>> THERE WE GO. GOOD AFTERNOON. [D. 1:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER/PUBLIC MEETING, Vice Chair Montera Presiding - Anschutz Health Sciences Building, Elliman Conference Center (2nd Floor) - 1890 N. Revere Court, Aurora, CO 80045] [00:00:03] WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. REGENTS AND GUEST, WE ARE LIVE STREAMING AND RECORDING OUR BOARD MEETING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK REGENT MCNULTY TO BEGIN BY LEADING US WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. SO A SPECIAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. [2. Land Acknowledgement Statement - Chloe Briney, Medical Scientist Training Program student] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CHLOE BRINE WILL READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. CHLOE IS A SIXTH YEAR STUDENT IN THE MEDICAL SCIENTISTS TRAINING PROGRAM. SHE WILL FINISH HER PHD IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN 2025 AND HER MD IN 2027. SHE RECEIVED HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM GRINNELL COLLEGE IN 2017. WELCOME CHLOE. >> THANK YOU. AS WE GATHER, WE HONOR AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO'S FOUR CAMPUSES ARE ON THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES AND ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS OF THE CHEYENNE, ARAPAHO, UTE, APACHE, COMANCHE, KIOWA, LAKOTA, PUEBLO, AND SHOSHONE NATIONS. FURTHER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE 48 CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL NATIONS HISTORICALLY TIED TO THE LANDS THAT COMPRISE WHAT IS NOW CALLED COLORADO. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE LIVE IN THE HOMELANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RECOGNIZES THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THESE LANDS AND THEIR LEGACIES. WITH THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WE CELEBRATE THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIVE PEOPLES TO THE FIELDS OF MEDICINE, MATHEMATICS, GOVERNMENT, AND MILITARY SERVICE, ARTS, LITERATURE, ENGINEERING, AND MORE. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE SOPHISTICATED AND INTRICATE KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HAVE DEVELOPED IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE LANDS. WE RECOGNIZE AND AFFIRM THE TIES THESE NATIONS HAVE TO THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS AND THE MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO THRIVE IN THIS PLACE ALIVE AND STRONG. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAINFUL HISTORY OF ILL TREATMENT AND FORCED REMOVAL THAT HAS HAD A PROFOUNDLY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON INDIGENOUS NATIONS. WE RESPECT THE MANY DIVERSE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES STILL CONNECTED TO THIS LAND. WE HONOR THEM AND THANK THE INDIGENOUS ANCESTORS OF THIS PLACE. THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PLEDGES TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIVE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, AND ADVANCE OUR MISSION TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY LIVES OF NATIVE PEOPLES. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL [3. Action Item: Approval of the September 12-13, 2024, Board of Regents Meeting Agenda] OF THE AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER 13TH, BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SECOND >> SECOND. >> APPROVED BY REGENT GALLEGOS AND SECONDED BY I BELIEVE REGENT SMITH. YES. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. >> I'LL TURN MY MIC ON. I WAS GOING TO SAY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HEARD SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CU 403B PLAN, AND I'VE HAD A REQUEST TO PUT IT ON CONSENT AGENDA AFTER ALL, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. I WANTED TO CLARIFY WHETHER THERE WAS OBJECTION TO DOING THAT BEFORE WE VOTE ON APPROVING THE AGENDA. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING AGENDA, PLEASE SAY AYE? >> AYE. >> AYE. THOSE OPPOSE, NO. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. SORRY FOR THAT INTERRUPTION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. [4. Public Comment (see information)] NEXT, WE WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP. EACH PERSON ON THE LIST WILL BE CALLED AND GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. WE ASK THAT EACH SPEAKER CONCLUDE THEIR THOUGHTS AFTER THEIR TWO MINUTES IS UP. IF THE SPEAKER GOES PAST THEIR ALLOTED TIME, THE CHAIR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE AND HAVE THE SPEAKER REMOVED IF PUBLIC COMMENT POLICY IS NOT FOLLOWED. WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT? OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS GUY CHILDRESS. >> TESTING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS GUY CHILDRESS. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME CONCERNING ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UNIVERSITY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE REGENTS THAT I SEE BEFORE ME TODAY. DURING THE JUNE 20TH, 2024 MEETING OF THIS BOARD, YOU ADOPTED A RESOLUTION. I WILL QUOTE THE NINE OF YOU NOW. DURING THE JUNE 1ST, 2024 AND JUNE 17TH, 2024 PROTESTS, SDS REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR INTIFADA. [00:05:02] "CALLS FOR INTIFADA ARE CALLS FOR MURDER AGAINST THE JEWISH PEOPLE, ARE ANTI SEMITIC AND ARE RACIST IN NATURE." INTIFADA IS AN ARABIC WORD THAT MOST CLOSELY MEANS TO SHRUG OFF. IT IS A WORD CALLING FOR AN UPRISING, IT IS A WORD CALLING FOR THE OPPRESSED TO SHRUG OFF THEIR OPPRESSORS. MARGINALIZED AND OPPRESSED GROUPS, EVEN WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS HAVE HAD MANY INTIFADAS. BLACK AMERICANS HAVE HAD INTIFADAS. I TAKE IT, THIS BOARD HAS HEARD OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND VERY RECENTLY, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT. UNLESS YOU'RE LIVING UNDER A ROCK, YOU'VE SEEN IN THIS VERY CITY, THE REFUSAL OF KILYN LEWIS'S FAMILY TO ACCEPT THAT HIS MURDER BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. TO THIS DAY, GAY, TRANS AND QUEER PEOPLE MUST SHRUG OFF THEIR OPPRESSORS DAILY BECAUSE EVEN EXISTING IS CRIMINALIZED. PALESTINIANS ARE BEING MURDERED BECAUSE THEIR EXISTENCE IS BEING CRIMINALIZED. THEY ARE BEING TRACKED, SURVEILLED, AND BOMBED BY ISRAEL, WHO I MIGHT ADD IS ACCOMPLISHING THAT BY HIRING COMPANIES THAT THIS BOARD REFUSES TO DIVEST FROM. ALL OF OUR STRUGGLES ARE CONNECTED. I WILL NOT SEND IDLY BY WHILE YOU DO THIS. YOU ARE VILIFYING A WORD BECAUSE IT IS ARABIC. YOU'RE VILIFYING A WORD BECAUSE THE PEOPLE SAYING IT ARE ARAB. YOU ARE VILIFYING A PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING BOMBED. YOU'RE VILIFYING A PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING GENOCIDED. YOU'RE VILIFYING PEOPLE OF GAZA WHO ARE REFUSING TO BE SLAUGHTERED QUIETLY. WHILE YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH THE PRESS PEOPLE SHRUGGING OFF THEIR OPPRESSORS, YOU SHOULD NOT LIE AND MISINFORM YOUR STUDENTS AND THE CITIZENS YOU REPRESENT. YOU CALL THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION SDS RACIST AND ANTI-SEMITIC, YET YOU ADOPT RACIST RESOLUTIONS FURTHERING ARAB HATE. YOU CHOOSE TO ISSUE YOUR OWN DEFINITION OF INTIFADA RATHER THAN RESEARCHING WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS. I FIND IT INTOLERABLE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE FALSE AND ROOTED IN ARABIC HATE. YOUR ARAB STUDENTS WILL NOT STAND FOR IT, I WILL NOT STAND FOR IT, THE STUDENT BODY WILL NOT STAND FOR IT, YOUR FACULTY WILL NOT STAND FOR IT, AND THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT. I DEMAND THAT YOU RETRACT THIS RESOLUTION, I DEMAND THAT YOU EDUCATE YOURSELVES, I DEMAND THAT YOU STOP SPREADING LIES AND MISINFORMATION ROOT IN RACISM, AND I DEMAND THAT YOU DIVEST FROM GENOCIDE. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRENDAN TOLL. >> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY NAME IS BRENDAN TOLL. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO ABOUT SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION AGAINST DISABLED STUDENTS AT CU BOULDER. DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS ARE DIFFICULT TO GET IN THE FIRST PLACE WITH THE PROCESS BEING HOSTILE FROM THE GET GO. EVEN JUST THE FORMS ARE VERY HARSHLY AWARDED. WHEN YOU MOVE BEYOND THOSE, YOU GET A MEETING WITH ACCESS COORDINATOR WHO IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE ANY MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS OR TEACHING EXPERIENCE YET ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE MEDICAL DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR EDUCATION. THERE ARE WOEFULLY FEW OF THEM, ONLY ABOUT 10, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY FOR A CAMPUS OF 30,000 STUDENTS. WHEN OR IF STUDENTS MANAGE TO GET DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS ASSIGNED TO THEM, THEY ARE OFTEN NOT ENFORCED. A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE BOULDER DAILY CAMERA HAS REVEALED THAT OIEC, THE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL EQUITY AND COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS THE ONLY BODY ON CAMPUS THAT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS, NOT DISABILITY SERVICES, ONLY INVESTIGATES LESS THAN 2% OF DISCRIMINATION CASES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO THEM. MANY PROFESSORS, WHEN A STUDENT ASKED THEM FOR ACCESS TO DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS, WILL JUST BLATANTLY REFUSE TO GIVE THEM THOSE DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS BECAUSE IT IS A BURDEN THAT IS PLACED ENTIRELY ON THE PROFESSOR. THERE ARE NOT NEARLY AS MANY RESOURCES AS MOST UNIVERSITIES GIVE TO PROFESSORS, LIKE A TESTING CENTER THAT STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE EXTRA TIME CAN GO TO. AS A RESULT, A LOT OF PROFESSORS END UP HARASSING AND DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DISABLED STUDENTS. I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS MYSELF. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN DOZENS UPON DOZENS OF TIMES, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO COME TO AN END. I WILL END MY COMMENT THERE. I'M OUT OF TIME. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROLAND JOYNER. >> THANK YOU. ON AUGUST 14TH, I SUBMITTED A CORA REQUEST CONCERNING FINANCIAL TIES BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND RTX CORPORATION, FORMERLY RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES, AND PAID $67 IN FEES FOR THE PROCESSING OF THAT CORA REQUEST. RTX HAS OPENLY BRAGGED ABOUT PROFITING OFF OF THE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, A GENOCIDE THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF STUDENTS OPPOSE. GIVEN TIES BETWEEN CU SYSTEM AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. [00:10:03] I BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE THEIR TUITION MONEY IS GOING. I FOLLOWED UP ON AUGUST 27TH. AS OF TODAY, CU STILL HAS NOT REPLIED TO MY CORA REQUEST, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH, WHEN THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO RESPOND TO OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS. I'VE COME HERE TO FOLLOW UP IN PERSON SINCE THE REQUEST WAS ADDRESSED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SYSTEM AND BOARD OF REGENTS. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, RTX WAS ONE OF THE CORPORATIONS THAT BENEFITED FROM $26 BILLION IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING. RTX DOES NOT NEED ANY MORE MONEY TO CARRY OUT THEIR GENOCIDAL BUSINESS WHEN STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT, AFFORD FOOD, AND PAY TUITION. WHY NOT INVEST IN PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, INSTEAD OF CORPORATIONS THAT PROFIT OFF OF THE DESTRUCTION OF EVERY SINGLE UNIVERSITY IN GAZA? THERE'S NONE LEFT. WHERE ARE THE VALUES THAT CU CLAIMS TO STAND BY WHEN THEY CLAIM TO BE DEDICATED TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND ADVANCING RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE? IT SEEMS THAT CU DOESN'T LIKE RESEARCH WHEN THEIR OWN FINANCES ARE THE SUBJECT OF THAT RESEARCH. CU LISTS AS ONE OF ITS GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT IT WILL PROMOTE AND UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS, INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. WHAT ABOUT THAT TRANSPARENCY? WHY IS CU SO RELUCTANT TO DISCLOSE THEIR INVESTMENTS? DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE THAT STUDENTS WANT TO KNOW THAT THEIR TUITION IS NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE MURDER AND DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE IN GAZA? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIE CARR. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M JULIE CARR. I'M HERE AS THE CHAIR OF WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES AT CU BOULDER, AND A FULL PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH. I AM ALSO A POET. I AM SPEAKING IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO 1D, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. I WANTED TO JUST FIRST DRIVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT BY THE ACLU, OF COLORADO WHICH STATES THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RAISE GRAVE CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS AND WILL CHILL MEMBERS OF THE CU COMMUNITY FROM SPEAKING THEIR MINDS AND SHARING THEIR VIEWS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THIS BODY TO REALLY CONSIDER. I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO OPEN YOURSELVES UP TO LAWSUITS AT THIS TIME. MY CONCERNS HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF THE VAGUE LANGUAGE IN THESE PROPOSED CHANGES. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WE DO HAVE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, OF COURSE, IN OUR TEACHING AND IN OUR RESEARCH THAT IS VALUED, THAT IS PROTECTED. HOWEVER, WE NOW MUST MAKE THESE DISCLAIMERS WHEN USING DIGITAL PLATFORMS CONTROLLED BY THE UNIVERSITY. BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TEACHING ONLINE, AS WE OFTEN DO? WHAT ABOUT WHEN WE'RE USING CANVAS, AS WE DO, WHETHER WE'RE TEACHING ONLINE OR NOT? WHAT ABOUT WHEN STUDENTS ARE ON A ZOOM CONVERSATION WITH US IN OFFICE HOURS AND STUDENTS MAKE THESE DISCLAIMERS WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING, NOT ONLY WHEN THEY'RE WRITING. EVERY TIME THEY SPEAK, THEY HAVE TO MAKE THIS DISCLAIMER. IT SEEMS AN UNDUE BURDEN ON STUDENTS. ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE AROUND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE VAGUE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHEN WE'RE ACTING AS PRIVATE PERSONS AND WHEN WE'RE ACTING AS CITIZENS OF THE UNIVERSITY. AS A POET, I'M BOTH AT ALL TIMES. SOMETIMES, QUITE OFTEN, I GIVE PUBLIC READINGS ON ZOOM PLATFORMS THAT ARE CONTROLLED BY THE UNIVERSITY. IF I'M DOING THAT, I THEN HAVE TO MAKE A DISCLAIMER. DO I HAVE TO MAKE THAT DISCLAIMER AT THE BEGINNING OF MY READING AND BEFORE EVERY POEM, BEFORE EVERY LINE? HOW OFTEN DO I HAVE TO MAKE THIS DISCLAIMER? MY FINAL POINT IS THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES ASSUME THAT THE UNIVERSITY DOES HAVE A POLITICAL AESTHETIC AND SOCIAL POSITION ON ALL THINGS. BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE UNIVERSITY AS AN ENTITY IS A NEUTRAL ENTITY, WHICH PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR THE FREE EXPRESSION AND DEBATE OF IDEAS. WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE FREE MARKET OF IDEAS IS THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR POSITIONS CLEAR TO ONE ANOTHER ON ALL PLATFORMS, DIGITAL OR IN PERSON. >> THANK YOU, PROFESSOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALASTAIR NORCROSS. >> THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN PRONOUNCE IT ANYWAY YOU LIKE. WELL, I THINK I KNOW MOST OF YOU. I'M ALSO THE FACULTY COUNSEL CHAIR, AND I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES IN THAT ROLE. BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO URGE YOU NOT TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION POLICY. I HAVE CONSULTED AS MANY OF [00:15:03] MY CONSTITUENTS AS I CAN IN THE SHORT TIME SINCE THE SEMESTER HAS BEGUN. THE BOULDER FACULTY ASSEMBLY, FOR EXAMPLE, CALLED FOR COMMENTS ON THESE PROPOSED CHANGES JUST A WEEK AGO, AND I HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY INUNDATED WITH THOSE COMMENTS. THE LAW SCHOOL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE CHANGES. I SENT IT TO EFFIE THIS MORNING. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S HAD TIME TO PASS IT ON TO YOU. IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT. I ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER REGARDING WORRIES ABOUT POSSIBLE LAWSUITS. MOST OF THE COMMENTS THAT I RECEIVED WERE SIMILAR IN THAT THEY WORRIED ABOUT VAGUENESS, THEY WORRIED ABOUT AMBIGUITY, THEY WORRIED ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES, AND SOME PEOPLE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD BE INCLUDING STUDENTS IN THIS POLICY AT ALL, GIVEN THAT MOST STUDENTS AREN'T EVEN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT THE RATIONALE IS FOR INCLUDING STUDENTS. OTHER COMMENTS CONCERN PUZZLEMENT AS TO WHY THIS COVERED ARTISTIC JUDGMENTS. IF I WERE TO EXPRESS THE OPINION THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAS THAT DIE HARD IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE HE EVER MADE, WOULD I HAVE TO INCLUDE A DISCLAIMER BEFORE THAT, STATING THIS WAS MY OWN OPINION ONLY? ANYWAY, I'LL JUST SUM UP BY SAYING THAT THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER, IN FACT, PROBABLY ALL THE RESPONSES THAT I HAVE HEARD TO THESE PROPOSALS ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE IDEA OF APPROVING THIS. WE THE FACULTY URGE YOU NOT TO APPROVE THESE PROPOSED CHANGES TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PROFESSOR NORCROSS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS? >> I GUESS WE DON'T. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, [E. 1:35 p.m. VICE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT REPORT] AND THAT'S THE VICE CHAIR'S REPORT. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. THE PROMISE OF A NEW SEMESTER AND A NEW SCHOOL YEAR IS ALWAYS A GREAT ONE. WE HAVE SOME NEW FACES JOINING US AND FOR THE FIRST BOARD MEETING IN THIS NEW ACADEMIC YEAR. CHAIR RENESON IS OUT OF TOWN, SO I'M FILLING IN AND GIVING THE BOARD REPORT THIS TIME AROUND. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A TERRIFIC SUMMER. IT WAS A BUSY ONE FOR CU. AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS A THREE DAY OUTREACH TOUR TO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE IN JULY, WHICH I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF JOINING. WE VISITED COMMUNITIES IN CRAIG, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, KEYSTONE, FRISCO, EAGLE, AND GYPSUM, AND HELD OUR FIRST CU COMMUNITY INFORMATION NIGHT IN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENING THAT ALLOWED US TO MEET WITH POTENTIAL STUDENTS FROM THE AREAS AND THEIR FAMILIES. KUDOS GO OUT TO OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TEAMS, WHICH ORGANIZED SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT AND TOUR. THESE EFFORTS ARE SO IMPORTANT AS WE WORK TO SERVE THE ENTIRE STATE OF COLORADO, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND BRINGING A LITTLE BIT OF CU TO EVERY ASPECT OF COLORADO. THE BOARD OF REGENTS ALSO HELD ITS ANNUAL SUMMER RETREAT RETREAT IN JULY. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR TREATS WHICH GIVE US A REALLY FOCUSED UNINTERRUPTED TIME TOGETHER AS A GROUP. AS USUAL, THIS YEAR'S RETREAT, CENTERED AROUND VALUABLE PRESENTATIONS AND GREAT CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE SO HELPFUL AS WE PLAN THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITY. NOW, THE FULL SEMESTER IS IN FULL SWING. LAST MONTH, WE WELCOMED APPROXIMATELY 67,000 STUDENTS TO OUR CAMPUSES. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO ME. ROUGHLY 19,000 OF WHOM ARE JUST STARTING THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS WITH US. I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS DOING THAT AND THE EXCITEMENT I HAD WAS UNBELIEVABLE. ELECTION SEASON IS ALSO IN FULL SWING, AS WE ALL KNOW. FIRST, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND VOTE. SECOND, I WANT TO REMIND OUR FACULTY AND STAFF AND AS EMPLOYEES OF A PUBLIC INSTITUTION, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO ADHERE TO CU POLICIES DURING THE ELECTION SEASON. TO HELP WITH THIS, VICE PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY COUNSEL JEREMY HUGH IS SENDING AN E MAIL WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOMORROW. THE BUFFS HAD A TOUGH LOSS IN NEBRASKA LAST WEEKEND, BUT WE HAD A STRONG CU CONTINGENT IN LINCOLN, A LITTLE BIT OF GOLD IN THAT SEA OF RED TO HELP WITH THAT. I'M SORRY. I MISSED MY PLACE HERE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING THE RAMS AT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN IN FORT COLLINS ON SATURDAY, SO GO BUFFS. LET'S GET THAT WIND, AND GO MOUNTAIN LIONS. UCCS IS OFF TO A GREAT START, INCLUDING MEN'S SOCCER, WHICH WON THEIR FIRST MATCH LAST WEEKEND ON SATURDAY, AND UCCS VOLLEYBALL, WHICH SCORED TWO BIG WINS LAST WEEKEND AS WELL, SO WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START AT UCCS. I COULD GO ON AND CONTINUE BOASTING ABOUT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND [00:20:03] SO MANY OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR UNIVERSITY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS FALL SEMESTER. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND A COMMITMENT THAT I'VE MADE TO CHAIR RENESON, I WILL STAY WITH OUR SCHEDULE AND TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRESIDENT FOR HIS REPORT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE TODAY. IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO VISIT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES AND HELP WITH STUDENT MOVE IN DAYS. THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AND I GET TO VISIT WITH OUR INCOMING STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND ACTUALLY WELCOME THEM TO OUR CAMPUSES. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHANCELLORS AND TO YOUR TEAMS FOR DOING SUCH OUTSTANDING WORK DURING MOVING WEEK. IT'S A REALLY BUSY TIME AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS, LOTS OF EXCITEMENT, LOTS OF NERVOUSNESS, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT TIME TO BE ON THE CAMPUSES. THANK YOU TO THE CAMPUSES FOR ALL THEIR WORK. WELCOME TO JUSTIN AND TO ANN, CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ AND CHANCELLOR SCHMEZING, WELCOME TO THIS MEETING. THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING IN YOUR ROLES, AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE EXCITING THINGS TO COME AS YOU DO YOUR WORK. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THE CU INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SHOWCASE THAT'S COMING UP. IT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY BE HERE AT CU SHOOTS. IT'S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT'S GOING ON ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IN THIS AREA. THANK YOU TO MIKE LIGHTNER AND HIS TEAM FOR CONVENING THIS EFFORT. WE'VE NEVER BEFORE BROUGHT ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES TOGETHER TO SHOW THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK THAT'S GOING ON AND I CAN'T WAIT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CONFERENCE AND TO HEAR ABOUT THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. ANOTHER EXCITING THING THAT IS IN FULL SWING IS OUR NEW CU MARKETING CAMPAIGN. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT ALONG THE WAY, EITHER AS YOU'RE USING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA OR ONLINE OR MAYBE EVEN LISTENING TO THE RADIO. THE FOCUS OF THIS MARKETING CAMPAIGN IS TO JUST REITERATE OUR CONNECTION WITH COLORADO, LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT OUR GREAT STATE, AND THEN TALK TO THEM AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO ABOUT HOW CU IS CONNECTED TO THE THINGS THAT THEY LOVE IN COLORADO. AS WE KNOW, CU HAS A VERY BROAD FOOTPRINT IN OUR STATE, AND WE'RE INVOLVED IN SO MANY THINGS. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT CU TO THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY CARE ABOUT. LIKE REGENT MONTERA MENTIONED, WE HAVE A BUSY ATHLETIC SEASON AND SO MANY EXCITING THINGS GOING ON AT CU BOULDER AND AT UCCS, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THE CU BOULDER WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY RANKED 18TH IN THE COUNTRY, AND THEY'RE OFF TO A GREAT START THIS SEASON. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES FROM THEM. ANOTHER SPECIAL RECOGNITION, THERE'S A BUFF UP IN SPACE RIGHT NOW, SARAH GILLIS, WHO IS A CU BOULDER AEROSPACE GRAD, AND SHE JUST DID THE SPACEWALK. SHE WAS PART OF THE FIRST MISSION IN SPACE TO HAVE A PRIVATELY OPERATED SPACE WALK. SHE'S A FEW HUNDRED MILES UP THERE, SO WE'RE THINKING OF YOU. A FUN FACT WITH HER, SHE WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOL AS MY KIDS AND WAS ACTUALLY MY DAUGHTER'S VIOLIN TUTOR. NOT ONLY HAS SHE DONE ALL RIGHT AT CU BOULDER AND AEROSPACE AND TAKEN THAT FIRST STEP IN SPACE IN THAT ROLE, BUT SHE'S ALSO AN EXTRAORDINARY VIOLINIST, AND SHE'S A GOOD TEACHER FOR MY KID, SO HERE'S TO SARAH. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO KICK IT OVER TO THE CHANCELLORS TO ASK THEM TO SHARE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT THEIR CAMPUSES AND GIVE US A QUICK CAMPUS UPDATE. WE ARE IN CHANCELLOR ELLMAN'S HOUSE, AND SO WE WILL START WITH HIM. >> WELL, AS I THINK WAS ALLUDED TO TWICE. WE'RE BACK UP. THE RHYTHM ON THIS CAMP IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS. THE STUDENTS ARE HERE YEAR ROUND OR MANY OF THEM ARE. BUT WE'RE BACK IN FULL MODE WITH THE WHITE COAT CEREMONY FOR INCOMING MEDICAL STUDENTS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. WE'RE AT FULL BOARD. [00:25:02] I THINK THAT THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE SEEM TO BE MAKING MEANINGFUL PROGRESS AND ACTUALLY GETTING MORE STAFF BACK ON THE CAMPUS, WHICH WAS A CHALLENGE FOR US DURING COVID. WE DON'T HAVE A BASELINE NUMBER BECAUSE OUR BUILDINGS WERE NEVER LOCKED BEFORE COVID. NOW THEY ARE AND YOU NEED A BADGE IN. BUT DURING COVID, WE DROPPED TO A LOW OF STAFF OF SOMEWHERE AROUND 300 ON AN AVERAGE DAY. AFTER COVID, THAT NUMBER SLOWLY CREPT UP INTO THE 2,000, 3,000 LEVEL, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOW PRETTY CONSISTENTLY ABOVE 6,000 A DAY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US IN REBUILDING THE CULTURE OF THE CAMPUS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY ATTENTIVE TO, AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S FINALLY MAKING SOME PROGRESS. LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE'RE TAKING SOME PRETTY BIG BETS ON NEW BUSINESSES ON THIS CAMPUS. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SINGLE ONE IS AN ORG OR AN OPERATION CALLED REFINE SCIENCE, WHICH IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN OURSELVES AND UC HEALTH. WE'VE PUT A FAIR AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INTO THAT AS HAVE THEY, AND WE HAD OUR LATEST BOARD MEETING YESTERDAY AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT OUR FIRST PATIENTS OF OUR FIRST CLINICAL TRIAL DRUG WERE ENROLLED A WEEK AGO. WE HAVE NINE SITES OPEN NOW WITH A TOTAL OF 32 COMING. IT'S A BET. BUT I THINK THE PROCESS OF USING SINGLE CELL MIX WITH THE ANALYTICS THAT WE HAVE IS GIVING US SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THIS CAMPUS AND FOR HEALTH. I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE MAKING THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING ON IT. WITH THAT, I'LL CEDE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHANCELLOR SCHMIESING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT SALIMAN AND REGENTS. I'M JUST CONCLUDING MY THIRD WEEK AS INTERIM CHANCELLOR AT CU DENVER. I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO KNOW THE CAMPUS AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE ITS IMPORTANT MISSION POSSIBLE. I HAD PREVIOUSLY INTERACTED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH CU DENVER FACULTY AND STAFF IN MY REGULAR ROLE AT C BOULDER. IT HAS JUST BEEN WONDERFUL THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CAMPUS PARTNERS, THE ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND STUDENT LIFE PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE DEEP ENGAGEMENT AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PEOPLE. THE START OF THIS SEMESTER IS ALWAYS SUCH A TIME FULL OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT TIME FOR ME TO GET TO KNOW CU DENVER. JUST BEFORE I OFFICIALLY STARTED, I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY, WHERE 3,500 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR TOGETHER. I MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE DENVER FACULTY ASSEMBLY LAST WEEK TO SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE ON THEIR MIND AS WE START THE ACADEMIC YEAR TOGETHER, AND I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE AND OTHER SHARED GOVERNANCE BODIES. NEXT WEEK, I'M HOSTING A MEET AND GREET WITH THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE SO THAT I CAN EFFECTIVELY FOCUS MY EFFORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON SUSTAINING MOMENTUM ON KEY INITIATIVES AND ENSURING A SMOOTH HANDOFF TO THE NEXT CHANCELLOR. NOW, ONE SUCH EFFORT I'M PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO IS CU DENVER'S ONGOING WORK TO STRENGTHEN ENROLLMENT. CU DENVER'S ENROLLMENT FOR THE FALL SEMESTER HAS COME IN BETTER THAN OUR BUDGETED PROJECTIONS, AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS, AND IT CAME ABOUT THROUGH A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC WORK, BUT WE'RE STILL DOWN SLIGHTLY, AND I AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO STABILIZE OUR ENROLLMENT. I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN DOING TO PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AS WE TURN NOW TO EFFORTS TO SECURING ENROLLMENTS FOR SPRING AND FALL OF '25. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT CU DENVER, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE SYSTEM OFFICE FOR WELCOMING ME, AND I GREATLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK TOGETHER IN THE COMING MONTHS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CHANCELLOR SOBANET. >> WELL, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT SALIMAN, YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S JUST GREAT ENERGY ON CAMPUS RIGHT NOW AND CHANCELLOR ELLMAN IS RIGHT. WE'RE BACK. IT'S JUST SO NICE TO BE BEYOND THE COVID DAYS. THE ENERGY ON CAMPUS HAS JUST BEEN FANTASTIC, AND WE KICKED OFF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH WAKA FLOCKA FLAME, [00:30:01] AND THE STUDENTS WERE THRILLED WITH THAT CONCERT AND THAT CAME BECAUSE THIS BOARD OF REGENTS ALLOWED US TO INCREASE STUDENT FEES TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT ON OUR CAMPUS. THIS WAS A BIG KICKOFF FOR THAT. AS PART OF OLYMPIC CITY USA, I HAVE TO BRAG ABOUT OUR OLYMPIANS. MORGAN STICKNEY, A PARALYMPIAN WON SILVER AND GOLD. SHE ATTENDED UCCS, AND LELA ALMASIR IS OUR ASSISTANT COACH OF OUR CROSS COUNTRY TEAM AND RAN FOR HER HOME COUNTRY PALESTINE IN THE 800 METER DASH. WE HAD SOME OF OUR OWN MOUNTAIN LIONS AT THE OLYMPICS IN PARIS. AS WE TALK ABOUT OTHER CELEBRATIONS, I ALWAYS LOVE TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY CAMPUS CONNECTIONS. OUR MOST RECENT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS A BRAND NEW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND REAL ESTATE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ADDING TO OUR UCCS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS. THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH WIDENER APARTMENT HOMES AND NORWOOD DEVELOPMENT WHO SAW THE NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM AND HAVE FUNDED THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL BE STARTING IT IN 2025. ALSO SOME OTHER FUN THINGS. WE ALSO HAVE A MOUNTAIN LINE THAT'S ORBITING THE EARTH RIGHT NOW. SCOTT KID POTE IS THE PILOT FOR THE POLARIS DAWN MISSION. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THEN WE'VE ALSO KICKED OFF THE YEAR REALLY THINKING ABOUT OURSELVES AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE PLACE OURSELVES AS UCCS IN THIS CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. WE SPENT A FULL DAY ON MONDAY WITH ABOUT 125 LEADERS ACROSS THE CAMPUS, OUR CHAIRS, OUR PROGRAM LEADS, AND OUR DIRECTORS, AND ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM COMING TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE SITUATE OURSELVES, UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN GROW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT MAKES US UNIQUE AND SPECIAL IN THIS HIGHER ED MARKETPLACE, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN GROW AS A UNIVERSITY? THIS WAS AN AMAZING SUMMIT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH THREE FINANCIAL STRATEGY SESSIONS. HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR ENROLLMENT, BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE INVESTING IN CHANGE, AND THEN BEGIN TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AS A UNIVERSITY. AS I CLOSE OUT MY TIME, I DO WANT TO JUST GIVE A LOT OF COMPASSION AND LOVE TO OUR FACULTY STAFF AND STUDENTS AND LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES AND SPECIFICALLY IN OUR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT AS WE LOST A BELOVED FACULTY MEMBER RECENTLY, HARRY ALGARI, AND I SEND A GREAT DEAL OF LOVE OUT TO EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, REGENTS. THERE IS HUGE EXCITEMENT AT CU BOULDER, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR. WE WELCOMED OVER 7,000 NEW FIRST YEAR STUDENTS COMING FROM ALL 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND ALMOST 50 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. I'M NOW 74 DAYS INTO MY TERM AS CHANCELLOR, WHICH FOR ANN SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME, I'M SURE. BUT I HAVE TO SAY I CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY, AND OUR STAFF. WHETHER IT'S LEADING THE WORLD IN QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OR THE REMARKABLE FACT THAT 43% OF OUR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GRADE POINT OF 4.0 OR ABOVE. CU BOULDER REALLY IS AN AMAZING PLACE. WE ARE ALSO A POLITICALLY ENGAGED CAMPUS IN A WONDERFUL WAY. WE HAD OVER 80% OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION. IN 2022, WE HAD THE HIGHEST VOTER REGISTRATION AND HIGHEST VOTING RATE OF THE PAC 12, EARNING US A GOLD SEAL FROM OWEN. I'M ALSO EXCITED FOR OUR 2024 ENGAGEMENT, AND REMIND ANY CU BOULDER STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING. WE HAVE A VOTER REGISTRATION COMPETITION AGAINST CSU GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WHILE THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SATURDAY, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. WE ARE ALSO MOVING AS QUICKLY AND THOROUGHLY ON SUSTAINABILITY AS WE CAN. WE HAVE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED AND ARE NOW LAUNCHING A SEARCH FOR A FIRST EVER VICE CHANCELLOR FOR SUSTAINABILITY TO HELP LEAD EFFORTS ACROSS CAMPUS. I WANT TO ELEVATE OUR IMPACT ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION AND THE GLOBE AND ENHANCE OUR NATIONAL AND GLOBAL REPUTATION AT THE SAME TIME. OUR CAMPUS VISION WILL TOUCH ON ACADEMICS, CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, CAMPUS OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, TRANSLATION, OUTREACH ACROSS THE STATE NATION, AND GLOBE. IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SEE THAT CU BOULDER IS RECOGNIZED FOR BEING A DRIVING FORCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN A TRULY IMPLEMENTABLE WAY. LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE REGENT'S CONSENT AGENDA THAT ARE VERY SPECIAL FOR OUR CAMPUS. FIRST, WITH THE REGENTS APPROVAL. THE INSTITUTE FOR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE WILL BE RENAMED IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR EMERITUS RICHARD JESSER. PROFESSOR JESSER IS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II [00:35:01] AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE. PROFESSOR JESSER WAS SO COMMITTED TO IBS THAT IN ORDER TO SPARK AND SUPPLEMENT FUND RAISING FOR THE NEW BUILDING, HE DONATED HIS ENTIRE SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. PROFESSOR JESSER WILL CELEBRATE HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. APPROVAL OF THIS NAMING REQUEST WILL GIVE HIM A GIFT WORTHY OF THAT MOMENTOUS MILESTONE WORTHY OF HIS REMARKABLE LIFE AND WORTHY OF HIS SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. SECOND, WITH THE REGENTS APPROVAL, THE CU REAL ESTATE CENTER WILL BE RENAMED MICHAEL A. KLUMP CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE. THE CU REAL ESTATE CENTER IS FOCUSED ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FROM A VARIETY OF INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS AND ACTS AS A RESOURCE TO COMPLIMENT STUDENTS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND DEEPEN THEIR LEARNING. THIS EXPANDS THEIR INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS AND ULTIMATELY HELPS THEM FIND EMPLOYMENT IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. MICHAEL A. KLUMP, A 1987 PCI GRAD, IS THE FOUNDER OF ARGONNE CAPITAL GROUP. MR. KLUMP'S GENEROUS GIFT IMMEDIATELY ELEVATES THE CENTER BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR DEDICATED REAL ESTATE FACULTY, EXPANDED PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT, AND ENHANCED DIRECT STUDENT SUPPORT, SETTING THE CU REAL ESTATE CENTER APART FROM ITS PEERS AND IS CONSISTENT WITH TOP TIER REAL ESTATE CENTERS IN THIS COUNTRY. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. I GOT TO HAVE LUNCH WITH PROFESSOR JESSER, AND HE'S AN INCREDIBLE PERSON AND HUGO JIMMA. AS I MENTIONED, SO CREDIBLE MAN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT, AND CHANCELLORS, AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO TODD'S COMMENTS. WHAT A TRUE COMMITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION, SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF AT THIS UNIVERSITY AND AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT COMMITMENT REALLY LOOKS LIKE. SPEAKING OF COMMITMENT, WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE GOVERNANCE LEADERS REPORT. [F. 2:00 p.m. GOVERNANCE LEADERS REPORTS] THAT'S NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, AND OUR FIRST REPORT WILL COME FROM OUR STAFF CO COUNSEL, CO-CHAIRS, JA’NET HURT AND KIMBERLY SLAVSKY, I GUESS KIMBERLY IS UP THIS TIME. >> PLEASE, EXCUSE ME, I'M VERY NERVOUS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE DONE THIS. >> [LAUGHTER] >> THIS IS THE UCSC CHAIRS REPORT. THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT SALIMAN, VICE CHAIR KEN MONTERA, REGENTS AND CHANCELLOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS TIME WITH YOU TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO STAFF AT CU. THE FOLLOWING UPDATE CONTAINS OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING TERM. WITH THIS BEING MY FIRST PRESENTATION AS ONE OF THE UCSC CO-CHAIRS, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'VE WORKED FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ON THE CU AND IT'S MEDICAL CAMPUS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY SINCE DECEMBER OF 2010. FOR THE FIRST 10 YEARS, I WAS THE RESIDENCY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, AND NOW WILL WORK WITH THE STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS TEAM IN THE DEPARTMENT WITH OPERATIONAL DATA AND REPORTING. FOR THE DENVER CAMPUS, I TEACH IN THE FYE PROGRAM EACH FALL, AND I HAVE SERVED ON THE CUN STAFF COUNCIL SINCE DECEMBER OF 2019 AND UCSC SINCE AUGUST OF 2020. I HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS ON BOTH COUNCILS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, VICE CHAIR, AND NOW CO-CHAIR FOR UCSC. PEOPLE OFTEN ASKED ME WHY I DECIDED TO JOIN AND BE SO ULTIMATELY INVOLVED IN SHARE GOVERNANCE AND WHY THERE ISN'T ONE SPECIFIC REASON OR INSTANCE, WORKING ON BOTH THE CUN COUNCIL AND UCSC ARE TWO PARTS OF MY JOB THAT I ENJOY THE MOST. HONESTLY, AT TIMES, IT HAS BEEN THE REASON THAT I HAVE STAYED WITH CU BECAUSE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME. I UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SHARED GOVERNANCE FOR STAFF UNTIL EIGHT YEARS INTO MY TENURE. I WENT A LITTLE OVERBOARD APPARENTLY. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN. I MADE IT A PERSONAL GOAL TO HELP MY FELLOW STAFF MEMBERS AND ADVOCATE FOR STAFF NEEDS AND TO BE TRANSPARENT TO MY ACTIONS. I ALSO STRIVE TO BE A CONDUIT BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND STAFF TO KEEP BOTH SIDES INFORMED. I SAY IT'S ALWAYS OKAY TO SAY NO, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY BETTER. I'M HONORED BY AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT PARTICIPATING INSURED GOVERNANCE GIVES ME, AND I HOPE THAT I WILL LIVE UP TO THE AMAZING EXPECTATIONS THAT MY PREDECESSORS HAVE SET. THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MY TENURE. INSTEAD OF GOING TO CAMPUS EVERY DAY AND HAVING MEETINGS IN PERSON, WE NOW HAVE EMPLOYEES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, IF NOT ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND MOST MEETINGS ARE HELD VIRTUALLY. AS THE PEOPLE HAVE SETTLED INTO THE NEW ROUTINES, WE HAVE TO CHANGE HOW WE BUILD COMMUNITY, ADAPT TO BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW THESE PROCESSES WORK. THAT WAS THE MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION DURING THE ANNUAL UCSC PLANNING RETREAT THAT WAS HELD ON AUGUST 1ST AND 2ND, 2024. THE OVERARCHING THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S GOALS AND PLANS ARE COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, THAT IS THE COMMUNICATION WITH BOTH THE CAMPUS COUNCILS AND STAFF DIRECTLY THROUGH GROUP EVENTS, EMAILS, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. THROUGH GROUP EVENTS, UCSC WILL WORK WITH CAMPUS COUNCILS TO [00:40:02] PRESENT BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING EVENTS THAT WILL INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS, FILM VIEWING, AND DISCUSSIONS, AND GAME NIGHTS. ANNIE MELZER, WHO IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, FOR THIS TERM IS WORKING WITH CU COMMUNICATIONS FOR REGULAR UPDATES TO BE PUBLISHED AND IS ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE TO KEEP OUR WEBSITE UP TO DATE AND INFORMATIONAL. WE ARE ALSO PLANNING TO WORK WITH THE CU COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR TARGETING AUDIENCE AND COMMUNICATION. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IN TODAY'S UPDATE IS OUR FLAGSHIP EVENTS. WE ARE HAVING A CHANGE TO THIS YEAR'S FLAGSHIP EVENTS, THE STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARDS AND ALL COUNCIL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY. UCSC HAS DECIDED TO SWITCH THE TWO EVENTS FOR A TIMING, MOVING THE ALL COUNSEL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY TO THE FALL, AND MOVING THE STAFF EXCELLENCE AWARDS TO THE SPRING. THIS IS IN THE HOPES THAT WE WILL HAVE A LONGER TIMELINE FOR THE EVENTS AND WILL ENCOURAGE A HIGHER LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION. MORE INFORMATION WILL SOON BE DISTRIBUTED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, KIMBERLY. I UNDERSTAND. IT'S MY FIRST TIME TOO. NEXT UP IS OUR ICSF CHAIR, ALEX RADZ. ALEX, IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME ALSO? WELL, I GUESS WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER HERE. >> AWESOME. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT SALIMAN, REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS. IT'S AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TODAY. FIRSTLY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS ALEX RADZ AND I WILL BE THE CHAIR OF THE INTER COUNCIL STUDENT FORUM THIS YEAR. I AM A COLORADO NATIVE BORN AND RAISED IN GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO, GRADUATED FROM CHERRY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL IN 2022, AND NOW I AM AT BOULDER, WHERE I'M PURSUING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AND I AM A JUNIOR. FIRSTLY, THE ICSF IS WORKING ON ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION ROUTINE BETWEEN ALL FOUR CAMPUS LEADERS, SO WE CAN HAVE ROUTINE MEETINGS MONTHLY. WE ALSO WANT TO GET OUR NEW MEMBERS MORE PROPERLY ON BOARD, SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A BETTER SYSTEM FOR THIS COMING YEAR. FIRSTLY, OUR BOULDER UP DATE. AS CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ MENTIONED, WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN A ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN FOR VOTER REGISTRATION. IT SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL AT THE MOMENT FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD, AND IT WILL BE RELEASED ON SATURDAY. JUST AS FURTHER INCENTIVE, WHATEVER CAMPUS BETWEEN US AND CSU LOSES THIS VOTER REGISTRATION. THE STUDENT LEADERS WILL GO TO THE OPPOSITE CAMPUS AND PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE OTHER SCHOOL'S MERCHANDISE. WE WANT TO WIN THIS. FURTHERMORE, THE RECREATION CENTER AT WILLIAMS VILLAGE WAS RECENTLY APPROVED FOR A 1.2 MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION. THIS WILL HELP DIRECT SOME OF THE TRAFFIC FROM THE ON CAMPUS RECREATION CENTER TO THE WILLIAMS VILLAGE RECREATION CENTER. FURTHERMORE, 40% OF OUR FRESHMEN LIVE AT THE WILLIAMS VILLAGE RECREATION CENTER, AND IT HAS BEEN DUE FOR RENOVATION FOR MANY YEARS NOW. WE'RE ALSO ACTIVELY WORKING WITH STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION TO HELP ENSURE THAT NEW STUDENTS AND ALL STUDENTS FEEL WELCOME ON CAMPUS SPECIFICALLY AT OUR EVENTS. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH MARGINALIZED GROUPS TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT THEY CAN FEEL MORE WELCOME AT THESE THINGS. WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ FOR HIS QUICK ADJUSTMENT TO BOULDER AND QUICKLY MAKING STRIDES TO IMPROVE THE BOULDER CAMPUS. I THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENT BODY. AS THE SCHOOL YEAR CONTINUES, WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH ICSF. THE ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS. THE ANSCHUTZ STUDENT SENATE HAS STARTED OFF STRONG THIS YEAR. OVER THE SUMMER, STUDENT SENATE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP WAS ABLE TO PROPOSE A CHANGE TO THE CU ANSCHUTZ SENATE STRUCTURE AND RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TO IMPLEMENT IT. IN BRIEF, THE PROPOSAL REQUESTED THAT CU ANSCHUTZ STUDENT SENATE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO RE ALLOCATE STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE FUNDS. AS A RESULT, STARTING NEXT YEAR, THE CU ANSCHUTZ STUDENT SENATE WILL PLAN TO ALLOCATE MORE OF THE STUDENT FEE FUNDS TOWARDS STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL DEDICATE 40% OF THE FUNDING FOR STUDENT INITIATIVES, STUDENT TASK FORCES, AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND STUDENT GOVERNANCE EVENTS. THE CU ANSCHUTZ STUDENT CENTER IS EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARED GOVERNANCE AND CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH FACULTY ASSEMBLY AND STATE COUNCIL. THIS YEAR, THE CU ANSCHUTZ STUDENT SENATE HAS 36 ACTIVE SENATORS ACROSS 11 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AMONG THESE, THERE ARE TEN DIFFERENT STUDENT ACTION COMMITTEES FOR SENATORS TO GET INVOLVED IN, RANGING FROM SUSTAINABILITY AND MARKETING EFFORTS TO INCREASING DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION EVENTS ON CAMPUS. THE GROUP IS ALSO EXCITED TO ROLL OUT A NEW OUTDOOR GEAR RENTAL PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS. IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY PARTNERING WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. [00:45:02] MOVING FORWARD, CU ANSCHUTZ STUDENT SENATE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH CAMPUS LEADERS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF SCHEDULING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE ICSF. THIS IS THE CU DENVER REPORT. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, RTD HAS RAISED THE PRICE OF THE COLLEGE PASS FOR THE AURARIA CAMPUS BY 120%. THIS PROMOTED MANY STUDENTS TO ADVOCATE ALONGSIDE THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FOR A DECREASED RATE. WE HOPE TO COME FOR A RESOLUTION FOR THE STUDENTS THAT UTILIZE RTD AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION ON CAMPUS. THE FOOD PANTRY AT LOLA & ROB SALAZAR STUDENT WELLNESS CENTER UNDERWENT MAJOR RENOVATIONS, INCLUDING ADDING 5 FRIDGE AND FREEZER UNITS, AND ADDITIONAL SHELVING TO STORE HIGHER LEVELS OF SUPPLIES. OVER THE PAST TWO ACADEMIC YEARS, THE FOOD PANTRY HAS SEEN GROW OVER THREE TIMES AS MANY STUDENT VISITS. THE PROCESS FOR MANAGING STUDENT CONSUMPTION HAS ALSO CHANGED, WHICH ALLOWS FOR INCREASED AMOUNTS OF FOOD TO BE TAKEN. AS CHANCELLOR MICHELLE MARKSH HAS STEPPED DOWN FROM HER POSITION, WE THANK HER FOR SUPPORT AND WELCOME INTERIM CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ, I HOPE I SAID THAT RIGHT. TO THE CU DENVER COMMUNITY, PRESIDENT SAVANNAH BROOKS, ALONGSIDE JUSTICE LAURA ZABALETA, SERVE AS THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONGOING CHANCELLOR SEARCH COMMITTEE. THE MENTAL HEALTH FEE SERVICE WORKING GROUP IS BEING CO CHAIRED BY VICE PRESIDENT MITCHELL MORROW TO CREATE A STUDENT FEE THAT WOULD SUPPLEMENT MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, SUCH AS THE CU DENVER COUNSELING CENTER. THIS WORK GROUP AIMS TO HAVE THIS FEE PROPOSAL BROUGHT TO THE REGIONS IN THE SPRING SEMESTER. WITH THE LOSS OF APPROXIMATELY 35 AND 22% FROM STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTS. THERE HAS BEEN MUCH TIME INVESTIGATING THE PARAMETERS AND RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS OF ALLOCATING AND SPENDING STUDENT FEE FUNDING. FOR CLOSING REMARKS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF ICSF. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE. WHEN WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO THEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ALEX. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OUR NEXT REPORT WILL COME FROM OUR FACULTY COUNSEL CHAIR, DOCTOR ALASTAIR NORCROSS, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN PERSON, DOCTOR. >> WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU AS ACTING CHAIR. IF I MAY SAY SO, YOU'RE A NATURAL, SO NO NEED TO BE NERVOUS. I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S NOT DOING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOU'RE GOING TO JUDGE ME BY A HIGHER STANDARD, NO DOUBT. LET ME, AS USUAL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK PRESIDENT SALIMAN, CHAIR RENESON IN ABSENTIA. VICE CHAIR MONTERA, REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH THE CURRENT WORK OF THE CU FACULTY COUNCIL. I DID SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT WITH SOME MORE DETAILS OF OUR WORK AND PRIORITIES, ALTHOUGH THIS BEING EARLY IN THE SEMESTER, A FEW OF THE COMMITTEES AND ASSEMBLIES DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT JUST YET. I JUST WANT TO HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS HERE TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO WELCOME TO THE FACULTY COUNSEL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TWO NEW CAMPUS ASSEMBLY LEADERS. GREG KINNEY IS CHAIR OF THE ANSCHUTZ ASSEMBLY, AND I SAW GREG HERE EARLIER. IS GREG STILL HERE? THERE HE IS AT THE BACK. HE'S CHAIR OF THE ANSCHUTZ FACULTY ASSEMBLY. HE AND I ARE SIMILARLY WELL DRESSED. JOEL TONYAN IS PRESIDENT OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS ASSEMBLY. THERE'S BEEN SOME DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEIR TITLE FROM PRESIDENT TO CHAIR. MY PREFERENCE IS THAT THE REST OF US CHANGE OUR TITLES FROM CHAIR TO PRESIDENT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY ONE OF THE FOUR ASSEMBLIES HAS A PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER THREE HAVE CHAIRS. I ACTUALLY FAVOR THE TITLE SUPREME RULER. BUT I GUESS IF WE MAKE THE CHANGE, IT WON'T BE TO MY BENEFIT. IT'LL BE MY SUCCESSOR. WELL, YEAH. OKAY. >> WE WELCOME TWO NEW CONTINUING ASSEMBLY CHAIRS. SHELLY MILLER CONTINUES FOR A SECOND YEAR AS THE BOULDER FACULTY ASSEMBLY CHAIR, AND SASHA BREGER BUSCH CONTINUES IN HER SECOND YEAR AS THE DENVER FACULTY ASSEMBLY CHAIR. THE OFFICES OF FACULTY COUNCIL, SO THAT'S ME AND VICE CHAIR JOE CHAVEZ AND OUR SECRETARY VICKI GROVE, WERE ALL REELECTED TO A SECOND TERM LAST SPRING. JOE MAY WELL BE THE LAST VICE CHAIR THAT THE FACULTY COUNCIL EVER HAS. WHY IS THAT? WELL, AS I'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A REVISED CONSTITUTION. [00:50:03] WE FINALLY PRESENTED THE CONSTITUTION TO THE FACULTY COUNCIL AT ITS END OF AUGUST MEETING, THE FACULTY COUNCIL APPROVED SENDING IT OUT TO THE FACULTY SENATE FOR A FULL VOTE. NAIVELY, I THOUGHT THAT IN THE AGE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION, IT WILL BE SENT OUT THE NEXT DAY. APPARENTLY, IT TAKES QUITE A LONG TIME TO GET TOGETHER AN EMAIL TO CONTACT THOUSANDS OF FACULTY MEMBERS TO ASK THEM FOR A VOTE. BUT I THINK MAYBE AS EARLY AS TOMORROW, BUT CERTAINLY VERY EARLY NEXT WEEK, ALL MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY SENATE, THAT IS, AND I THINK THAT WILL INCLUDE THE CHANCELLORS HERE, WILL INCLUDE TODD. I THINK YOU'RE ALL MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY SENATE. YOU WILL ALL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ASKING YOU TO APPROVE REVISED CONSTITUTION FOR THE FACULTY SENATE. THE RELEVANT CHANGE TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT JOE IS THAT WE'RE REVISING OUR OFFICER STRUCTURE, SO WE WILL MOVE TO A STRUCTURE OF A CHAIR-ELECT, CHAIR AND IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR. EACH YEAR, WE WILL ELECT CHAIR-ELECT, WHO WILL SERVE ONE YEAR AS CHAIR ELECT, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CHAIR, WILL THEN AUTOMATICALLY TRANSITION TO A YEAR AS CHAIR, AND THEN TWO YEAR AS IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR. WE'LL NO LONGER HAVE A VICE CHAIR ASSUMING THAT THIS CONSTITUTION IS APPROVED. WE'LL SEE, I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE VOTE THERE. WE THE FACULTY COUNCIL, AS I'M SURE MANY OTHERS WAS RELIEVED TO SEE THAT IN THE LEGISLATURE SPECIAL SESSION, THE COMPROMISE WAS WORKED OUT, WHICH RESULTED IN WITHDRAWING TWO BALLOT INITIATIVES FROM THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, WHICH HAD THEY PASSED, WOULD HAVE HAD AN ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING EFFECT ON FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE AND OTHER FUNDING AS WELL. NONETHELESS, AS WE KNOW, AND AS PRESIDENT SALIMAN CHEERILY INFORMED US AT THE BOULDER FACULTY ASSEMBLY LAST WEEK, THERE WILL STILL BE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. THAT WAS A BARREL OF LAUGHS THAT MEETING. BUT NO, THERE WAS LOTS OF FUN STUFF, TOO. THAT WAS BEFORE WE'D LOST TO NEBRASKA WHERE THE END STANDS FOR KNOWLEDGE. ANYWAY, THERE WILL BE CUTS TO FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS WILL CREATE CHALLENGES. ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IS TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF EQUITY AS REGARDS THE TREATMENT OF FACULTY ON OUR CAMPUSES. AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION CONTINUE TO MAKE USE OF ADJUNCT FACULTY AND EVER LARGER NUMBERS. MANY OF THOSE FACULTY MEMBERS WHO TEACH INCREASING NUMBERS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. FACULTY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO URGE THE UNIVERSITY TO TREAT ALL OUR FACULTY WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT BY AT THE VERY LEAST EMPLOYING THEM TO RENEWABLE POSITIONS WITH PROPER BENEFITS PACKAGES. WHEN FACULTY ARE TREATED WITH THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE, THEY'RE BETTER ABLE TO SERVE OUR STUDENT POPULATIONS. WITH THE PROSPECTS FOR FUNDING INCREASES BEING NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE'S ACTIONS, ALTHOUGH NOT AS BAD AS WE FEARED, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THE CAMPUSES, ESPECIALLY BOULDER, CAN MEET THE CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE THE FACULTY WHO EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS WITH DECENT WORKING CONDITIONS, AND FACULTY COUNCIL STANDS READY TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN. FINALLY, I NEED TO JUST MENTION SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP ONCE A BY AN EARLIER SPEAKER IN THE OPEN COMMENT SECTION. IN THE LAST 2.5 WEEKS SINCE THE SEMESTER STARTED, I HAVE RECEIVED MANY, MANY COMMUNICATIONS FROM FACULTY AT ALL FOUR CAMPUSES CONCERNED BY THE WORDING OF THE REGENTS RESOLUTION FROM THE JUNE MEETING, WHICH CONDEMNED THE TARGETING OF INDIVIDUAL REGENT'S RESIDENCES BY PROTESTERS. FACULTY EQUALLY CONDEMN SUCH TARGETING AND BELIEVE THAT REGENTS AND ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO HARASSMENT. BUT I HAVE RECEIVED MANY WORRIES ABOUT THE ONE SINGLE CLAUSE IN THAT RESOLUTION, WHICH DEFINED [INAUDIBLE] AS ANTI-SEMITIC AND AS CALLING FOR VIOLENCE. THIS SEEMS TO BE BOTH HISTORICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY UNINFORMED. THE WORRY IS THAT THIS DEFINITION MIGHT HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE OPEN DISCOURSE AND FREE INQUIRY, WHICH SHOULD BE A HALLMARK OF ALL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DR. NORCROSS. [00:55:01] VERY INFORMATIVE AND ALWAYS ENTERTAINING. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA. [G. 2:20 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA] THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA EXISTS ON BOARD DOCS, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE 10 ITEMS THAT WE ARE APPROVING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? [INAUDIBLE]. MOVED BY REGENT CHAVEZ, AND I BELIEVE SECONDED BY REGENT SPIEGEL. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WELL, THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS THE APPROVAL OF ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED. THE MOTION IS PASSED. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT AND WORK PLAN. [H. 2:25 p.m. UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS] COMMITTEE CHAIR SMITH AND VICE PRESIDENT LIGHTNER WILL BE BRINGING US THIS REPORT. WHAT WAS THAT [LAUGHTER]? >> MICHAEL LIGHTNER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT. >> MICHAEL LIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT MICHAEL LIGHTNER WILL BE PART OF THE REPORT WITH RICHARD SMITH AS CHAIR. I WOULD NEVER FORGET YOU, MICHAEL. >> THANK YOU. WE HAD OUR FIRST UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, MEETING FROM 1:00 PM TO 2:35, AND THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF MYSELF AS CHAIR, REGENT MONTAS VICE CHAIR, REGENT JAMES AND REGENT VANDRIL, AND ALL OF US WERE PRESENT. WE ALSO HAD REGENT RENE AND GAGOS ATTEND THE MEETING. WE CONSIDERED SEVERAL ITEMS. THE FIRST WERE INFORMATION ITEMS. WE HAD DR. ROD NERN PRESENT ON THE ACADEMIC STRUCTURE OF THE ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS. THEN WE HAD A INFORMATION ITEM AND DISCUSSION BY VP LIGHTNER ON THE PROCESS FOR DISMISSAL FOR CAUSE OF TENURED FACULTY. WE HAD SEVERAL ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST WAS A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSAL TO MODIFY REGENT POLICY 2C TO CREATE AN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COMMITTEE BY REGENT JAMES AND ERICA WESTON. AFTER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION, WE MOVED THE RESOLUTION FORWARD. BUT WE HAD A SPLIT VOTE WITH TWO, FOUR, AND TWO AGAINST, AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS AFTER I GIVE THIS REPORT. THE OTHER ACTION ITEM WAS A PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED DISCONTINUANCE OF THE BA AND FRENCH BY CU DENVER PROFESSOR, DR. RICHARD ALLEN. IT WAS APPARENT FROM THE DISCUSSION WHERE ALL FACULTY HAVE RETIRED AND THERE ARE NO FRENCH MAJORS, SO IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE THIS. THERE WAS A VOTE OF 4, 0 TO APPROVE THIS REMOVAL OF THIS CLASS OR THIS MAJOR ALWAYS A SAD THING TO SEE. THE LAST ACTION ITEM WAS TO REVIEW AND POTENTIALLY REVISE THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS ACADEMIC YEAR '24, '25 WORK PLAN, AND WE VOTED ON THIS WITH UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, AND WE WILL BE VOTING ON THIS NEXT. AT 2:35, WE ADJOURNED. THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE WILL HAVE IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FACULTY COUNCIL EPS COMMITTEE, AND I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. THE REGENTS AWARDS COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 18, FROM 9-11 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OUR NEXT UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE ON OCTOBER 22, FROM 1-3:30 VIA ZOOM. WITH THAT, WE HAVE TWO ACTION ITEMS IN FRONT OF US. THE FIRST IS THE APPROVAL OF THE WORK PLAN, AND I WOULD ASK IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE '24 '25 WORK PLAN FOR THE UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >> MOVED BY REGENT VANDRIL, SECONDED BY REGENT CHAVEZ. ANYBODY OPPOSED? NO. THAT PASSES. THANK YOU. THE SECOND ITEM IS RELATED TO THE ATHLETICS COMMITTEE. [01:00:09] >> MADAM CHAIR. MAY I. >> HOLD ON. >> KEN IS GOING TO DO THIS. >> THAT'S FINE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. >> YOU DID. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. >> I KNOW. >> THE ACTION ITEM BEFORE US IS PROPOSED CHANGES TO REGENT POLICY 2.C REGENT COMMITTEES, AND BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER TO REGENT JAMES FOR DISCUSSION, FIRST, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, THEN WE WILL START OUR DISCUSSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SHOULD I CONTINUE WITH THAT OR SHOULD I ASK REGENT JAMES TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OVER TO REGENT JAMES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. AM I ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> NOW YOU ARE. GREEN. >> THERE WE GO. HOW MANY REGENTS DOES IT TAKE TO TURN ON A MICROPHONE? THANK YOU. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THE VOTE ON THIS ACTION ITEM DUE TO ALL OF THE CHANGING PIECES THAT WE HAVE, AND I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HAVE THIS VOTE. I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ON THE VOTE POTENTIALLY UNTIL OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING. >> I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE FOR THAT OR WE DO? >> WE SHOULD. >> CAN I GET A PARLIAMENTARIAN RELEASE? >> PLEASE. OKAY. THE MOTION IS TO LAY IT OVER TO ANOTHER MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT? >> MOVED. >> MOVED BY REGENT GAGOS. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> SECONDED BY REGENT SMITH. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THIS PROPOSAL ON TO THE NEXT MEETING. CAN I HAVE AN AYE? >> AYE. >> ANYBODY OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, REGENT JAMES. >> IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS OR WOULD THAT COMPLETE YOUR REPORT? >> THAT IS IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR REPORT FROM OUR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, [I. 2:45 p.m GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS] AND THE WORK IN COMMITTEE CHAIR SPIEGEL WILL PRESENT THAT FOR US. >> GREAT. THANKS, VICE CHAIR MONTERA, AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB TODAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 22, MYSELF, REGENT GAGOS AND REGENT SMITH, WHO ARE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE WERE ALSO JOINED BY REGENT VANDRIL. WE STARTED OUR DISCUSSION TIME DISCUSSING FEEDBACK FROM THE ANNUAL RETREAT THAT WAS HELD JULY 10 THROUGH 12TH AT THE LONE ROCK CONFERENCE FACILITY IN BAILEY, COLORADO, AND THEN MOVED INTO USING THAT INFORMATION TO DISCUSS THE WINTER RETREAT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE OUR NEW REGENTS FOLLOWING THIS NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. AT THE NEXT MEETING, THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE WINTER RETREAT IN TERMS OF LOCATIONS AND A PROPOSED AGENDA. WE SPENT THE BULK OF OUR TIME IN THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TALKING ABOUT REGENT LAWS AND POLICIES. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO REGENT POLICY 1D, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, WHICH DID RECEIVE NOTICE OF MOTION AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION, THE COMMITTEE WAS UNANIMOUS IN NOT RECOMMENDING THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES TO THE FULL BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED PROPOSED CHANGES TO SEVERAL REGENT LAWS AND POLICIES FOR WHICH NOTICE OF MOTION IS GIVEN ON THIS BOARD AND MEETING AGENDA. FURTHER DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE OCTOBER GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THESE INCLUDE ARTICLE 3C1D, THE LAWS OF THE REGENT, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT TO PRESIDENT, REGENT POLICY 3C AND 3D, SEARCHES FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY. REGENT POLICY 11D, DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROHIBITED. ARTICLE 2A5, THE LAWS OF THE REGENT, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND REGENT POLICY 2C1 COMMITTEE GOVERNING PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS REGENT POLICY 2J FOR FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS. WE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ITEM, REGENT POLICY13B, INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS POLICY. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED INFORMATION REGARDING OTHER GOVERNING BOARD PRACTICES SURROUNDING ATHLETICS OVERSIGHT. THIS POLICY WILL GO THROUGH THE NORMAL REVIEW PROCESS THIS YEAR AND AS PART OF THE WORK PLAN THAT IS ALSO ON OUR AGENDA. [01:05:01] LOOKING AHEAD, DAN MONTEZ AND ERICA WESTON PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF UPCOMING LAW AND POLICY REVIEW, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THEIR MATRIX, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE REVIEWING OUR POLICIES AND KEEPING TRACK OF IT, IT IS PRETTY AWESOME. I'D REALLY LIKE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO DAN MONTEZ AND ERICA WESTON FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THAT. DAN ALSO UPDATED THE COMMITTEE ON RECENT NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES MADE TO REGENT LAWS AND POLICIES, WHICH HAS BEEN A NEW PROCEDURE WE'VE PUT IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS HIS SHOP TO OPERATE MORE EFFECTIVELY. WE DID ALSO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THE BOARD OFFICE. THANK YOU, EFFIE, PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW AND HISTORY OF CONSENT AGENDA PROCEDURES, AND ERICA WESTON, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW AND SHARED DOCUMENTS OUTLINING PROCESSES AND POLICIES FOR RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED BY REGIONS. FINALLY, WE DISCUSS NEW REGION ORIENTATION. WE'LL WELCOMING SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS AS SAY GOODBYE TO SOME EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS THIS YEAR. I'D LIKE TO THANK AMANDA GORDON FOR ALL OF HER WORK ON NEW REGENT ORIENTATION AND THE PLAN THAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED THIS FALL. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE REGENTS AND ADMINISTRATION AND CAMPUSES FOR YOUR INPUT INTO MAKING NEW REGION ORIENTATION, SO EXCITING. THE NEXT GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IS ON OCTOBER 24 AT 9:00 AM. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ACTING CHAIR MONTERA. >> COULD I MAKE A STATEMENT BEFORE WE MOVE OFF TO GOVERNANCE? >> SORRY, GO AHEAD, REGENT BA. >> I THOUGHT THAT REPORT WAS INTERESTING. WHAT A GREAT COMMITTEE THIS IS. IT MUST BE A LOT OF FUN TO RUN IT AND TO REPRESENT THE REGENTS WITH IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD COMMITTEE. >> [OVERLAPPING] WELL, THANK YOU, REG GAGOS. I CAN ALMOST BELIEVE MOST OF THAT. [LAUGHTER] >> IT WASN'T IN THE REPORT, BUT I THINK WE WERE TOLD THAT WE GOT 24 DIFFERENT POLICIES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE LAST YEAR. >> IS THAT A RECORD? >> I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT, BUT IT MAY BE THE BEST COMMITTEE WE HAVE. >> YEAH. IS REG GAGOS ON THAT COMMITTEE? >> YES. >> I JUST WAS MAKING SURE. [LAUGHTER] WITHOUT THE LEVITY, I DO WANT TO THANK AND REALLY CONGRATULATE REGENT SPIEGEL FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A PHENOMENAL RETREAT. YOU'VE DONE THAT NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO IT AND THE THINKING, IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY ADVANCE STRATEGICALLY WHERE WE WANT TO TAKE THE UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THE NEXT ITEM AS AN ACTION ITEM, IT'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO REGENT POLICY 1D, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THIS IMMEDIATELY OVER TO REGENT VANDRIL. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. NOW I CAN HEAR MYSELF. I COULDN'T BEFORE. SIMILAR TO MY DEAR COLLEAGUE HERE, IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED OF ME TO LAY THIS OVER BECAUSE OF SOME NEW PERSONNEL WHO MIGHT WANT TO WEIGH IN ON SOME OF THESE CHANGES. I THINK THAT IS A WISE CHOICE, AND SO I AM REQUESTING THAT WE LAY THIS ON THE TABLE. I THINK IS THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY IT IN TO ANOTHER MEETING. NO. OUR PARLIAMENTARIANS SCRATCH YOU. BUT THAT WE LAY THIS A DEFER CONSIDERATION OF THIS UNTIL WHATEVER EFFIE TELLS ME TO SAY THE RIGHT THING. >> THANK YOU REGENT VANDRILL, AND I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT TO LAY OVER AND MOVE FORWARD. I'M NOT GOING TO GET IN BETWEEN THE LEGAL FOLKS HERE, BUT ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? >> IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT REPORT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT. OUR CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAD TO STEP AWAY. I'D LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. [L. 3:20 p.m. FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS] >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. HELLO. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2024. ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THAT MEETING IS POSTED AND AVAILABLE IN BOARD DOCS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. THE MEETING BEGAN WITH A REVIEW OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHARTER AND THE FY '24/25 DRAFT FINANCE COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE CHARTER WITH NO CHANGES. WE ALSO APPROVED THE ANNUAL FINANCE COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. AS I SAID, THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN BOARD DOCS. DURING THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THE MEETING, THE COMMITTEE HEARD THE QUARTERLY CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION REPORT FROM COREY. THANK YOU, COREY FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. COREY ALSO SHARED A REPORT ON THE ANNUAL FACILITY CONDITION INDEX SCORE OF ALL OF CU'S BUILDINGS. THESE SCORES MEASURE THE BUILDINGS DEFICIENCIES [01:10:02] COMPARED TO THE BUILDING'S CURRENT REPLACEMENT VALUE. NEXT, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE PROGRAM PLAN FOR THE CU BOULDER NORTH BOULDER CREEK UTILITY EXPANSION PROJECT THAT WILL EXPAND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO RESIDENTS ONE. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE PROGRAM PLAN, AND IT WAS PLACED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WE JUST APPROVED. THE COMMITTEE ALSO APPROVED AND CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ STOLE A LITTLE BIT OF MY THUNDER IN TERMS OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK IN NAMING THE INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR EMERITUS RICHARD JESSER AND NAMING OF THE MICHAEL CLUMP CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE ON THE CAMPUS. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. DURING THE FIRST FINANCE PORTION OF THE MEETING, SCOTT MUNSON GAVE HIS QUARTERLY IT PROJECT STATUS REPORT, WHICH INCLUDED THE TIME AND LABOR PROJECT, THE DATA GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT. ED MILLS GAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE FINDINGS OF THE BARTHWELL GROUP REPORT, WHO WAS OUR EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY THAT WE ENGAGED TO HELP IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE UNIVERSITY'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND LOCAL AND DIVERSE SPENDING. ED REVIEWED HOW THE PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED, OUR CURRENT EFFORTS, BEST PRACTICES, GAPS, AND CU'S PLAN NEXT STEPS IN RESPONSE TO THE REPORT. ANOTHER UPDATE ON THIS IS PLANNED AT THE JANUARY FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. AFTER THAT, TREASURER SHARMA REPORTED ON A NUMBER OF ITEMS, INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TREASURY POOL, AS OF JUNE 2024. IF TREASURER SHARMA IS HERE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT. THE ANNUAL REVENUE BOND PROJECT, WHICH CONFIRMS THAT REVENUE IS ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT OUR BONDS AND THAT CU IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR DEBT COVENANTS. AS WELL AS THE ANNUAL DEBT RATIO REPORT. THE CURRENT DEBT RATIO, WHICH COMPARES THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE COST TO EXPENDITURES AT CU IS 3.9% IN THE MOST CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IS WELL BELOW OUR MAXIMUM GOAL. USHA ALSO PRESENTED ON AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE A CU REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT WITH A FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES $50 MILLION COMMITTED PLUS $50 MILLION UNCOMMITTED. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE NEW REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT, AND IT WAS ALSO INCLUDED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WE JUST APPROVED. FINALLY, USHA PRESENTED AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF NEW BONDS TO FUND FIVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING RESIDENTS ONE HELLEMS CHEMISTRY AND APPLIED MATH, AND THE EKELEY SCIENCE BUILDING AT BOULDER AND THE ENGINEERING BUILDING RENOVATION AT UCCS. IT WILL ALLOW THE ISSUANCE OF UP TO $650 MILLION FOR PROJECTS BEFORE THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2025. THAT WAS ALSO ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 30TH, 2024. IT WILL BE GLENN'S LAST MEETING, AND GIVEN HIS PREVIOUS COMMENTS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE HIM GO. [LAUGHTER] >> WOW. >> THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MY LAST MEETING. [LAUGHTER] >> NOTHING STOPS YOU FROM PUBLIC COMMENT, REAGENT GAGOS. [LAUGHTER] I BELIEVE OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE THE REPORT FROM CFO MARTERNO, ON FALL ENROLLMENT ESTIMATES. MAYBE BEYOND ESTIMATES. >> JUMPING TO PAGE 15 THERE. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME EVERY YEAR WHERE WE GET OUR FIRST SNAPSHOT TO LOOK AT WHERE ENROLLMENT IS COMING IN RELATIVE TO BUDGET. I DO WANT TO SAY AT THE FRONT END, THIS IS PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR OUR ACTUAL FALSE CENSUSES IN THE COMING DAYS. THESE MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS IS OUR BEST GUESS AROUND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. LOOKING AT THIS CHART, THIS IS SOME LONGITUDINAL DATA IN TERMS OF TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY CAMPUS SINCE FALL OF 2018. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE AT UCCS IN DENVER, BUT I'D POINT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHERE EACH ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT'S IN THAT BOX IS EITHER AN IMPROVEMENT OR ON TARGET, WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED TO IN JUNE. [01:15:01] WE'LL TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT AS WE GET THROUGH THE DECK. HERE'S THIS COMPARISON FROM WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED IN JUNE VERSUS THAT ORANGE CIRCLE AT THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THE SLIDE, WHICH IS WHAT WE BELIEVE ENROLLMENT WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER WE COMPLETE FALSE CENSUS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE UP OR ON TARGET WITH WHAT WE DID. IF WE LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY THE CHANGES THERE, WE CAN SEE IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 3% ENROLLMENT AT BOULDER, SPRINGS IS RIGHT ON TARGET WITH FIVE ADDITIONAL STUDENTS. DENVER IS UP, WHICH IS GREAT AND ANSCHUTZ IS RIGHT ON TARGET IN TERMS OF A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE SEE THIS VARIANCE IN ENROLLMENT IS EVERY 1% IN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL TUITION REVENUE, AND THIS JUST GIVES ONE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 1% WOULD ALWAYS BE THIS IN TERMS OF REVENUE, THE MIX OF THIS ALWAYS VARIES, AND WE'LL SEE SLIDES ON THAT AS WE GET TO EACH CAMPUS SECTION, BUT THIS IS A GOOD RESOURCE TO LEVEL SET AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES ENROLLMENT MEAN RELATIVE TO OUR BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MOVING OVER TO BOULDER, THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT. IT'S COMING AHEAD OF WHAT WE'VE ANTICIPATED AND BUDGETED IN JUNE, 3% ABOVE WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED IN JUNE FOR A TOTAL ENROLLMENT GROWTH PROJECTED TO BE AT 3.5%. THAT SECOND BULLET THERE POINTS OUT THIS PHENOMENON THAT WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT CHART, WHICH IS THE FIRST YEAR COHORT OF STUDENTS AT CU BOULDER IS ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN LAST YEAR. THE WAY THAT BOULDER IS ACTUALLY GENERATING THE MAJORITY OF THIS GROWTH IS THROUGH CONTINUING STUDENTS. THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF RETAINING STUDENTS AS THEY MATRICULATE THROUGH THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER. THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT HERE, THAT WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS ENROLLMENT GROWTH AT BOULDER FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT IS RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. CU BOULDER IS DOING RIGHT BY SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE PRIMARILY COLORADO RESIDENT STUDENTS. YOU'LL SEE IN A FOLLOWING SLIDE THAT THIS ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENT DOES GENERATE REVENUE. THE CANVAS WILL MANAGE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THROUGH THEIR INTERNAL BUDGET MODEL, AND WE'LL FOLLOW THE APS IN TERMS OF HOW WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE BOARD IN TERMS OF SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS. LOOKING AT THIS CHART, I WANT TO POINT OUT TWO ROWS. AGAIN, REITERATE WHAT I HAD SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRIOR SLIDE. GO TO THE BOTTOM SECTION. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE IN FIRST YEAR STUDENTS AT BOULDER IS ACTUALLY GOING DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S THAT DECREASE THAT YOU SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM ROW THERE OF 116 STUDENTS. BUT THEN I'D POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VERY TOP ROW. THE PRIMARY DRIVER, AGAIN, OF THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH AT BOULDER ARE COLORADO RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND AN INCREASE OF 4.1% OR 721 STUDENTS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THESE STUDENTS MEAN IN TERMS OF DOLLARS, THIS IS THE CHANGE FROM OUR CURRENT PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE TO THE JUNE BUDGET. THIS ALL TOTALED WILL COME TO AROUND $32 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THAT'S ABOUT 2.8% OF THE BUDGET THAT THE BOARD APPROVED BACK IN JUNE. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE'VE STARTED TO PROVIDE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO JUST BREAK DOWN WHAT THOSE COUNTS LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF NEW FIRST YEAR STUDENTS, CONTINUING STUDENTS AND TRANSFER STUDENTS ON THE UNDERGRADUATE SIDE, AS WELL AS WHAT THOSE COHORTS LOOK LIKE ON THE GRADUATE SIDE, AND WE'VE ADDED A LITTLE BIT TO THIS. WE'VE TAKEN THIS DATA THIS YEAR, AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES. WHAT WE'VE ADDED ONTO THIS IS WHAT DOES COMPLETION LOOK LIKE? WE CAN START TO THINK ABOUT HOW COHORTS MATRICULATE THROUGH OUR FISCAL YEARS AND ACADEMIC YEARS. THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK ON THIS SLIDE. LET ME JUST LEVEL SET WITH YOU HERE. THERE'S THOSE TWO BARS BY FISCAL YEAR. THE FIRST BAR COLUMN IS COMPRISED OF CONTINUING STUDENTS, WHICH IS GOLD, AND THAT GRAY SEGMENT ARE NEW STUDENTS. THOSE NEW STUDENTS ARE BOTH NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS AND NEW FIRST TIME STUDENTS. THAT SECOND COLUMN OR THAT SECOND BAR BY FISCAL YEAR, WE TAKE THAT DATA AND THEN WE'VE OVERLAID HOW MANY STUDENTS COMPLETED IN THAT PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR TO SAY HOW MANY OF THOSE CONTINUING STUDENTS, THE GOLD BAR, ACTUALLY GOT A DEGREE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THEN WE START TO THINK THROUGH, WHAT DOES OUR REPLACEMENT RATE LOOK LIKE? IF WE COMPLETED A COHORT OF STUDENTS IN THAT BLUE SEGMENT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE THE NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF THE NEW STUDENTS COMING IN? WHAT YOU'LL SEE ACROSS ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, BUT YOU PARTICULARLY SEE AT BOULDER, IS THAT THE NEW INCOMING STUDENTS EXCEED THE COUNT OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE COMPLETE EACH YEAR. THAT'S ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH AT BOULDER, BUT THE PRIMARY DRIVER IS THEIR CONTINUING STUDENTS. THAT'S THIS CIRCLED SECTION HERE WITH THE PURPLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 667 STUDENTS ON A YEAR OVER YEAR [01:20:01] BASIS IN ADDITION TO A SLIGHTLY LARGER FIRST TIME TRANSFER COHORT. ON THE GRADUATE SIDE, WE ACTUALLY SEE THE OPPOSITE IN TERMS OF THAT COHORT EFFECT. THEY GRADUATE LARGER COHORTS, MEANING THAT THAT BLUE BOX IS LARGER THAN THE GRAY SEGMENT IN THAT SUBSEQUENT YEAR, AND THAT'S THAT NEGATIVE NUMBER AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT TABLE. YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME THING HAPPENING, BUT TOTAL ENROLLMENT GROWTH, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS AT BOULDER IN THIS PARTICULAR MOST RECENT YEAR, WHERE IF YOU LOOK AT CONTINUING STUDENTS IN FIRST TIME, IT DOES RESULT IN OVERALL GROWTH, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THIS DATA FOR THE TWO OTHER UNDERGRADUATE CAMPUSES AS WE GET TO THEIR SECTIONS. LOOKING AT UCCS, THEY ARE RIGHT ON BUDGET. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE OF MIX. THERE ARE SOME BRIGHT SPOTS IN TERMS OF NEW UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER STUDENTS BEING UP AND GRADUATE ENROLLMENT BEING UP. IF WE LOOK AT THE CHANGE IN THAT, THIS ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFERENCES AND YOU SEE THE MOST OF THE GROWTH IS ON THE GRADUATE SIDE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF DECLINE ON THE UNDERGRADUATE SIDE, COMPARING THIS TOP TWO SECTIONS OF THIS TABLE. IN TERMS OF THE DOLLARS AND CENTS TIED TO THOSE ENROLLMENTS, IT'S RIGHT ON BUDGET. LIKE $34,000 ON 100 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET IS PRETTY CLOSE, SO THERE'S NO CHANGE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN JUNE. IF WE START TO TALK ABOUT THESE CONTINUING STUDENTS VERSUS NEW STUDENTS AND TALK ABOUT HOW THIS COHORT LOOKS AT UCCS, WE CAN SEE THAT THEY DO HAVE A POSITIVE NUMBER IN TERMS OF NEW FIRST TIME STUDENTS COMING IN THAT EXCEEDS THE BLUE SEGMENT OF COMPLETING STUDENTS IN THAT PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. BUT DESPITE THAT, THE RETENTION ISN'T QUITE THERE TO TURN THE NEEDLE. WHILE THE CAMPUS IS MAKING HEADWAY IN TERMS OF TURNING THE NEEDLE, THEY STILL HAVE PROGRESS TO MAKE, BUT THIS IS GOOD NEWS IN TERMS OF THEM BEING ON BUDGET AND FLAT ENROLLMENT AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. CHANCELLOR SOBANET MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TO. >> I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO UCCS THAT WE'VE HAD FIVE YEARS OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT, AND THIS COMING IN FLAT, AS WE WERE PREDICTING WAS THE WORK OF SO MANY PEOPLE, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FACULTY AND STAFF AT UCCS WHO ARE MAKING THIS HAPPEN, AND THIS TRAJECTORY IS TURNING AROUND. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM IN FRONT OF OUR BOARD OF REGENTS. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. >> KEEP IN WITH THE GOOD VIBES, THIS NEXT TABLE ACTUALLY SHOWS ENROLLMENT GROWTH IN TERMS OF THE GRADUATE SIDE. LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THAT GRADUATING COHORT WITH NEW GRAD STUDENTS, BUT REALLY GOOD GRADUATE RETENTION, AND THAT'S FEEDING INTO THIS GROWTH IN TERMS OF THE YEAR OVER YEAR GRADUATE ENROLLMENT GROWTH AT SPRINGS. IN TERMS OF DENVER, THEY ARE PREDICTING STILL A DECLINE, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE CAMPUS HAD BUDGETED IN THE JUNE TIME FRAME. THEY'RE COMING IN AT 1.8% ABOVE WHAT THEY HAD BUDGETED IN JUNE. THERE IS A SMALLER INCOMING FRESHMAN COHORT. TRANSFER STUDENTS ARE LOOKING LIKE THAT THEY'RE COMING IN AHEAD COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, AND WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THE OTHER DETAIL ON THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES HERE. ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT FOR THEIR ENROLLMENT, WHICH I'LL POINT OUT ON THIS CHART HERE IS ABOUT FOUR ROWS DOWN, AND THAT'S NON-RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT. YOU CAN SEE INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT GOING UP. BUT YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE OTHER INDICATORS AND THESE DATA POINTS WHERE WE SEE IT GOING DOWN, BUT THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT THE CAMPUS WAS EXPECTING BACK IN JUNE. IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND CENTS, THIS IMPROVEMENT IS RESULTING IN ANTICIPATED ABOUT $250,000 OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WHICH IS ABOUT 0.1% OF THE BUDGET THAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN JUNE. IN LOOKING THROUGH THIS COHORTY PHENOMENON, WE CAN SEE THAT SAME THEME WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY REPLACING ON THE UNDERGRADUATE SIDE, NEW INCOMING STUDENTS ARE LARGER THAN THAT BLUE SEGMENT OF PRIOR TERM OR PRIOR YEAR COMPLETIONS. IN THIS CASE, THE RETENTION AND THE CONTINUING STUDENTS WENT UP FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THERE WAS JUST FEWER FIRST TIME STUDENTS TO GET THAT TO CHANGE. >> IN TERMS OF THE GRADUATE SIDE, THIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY SEE THE COHORT EFFECT. CU DENVER WAS ONE OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT SAW COUNTER-CYCLICAL ENROLLMENT. WHEN THE ECONOMY WENT DOWN, FOLKS ENROLLED AT A HIGHER RATE ON THE GRADUATE SIDE, AND AS THOSE POPULATIONS AND THOSE CLASSES HAVE MATRICULATED THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THOSE BLUE SEGMENTS ARE A LOT LARGER THAN THAT REPLACEMENT RATE FOR THOSE GRAY SEGMENTS IN THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SHOWS HERE. IN TERMS OF CU ANSCHUTZ, [01:25:02] OVERALL, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THEIR BUDGET. BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE ANSCHUTZ CAMPUSES' BUDGETS ARE VERY SILOED IN TERMS OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. THERE'S THREE AREAS WHERE WE'RE REALLY SEEING THIS AT THE CAMPUS. ONE IS IN PHARMACY, SO WHILE IT'S DECLINING, THEY'RE SEEING A MORE FAVORABLE OUTCOME. ONLY A DECLINE OF 5.9%, SO THAT'S RESULTING IN AROUND JUST SHY OF $900,000 OF ADDITIONAL MONIES TO THEIR BUDGET. NURSING IS COMING IN BELOW WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED, AND THEN THAT FINAL SECTION HERE IN TERMS OF THE MD PROGRAM, IT'S AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS, BUT WE ARE SPACE-CONSTRAINED IN THE MD PROGRAM AT THE CAMPUS. THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT WERE ON TAKING AN ACADEMIC LEAVE THAT WERE ALREADY ADMITTED INTO THE MD PROGRAM, JUST COMING BACK TO PURSUE THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER. THIS IS THE CHART THAT SHOWS THAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNDERGRAD AND GRAD. YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH ON THE GRAD SIDE DECREASE ON THE UNDERGRAD. THE COUNTS HERE ARE A LOT SMALLER THAN THE OTHER CAMPUSES WE'VE SEEN BECAUSE WE HAVE SMALLER CLASS SIZES AND IN A GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTION, YOU HAVE SMALLER COHORTS THAT WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. BUT OVERALL, ENROLLMENT GROWTH OF AROUND 1.1% OVER YEAR TO YEAR BASIS. IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND CENTS, IT'S ABOUT $1,000,000 OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WHICH IS 0.2% OF THE JUNE APPROVED BUDGET, AND IMPORTANTLY, THIS MONEY STAYS WITH THAT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WHERE IT WAS GENERATED OR PRIMARILY STAYS THERE. THIS STILL MEANS THAT NURSING HAS TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS IN PHARMACIES IN A BETTER PLACE THAN THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE BACK IN JUNE. IN TERMS OF THE COHORTS, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T DO THAT SLIDE FOR ANSCHUTZ BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATES A LITTLE ODDLY, AND CHANCELLOR ELLMAN ALLUDED TO THIS WHERE THEY HAVE YEAR-ROUND ENROLLMENT, SO IF WE DO THAT, IT DOESN'T REALLY TELEGRAPH IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD IN THE PRIOR SLIDE SO WE DIDN'T DO THAT HERE. BUT THIS SHOWS THE FIRST-TIME CONTINUING STUDENTS AND THE LIKE FOR UNDERGRAD AND GRAD. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CU DATA MADE SIMPLE WEBSITE, WHICH IS AT CU.EDU, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD DATA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRACKED OVER TIME AND WE CAN TRACK FULL ENROLLMENT FROM 2024 UP UNTIL THIS MOST RECENT YEAR OF 2023, AND THEN WE'LL ADD ON '24 WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE DATA IS HOW DOES CU LOOK RELATIVE TO ALL THE OTHER GOVERNING BOARDS IN THE STATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE. YOU CAN SLICE AND THIS DATA TO LOOK AT RESIDENT STUDENTS, TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, NON-RES, GRAD, AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE THAT WHERE YOU CAN COME AWAY WITH SOME OTHER OBSERVATIONS. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY, SO CAMPUSES ARE COMPLETING THEIR FALL CENSUS, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AFTER THAT'S DONE, WE'LL ALSO HAVE DATA THAT ILLUSTRATES WHAT DOES ENROLLMENT LOOK ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS BASED ON RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD. IN OCTOBER, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT OUR CENSUS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, THEY'LL ALSO COLLECT THAT FROM ALL THE OTHER GOVERNING BOARDS IN THE STATE. AROUND THAT TIME, WE WILL ALSO REPORT OUT ON WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE ENROLLMENT IS RELATIVE TO REVENUE THRESHOLDS THAT ARE TIED TO THE COMPENSATION RESOLUTION THAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN APRIL, AND WE'LL REPORT OUT ON THAT. THEN AFTER EVERYONE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER ED IN OCTOBER, WE'LL GET THAT DATA BACK FROM THEM IN NOVEMBER AND PREPARE A MEMO FOR THE BOARD, AND WE'LL ALSO UPDATE THIS RESOURCE FOR THE PUBLIC. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHAD. I KNOW WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY MAKING PROGRESS AND I HOPE THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUES. I THINK THAT SOME OF THE STRATEGY CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE ARE HAVING AN IMPACT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT GROW AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE. I DIDN'T KNOW IF PRESIDENT SALIMAN WANTED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF YOUR FOCUS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I LOVE THE NEW CHARTS. THOSE ARE AWESOME CHARTS. RIGHT, CHANCELLOR ELLMAN, BEST CHARTS EVER? JUST BE CLEAR. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. CLEARLY, WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, AND I APPLAUD THE GOOD WORK GOING ON ON THE CAMPUSES TO REALLY FOCUS ON ENROLLMENT AND RECRUITMENT AND ESPECIALLY RETENTION. WE SEE HOW MUCH RETENTION MATTERS ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, THE EASIEST STUDENT TO RECRUIT IS THE ONE YOU ALREADY HAVE, AND IT'S ALSO OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO GET STUDENTS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WHEN THEY ENTRUST US WITH THEIR EDUCATION. THANK YOU TO THE CAMPUSES FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE YET, AND SO IT'S A JOURNEY, [01:30:03] BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY ON THE RIGHT PATH. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. >> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. >> CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT NOT ON ENROLLMENT, BUT TO CHAD AND HIS TEAM, MAY I? I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT CHAD YOU AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM ON THE RECENT EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED BALAN INITIATIVES THAT EVENTUALLY WERE WITHDRAWN, AND THE COMPROMISE WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE. THE ABILITY OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO DO THAT KIND OF EVALUATION IS REALLY NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE, AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS PUT TOGETHER TO BRING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD NOT ONLY TO US BUT TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, I THINK WAS TREMENDOUS AND MADE A VERY STRONG CASE FOR A COMPROMISE. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU, REGENT CHAVEZ, AND THAT ALSO GIVES ME BECAUSE I FORGOT AT THE FRONT END TO THANK MY TEAM WHO MADE THAT ALL POSSIBLE. THANKS TO COREY AND EMILY, WHO ARE BOTH HERE, AND THANKS TO THE CAMPUSES FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK IN PUTTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. OUTSTANDING JOB. YOU GAVE US A LOT OF MATERIAL THAT WE COULD DISCUSS IN AN INTELLIGENT MANNER. THANK YOU FOR THAT. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO I THINK OUR LAST FINANCIAL PRESENTER IS OUR TREASURER WITH OUR QUARTERLY TREASURES REPORT, SHARMA, OSHA SHARMA WILL BE SPEAKING. >> I'M NOT AS TALL AS CHAD, I NEED TO ADJUST THAT. THANK YOU, REGENT MONTERA, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2024. THERE IS ALSO AN EIGHT PAGE REPORT IN BOARD DOC THAT GIVES YOU A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT CU'S DEBT AND INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS. THIS PRESENTATION IS MEANT TO PROVIDE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT LONGER REPORT. AS REGENT RENESON WOULD NOT LET ME MOVE BEYOND THIS SLIDE UNTIL I TOLD EVERYBODY WHERE THIS IS FROM. THIS IS FROM MAROON BELLS WILDERNESS AREA FROM LAST SUMMER WHEN WE WERE ACTUALLY TRAINING FOR EVERY SPACE CAMP TRACK. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS DEMONSTRATING THE LIQUIDITY POSITION AND CASH FLOW PATTERN OF THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE LAST NINE QUARTERS, THE BLUE COLOR REPRESENTS SEGMENT 1 PORTFOLIO, WHICH IS INVESTED IN AAA-RATED GOVERNMENTAL MONEY MARKET FUND AND ALSO PROVIDES DAILY LIQUIDITY. THE OTHER BIG AREA THAT IS REPRESENTED IN GOLD REPRESENTS THE ENHANCED CASH PORTFOLIO WITH AN INVESTMENT HORIZON OF UP TO 270 DAYS, AND USED TO COVER CASH FLOW NEEDS THAT ARE LESS FREQUENT THAN DAILY, SUCH AS MONTHLY PAYROLL, SEMI ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, AND ALSO DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS AND IF THERE IS UNKNOWN CASH FLOWS. INTEREST RATE ON THESE TWO SEGMENTS WAS OVER 5% IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, AND YOU CAN HARDLY BARELY SEE THAT LITTLE GRAY AREA ON THE BOTTOM. THAT'S OUR SEGMENT 2 PORTFOLIO THAT CONSISTS OF SO DURATION BONDS, THAT ARE MEANT TO FUND THE CASH PORTION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, STRATEGIC PROJECTS, AND OTHER ON PORTION CASH NEEDS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY INDICATORS THAT WE MEASURE OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TO. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, BOTH EQUITIES AND BOND INDICES ARE GREEN FOR BOTH IMMEDIATE QUARTER, RECENT QUARTER AND RECENT 12 MONTHS. SOME DATA ON KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING IN JUNE 30TH. GDP, WHICH INCREASED AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 2.8% IN THE QUARTER ENDING IN JUNE 30 WAS 1.4% HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER THAT ENDED AT THE END OF MARCH. HEADLINE CPI PER JUNE WAS 3%, BUT WE GOT A NEW NUMBER YESTERDAY, WHICH HAS IT AT 2.5% ANNUALIZED RATE, MOVING CLOSER TO FED'S TARGET SO WE MIGHT SEE INTEREST RATE CUT LATER THIS MONTH. THEN UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER IN JUNE WAS 4.1, IT WENT UP TO 4.3% IN JULY AND THEN WE SLIGHTLY DOWN IN AUGUST AT 4.2%. [01:35:07] THE BROADER MARKET INDICES, S&P 500 RETURNED 4.28% FOR THE QUARTER AND 24.56% FOR THE RECENT 12 MONTHS. A NON-US EQUITY RETURNED 2.87% FOR THE QUARTER AND THEN 19.38% FOR THE RECENT 12 MONTHS, SO THE EQUITY MARKET WAS REALLY GREAT AND IT WAS GREAT FOR OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. THE BLOOMBERG AGGREGATE BOND INDEX HAD VERY SLIGHT POSITIVE RETURN FOR THE QUARTER, BUT IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN SEEING THAT NUMBER TO BE NEGATIVE. IT WAS LESS THAN HALF A PERCENT, ACTUALLY 0.07% FOR THE QUARTER AND 2.63% FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THE TREASURY POOL, OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO RETURN CLOSE TO 1.94% FOR THE QUARTER AND 9.5% FOR RECENT 12 MONTHS. MOVING ON TO MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS RELATED TO OUR TREASURY POOL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. AS OF JUNE 30, 2024, THE POOL BALANCE WAS AT 3.48 BILLION VERSUS 3.16 BILLION A YEAR AGO. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 322 MILLION OVER LAST 12 MONTHS. THE PIE CHART ON THE LEFT SIDE, BOTTOM LEFT SIDE, SO ASSET ALLOCATION AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, THE TOTAL POOL CONSISTED OF 20% IN CASH, 33% IN FIXED INCOME, BASICALLY BONDS, AND THEN 47% IN EQUITIES. THE ASSET ALLOCATION WAS WITHIN THE INVESTMENT POLICY GUIDELINES. LAST TABLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THAT PROVIDES US RETURN FOR TREASURY POOL OVER SEVERAL TIME HORIZONS, EXCEPT FOR THE MOST RECENT QUARTER AND 12 MONTHS, THE RETURN OF THE POOL IS HIGHER THAN THE BENCHMARK THAT WE MEASURE IT AGAINST. MORE INFORMATION ON TREASURY POOL INVESTMENTS. BOTH PREVIOUS SLIDE AND THIS ONE PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE TREASURY POOL INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE, BUT I WANT TO DRAW THE DISTINCTION. THE PREVIOUS SLIDE PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION ON MARKET VALUE OF THE TREASURY POOL OVER TWO DIFFERENT TIME HORIZONS, 12 MONTHS APART, JUNE 30TH OF 2023 AND JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR, WHEREAS THIS ONE ACTUALLY PROVIDES YOU VALUE OF THE POOL ON TWO DIFFERENT BASIS, BUT ON THE SAME DATE, A COST BASIS, WHAT WE PAY TO BUY THOSE INVESTMENT, AND THEN THE MARKET APPRECIATION, THE MARKET VALUE OF THE POOL. THE MARKET VALUE OF THE TREASURY POOL WAS UP AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH, 2024, PROVIDING AN UNREALIZED GAIN OF 389 MILLION, 46% OF WHICH, ABOUT 178 MILLION IS IN LONG TERM INVESTMENT POOL. SECURITIES IN LONG TERM INVESTMENT POOL ARE INVESTED IN THE LONGER TERM WITH AN ANTICIPATION OF EARNING HIGHER RETURN, AND THEREFORE, THEY ARE NOT AS LIQUID AS THE REST OF THE PORTFOLIO. THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST. NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE OUR ATTENTION TO CU'S DEBT PORTFOLIO. DEBT CAPACITY RATIO AND WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL. INFORMATION ARE UPDATED ONCE OUR FISCAL YEAR CONCLUDES. LOOKING AT THE TABLE, THE STATUTE LIMIT IS 10% AND THE REGION POLICY LIMIT IS 7% FOR OUR DEBT CAPACITY RATIO. OUR 3.88% AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR '24 IS WELL UNDER THOSE NUMBERS, SO PROVIDING US SOME DEBT CAPACITY FOR OUR FUTURE PROJECTS. THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH, 2024, WAS 1.7 BILLION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE. TECHNICALLY, WE HAVE INCLUDED 2019 C BALANCE OF ABOUT 209 MILLION IN THAT BALANCE BECAUSE THOSE WE ISSUED REFUNDING BONDS, 2023 B1 AND 2 IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THOSE AMOUNTS ARE SITTING ON ESCROW, AND SO THAT AMOUNT WILL BE USED TO DEFEASE THOSE BONDS ON OCTOBER 15TH. NEXT TIME I'M IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT BALANCE WILL ACTUALLY BE 1.7 BILLION. [01:40:06] THAT 1.7 BILLION BALANCE IS ABOUT 35 MILLION DECREASE FROM JUNE OF LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF 2023 A REFUNDING BONDS, WHICH REDUCED THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT BY ABOUT 17 MILLION, BUT IT ALSO INCREASED OUR DEBT THAT'S UNDER OTHER FOR QUEBEC, THE PARKING GARAGE, IN BOULDER. THEN ALSO WE MADE PRINCIPAL PAYMENT LAST YEAR, BUT WE DID NOT REALLY ISSUE ANY NEW MONEY BONDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2024. ADJUSTING FOR THAT 2019 C BALANCE, OUR DEBT PORTFOLIO MIX IS 67% TAX EXEMPT AND 33% TAXABLE. CU'S BONDS ARE RATED AA1 BY MOODY'S AND AA+ BY FITCH, AND THE COMMERCIAL PAPER IS RATED P-1 F-1 BY THE SAME RATING AGENCIES RESPECTIVELY. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY, READY FOR QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR TREASURER? IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ISHA, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ABOUT YOUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY? >> YEAH. THIS IS MY SECOND SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING. LAST SEPTEMBER WAS MY VERY FIRST ONE. >> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU A PART OF OUR TEAM, SO THANK YOU. >> I GUESS WE'RE GOOD. LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, [J. 3:00 p.m. AUDIT COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS] ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE IS OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR CHAIR, MR. MCNULTY, TO GIVE US A REPORT. >> THANK YOU, REGENT MONTERA. THE REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS IN YOUR PRINTED MATERIALS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT TO YOU, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON AND HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU AS PART OF MY REPORT. WE DID RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE QUARTERLY INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITIES. DURING THE QUARTER, THE TEAM ISSUED SIX ASSURANCE REPORTS. THERE WERE NO HIGH RISK OBSERVATIONS NOTED IN THE ISSUED REPORTS. TWO ASSURANCE ENGAGEMENTS ARE IN REPORTING, 12 ASSURANCE AND ONE ADVISORY ENGAGEMENTS ARE UNDERWAY. ALL MANAGEMENT ACTION PLANS CONTINUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN A TIMELY MANNER. DURING THE MEETING, COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT COMMITTEE WORK PLAN, THANK YOU TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO AS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND AS A UNIVERSITY. COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 INTERNAL AUDIT OVERSIGHT AUTHORIZATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES MATRIX. AUDIT IS VERY HIGH ON ACRONYMS, AS IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS VERY HIGH ON ACRONYMS. I HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT ONE THAT WORKS FOR THIS YET. IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAS IDEAS, COME TALK TO ME AFTERWARDS, WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. WE DID HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE WE REMINDED THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED ETHICAL CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH REGION AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES. THE ETHICS LINE IS SORT OF THE LAST PART OF THIS. BEFORE THAT, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE GOOD DECISIONS BETWEEN STAFF MEMBERS, COLLEAGUES AND TO FOLLOW A REGION POLICY. THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO ALWAYS BE REMINDED OF ON OCCASION. NEXT AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL WE BE HELD ON DECEMBER 11, 2024, AND WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PERSON AT 1800 GRANT STREET OFFICES WITH LIMITED AVAILABILITY VIA ZOOM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU REGENT MCNULTY. BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, I WANTED TO BRING BACK OUR CHANCELLOR FROM CU BOULDER WITH SOME PRETTY EXCITING NEWS. >> THANK YOU. SOME MAY BE AWARE THAT THE SUNDANCE FESTIVAL IS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME BEGINNING IN 2027, AND BOULDER HAS BEEN IN THE COMPETITION. SUNDANCE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE DOWN SELECTED TO MERELY THREE FINALISTS. PARK CITY, SALT LAKE CITY, THE HISTORIC HOST REMAINS A FINALIST. CINCINNATI REMAINS A FINALIST AND BOULDER IS ONE OF THE THREE FINALISTS. WE EXPECT A FINAL DECISION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN SHOWING VERY WELL IN TERMS OF OUR ETHOS AND CULTURE, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE NEXT STEPS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CU BOULDER IS DOING ALONE. WE HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE AUDIT AND THE CITY OF BOULDERS OFFICES AS WELL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THAT ALONG, JUST LET US KNOW. [LAUGHTER] >> WE'LL DO. >> GREAT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 20 MINUTE BREAK, AND I'VE GOT 10 TILL, SO LET'S BE BACK AT 10 AFTER, AND WE'LL RESUME THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. THANK YOU. [01:45:03] HELLO. WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER, PLEASE? DID YOU NEED TO TAKE THE CALL? NO. I JUST THOUGHT ELIZABETH WAS [OVERLAPPING]. NO, BUT WE'VE GOT A FEW MINUTES. [LAUGHTER] REGENT JAMES WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS HER NEW PANTS. [LAUGHTER] THE NEXT ORDER [M. 4:15 p.m. BOARD OF REGENTS DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS] OF BUSINESS IS REGENTS GENERAL DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP AND ASK IF ANY OF OUR REGIONS HAVE SOMETHING THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS. REGENT VANDRIL. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN TARA. A YEAR AGO, I THINK IT WAS EXACTLY A YEAR AGO AT OUR BOARD MEETING, ROBERT MCDONALD, WHO'S DEAN OF LIBRARIES AT CU BOULDER, SUGGESTED A BOOK TO READ TO US, AND I LOVED THAT IDEA. I THINK WE DON'T DO ENOUGH READING OR I SHOULD SAY I DON'T DO ENOUGH READING. YOU'RE RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] WHO'S WE? I DON'T DO ENOUGH READING AND DON'T GET ENOUGH OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE. I DECIDED I WANTED TO PUSH MYSELF AND OTHERS DOWN THAT PATH. TODAY, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A BOOK. THIS IS KILLED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER BY WEST MARSHALL, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK. I HAVEN'T READ MANY BOOKS WRITTEN BY ENGINEERS IN ENGINEERING. IT IS FUNNY, INFURIATING, ENGAGING, AND TRAGIC, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FULL VALVANO. I THINK UNDERGRADS COULD ENJOY IT. I THINK ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN TRAFFIC COULD ENJOY IT. ANYONE WHO LIKES THE SIMPSONS WILL PROBABLY FIND THINGS THEY ENJOY IN IT. PROFESSOR MARSHALL IS A PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER, AND I COMPLIMENT HIM ON THIS GREAT BOOK AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ IT. >> IS IT FICTION OR NONFICTION, MARK? >> WELL, THERE'S SOME SIMPSONS IN IT, SO YES. [LAUGHTER] IT IS A SCHOLARLY WORK ON ENGINEERING DESIGNED FOR THE PUBLIC POLICY INTERESTED INDIVIDUAL. YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW ENGINEERING TO ENJOY IT. >> GREAT. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT? >> I DO HAVE, OF COURSE, I HAVE A SECOND. >> YOU'VE GOT THE FLOOR, MARK. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS PREVIEWING A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING FOR TOMORROW. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THAT IT HAS BECOME MY TRADITION TO USE AI TO DO SOME POETRY FOR US. LAST MEETING, GEMINI ASSISTED ME. THE MEETING BEFORE CHATGPT. TODAY I WAS WORKING WITH MICROSOFT COPILOT. I WILL SAY IT STRUGGLED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED, AND THERE WERE SOME LIMITATIONS, BUT I GAVE IT SOME FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN COLORADO, AND IT DID PROVIDE ME WITH A POEM FOR US, WHICH I WILL SHARE. IN THE MOUNTAINS EMBRACE WHERE THE WILD WINDS SING, GOATS CLIMB WITH EASE LIKE IT'S NO BIG THINGS. RAMS WATCH BELOW, THEIR HEARTS A BIT LIGHT FOR CLIMBING LIKE GOATS, IT'S NOT THEIR FIGHT. AT SEVEN-YEARS-OLD, RAMS CEASE TO MATURE. THEIR WISDOM IS FIXED, THEIR FUTURE DEMUR. WITH GRUNTS AND SNORTS, THEY SHARE THEIR TAIL IN A LANGUAGE OF RAMS FOR WORDS WOULD FAIL. TO FLEECE A RAM IS NOBLE, KNOWN FAR AND WIDE, A TRUE VOCATION AND SOURCE OF PRIDE. YET THEIR HEARTS ARE SMALL COMPARED TO OUR OWN, WHILE BUFFALO'S HEARTS AND HORNS HAVE GROWN. IN THE VAST FIELD WHERE BUFFALOES GRAZE, THEIR HEARTS BEAT STRONG, THEIR HORNS DO AMAZE. RAM STAND ASIDE WITH THEIR SMALLER FRAME. IN NATURE'S GRAND PLAY, THEY'RE NOT QUITE THE SAME. [LAUGHTER] >> IT'S THE PERFECT WEEK FOR THAT FAR. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MICROSOFT COPILOT FOR SHARING THAT WISDOM. >> GREAT. >> THANK YOU. >> GREAT. ANY OTHER REGENTS HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR TOPICS THEY WANTED TO BRING FORWARD? >> I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING. A FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS CALLED CONSTITUTION WEEK. ANYBODY REMEMBER THAT? THE 17TH THROUGH THE 24TH OF THIS MONTH IS CONSTITUTION WEEK. I DON'T THINK IT'S A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC THING. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF OUR CONSTITUTION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE DOING ANYTHING AT ALL ON OUR CAMPUSES, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING THING TO TO SEE AND ALSO TO GET BACK INTO IT AND SEE IF THERE'S NOT SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY NEAR AND DEAR TO US. [01:50:02] I THINK IT'S BEEN TWO OR THREE YEARS SINCE WE'VE, I THINK WE USED TO DO SOME THINGS ON OUR CAMPUS AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SEE. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. REGENT, JAMES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A WHOLEHEARTED THANK YOU TO CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ FOR COMING TO THE FOURTH CLASS NAVAL MIDSHIPMAN GRADUATION. I WAS REALLY PROUD TO HAVE YOU THERE. THE FAMILIES WERE THRILLED TO SEE YOU THERE. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS OUR LARGEST MIDSHIPMAN CLASS SINCE PROBABLY MY CLASS WHICH WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. BUT IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE HIM THERE, AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE PARENTS, AND WHEN THE MIDSHIPMEN ALL CAME IN VERY SERIOUS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT TOOK ME BACK, SO IT WAS A GREAT THING TO SEE HAPPEN. >> BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES, WANDA? >> IT DID. >> I BET. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, SO A FEW WEEKS AGO DURING MOVE IN WEEK FOR THE CAMPUSES, OUR PRESIDENT TODD WENT OUT AND HELPED STUDENTS AND PARENTS MOVE INTO THEIR HOUSING. AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THOSE PICTURES IT HIT ME ON TWO LEVELS, ONE WAS A LONG TIME AGO, I REMEMBER MOVING INTO CU BOULDER TO WILLIAMS VILLAGE, AND THE AMOUNT OF EXCITEMENT AND PROMISE AND JUST OPTIMISM THAT YOU HAVE AS A NEW STUDENT WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THEN WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS THAT I HELPED MY THREE KIDS MOVE INTO THEIR CAMPUSES, THEIR FIRST FRESHMAN YEAR. ONE WAS AT MICHIGAN, ONE WAS AT PURDUE, AND ONE WAS AT KENTUCKY. WHEN I SAW THE LOOK OF SOME OF THOSE PARENTS FACES, IT JUST BROUGHT ME BACK TO HOW PROUD I WAS TO BRING MY KIDS TO A UNIVERSITY, HELP THEM GET THEIR START. NOW I'VE GOT THREE KIDS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES AND BEYOND, AND THERE'S JUST SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE OPTIMISM OF THE FALL SEMESTER AND MOVE-IN DAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO GO AND REALLY RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS. WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR FACULTY AND STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO TO BRING THOSE DREAMS TO FRUITION FOR SO MANY STUDENTS AROUND OUR STATE. THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO JUST KILL TIME HERE BECAUSE [LAUGHTER] WE'RE WAITING ON AN INDIVIDUAL TO GET HERE. >> WE CAN JUST TAKE A BREAK. >> WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WE'RE WAITING TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR PART OF OUR CAMPUS FOR A WHILE. WHY DON'T WE TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK AGAIN AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND DO THAT RECOGNITION. TURN IT ON. I THINK WE'RE READY TO BEGIN AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PERSON WE'RE GOING TO HONOR NEXT WAS HERE. I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY IMPORTANT TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RESOLUTION AND APPRECIATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT TANYA KELLY-BOWRY. TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE IS REGENT GALLEGOS. >> WOW. I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE THE WRONG RESOLUTION AND THE WRONG PLUCK UP HERE, BECAUSE LOOK THE PERSON I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HAS GOTTEN A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. TANYA JUST TURNED 28. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T THINK SHE COULD HAVE A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. BUT IN ALL HONESTY, TANYA, COME ON UP HERE SO WE CAN REALLY DO THIS WELL. [LAUGHTER] IN ALL HONESTY, WHEN WE'RE FINISHED HERE, AND TANYA HAS A CHANCE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY BE AMAZED BY WHAT SHE'S ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT SHE WAS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. I'M GOING TO READ THIS AND IT MIGHT BE REALLY FLATTERING, BUT IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO READ IT BECAUSE TODD WROTE IT AND YOU KNOW HOW LONG WINDED HE IS. IT'S A RESOLUTION OF FOR TANYA KELLY-BOWRY. WHEREAS TANYA MARES KELLY-BOWRY LED THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS EFFORTS FOR OVER 22 YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT OF STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, SHE SERVED ON THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET AS A KEY ADVISOR ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLITICAL ISSUES. SHE WORKED WITH ALL LEVELS OF THE INSTITUTION PROVIDING GUIDANCE, [01:55:02] STRATEGY, ADVICE, AND ADVOCACY FOR UNIVERSITY, FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS. WHEREAS TANYA WAS BOTH THE YOUNGEST AND THE FIRST HISPANIC WOMAN TO BECOME A VICE PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, SHE WAS SELECTED AS A RISING STAR OF WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP TO PARTICIPATE IN HERS, AN ACRONYM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE SERVICES EXECUTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH MENTORS HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WE'RE NOT EVEN LIKE A FOURTH DONE YET. [LAUGHTER] WHEREAS TANYA'S FEARLESS LEADERSHIP AND EFFICACY PUT BOTH HER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ON THE MAP FOR BEING A LEADER ON HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY FOR OUR STATE AND NATION, DURING HER TENURE, SHE HELPED SECURE NEARLY ONE BILLION IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE UNIVERSITY. WHEREAS TANYA STARTED THE FIRST UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE DURING HER TENURE, WHICH PROVIDES CRITICAL LOBBYING EFFORTS AND STUDENT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. WHEREAS TANYA PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE TRANSITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO'S HEALTH SCIENCE'S CENTER IN DENVER INTO THE CU ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS IN AURORA BY HELPING TO SECURE OVER 500 MILLION IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS TO CREATE AND BUILD A CAMPUS. WHEREAS TANYA HAS BEEN A TRUSTED LEADER ON IMPORTANT STATE BUDGET ISSUES, INCLUDING THE HOSPITAL PROVIDER FEE IN BOTH 2009 AND 2017. THE MILL-LEVY FREEZE AND CHANGES FOR K-2 K-12 FUNDING, REFERENDUM C AND REFERENDUM CC. NOW WE'RE FINALLY ABOUT HALF DONE. WHEREAS, TANYA SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FUNDING AND PASSED CRITICAL POLICY ISSUES FOR THE UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING SENATE BILL 18200, WHICH HELPED WITH PARASOLVENCY, SENATE BILL 19-001, WHICH CREATED THE STATES FIRST MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR HIGHLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, AND SENATE BILL 22172, WHICH CREATED A COLORADO RURAL HEALTHCARE WORKSHOP INITIATIVE. WHEREAS TANYA LED THE LOBBYING EFFORT TO THE POWERFUL CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE TO SECURE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FUND A CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, INCLUDING THE CU BOULDER WOLF LAW BUILDING, THE ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES BUILDING AT UCS, AND THE CU ANSCHUTZ COLORADO CENTER FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE BUILDING. WHEREAS TANYA DEVOTED OVER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, WHILE ALSO BEING A DEDICATED WIFE TO HER HUSBAND, CHRIS, LOVING MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN, SKYLAR AND JAYDEN, AND GRATEFUL DAUGHTER TO CARMEN AND L. KELLY. WHEREAS TANYA RECEIVED THE HIGHEST UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AWARD, THE GEORGE NORLAND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOULDER REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO EXPRESSES ITS DEEP GRATITUDE TO TANYA KELLY-BOWRY FOR HER DEDICATED SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SYSTEM. FURTHER RESOLVED THAT TANYA KELLY-BOWRY BE GRANTED A TITLE OF VICE PRESIDENT [INAUDIBLE] IN RECOGNITION OF HER SIGNIFICANT AND DISTINCTIVE ROLES. THIS IS ADOPTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND GIVEN TO YOU TODAY BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS, AND KELLY RENESON IS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD. HERE YOU GO. WELL DESERVED. >> I'M GRATEFUL. >> THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO TANYA AND A BOARD VOTE IS THAT TANYA AND I HAVE A GOOD HISTORY. SHE'S A GOOD AMIGA. WE USED TO HAVE THE MOST FUN AT THE REGENT'S MEETINGS WHEN WE WERE OUT OF TOWN, WHICH WAS MOST OF THE TIME. TANYA, YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED JUST A GREAT DEAL, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR FOR ME TO PRESENT AND READ THIS TO YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> AWESOME. NOW WHAT DO I DO? [LAUGHTER] MAINLY AM HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. IT'S SO FANTASTIC THAT THIS IS WHERE THE TRIBUTE IS GIVEN BECAUSE I WAS HIRED IN 1998 TO BECOME THE FIRST LOBBYIST TO BUILD THE ASIAN MEDICAL CAMPUS, AND WE ARE STANDING HERE TODAY WHERE THERE WAS ALL DUTS. THERE WAS NOTHING, AND LATER ON AT THE RECEPTION, I'VE GOT PICTURES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE PERSON ON THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE AT THE TIME WAS NONE OTHER THAN OUR FEARLESS PRESIDENT TODD SALMON. THE TWO OF US HAVE BEEN THICK AS THIEVES, [02:00:02] AND THAT'S ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, WHICH IS PRETTY CRAZY. I AM SO PROUD OF THIS BOARD OF REGENTS. I HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH ONE OF YOU. I HAVE TO CALL REGENT MCNULTY, MR. SPEAKER, BECAUSE I LOBBIED HIM ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR MANY YEARS WHEN HE WAS IN THE STATE HOUSE. WANDA JAMES, I'M SO HAPPY HERE ON THIS BOARD. YOU AND I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER AT THE FOOTBALL GAMES. MARK VANDRIL, ANALYTICAL, AMAZING. YOU ARE MY REGENT FOR THE EIGHT CD. I THINK, AS GLEN GALGOS MENTIONED, WE HAVE HAD MANY A GOOD TIME IN GRAND JUNCTION. I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO GET REMARRIED AND SAY MY VOWS AGAIN IN HIS BACKYARD BECAUSE HE HAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD. JENNIFER SOBINE, WE GREW UP TOGETHER. JENNIFER AND HENRY AND TODD AND I, WE ALL STARTED AS VERY YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE CAPITOL. NOW WE'RE THE OLD PEOPLE AT THE CAPITOL, WHICH IS HARD TO SAY. I'M SO EXCITED. JUSTIN, I GOT TO PICK YOU. I WAS ON THE SEARCH COMMITTEE TO HIRE OUR NEW CHANCELLOR, AND I WILL TELL YOU HE IS OUTSTANDING. WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT HE CAME HERE TO VISIT US. JEREMY, MY BROTHER, YOU AND I WENT THROUGH THE FIRES OF HELL DURING THE BETSY HOFFMAN FOOTBALL SCANDAL. I STILL LOVE BETSY HOFFMAN. I'M PROUD TO HAVE SERVED FOR SEVEN PRESIDENTS. I DID NOT GET LET GO BY ANY OF THEM, WHICH WAS A FIT, I WILL TELL YOU [LAUGHTER] AND I LOVED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. I STARTED WITH JOHN BEKNER, WHOSE OFFICE WAS BIGGER THAN MY ROOM. LEONARD WAS THE CHIEF LOBBYIST AT THE TIME. YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT REMEMBER THIS. MY BIG BROTHER. I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY TWO OF THE LONGEST SURVIVORS HERE AT CU, IS THAT CORRECT? BUT BEFORE THAT, DANIELLE RADOVICH AND I WERE INTERNS FOR CONGRESSMAN ED PERLMUTTER, THEN STATE SENATOR ED PERLMUTTER. WE GO VERY FAR BACK. I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM WITH EVERYONE, WHICH IS HARD TO DO, WHICH I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. REGENT MONTERA, I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE GOT SUCH A HANDSOME REGENT TO JOIN OUR BOARD. [LAUGHTER] HEATHER GOT TO MEET YOU FIRST, HEATHER RETZKO, MY INCREDIBLE SISTER AND PARTNER IN CRIME, AND WHO, BY THE WAY, A LOT OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I WOULD LIKE THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, THE BUDGET OFFICE, CHAD, AND HEATHER, ANYONE ELSE WHO'S HERE, AND JEREMY, I WANT YOU GUYS TO STAND UP AND TODD, YOU NEED TO STAND UP. THESE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT HELP ME BRING IN ALL OF THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. [APPLAUSE] OVER THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT AND I WILL TELL YOU, PICKING ANY OF THE BILLS WERE HARD TO DO. THERE WERE JUST HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THEM IS PRETTY AMAZING. BUT KEN, WE'RE SO HAPPY. YOUR BUSINESS ACUMEN, I THINK THE POISE THAT YOU BRING TO THE BOARD IS JUST SO FANTASTIC. REGENT SMITH, I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE JUMPED ON. I WAS HER LOBBYIST WHEN SHE WAS ON THE BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE GET TO LOBBY HER DOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. WELL, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE ME. IT'LL BE HEATHER LOBBYING YOU. MALANA, YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A GEM. YOU KNOW THE EDUCATION ISSUES, YOU KNOW THE HIGHER EDUCATION ISSUES, YOUR PASSION HAS JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE. ROBERT, I LOBBIED YOU AS LONG AS I'VE LOBBIED TODD. WE ARE THEN TOGETHER. WE HAVE BEEN BEST FRIENDS. I ACTUALLY HAVE A SIGNED NOTE FROM YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AT THE RECEPTION THAT SAYS, TANYA, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU MEANT TO ME. I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE. WELCOME, WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT I KNOW PRESIDENT SALIMAN SAID HE WAS REALLY HAPPY YOU TOOK THE JOB. DON ELLMAN, MY GOD, I LOBBIED DON WHEN HE WAS WITH GOVERNOR RITTER. WE ARE SO LUCKY, MR. PEOPLE MAGAZINE.[LAUGHTER] WE WERE LIKE, THIS GUY SALES. HE KNOWS EVERYTHING. THE HUNDREDS OF REGENTS I WORKED WITH STEVE BOSLEY. REGENT LUDWIG, WHERE ARE YOU, MY FRIEND? WE STARTED TOGETHER IN THE YOUNG DEMOCRATS SO MANY YEARS AGO. HOW MANY YEARS AGO, IS THAT 40? STEVE BOSLEY WILL BE HERE, I THINK IS COMING TO MICHAEL KERRIGAN. I WORKED FOR 41 REGENTS. I'VE WORKED FOR SEVEN PRESIDENTS. I'VE WORKED FOR 22 CHANCELLORS IN THE 10 YEAR AND I WILL TELL YOU GUYS, I WILL ALWAYS BE CU. IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR. I GRADUATED FROM CU BOULDER. I LOVE MY JOB. EVERY DAY I WOKE UP AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE YOU PAID ME TO GO DOWN TO THE CAPITOL TO LOBBY FOR WHAT I WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT. MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS, TELL ME WHEN THE GOVERNOR SIGNS A DAMN BILL. I CAN'T HANDLE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THINGS. IT'S TOO STRESSFUL. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB. THEY'LL BE HERE LATER TONIGHT. HE HAD TO WORK AND MY TWO DAUGHTERS WERE IN SCHOOL, AND I WILL BE CELEBRATING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES WHO HAVE [02:05:02] SACRIFICED OVER THE YEARS FOR ALL THE NIGHTS AND DAYS THAT I'VE BEEN GONE. ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE VICE PRESIDENT'S SIDE, I'M SO HAPPY. TODD HAS THE MOST DIVERSE CABINET. THE MOST REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, I THINK THAT A PRESIDENT HAS EVER HAD SINCE I'VE WORKED HERE AT CU AND BELIEVE ME, I'VE BEEN ON A NUMBER OF INCREDIBLE PANELS. I BROUGHT MY BEST FRIEND FOR MY FAMILY TODAY, NAYA BLOOM, THE TWO OF US GREW UP IN THE SAN LOUIS VALLEY. SHE LIVES IN LOS ANGELES, IS A BAD ASS. WOMAN'S COACH, HAS BEEN THE HEAD OF TFA, HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS IN S VALLEY KIDS. EVERYBODY THOUGHT WE WERE POOR AND RURAL AND SMALL, AND WE DID PRETTY INCREDIBLY WELL. I WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE AS WELL AS I DID, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR CU. IF I FORGOT ANYONE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT'S COMING. [LAUGHTER] I DO NEED TO THANK ELIZABETH ROSEN, JESUS. I WAS SUCH A PAIN IN HER BUTT OVER THIS RECEPTION. YES, OF COURSE, WHICH IS JUST PRETTY INCREDIBLE. I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS TODAY AND JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH YOU TODAY. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND SAY, HI. I KNOW JUDY, EVERYBODY WHO'S IN HERE, ALL THE CFOS THAT I WORKED FOR, FOR SO MANY YEARS, MY GOODNESS. HOW LONG HAVE WE WORKED TOGETHER? ALL THE FACULTY, THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS, MICHAEL LIGHTNER, MY VICE PRESIDENT, ANNIE, JEFF, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SERVED ON SEARCH COMMITTEES UNLIKE PRESIDENT SALIMAN, I'VE BEEN ON MORE SEARCH COMMITTEES AS A RETIREE THAN I EVER WAS IN THE HISTORY OF SERVING HERE AS THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO [LAUGHTER]. BUT I REALLY NEED TO SAY, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE HANDS THAT YOU'RE LEFT IN. HEATHER, I THINK PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT ME BECAUSE I WAS SUCH A YOUNG WOMAN, AND I ENDED UP BEING GREAT. [LAUGHTER] HEATHER RETZKO, ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN IS A BAD ASS. YOU GUYS HAVE NOT SKIPPED A BEAT DOWN AT THE CAPITOL. SHE IS FORMIDABLE. SHE IS MY HEART. I'M SO GRATEFUL, SHE STARTED 14 YEARS AGO IN THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AS AN INTERN SIMILAR TO HOW I STARTED AT CU AS AN INTERN WHO WAS PLACED IN THE SENATE OFFICE. I HAVE SERVED WITH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. I WAS HIRED AT CU AND IT WAS ALL REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE AND BROUGHT IN THE MOST MONEY THAT YEAR THAN THE HISTORY OF CU HAD EVER GOTTEN BROUGHT IN. BUT I THINK THE LAST PERSON I JUST HAVE TO SAY IS, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF MY GOOD FRIEND TODD. WE HAVE BEEN BEST FRIENDS FOR YEARS AND YEARS. I'M SO PROUD OF PRESIDENT SALIMAN. I AM SO PROUD OF THE INSTITUTION OF WHAT YOU'VE LED, AND JUST THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. >> [APPLAUSE] TANYA, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STANDING FOR A FEW MINUTES, I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS WITH YOU BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN? REGENT CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW HANDSOME KEN IS. [LAUGHTER] YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME [LAUGHTER] SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. >> I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU. [OVERLAPPING] IS WITHOUT YOUR HAT. YOU USUALLY HAVE YOUR HATS ON. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT HAS BEEN TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS. IT REALLY IS AMAZING IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MENTIONED IN ORBIT OF ONE ANOTHER IN DIFFERENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT ALWAYS ORBITING CU. REALLY IS AMAZING WHEN YOU CALL IT OUT. FOR US ALL TO STILL BE HERE [LAUGHTER] IN THIS ROOM DECADES LATER, IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES IS QUITE AMAZING. IT'S JUST BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU, TODD AND I, AS YOU SAID, WE WERE BOTH IN OUR 20S WHEN YOU WERE HIRED, AND WE BOTH HAD HAIR. [LAUGHTER] AS TODD JUST SAID. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS HARSH. BUT ANYWAY, BACK TO YOU, TANYA, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU AND YOU'VE ALWAYS MADE US PROUD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MY DEAR FRIEND. I NEED ONE POINT OF PRIVILEGE. I FORGOT OUR FEARLESS MADAM CHAIR. KELLY RENESON. I KNOW KELLY IS NOT HERE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW HER VERY WELL ON AN OUTREACH TOUR TO PUEBLO. ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THAT WE WENT TOGETHER [LAUGHTER]. WE MET WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT PUEBLO. MALANA AND CALYNE AND I HAD A VERY GOOD TIME. WE NEEDLESS TO SAY WE DID NOT GO TO BED. WE STAYED UP WITH SUE SHAKI I THINK UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BACK TO REGENT GALGO [02:10:02] SAYS COMMENTS ABOUT OUR FUN OVERNIGHT STAYS. BUT I'M SO PLEASED THAT SHE'S YOUR CHAIR, AND JUST REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER. I THINK SHE'S ON VACATION, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HER, AS WELL. >> WHO ELSE? LESLIE. >> WELL, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR SO LONG. [LAUGHTER] YOU WERE OUR LOBBYIST WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD, AND I THOUGHT, BOY, YOU'RE SO YOUNG AND YOU'VE JUST DONE SUCH AMAZING THINGS. I WAS LEGISLATIVE LIAISON AND I'D GO DOWN WITH BRIGGS GAMBLIN, AND COME DOWN AND TALK ABOUT BILLS AND SO FORTH. THEN IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT TO COME HERE. I ALWAYS THINK, K12. HI [INAUDIBLE] HOW DO YOU DO THIS? I HEARD. WELL, IF IT'S GOING TO BE IN CONFLICT, TANYA SAYS, YOU GUYS HAVE TO GET YOUR OWN CONSULTANT NOW OR LOBBYIST. YOU REALLY ARE BLACK AND GOLD THROUGH AND THROUGH. I WILL HAVE TO SAY, I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH A LOT OF LOBBYISTS AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT HOW THAT IS, AND I SAID, IT'S VERY STRANGE TO BE ON THIS SIDE. BUT I'M SURE I'LL BE INTERACTING WITH YOU DOWN AT THE CAPITOL NEXT YEAR. CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S AMAZING WHAT ALL YOU'VE DONE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> REGENT MCNULTY. >> [LAUGHTER] I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE NICE THINGS THAT YOU'VE SAID ABOUT EVERYBODY. IT'S MOSTLY NICE. YOU GOT KEN TO BLUSH, WHICH IS NOT USUAL. [LAUGHTER] BUT I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ALWAYS ROSES. [LAUGHTER] I WILL RECALL THE TIME THAT I RAN A BILL TO ALLOW IN STATE TUITION FOR MEMBERS OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY AND YOU SAID, WELL, PRESIDENT BROWN DOES NOT LIKE THIS. IT'S GOING TO COST THE UNIVERSITY MONEY, AND I SAID, WELL, THEN LET THE PRESIDENT COME DOWN AND TESTIFY AGAINST THIS BILL. [LAUGHTER] ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE BILL ANYMORE. [LAUGHTER] BUT WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT YOU, BEYOND OUR FRIENDSHIP IS THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN HONEST TRADER AND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT, AND I THINK THAT IS OF ALL OF YOUR SKILLS AND GIFTS AND TALENTS. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT'S ALLOWED YOU TO BE AS EFFECTIVE FOR AS LONG AS YOU'VE BEEN A LOBBYIST DOWN AT THE CAPITOL AND A MEMBER OF THE CU COMMUNITY IS THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS CALLED IT LIKE IT IS. WHETHER A LEGISLATOR WANTED TO HEAR THAT, WHETHER A REGENT OR A PRESIDENT WANTED TO HEAR THAT. AND THAT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY RARE. WE FIND TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR, AND THAT DOESN'T DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY AND JUST BE WELL AND BE BLESSED. I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> REGENT JAMES. >> FORGETTING I'M REGENT JAMES. I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. I DON'T THINK THAT WE POINT OUT ENOUGH HOW HARD. IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME IN A PLACE NOW WHERE WOMEN ARE ACCOMPLISHING AMAZING THINGS, AND WE ARE ON ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, OF RESEARCH, OF UNIVERSITIES, OF ELECTED OFFICE, 22 YEARS AGO, IT WASN'T QUITE THAT WAY. THINGS WERE MUCH DIFFERENT AND MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, AND IT WAS A VERY HARD ROAD TO NAVIGATE TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR 22 YEARS. JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SEE YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE RIGHT. THEY USED TO ALWAYS ASK ME TO GET COFFEE. >> REGENT JEREMY. >> I DON'T USUALLY TALK, AND DON'T HAVE VERY MANY WORDS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER AND EVERYTHING WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER. YOU'VE BEEN JUST THE BEST FRIEND, AND I LOVE YOU. >> I LOVE YOU, TOO, JEREMY. I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE. JEREMY ACTUALLY WROTE ALL OF THE STATUTES ON HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. MR. SPEAKER, WE DISAGREED, BUT I THINK WE AGREED MORE THAN WE DISAGREED. ALTHOUGH [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] I DEFINITELY KEEP COUNTS. I'M A GOOD VOTE COUNTER. >> JUST LIKE I DON'T KEEP COUNT OF THE TIMES THAT YOU BEAT ME. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THOSE. >> REGENT SPIEGEL. >> TANYA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOUR LOBBYING EFFORTS AND I THINK FOR ME, COMING ON THE BOARD, AND WE KNEW OF EACH OTHER FROM K12, [02:15:02] AND I THINK YOUR ABILITY TO SOMETIMES SAY, STOP. JUST NOT SAYING A LOT, BUT THAT GUIDANCE ABOUT NOT THE LOBBYING NECESSARILY ON AN ISSUE, BUT JUST THE ABILITY TO HELP ME AS A REGENT STOP AND TAKE A BREATH AND REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT I WAS DOING, OR THAT PUSH TO SAY, GO. I THINK THAT THAT GOES BEYOND THE LOBBYING TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE AND HOW THEY DO THINGS AND HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THAT. TO REGENT MCNULTY'S POINT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT AND HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED THAT AND HOW MUCH I STILL APPRECIATE IT AND HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT HERE AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE HERE. BUT JUST THE STOP AND THE GO AND THE STORIES WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE SAN LOUIS VALLEY AND OTHER PLACES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> TANYA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, BUT I DO. I THINK IT WAS MY SECOND REGENT MEETING AND WE WERE DOWN AT UCCS, AND I WAS THROWN INTO A PRETTY TOUGH POSITION. I THINK I WAS BRAND NEW, DIDN'T UNDERSTAND QUITE HOW THINGS WORK, AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF IT. WE TOOK A BREAK, HADN'T EVEN MET YOU YET. YOU PULLED ME ASIDE AND GAVE US A SOLUTION THAT WORKED PERFECTLY, AND I WON'T NEVER FORGET THE FACT THAT YOU DID THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A TOUGH PLACE TO BE AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE BOTH SIDES OF THAT AND YOU FIGURED IT OUT FOR ME. BECAUSE UP UNTIL THEN, ALL I'D HEARD ABOUT WAS THAT NIGHT IN PUEBLO, MY HOMETOWN [LAUGHTER] AND I THOUGHT, MAN, IF SHE CAN GET THROUGH THAT, SHE CAN HELP ME ANYTIME. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIDEO, I'M SORRY, DON. >> WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BATTLES IN MY TIME HERE THAT YOU'VE HELPED US WIN FAR MORE THAN WE'VE LOST. FOR THAT, I'M GRATEFUL, BUT I THINK THE THING THAT IF I WERE YOU I WOULD BE MOST PROUD OF AS IT RELATES TO AT LEAST THE HEALTH SCIENCES IS THIS CAMPUS WOULDN'T LOOK THE WAY IT IS TODAY WITHOUT YOUR EFFORTS AND GETTING THAT INITIAL FUNDING. SO EVERYBODY WHO SETS FOOT ON THIS PLACE OWES YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR. >> YEAH, JENNIFER. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE TO SPEAK UP. I TEND NOT TO SPEAK UP IN THESE EVENTS EITHER, BUT TANYA, YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF OUR FAMILY FOR DECADES, AND IN OUR FAMILY, WHEN YOU ARE NAMED BY YOUR INITIALS, IT KNOWS THAT YOU ARE RESPECTED AND LOVED. WHEN I JOINED CU, TANYA WAS TKB TO ME. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I KNEW TANYA'S FIRST NAME AT THAT POINT. BUT I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, JUST LIKE YOU REACHING MCNULTY OF TKB, AND, IT'S MUCH BETTER TO BE ON TANYA'S SIDE. [LAUGHTER] OF WHATEVER IT IS SHE IS LOBBYING. I JUST FEEL SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE FROM THE DAY I MET YOU, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH VERY SAD TIMES TOGETHER, VERY DIFFICULT TIMES TOGETHER, VERY HARD TIMES TOGETHER, AND REALLY HAPPY TIMES TOGETHER, WE ARE FAMILIES TOGETHER, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU HAVE EARNED THIS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS UNIVERSITY, FOR THIS STATE. WE SEE YOU, WE LOVE YOU, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE FINALLY BEING HONORED FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. CONGRATULATIONS, MY DEAR FRIEND. >> THANK YOU. >> KEN. >> WELL, YOU'VE BEEN SO GREAT FOR CU AND PROFESSIONALLY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CALL OUT THE FACT THAT YOUR HUSBAND, CHRIS, HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF YOU THE ENTIRE TIME. BUT YOU'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF HIM AS HE'S MOVED INTO A GOLF CAREER AND NOW RUNNING HIS OWN GOLF COURSE. BUT I THINK THE THING I WILL REALLY TAKE HOME IS THE FACT THAT WHEN YOUR DAUGHTERS GOT ABOUT THE RIGHT AGE, THAT THEY NEEDED A LITTLE MORE GUIDANCE AND SOMEONE AT HOME, THAT YOU PRETTY MUCH DROPPED A LOT OF STUFF YOU WERE DOING PROFESSING TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM. I THINK THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE. YOU HAVE A GREAT FAMILY AND A GREAT HUSBAND, AND I THINK WITHOUT THEM, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYBE NOT QUITE SATISFIED, BUT THEY'VE REALLY BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF YOU AND TO WATCH THEM GROWING UP AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY NEEDED YOU AROUND AND YOU ARE. THAT'S HOW I'LL REMEMBER YOU FOR THE MOST. >> THANK YOU, GLENN. THEY'RE AMAZING. CHRIS IS MY ARM CANDY, HE CALLS HIMSELF. [LAUGHTER] HE USED TO BE VERY UPSET AT ME THAT I WOULD TAKE HIM TO FOOTBALL GAMES AND MAKE HIM WEAR [02:20:02] NICE CLOTHES BECAUSE IT WAS A FOOTBALL GAME, OF COURSE. THEN WHEN HE WENT TO WORK AS A PRO AT BOULDER COUNTRY CLUB, HE WAS SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE MEMBERS, AND HE ALREADY KNEW THEM. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU ALL KNOW THIS. WE CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS STUFF WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS. I AM GOING TO DO A LITTLE SPECIAL PRESENTATION. ONCE THEY GET HERE AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED, I'M SORRY, THEY COULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN SCHOOL, AND HE'S DRIVING DOWN WHERE HE IS NOW HEAD PRO. HE FINALLY SWAPPED CAREERS WHEN I WENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS. HE SAID, "ARE YOU SURE? ARE YOU SURE? 'CAUSE I'M GOING TO GET THIS JOB." I LOVE HIM, AND IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE. MY MOM AND DAD, TOO. MY MOM AND DAD ARE MY BEST FRIENDS. YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THEM TONIGHT. THEY'RE SLOWING DOWN A BIT, THEY WENT THROUGH SOME REALLY TERRIBLE SCARES, AND THANKS TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS THAT WE BUILT. MY DAD'S LIFE WAS SAVED A COUPLE OF TIMES, 91 AND 85. MY MOM IS THE CALM QUIET STRENGTH. MY DAD IS THE BRAVADO. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN, AND YOU'LL MEET ALL OF THEM TONIGHT. I THINK MY DAUGHTERS, THEY USED TO ALWAYS SAY, "MOM, YOU GOT TO GET OFF THE PHONE, NO TEXTING IN OUR ROOMS. WE HAVE RULES FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO," AND IT HAS BEEN SO WONDERFUL. I HAVEN'T MISSED ANY OF THEIR GAMES. I HAVEN'T MISSED THEIR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. I FINALLY VOLUNTEERED. SO IT HAS BEEN TRULY A GIFT THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEP DOWN TO TAKE CARE OF MY FOLKS AND MY KIDS AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THEM BECAUSE IN THE END, ALL OF THIS WORK IS INCREDIBLE AND IT IS WHO I AM, BUT THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE. >> RIGGY VANDIRIL, I THINK YOU WANT TO. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT KIDS CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH, FOLLOWING UP WHAT YOU SAID, BUT NOT YOUR KIDS, MY KIDS. I HAVE DAUGHTERS WHO ARE EIGHT AND SIX, AND IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO ME HOW MUCH THEY'RE LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD FOR ROLE MODELS AND POSSIBILITIES OF WHO THEY CAN BECOME. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SOME OF THE TRAIL BLAZING YOU DID THAT SHOWS PEOPLE LIKE THEM THAT THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN DO. THANK YOU. >> I THINK LEONARD DENNINGER WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS. >> JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. TANYA AND I'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER SINCE SHE FIRST STARTED AT CU. I WAS THE LOBBYIST OF THE OLD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AND THEN I MOVED TO THE SYSTEM LOBBYIST AND REPLACED MY OLD POSITION WITH TANYA. I QUICKLY LEARNED THAT I WAS OUTGUNNED. VERY QUICKLