE WEREN'T DOING THAT.

THIS EFFORT CAUGHT ON, AND IT'S BECOME THE NORM FOR RENDERING WHOLE PERSON PRIMARY CARE IN MUCH OF THE NATION.

ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, FAMILY MEDICINE CLINICS, THE ALMOST 100,000 VISITS A YEAR THAT WE SEE IN THOSE CLINICS ARE NOW IN FULLY INTEGRATED CLINICS WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS, THROUGH THE AGENCY OF SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, MOST CONSPICUOUSLY LARRY GREEN AND PERRY DICKINSON. THERE ARE ABOUT 400 PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES IN THE STATE OF COLORADO WITH MORE OR LESS INTEGRATED, MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. SO THAT PART OF THIS IS GOING PRETTY WELL.

INTEGRATED CARE IS GETTING SOME TRACTION NOW, BUT WE'VE LEARNED A FEW THINGS SINCE WE STARTED DOING THIS IN THE 80S.

PRIMARY CARE CLINICS, NO MATTER HOW WELL INTEGRATED, ARE NOT THEMSELVES SUFFICIENT TO BRING PEOPLE UP TO THE LEVEL OF HEALTH THAT MOST PEOPLE IN DEVELOPED NATIONS ENJOY.

WE CANNOT CLINIC OUR WAY TO HEALTH.

MUCH AS I WISH WE COULD, THEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, MY WORK IS DONE AND I'M HITTING THE HAMMOCK.

HEALTH IS WON AND LOST IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT ACCOUNT FOR FAR MORE VARIANCE IN PEOPLE'S HEALTH THAN THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE THEY RECEIVE.

HEALTH CARE. EVEN THE MOST EXCELLENT STATE OF THE ART HEALTH CARE CANNOT OVERCOME THE HITS TO A PERSON'S HEALTH THAT SHORTFALLS IN SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSE NO HOUSE, NO HEALTH, NO FOOD, NO HEALTH, NO WAY TO GET TO WORK, NO HEALTH.

LESS EDUCATION, POORER HEALTH LESS MONEY, LESS HEALTH, DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD, SHORTER LIFESPAN AND POOR HEALTH.

SO THESE ARE PRESSING PROBLEMS THAT OFTEN ARISE IN COMMUNITIES BEFORE A PERSON WOULD EVEN CALL IT A HEALTH PROBLEM.

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AND APART FROM ANYTHING OTHER THEY MIGHT HAVE AS A HEALTH PROBLEM.

SO HERE'S AN INTERESTING THING.

MOST LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN COLORADO AND EVERYWHERE ELSE ALREADY OFFER SOME HELP WITH SOME OF THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS. MANY OF THESE HAVE MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE AGENTS AND AGENCIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP THEIR MEMBERS GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

SO WE SEE SCATTERED INSTANCES OF FOOD PANTRIES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS WORKING TOGETHER, OR HOUSING AGENCIES WORKING WITH HEALTH INSURANCE AGENTS OR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER SERVING AS A CONVENING CENTER WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE OR CONTACT WITH AN URBAN FARM, AND SO ON.

THESE EFFORTS AROUND OUR STATE ARE THEY'RE HAPHAZARD, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE.

THEY'RE SOMETIMES EVEN SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINABLE.

I AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES MONTBELLO, WESTSIDE, GREELEY, FORT MORGAN, LYMAN, COLORADO SPRINGS, EDWARDS, EL-GEBEL, BASALT, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, GRAND JUNCTION, ALAMOSA, LAKEWOOD, AND SO ON.

THESE COMMUNITIES TODAY ARE PRODUCING SOLUTIONS ON THEIR OWN THAT HELP PEOPLE BECOME HEALTHIER BY PULLING TOGETHER VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF PRIMARY CARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION, JUVENILE JUSTICE, AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON.

IT'S AN INSPIRING, DISORDERLY PATCHWORK WITH A LOT OF MISSING PIECES.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD, AND IT IS, IN EVERY INSTANCE, INSUFFICIENT TO THE NEED.

AND YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL BY NOW, AS A PRIMARY CARE CLINICIAN, EDUCATOR, AND RESEARCHER, I AM WAY OUT OF MY DEPTH.

BUT I'M A PRIMARY CARE GUY, AND SO I HAVE EXPERIENCE INTEGRATING CLINICS, PULLING TOGETHER PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, CARE MANAGERS, CLINICAL PHARMACISTS AND OTHERS INTO CLINICAL TEAMS. SINCE HEALTH TURNS ON COMMUNITY SO MUCH MORE THAN CLINIC, THERE'S A WAY TO FURTHER THIS COMPREHENSIVENESS GESTURE THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER, AND GREATLY EXPAND THE NOTION OF A HEALTH TEAM TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE AGENTS AND AGENCIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY BASED OR CLINIC BASED.

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? THAT'S THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I STARTED ASKING MYSELF SERIOUSLY ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, IT'S INCREDIBLY IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ARE VERY STRANGE PARTNERSHIPS.

THE DA HAS A VERY DIFFERENT NOTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES HEALTH THAN A PRIMARY CARE CLINICIAN DOES.

AND THOSE KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS ARE DIFFICULT AND TAKE A LONG TIME.

BUT THERE IS A DEEP HUNGER TO DO THIS, TO WORK TOGETHER.

THE ADVANTAGES OUTWEIGH THE DIFFICULTIES.

AND WE'VE BEEN INVITED INTO LITERALLY DOZENS OF COMMUNITIES.

AND AND A LOT OF THIS WORK IS ALREADY IN PLACE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO START FROM THE BEGINNING, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.

WE HAVE A WE HAVE POTENT ASSETS.

AS A UNIVERSITY.

TO OFFER THESE LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS.

AND AS WE MEET WITH THEM AND IN ALL HUMBLENESS, ASK IF WE CAN BE OF SERVICE WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THEY WELCOME US IF SO LONG AS WE STAY HUMBLE AND BEHAVE LIKE GUESTS WHO ARE WELCOME, SO LONG AS WE'VE GOT GOOD MANNERS.

THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.

SO FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE ORGANIZED AND IDENTIFIED OURSELVES AS THE COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY RESPONSE INITIATIVE, SOON TO BE RENAMED THE CO THRIVE INITIATIVE THAT CONSISTS OF 40 OR 50 LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE WHO MEET REGULARLY TO LEARN WHAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES NEED TO STUDY THE SOLUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED.

TO FORMULATE MODELS OF COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH, TO SEEK GRANT FUNDING FOR FEASIBILITY TRIALS AND SELECT COMMUNITIES, AND TO FURTHER DEVELOP OUR AND THEIR CAPACITIES TO HELP PEOPLE BECOME HEALTHIER TO THRIVE.

WE WORK WITH STATE AGENCIES, CDP, THE VHA, THE LEGISLATURE, AND WITH NGOS ALL OVER THE STATE, AS WELL AS A HOST OF UNIVERSITY PARTNERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHERS.

SO HERE'S A SAMPLE OF WHAT WE, AS A UNIVERSITY AGENT, HAVE BEEN OFFERING COMMUNITIES A CONVENING FUNCTION, BOTH

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WITHIN AND ACROSS COMMUNITIES.

CONSULTATION ABOUT HOW TO STRUCTURE AND GOVERN A LOCAL COMMUNITY.

COMMONS. IDEAS ABOUT WHO NEEDS TO BE AT THE TABLE, HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER, WHAT KINDS OF RULES MAKE SENSE OR WORK ELSEWHERE, AND SO ON AND SO ON. HELP WITH GRANT WRITING.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT WITH DATA COLLECTION, INFORMATION SHARING ACROSS SECTORS.

HOW DOES THE FOOD BANK KNOW WHETHER THE PATIENT THAT YOU JUST WHO'S WHO DIDN'T FILL THE PRESCRIPTION BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BUY FOOD INSTEAD, WHETHER THEY'VE GOT THEIR FOOD AND CAN NOW FILL A PRESCRIPTION.

INFORMATION SHARING ACROSS SECTORS.

MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.

MOST OF THESE COMMUNITY CONSORTIA THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS, AND UNIVERSITIES CAN OFFER THAT TO THEM.

THESE FEATURES ARE MISSING FOR MANY OF THE LOCAL EFFORTS.

MY VISION IS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CAN CLAIM ITS PROPER PLACE AS A POWERFUL AGENT IN THE SERVICE OF ALL COLORADANS AND ALL THEIR COMMUNITIES, FOR THE CONSTITUENCIES IN EVERY LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, AND NOT JUST THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEIR WAY TO OUR CLINICS AND OPERATING SUITES AND HOSPITALS, WE'RE ON THE THRESHOLD OF A TRANSFORMATION ABOUT HOW HEALTH IS UNDERSTOOD AND RENDERED, AND THE UNIVERSITY CAN BE A CATALYST AND AN INDISPENSABLE PARTNER FOR THIS IN THIS TRANSFORMATION.

DEAN RILEY AND CHANCELLOR ELLIMAN BOTH KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF, AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE, BOTH IN SPIRIT AND IN CONCRETE WAYS.

WE'RE APPROACHING AN INFLECTION POINT WHERE WE CAN EXPLODE SOME OF THESE EFFORTS STATEWIDE.

THIS IS A WORTHWHILE MISSION.

I WILL BE ASKING THEM FOR EVEN MORE HELP WITH THIS, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY USED TO THAT BY NOW.

AND I HOPE I CAN CALL ON YOU AS SENIOR UNIVERSITY LEADERS FOR HELP IN STABILIZING THIS PRECIOUS UNIVERSITY PROGRAM AND IN FORTIFYING OUR CONNECTIONS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN TOGETHER, HELP ALL COLORADANS BECOME A LITTLE HEALTHIER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO, CAN YOU STEP FORWARD? HE WILL BE INTRODUCING PROFESSOR BRIAN ARGROW.

PROFESSOR MARIE BANIK, PROFESSOR SHIMON GE AND PROFESSOR DRAGAN MAKSIMOVIC.

I HOPE I DID THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR RENNISON.

I'M PROUD TO PRESENT OUR NEWEST DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS FROM THE BOULDER CAMPUS.

THEY EACH MAKE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS NOT JUST TO OUR CAMPUS, BUT TO OUR NATION AND THE WORLD, TO ALL OF OUR NEW DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND THE CU MISSION THROUGH YOUR TEACHING, YOUR RESEARCH, AND SERVICE.

CU BOULDER IS PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS AN EXCEPTIONAL MEMBER OF OUR FACULTY.

THE FIRST DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR WE WILL RECOGNIZE TODAY IS DOCTOR BRIAN ARGROW.

DOCTOR AGRAN IS THE GLENN MURPHY PROFESSOR IN THE ANN AND H.J.

SMEAD DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SCIENCES AND FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF IRIS, THE INTEGRATED REMOTE AND IN-SITU SENSING SYSTEMS PROGRAM.

PROFESSOR HARGROVE IS KNOWN FOR HIS PIONEERING WORK IN THE DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES TO GATHER DATA IN SUPERSTORM EVENTS SUCH AS THUNDER, THUNDERSTORMS, AND TORNADOES.

HIS WORK HAS HELPED TO SHAPE THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION STANDARDS OF OPERATION FOR UAVS, AND HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BETTER MODELS TO PREDICT SEVERE WEATHER, MITIGATING THE LOSS OF LIFE PROPERTY IN THOSE EVENTS.

HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S, AND DOCTORAL DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AND WAS BOTH AN NSF AND A GM FELLOW AS.

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT, HE JOINED THE CU BOULDER FACULTY AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN 1992.

PROFESSOR HARGROVE HAS SERVED IN A NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP ROLES AT CU BOULDER, INCLUDING ASSOCIATE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, DEPARTMENT CHAIR, AND ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR EDUCATION AND THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE.

HE HAS OVERSEEN PERIODS OF TRANSFORMATIVE GROWTH AND PROGRESS IN CU ENGINEERING, INCLUDING LEADING THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW AEROSPACE ENGINEERING SCIENCES BUILDING, AND HAS BEEN A COMMITTED ADVOCATE FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM.

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PROFESSOR HARGROVE HAS EARNED A NUMBER OF AWARDS FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION TO THE PROFESSION, INCLUDING INDUCTION INTO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING IN 2022.

FOR THESE REASONS AND MORE, I'M PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE BRIAN HARGROVE AS UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR BRIAN.

THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO REGENTS, FOR THIS THIS HONOR.

I GOT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING FROM A ONE OF OUR PROPOSAL ANALYSTS, AND SHE SAID CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I AT FIRST, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS CONGRATULATING ME FOR, AND SO.

BUT THEN I REALIZED IT WAS FOR TODAY'S EVENT, AND I RESPONDED WITH TELLING HER HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THE HARD WORK THAT SHE DOES BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE THAT THAT ENABLE PEOPLE LIKE ME TO STAND UP HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD OR THIS RECOGNITION.

AND SO I THANKED HER FOR THAT.

AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED, BECAUSE THIS IS I, I RECEIVED THIS AS A AGAIN, THIS IS A CULMINATION OF COLLABORATIONS. YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN A VACUUM.

IT'S ALL BEEN COLLABORATIVE.

SO MY WIFE AND GWENDOLYN AND MY DAUGHTER NIKITA ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY, SO I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THEM HERE WITH WITH ME.

WE STARTED OUR JOURNEY HERE.

LIKE I SAID, 32 YEARS AGO, IN 1992, IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA AND HAD GRADUATED AND WAS ACTUALLY AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR THERE, AND WE ATTENDED A CONFERENCE IN DURANGO, AND I HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME AND MY KIDS.

THEY JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH DURANGO.

AND SO ON THE WAY BACK HOME, THEY WE DISCOVERED THE SAND DUNES ON THE WAY BACK, YOU KNOW, AND I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT I COULD SEE SOMETHING OVER THERE, AND WE HAD TO GO CHECK IT OUT AND DISCOVERED THE SAND DUNES.

BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR ROBERT CULP, WHO IS ALSO A UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA ALUMNUS, AND HE SAID, WE HAVE AN OPEN POSITION.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME IN AND AND INTERVIEW.

AND IT WAS IN BASICALLY HYPERSONICS.

AND SO THAT'S COME BACK AGAIN, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE, TO THE NEWS.

AND SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING.

AND I APPRECIATED THE WAY HE TREATED ME AND THE THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT HE SHOWED IN RECRUITING.

AND I USE MANY OF HIS TECHNIQUES WHEN I WAS CHAIR TO DO THE SAME THING IN TERMS OF RECRUITING THE NEW FACULTY.

SO THE RESEARCH THAT I GUESS THAT IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY THAT THE CITATION WAS FOR THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE BEEN DOING WITH, I SHOULD SAY, WE HAVE BEEN DOING USING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS OR UNCREWED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS TO STUDY A NUMBER OF WEATHER PHENOMENA, BUT IN PARTICULAR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS SUPERCELLS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS PRODUCED THE MOST DANGEROUS TORNADOES, LONG TRACK TORNADOES.

AND THEY ARE SCOURGE OF THE GREAT PLAINS.

AND EVEN TODAY THERE ARE NUMEROUS FATALITIES FROM TORNADOES.

NOT SO MUCH FROM MAYBE THE F-5S THAT YOU HEAR THAT COME EVERY FEW YEARS.

BUT JUST IN GENERAL.

AND THE EPICENTER IS ACTUALLY MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST, AND YOU MAY BE HEARING MORE ABOUT MORE STORMS AND SO FORTH THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.

BUT THE FOCUS OF OUR RESEARCH IS TO INCREASE TORNADO WARNING TIME.

RIGHT NOW, THE AVERAGE WARNING TIME FOR A TORNADO IS ABOUT 14 MINUTES.

AND IF YOU AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ABOUT 75% OF THE TIME, IT'S A FALSE ALARM.

AND SO YOU HAVE THIS COMBINATION OF COMPLACENCY AND THE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO REACT.

AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE LARGE TORNADOES, YOU HAVE TO BE BELOW THE GROUND.

IF YOU'RE ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIAL ROOM, A SAFETY ROOM YOU HAVE TO BE BELOW GROUND TO SURVIVE.

AND 15 MINUTES IS NOT A LOT OF TIME.

14 MINUTES IS NOT A LOT OF TIME.

AND THAT HAS PLATEAUED THAT THAT HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSTANT SINCE THE THE LATE 90S WHEN THE NEXRAD SYSTEM OF RADARS

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WERE WERE SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

I THINK THERE'S 160 OR SO NOW.

AND THE THE DEPENDENCY ON, ON ON SPOTTERS TO, TO SEE TORNADOES AS THEY FORM HAS DECREASED BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN SEE SIGNATURES ON THE ON THE RADAR IN WHICH WARNINGS CAN BE GIVEN.

SO THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LAB HAS A PROJECT CALLED WARNER AND WARN ON FORECAST.

AND THE IDEA IS TO AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW SUPERCELLS FORM AND EVOLVE AND PRODUCE TORNADOES, TO USE THAT THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE IN-SITU.

AND THAT WAS THE PART OF THE THE CENTER THAT I'M CURRENTLY DIRECTING IS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MEASUREMENTS AT THE POINT THAT YOU NEED TO BE AT, NOT FROM REMOTE. YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH RADAR, YOU KNOW, AND SIT BACK.

AND TO REALLY MAKE SOME OF THESE MEASUREMENTS, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE STORM.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST, PAST ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW.

AND THAT WORK ACTUALLY STARTED BY WORK WE WERE DOING FOR THE AIR FORCE AFTER THE US INVADED AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

WE HAD A PROJECT IN WHICH THE AIR FORCE ASKED US TO DEVELOP A MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKING SYSTEM.

AND THE IDEA WAS THAT WHEN THE AIR FORCE GOES INTO A FOREIGN COUNTRY THEY ESSENTIALLY BLOW UP EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THERE'S NO, NO COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND SO THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THE OUR TROOPS BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER.

AND SO BACK IN 2004, WE ACTUALLY DESIGNED A LITTLE FLEET OF UNCREWED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS THAT CARRIED COMPUTERS AND RADIOS. AND IT WAS FAIRLY SENSITIVE, BUT IT WASN'T SECRET WORK.

BUT WE WERE THE FIRST TO FLY THIS TYPE OF NETWORK ACTUALLY, AT TABLE MOUNTAIN, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT FIVE MILES WEST OF LONGMONT, COLORADO.

AND SO WE WERE ACTUALLY FLYING MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT AT ONE TIME AND DOING WHAT'S CALLED VOICE OVER IP PHONE CALLS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO, TO DO PHONE CALLS FROM SOME OF OUR CREW WERE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN BOULDER AND LYONS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TO DEMONSTRATE THAT.

SO OUR AIRPLANES DISAPPEARED AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.

WE JUST KNOW THAT.

AND SO BUT WE DID KEEP SOME.

AND FROM THAT TECHNOLOGY WE DEVELOPED, THIS IS WHERE DUAL USE COMES IN, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW TURNING SWORDS INTO, INTO PLOWSHARES, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WHOLE THING WE SORT OF DID THAT IN TAKING THOSE DRONES THAT WE DEVELOPED FOR FOR WAR TO SUPPORT WAR EFFORT AND TURNED THEM TO THE THE JOB OF SAVING LIVES BY USING THOSE DRONES, THEN TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE GREAT PLAINS TO INTERCEPT THESE STORMS AND TO GO IN AND MAKE THE MEASUREMENTS THAT THE METEOROLOGISTS THEN TAKE TO IMPROVE THE MODELS AND SO FORTH.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN THE THE FOCUS OF MY RESEARCH FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

I STILL DO THE, THE HYPERSONICS.

AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S STILL THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE.

BUT MY PASSION AND OF COURSE, THERE'S THAT OKLAHOMA CONNECTION OF GROWING UP, BORN AND RAISED, WHERE, YOU KNOW, TORNADOES ARE FAIRLY COMMON, INCLUDING THE BIG ONES.

AND SO ONE LAST THING.

IF YOU IF YOU WERE WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A, A TRAILER FOR TWISTERS.

SO THIS IS THE NEW MOVIE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOW ON TO THE 1997 MOVIE TWISTER.

WELL, IF YOU GO, THERE'S A TWO MINUTE TRAILER, AND AT ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND 30S, YOU'LL SEE A DRONE.

THAT'S OUR DRONE.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

OUR NEXT DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR THAT WE'LL RECOGNIZE TODAY IS DOCTOR MARIE BANIK.

DOCTOR BANIK IS A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE, AND SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF CU BOULDER'S INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE FOR OVER A DECADE. AS A COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENTIST, DOCTOR BANIK HAS PIONEERED THE USE OF FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, OR FMRI, TO STUDY THE FUNCTION OF AREAS OF THE BRAIN AND HOW THOSE TRACK TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

HER WORK PROVIDES A FOUNDATION ON WHICH FUTURE CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS MAY BE BUILT.

PROFESSOR BANIK ALSO SERVES AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN NEUROIMAGING CONSORTIUM, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

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NEUROSCIENTISTS FROM ACROSS THE REGION TO STUDY COMPLEX ISSUES INCLUDING ADDICTION, PAIN, EMOTION, SLEEP, LEARNING AND MORE. DOCTOR BANIK EARNED HER BACHELOR AND MASTER'S DEGREE FROM TUFTS UNIVERSITY AND HER PHD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AND SHE WAS A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN BEFORE JOINING CU BOULDER IN 2000.

SINCE JOINING OUR CAMPUS, PROFESSOR BANIK HAS EARNED A REPUTATION AS A KNOWLEDGEABLE, PASSIONATE, AND RIGOROUS TEACHER.

SHE IS ALSO REACHING STUDENTS AT OTHER TOP UNIVERSITIES THROUGH HER POPULAR TEXTBOOK, COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, NOW IN ITS FIFTH EDITION.

HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD IN OUR CAMPUS ARE SIGNIFICANT, AND HER ACHIEVEMENTS EARNED HER SELECTION AS A FELLOW OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, AMONG OTHER NOTABLE AWARDS.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE MARIE BANIK AS THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR.

MARIE. YOU GUYS.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF REGENTS, PRESIDENT SALIMAN AND PROVOST DISTEFANO.

SORRY, CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO.

WOW. YOU CAN TELL I'M NERVOUS, RIGHT? FOR THIS HONOR.

LOOKING AROUND, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPANY REPRESENTED HERE.

I'M HONORED. AND I'M HUMBLED.

THINKING ABOUT MY NEARLY 25 YEARS AT KU, I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT I HAVE RECEIVED.

AND SO APPRECIATIVE OF HOW MUCH THE ENVIRONMENT AT TWO OF THE COLORADO CAMPUSES, BOULDER AND ANSCHUTZ, HAVE ENABLED ME TO THRIVE. AND I'M ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO EXPLAIN WHY.

AS HAS JUST BEEN MENTIONED, I CAME TO SEE YOU IN 2000 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, WHERE I WAS AT A BIT OF A DEAD END.

I WANTED TO EXPAND MY BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE NEURAL BASES OF THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS, TO INCLUDE ISSUES RELEVANT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES.

BUT WITH THAT UNIVERSITY'S MEDICAL SCHOOL, LOCATED 140 MILES AWAY IN CHICAGO, SUCH AN EXPANSION WAS STYMIED.

AND SO I CAME TO COLORADO BECAUSE OF ITS EXCELLENT PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, A NEARBY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN A MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA, AND POTENTIAL COLLEAGUES WITH WHOM I MIGHT COLLABORATE.

I COULD NEVER REALLY FORESEE THE DEGREE OF HOW IMPORTANT THOSE COLLABORATIONS WOULD BECOME.

WHAT SEE YOU DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME WAS RESEARCHERS USING FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS A RELATIVELY NEW TECHNIQUE.

I USE IT IN PARTICULAR TO EXAMINE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, WHICH IS THAT SET OF HIGHER ORDER ABILITIES THAT ALLOW US TO ORGANIZE, TO SELF-ORGANIZE AND GUIDE OUR BEHAVIOR IN A PLANFUL AND THOUGHTFUL MANNER.

AT ILLINOIS, MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAD SET UP A RESEARCH PROGRAM USING THIS TECHNIQUE, AND I WAS HIRED AT COLORADO IN PART TO BRING THIS EXPERTISE TO THE BOULDER CAMPUS.

BUT DURING MY HIRING INTERVIEW, I MET WITH BOB FRIEDMAN, THEN THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, WHO WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN THE POTENTIAL OF THIS TECHNIQUE.

AS IT TURNED OUT, BOB OBTAINED A GRANT FOR GETTING A MAGNET ON THE MEDICAL CAMPUS AND I, ALONG WITH PEOPLE IN HIS LAB AND OTHERS IN NEURORADIOLOGY, ENDED UP BRINGING FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOR A DECADE.

I DID A LARGE PART OF MY RESEARCH DOWN AT ANSCHUTZ USING THEIR SCANNING SYSTEM.

IN ADDITION, DOCTOR TOM CROWLEY, WHO AT THAT TIME WAS HEAD OF THE PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT'S DIVISION OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL COLLABORATIVE WORK.

THE WORK WE ENDED UP PURSUING WITH HIS GROUP ALLOWED US TO SHOW DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE BRAINS OF YOUTH WITH SEVERE SUBSTANCE AND CONDUCT DISORDER, AND THOSE WITHOUT.

MOREOVER, WE IDENTIFIED SOMEWHAT SIMILAR PATTERNS IN THE YOUNGER SIBLINGS OF AFFECTED YOUTH AT AN AGE BEFORE THEY EVER HAD ANY EXPERIENCES USING SUBSTANCES.

THESE FINDINGS WERE IMPORTANT, AS THEY SUGGESTED, THAT NOT ONLY DOES TAKING DRUGS DURING THE FORMATIVE TEEN YEARS LIKELY HAVE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS, BUT THERE ALSO MAY BE NEUROLOGICAL AND GENETIC PREDILECTIONS THAT THEY MAY MAKE CERTAIN YOUTH MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE ALLURE AND POTENTIAL ABUSE OF

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SUBSTANCES. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO THESE ANSHUTZ COLLEAGUES, FOR WE'RE NOT FOR THESE COLLABORATIONS.

MY RESEARCH WOULD NOT HAVE ACCELERATED THE WAY IT DID.

TWO ASPECTS OF THESE EXPERIENCES WERE CRITICAL.

FIRST, I HAD BEGUN TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ADOLESCENT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, AND SECOND, I HAD BEGUN TO LEARN ABOUT BRAIN SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, MOST OF WHICH COMPROMISE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION.

THESE EXPERIENCES WERE CATALYST IN THE LATE 2000.

THEY WERE CRITICAL TO ME BEING SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION NETWORK ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND JUVENILE JUSTICE.

THE GOAL OF THIS NETWORK WAS TO CONSIDER HOW THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN AND MIND MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN ADULTS IN WAYS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

WE FOUND, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WHILE MEMORY AND BASIC LOGIC SKILLS REACH ADULT LEVELS BY ABOUT AGE 16, EXECUTIVE ABILITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE NEEDED TO EVALUATE RISKY OR NOVEL SITUATIONS, CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE MID-TWENTIES.

THIS IS A FACT THAT MY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS SOMETIMES REALLY DON'T FULLY APPRECIATE.

THE NETWORK'S FINDINGS WERE DISSEMINATED TO THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, SO THEY COULD CONSIDER WHETHER THESE REDUCED FACULTIES OF YOUTH MIGHT SUGGEST ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF CULPABILITY AND BLAMEWORTHINESS IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE COURT BRIEFS, AND THEN, MORE RECENTLY, A COLLABORATION WITH THE FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS AT THE INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL GENETICS, ALLOWED THE BOULDER CAMPUS TO BE SELECTED AS ONE OF 21 SITES FOR A GROUNDBREAKING NATIONAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.

THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT STUDY, KNOWN AFFECTIONATELY AS ABCD, IS A TEN YEAR LONG LONGITUDINAL STUDY THAT STARTED IN 2017 AND IS TRACKING THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OF OVER 11,000 YOUTHS FROM AGES 10 TO 20.

IMPORTANTLY, IT IS ALSO EXAMINING THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SUCH BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, FOCUSING ON PART ON SUBSTANCE USE.

COLORADO WAS SELECTED NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF OUR NEUROIMAGING CENTER, BUT BECAUSE WITH THE EXPERTISE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL GENETICS, WE'RE COLLECTING DATA ON TWINS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO DISENTANGLE THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.

MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS, I WAS FORTUNATE TO BECOME IMMERSED IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY FABRIC OF THAT CAMPUS, WHICH MAKES IT SO UNIQUE. MOST INSTITUTIONS THESE DAYS TOUT THEIR INTERDISCIPLINARY ENDEAVORS, BUT.

SEE YOU BOULDER, MOST NOTABLY THROUGH ITS INSTITUTES, HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WALKING THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TALK NOW FOR ALMOST HALF A CENTURY.

CU HAS CONSISTENTLY PROVIDED A DEEP BENCH OF EXPERTISE THAT HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL TO MY RESEARCH.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXAMINE HOW NEURAL SYSTEMS SUPPORTING EXECUTIVE FUNCTION GO AWRY IN A WIDE VARIETY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, AND LEARNING DISABILITIES. I DIDN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN.

I WAS ABLE TO PURSUE THIS WORK BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH GREAT CLINICAL RESEARCH COLLEAGUES WITH WHOM I COULD COLLABORATE AND FROM WHOM I COULD LEARN. THIS DEEP EXPERTISE HAS ALLOWED MY DUAL STRANDS OF BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH TO FLOURISH.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EARLY 20 TENS, WE RECEIVED A MULTI-INVESTIGATOR CENTER GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO EXAMINE THE NEURAL, COGNITIVE, AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION.

THE GROUNDWORK LAID BY THIS CENTER WAS CRITICAL TO AN IMPORTANT FOCUS OF MY CURRENT RESEARCH THAT EXAMINES WHICH BRAIN SYSTEMS GO AWRY WHEN POOR EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IMPEDES A PERSON'S ABILITY TO CONTROL THE FOCUS OF THEIR THOUGHTS, OR TO REMOVE UNWANTED OR INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS.

SUCH DIFFICULTIES ARE A CARDINAL SYMPTOM OF MOST ALL PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.

A MAJOR PROBLEM IN INVESTIGATING THESE DIFFICULTIES SCIENTIFICALLY, HAS BEEN TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU COULD TRACK WHEN SOMEBODY IS

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ACTUALLY STOPPED THINKING A GIVEN THOUGHT.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN A THOUGHT HAS DISAPPEARED FROM SOMEONE'S MIND? HOWEVER, WE OVERCAME THIS HURDLE BY COMBINING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS BORROWED FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING TO ACTUALLY TRACK WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS SUCCESSFULLY REMOVING A SPECIFIC THOUGHT FROM THE CURRENT FOCUS OF THEIR MIND.

THIS TECHNIQUE OPENS UP A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES TO STUDY THIS ISSUE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT ALLOWS US TO EXPLORE WHICH REMOVAL TECHNIQUES, REPLACING A THOUGHT WITH SOMETHING ELSE, TRYING TO SPECIFICALLY SUPPRESS A THOUGHT, CLEARING THE MIND OF ALL THOUGHT IS MOST EFFECTIVE.

AND FOR WHOM? FINALLY, I HAVE TO THANK A NIMBLE AND SUPPORTIVE ADMINISTRATION AT BOULDER, MOST NOTABLY CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO AND PROVOST MOORE, WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO LISTEN AND INVEST IN PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES WHEN UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES AROSE.

THE MOST NOTABLE OF THESE IS THE SUPPORT THAT I AND THE INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE RECEIVED TO HELP CREATE A NEUROIMAGING CENTER ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS, NOT TO MENTION FUNDS TO UPGRADE OUR SYSTEM THAT WAS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE A, B, C, D GRANT.

IN MY TIME AS DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE, I FOUND THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE TO FACULTY CONCERNS.

THEY DO THEIR BEST TO SUPPORT NEW IDEAS AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF THEIR FACULTY, AND I CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THAT IT HAS BEEN MY GREAT GOOD FORTUNE TO ENJOY A SATISFYING CAREER HERE, BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE OF WHO THE PEOPLE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ARE SMART, CURIOUS, COOPERATIVE, GOAL DRIVEN, ORGANIZED AND HUMBLE.

AND BECAUSE OF AN ADMINISTRATION THAT NURTURES AND SUPPORTS THE SYNERGY, DYNAMISM AND CREATIVITY OF ITS FACULTY AND STAFF.

WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

THE THIRD DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR WE WILL RECOGNIZE TODAY IS DOCTOR SHI MIN GA.

DOCTOR GA IS A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, WHOSE RESEARCH EXAMINES FLUID AND GEOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS AT THE MACRO AND MICRO LEVELS, PROVIDING INSIGHTS INTO EARTHQUAKES AND RELATED PHENOMENA, BOTH NATURAL AND HUMAN CAUSED.

HER WORK EARNED HER THE O.E.

MEINZER AWARD IN 2018 FROM THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL HONOR IN THE FIELD OF HYDROGEOLOGY. SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED IMPRESSIVELY TO TEACHING, MENTORING, SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP ON OUR CAMPUS, INCLUDING AN EXTENDED TERM AS CHAIR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT.

DURING THAT TIME, THE DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED A NUMBER ONE RANKING FROM US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT.

PROFESSOR GA EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA, A MASTER'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN CANADA, AND A PHD FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.

SHE JOINED THE CU BOULDER FACULTY IN 1993.

SHE HAS MADE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AND TRULY INTERNATIONAL IMPACT, SERVING AS A VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, VISITING SCIENTISTS AT THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN CALIFORNIA AND THE CICERO IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA, AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

SHE WAS NAMED A FULBRIGHT US SCHOLAR IN 2019 AND TRAVELED TO HONG KONG TO RESEARCH WATER INDUCED EARTHQUAKES.

PROFESSOR GA IS ALSO DESCRIBED AS A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED, PASSIONATE, AND THOROUGH INSTRUCTOR WHO TEACHES A RANGE OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES, INCLUDING MANY THAT SHE HAS CREATED BASED ON HER EXEMPLARY WORK.

DOCTOR GARZA, WELL DESERVING, IS WELL DESERVING OF THE POSITION OF UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR SHIMON, PLEASE JOIN US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHANCELLOR, FOR THE KIND WORDS.

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THANK YOU, REGENTS AND PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE.

MY GRANDFATHER PREDICTED THAT I AM A VERY LUCKY PERSON, AND THE LUCK WILL BE WITH ME FOR THE ENTIRE FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.

AND HIS PREDICTION WAS BASED ON THREE DATA POINTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE HOUR WHEN I WAS BORN.

AND THEN SECOND IS THE SHAPE OF MY FOREHEAD.

AND THE THIRD IS THE PATTERNS OF MY TEN FINGERPRINTS.

EVEN THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH HIS DATA AND PARTICULARLY THE APPROACH HE USED.

HE WAS RIGHT NEVERTHELESS.

AND SO ONE REFLECTION TODAY IS THAT IT'S GRATITUDE.

BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS.

AND I WANT TO MENTION THREE HERE.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO ATTEND COLLEGE.

ALTHOUGH ATTENDING COLLEGE IS A BIG DEAL FOR MANY PEOPLE, BUT IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL FOR SOME.

IT WAS FOR ME.

I GREW UP DURING THE INFAMOUS CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION.

THAT LASTED FOR TEN YEARS, FROM 1967 TO 1977.

AND DURING THAT PERIOD, ALL CHINESE UNIVERSITIES WERE PRACTICALLY CLOSED TO NORMAL.

ADMISSION PROCESS.

AND AND SO WHEN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION ENDED IN 1977, THE UNIVERSITIES REOPENED THEIR DOORS.

AND THEN I ALREADY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BY THEN, AND HAD BEEN WORKING IN A BRICK FACTORY.

FOR TWO YEARS. AND SO IN 1977, I JOINED THE ARMY OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ACCUMULATED OVER TEN YEARS. TO COMPETE FOR A SPOT IN A UNIVERSITY.

AND I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT TO GET IN IT WAS A EXHILARATING BUT NERVE WRACKING EXPERIENCE. BUT NEVERTHELESS, I SURVIVED.

AND THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY I'M VERY GRATEFUL IS TO COMING TO NORTH AMERICA.

AND WHEN I FINISHED COLLEGE, CHINA WAS STARTING TO OPEN UP TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

AND THAT WAS IN THE 19 EARLY 1980S.

AND SO I WAS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE GRADUATE SCHOOL, FIRST IN CANADA, THEN IN THE US.

THE THIRD OPPORTUNITY IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE, WHICH IS THAT YOU TOOK A CHANCE ON ME.

IN 1993, AND IT WAS 31 YEARS AGO, AND I REMEMBER I CAME TO INTERVIEW FOR THE CURRENT POSITION, AND THE CAMPUS WAS LIVELY AND COLORFUL BECAUSE OF THE CONFERENCE OF WORLD AFFAIRS WAS ONGOING.

AND DURING MY INTERVIEW TALK, ONE OF MY SLIDES KEEP GETTING STUCK AND MY HOST GOT FRUSTRATED AFTER IT WAS STUCK MULTIPLE TIMES AND SAID SO IN A NICE WAY.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR SLIDES? I SAID, I USE THE SAME SLIDES FOR MY PHD DEFENSE, AND I GOT MY DEGREE AND THE AUDIENCE LIKED MY RESPONSE AND PARTICULARLY THE PROJECTOR LIKED MY RESPONSE AND IT BEHAVED AFTERWARDS, SINCE WENT REALLY WELL AFTER THAT. SO I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT MY SLIDES GOT STUCK.

AND SEE YOU AGAIN.

SEE, YOU TOOK A CHANCE ON ME.

WORKING AT CU HAS BEEN EXTREMELY REWARDING.

AND OF COURSE, YOU ALSO GAVE ME ALL THE GRAY HAIRS.

I CANNOT OVERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUPPORT CU HAS PROVIDED TO ME THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO THE COLLEGE TO THE CAMPUS LEVEL.

AND AND I FEEL THAT I ALWAYS HAVE HAD THE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT FOR MY TEACHING AND RESEARCH NEEDS AND WHICH ALLOWS ME TO FOCUS AND ALSO ENCOURAGED ME TO DO THE BEST I CAN IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN MY RESEARCH.

SO WHAT DO I TEACH AND RESEARCH AT CU? I'M A HYDROGEOLOGIST, WHICH MEANS THAT I STUDY GROUNDWATER BENEATH OUR FEET AND DEEP DOWN TO SEVERAL KILOMETERS INTO THE EARTH.

I SORT OF STUMBLED UPON THAT PATH OF.

HYDROGEOLOGY BY ACCIDENT.

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I ACTUALLY WANTED TO BECOME A GEOLOGIST, BUT THAT DREAM FIZZLED.

THE REST IS HISTORY.

CURRENTLY, MY RESEARCH GROUP IS PONDERING ABOUT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE MAY IMPACT OUR WATER RESOURCES.

FOR EXAMPLE, EXTREME EVENTS SUCH AS FLOODS AND DROUGHTS ARE OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY, AND ALSO GLACIAL GLACIERS ARE MELTING AND FROZEN GROUNDS ARE THAWING AT AN ACCELERATED RATE.

ALL OF THESE WILL INEVITABLY INFLUENCE THE WATER CYCLE OVER THE DIFFERENT TIMES AND SPATIAL SCALES, AND HOW OUR WATER RESOURCE WILL RESPOND TO THESE CHANGES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN PURSUING.

ANOTHER AREA OF OUR RESEARCH IS RELATED TO WATER AND ENERGY, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW WATER CAN TRIGGER EARTHQUAKES, AND PARTICULARLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, LIKE A FRACKING WATER.

AND THEY DO TRIGGER EARTHQUAKES.

AND HOW CAN WE AVOID OR MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE FROM THESE EARTHQUAKES.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ARRAY OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS THAT RELATED TO WATER AND ENERGY NEXUS.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE JOY AND SATISFACTION I HAVE EXPERIENCED FROM TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN HYDROGEOLOGY AT CU FAR EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATION.

AND THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HYDROGEOLOGY IS AS CLASSIC AS NEWTON'S APPLE.

BUT THE APPLIED ASPECT OF HYDROGEOLOGY THAT BRIDGES CURIOSITY DRIVEN RESEARCH AND SOCIETALLY RELEVANT WATER RESOURCE ISSUES IS SIMPLY AWESOME.

AND CU HAS NO SHORTAGE OF BRIGHT STUDENTS AT BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVEL AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS, AND HAS BEEN A VERY SATISFYING AND ALSO QUITE ENERGIZING.

SO TO WRAP UP, I WANT TO THANK PROFESSOR IAN SHEEHAN AND DOCTOR JONATHAN GOD FOR INSTIGATING MY NOMINATION AND IS OUR CURRENT DEPARTMENT CHAIR.

SHE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE CHAMPION FOR THE FACULTY, FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND FOR THE CEO.

AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

AND JONATHAN IS AN ACCOMPLISHED SCIENTIST HIMSELF.

AND THEN NOW IS THE ADMINISTRATOR WHO LEADS THE NATIONAL HAZARDS LANDSLIDES PROGRAM AT US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

AND JONATHAN IS ALSO A CEO.

AND THEY ARE HERE TODAY.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE AND FORMER POSTDOC DOCTOR, ELIZABETH SWEETEN, WHO RECENTLY RETIRED FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND JOINED US IN COLORADO. AND OVER THE YEARS, DOCTOR SWEETEN AND MANY OTHER COLLEAGUES AND STUDENTS HAVE BROUGHT SO MUCH FRESH ENERGY AND CREATIVE IDEAS TO OUR RESEARCH.

AND I'M COULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT I DID WITHOUT THEM.

AND OF COURSE, THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ON CAMPUS.

AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL YOUR TIME TO MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.

AND FINALLY, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO THE STRONGEST, STRONGEST SUPPORTER OF MY CAREER WHO HAS BEEN BY MY SIDE FOR THE LAST 40 PLUS YEARS, AND THAT'S MY HUSBAND AND CLASSMATE, LIN LU.

HE'S A PROFESSOR IN ENGINEERING AT SCHOOL OF MINES, AND WE STARTED DATING WHEN WE WERE IN COLLEGE.

AND ACTUALLY WE WERE TAKING A RISK BECAUSE YOU CAN GET EXPELLED FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

AT THAT TIME, DATING WAS PROHIBITED IN CHINESE UNIVERSITY.

SO WE DID SOME KIND OF UNDERGROUND, BUT SUCCESSFULLY.

AND WE HAVE TWO GROWN UP DAUGHTERS AND ONE TIME AT A SOCIAL GATHERING, OUR COLLEAGUE WAS ASKED THEM, HOW IS YOUR LIFE IS LIKE GROWING UP WITH TWO PROFESSOR PARENTS? AND OUR OLDER DAUGHTER SAYS IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY.

BECAUSE THEY LEFT US ALONE A LOT AND THEY'RE TOO OBSESSED WITH THEIR WORK.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR EARLY INDEPENDENCE.

AND WITH SO ANY AWARD TAKES A VILLAGE, AND THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION.

AND I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE ONE.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

I'M SO HONORED AND VERY HUMBLED.

THANK YOU.

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OUR FINAL DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR THAT I HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING TODAY IS DOCTOR DRAGAN MAKSIMOVIC.

AND DOCTOR MAKSIMOVIC IS A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, COMPUTER AND ENERGY ENGINEERING WHO JOINED THE CU BOULDER FACULTY IN 1992.

HIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE FIELD OF POWER ELECTRONICS, WHICH DEALS WITH THE PROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH VOLTAGES AND CURRENTS TO SUPPORT A VARIETY OF TRANSPORTATION, INDUSTRIAL, AND HOUSEHOLD APPLICATIONS.

AMONG THE MOST HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS IN HIS FIELD, HIS WORK HAS HAD TREMENDOUS REAL WORLD IMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES THAT ASSIST WITH SOCIETY'S SHIFT FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO MORE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

WITHIN HIS DEPARTMENT, DOCTOR MAKSIMOVIC WAS A KEY MEMBER OF THE TEAM THAT LAUNCHED A HIGHLY INNOVATED, FIRST OF ITS KIND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING OFFERED THROUGH COURSERA, WHICH FEATURES PERFORMANCE BASED ADMISSIONS RATHER THAN A PRIOR DEGREE, INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY TO STUDENTS WORLDWIDE.

HE ALSO WAS FOUNDING EDITOR OF OF AN IEEE JOURNAL, SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF EASY CURRICULUM BETWEEN 2003 AND 2011, AND HE CHAIRED THE DEPARTMENT'S STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.

HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE IN YUGOSLAVIA, AND HIS PHD FROM THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. DRAGAN HAS RECEIVED A HOST OF HONORS AND AWARDS FOR HIS TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE, INCLUDING THE WILLIAM E NEWELL POWER ELECTRONICS AWARD FROM IEEE LAST YEAR.

IT'S MY TREMENDOUS HONOR TO THANK PROFESSOR MAKSIMOVIC FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS FIELD AND OUR CAMPUS, AND TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR.

DRAGAN, PLEASE COME TO THE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHANCELLOR.

REGENT. I'M HUMBLED AND HONORED TO TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THIS INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION.

THIS REALLY SHOULDN'T BE AN INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION.

I THINK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY SAID THAT THIS IS A RECOGNITION FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK.

AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PLAYED TREMENDOUS ROLE IN ONE'S CAREER.

AND I WANT TO MENTION SOME OF THAT IN TODAY.

SO I WAS BORN IN, IN BELGRADE IN WHAT IS NOW SERBIA.

IT USED TO BE YUGOSLAVIA AT THE TIME, AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, I REALLY HAD VERY LITTLE DOUBT ABOUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD. I WAS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOGETHER AMATEUR RADIOS AND PUTTING TOGETHER A LITTLE COMPONENTS TO DO SOMETHING.

AND THEN THERE WAS AN EVENT WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD THAT REALLY SEALED MY PASSION TO DO ENGINEERING IN MY LIFE.

AND THAT EVENT WAS LUNAR LANDING.

SO I WAS I REMEMBER STILL THE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NIGHTTIME IN SERBIA AT THE TIME AND NOT EVERYONE HAD THE TV SET.

SO WE HAD A COMMUNAL ROOM WITH A BLACK AND WHITE TV THAT WAS TRANSMITTING IMAGES FROM INCREDIBLY, PEOPLE LANDING ON THE MOON.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY ACTUALLY DOING THIS? I WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN I, WHEN I GROW UP.

SO, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS KIND OF A SEED IN MY MIND THAT MAYBE AT SOME POINT I WOULD PERHAPS GO TO THE UNITED STATES AND MAYBE SEEK SOME PLACES WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THESE MARVELOUS THINGS.

AND I OBVIOUSLY AT THE TIME, I HAD NO IDEA HOW I COULD POSSIBLY DO THAT.

I ENDED UP GOING TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE IN SERBIA, AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO REALLY GIVE THANKS TO MY TEACHERS, INSTRUCTORS, PROFESSORS THERE.

THEY REALLY INSISTED ON TEACHING FUNDAMENTALS IN A VERY RIGOROUS MANNER.

AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE REALLY IF I DIDN'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE TO START WITH.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A TREMENDOUSLY GOOD SCHOOL.

I WANT TO MENTION THAT A COLLEAGUE OF MINE, ALSO AT IN ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT PROFESSOR ZOYA POPOVICH, WHO GOT TO BE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF YEARS BACK ACTUALLY, WE MET AS FRESHMEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE.

SO NOW WE'RE JOKING AMONG OURSELVES.

HEY, YOU KNOW, SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE STRUGGLING WITH THIS EXAM.

NOW WE HAVE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO SO THE ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT I GOT ALMOST BY ACCIDENT IS FROM ONE OF MY TEACHERS WAS TO TO BE AN UNDERGRADUATE

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TEACHING ASSISTANT, AND THAT WAS A REAL CHALLENGE.

I WAS VERY SHY.

I STILL AM, YOU CAN SEE THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST STANDING UP IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING LOOK LIKE SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO.

BUT I DID, YOU KNOW, GATHER ENOUGH COURAGE TO ACTUALLY DO IT AND HAD THIS MAGICAL MOMENT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN A CLASSROOM TEACHING, YOU KNOW, YOU MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S REALLY, TRULY MAGIC TO HAVE AN INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW, GETTING SOMEONE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU HAVE EXPLAINED SOMETHING IS A PHENOMENALLY REWARDING EXPERIENCE.

SO, SO THAT EXPERIENCE REALLY TEACHING IS ALSO WHAT MADE ME PURSUE A CAREER THAT'S NOT JUST ENGINEERING RESEARCH, BUT ALSO TEACHING.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS THEN LOOKING FOR TO DO.

NOW, AT THAT POINT, AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I COULD POSSIBLY GO TO THE UNITED STATES.

THERE COMES A PROFESSOR, ZOYA POPOVICH, AND SHE WAS MUCH BETTER SKILLED IN EVERYTHING.

AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO SURPRISE THAT SHE IS A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR.

NOT THE CASE WITH ME.

THE AND SHE BASICALLY SAID, HEY, YOU CAN JUST APPLY TO THESE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GOOD STUDENTS.

AND I DID APPLY AROUND AND I WAS REALLY FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ACCEPTED TO PURSUE MY PHD AT CALTECH.

AND THAT WAS, AGAIN, A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE OF REALLY EXPERIENCING THE RESEARCH I WAS JUST DREAMING ABOUT, TOGETHER WITH SOME PHENOMENAL TEACHERS AS WELL.

AND AFTER GETTING THE PHD AT CALTECH, AFTER A BRIEF STINT BACK AT HOME I WAS LOOKING FOR POSITIONS IN THE US AND THERE WAS A POSITION AT BOULDER. MY WIFE AND I CAME IN FOR, YOU KNOW, I WAS INTERVIEWING I REMEMBER PROFESSOR MIKE LEITNER ASKING ME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE THERE IS THERE IS A TRADE OFF BETWEEN TIME RESOLUTION AND ACCURACY OF SOME SIMULATION METHOD THAT I WAS WORKING ON.

DOESN'T MATTER. I NEVER ASKED HIM WHETHER I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION WELL OR NOT, BUT I GOT THAT POSITION.

SO IT WAS REALLY A HAPPY, HAPPY OUTCOME, I SHOULD SAY.

ONE OTHER THING THAT'S ALSO VERY PERSONAL AT A TIME.

NEITHER MY WIFE NOR I HAD REALLY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF COLORADO.

FRANKLY, WE JUST CAME IN HERE.

THERE WERE. REALLY TWO NAMES THAT WE WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH COLORADO.

ONE IS BUFFALO BILL.

WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, BUFFALO BILL WAS IN COLORADO.

YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE, THE OTHER NAME IS NIKOLA TESLA.

YOU KNOW, HE SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

THE FIRST YEAR WE ACTUALLY WENT DOWN TO TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING, ANY KIND OF MENTION.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT NOT MUCH.

I WISH THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE THERE.

BUT HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE COMING HERE AS AS NIKOLA TESLA CAME TO THE US TO CHANGE THINGS, RIGHT? ANYWAY, SO STARTED AT SEA.

YOU AND I HAVE TO SAY, I'M TREMENDOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT I RECEIVED IN OUR DEPARTMENT IN THE COLLEGE.

AND THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

IT'S LIKE WORKING ON A ON A HOBBY PROFESSIONALLY.

YOU REALLY CAN'T ASK FOR MUCH MORE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO ENGAGE IN TEACHING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

YOU GET TO WORK WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE PHENOMENAL CONTRIBUTOR ALONG THE WAY.

AND I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH PROFESSOR BOB ERICKSON, WHO HAS A SIMILAR MIND ABOUT FUNDAMENTALS BEING SO IMPORTANT.

WE GOT TOGETHER TO TO PUT TOGETHER A BOOK ON IN POWER ELECTRONICS THAT'S CALLED FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER ELECTRONICS.

NO SURPRISE. AND THAT BOOK HAS ACTUALLY, I THINK, MADE SOME DIFFERENCE BOTH IN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA.

IT'S ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF TRACTION AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, EVENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MEET ME AT THE CONFERENCE AND TELL ME, HEY, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED THIS FROM YOUR BOOK. AND THIS IS ALSO KIND OF AN INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION THAT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT.

JUST TO KIND OF MAYBE JUST SPEND TWO MINUTES TO TELL YOU WHAT THIS POWER ELECTRONICS ACTUALLY IS.

IT'S NOT REALLY VERY MUCH VISIBLE.

IT'S WHAT POWERS THE SCREEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING.

IT POWERS IT POWERS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS SCREEN HERE, IT POWERS THE LED LIGHTING, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EFFICIENT THAN INCANDESCENT LIGHTING.

AND THEN WE ARE TRANSITIONING RAPIDLY TO LED LIGHTING.

AND SO THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE IN IN LIGHT BULBS THAT ARE BASED ON LED, THAT ELECTRONICS INSIDE IS TINY BECAUSE OF THE ADVANCES WE HAVE MADE IN POWER ELECTRONICS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE WORKING ON INTELLIGENT POWER PROCESSING RELATED TO ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION. WHEN I LOOK AT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, I SEE IT AS POWER ELECTRONICS ON WHEELS.

OR THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE INSIDE, PERHAPS, BUT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

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AND IF YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH HOW YOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE WORKS OR WILL WORK BECAUSE YOUR NEXT VEHICLE WILL BE ELECTRIC YOU CAN THEN BLAME IT ON ME.

THERE IS THIS POWER ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY.

SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE BATTERY LIFE IS NOT LONG ENOUGH.

AND THEN ALSO WE ARE WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING A LOT ON REALLY REFORMING THE ELECTRIC POWER GRID FROM TESLA DAYS TO THE DAYS WHEN THE ELECTRIC POWER IS MANAGED MORE INTELLIGENTLY WITH DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES THROUGH THESE POWER ELECTRONICS UNITS THAT THAT CONTAIN MICROPROCESSORS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES TO DO THAT IN A MUCH MORE RELIABLE MANNER, AND OF COURSE, IN A MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE MANNER AS WELL.

FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO MENTION MY FAMILY.

IT'S TOO LITTLE TO SAY THAT I HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THEM.

THEY ARE EVERYTHING I HAVE IN MY LIFE.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS REALLY SECONDARY.

I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM THE ONLY MEMBER OF OUR FIVE MEMBER FAMILY WHO DOES NOT HAVE A DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

MY WIFE HAS A PHD FROM UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER.

OUR THREE BOYS ALL HAVE DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER.

ALL IN ENGINEERING.

SORRY. NO, NO ONE IS.

NO ONE IS PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE AND THANK AGAIN, EVERYONE.

THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS RECOGNITION THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF.

BUT AGAIN, INDIVIDUAL IS WHAT I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT UNEASY ABOUT.

INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION SHOULD NOT EXIST.

RECOGNITIONS ARE FOR A TEAM WORK.

YOU KNOW TEAM IS WHAT MAKES EVERYTHING WORK OUT RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. IS IT OKAY IF I LET'S DO COMMENTS FIRST.

SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

WE'RE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THESE NEW MEMBERS OF THE 2023 COHORT OF DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS.

YOUR EXEMPLARY SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO INSPIRES US ALL.

FINALLY, THANK YOU TO CHANCELLOR ELLIMAN AND CHANCELLOR DISTEFANO FOR INTRODUCING YOUR NEWEST DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR RECOGNITION CEREMONY FOR THE DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS.

BUT I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FIRST TO COMMENTS BY OTHER REGIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY.

ANYBODY. ALL RIGHT.

I WILL RAISE MY HAND AND RECOGNIZE MYSELF AND SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.

IT'S BEING A FACULTY MEMBER IS HARD.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE IN TERMS OF MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE AND INSPIRING OTHER PEOPLE.

AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND THANK YOU.

I'M AN ALUMNI OF CU BOULDER.

I WAS IN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL, BUT YOU MAKE ME SO PROUD TO BE HERE AND BE AN ALUMNUS.

THE THINGS THAT YOU DO ARE PHENOMENAL AND YOU CHANGE THE WORLD EVERY DAY.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE US PROUD.

GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. GREAT.

SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.

WE'LL BE IN RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 830.

I'D LIKE ALL OF OUR DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS TO COME FORWARD FOR SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.

AFTER THAT, REGENTS, CHANCELLORS AND EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN US ON THE FOURTH FLOOR TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AND THEIR GUESTS.

REGENTS. WE ALSO HAVE TO BE OVER AT THE REGENTS AWARD CEREMONY BY 545.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MOVE FAST.

THANK YOU AND SEE YOU TOMORROW.

[K. 8:30 a.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024 - MEETING RESUMES, CALL TO ORDER, Chair Rennison Presiding - CU Denver Business School - Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship - 1475 Lawrence Street, Denver, CO 80202 (Large Conference Room on the First Floor)]

LET'S FIND OUR WAY TO OUR SEATS, PLEASE.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

GOVERNANCE AFTER UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS.

OKAY. IT'S PERFECT.

YEAH OKAY. GREAT.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

THANKS FOR COMING BACK.

SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS OR THE MEETING WILL COME BACK TO ORDER.

THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.

[L. 8:30 a.m. FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS]

COMMITTEE CHAIR, CHAVEZ AND CFO MARTURANO, TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON MARCH 26TH OF THIS YEAR.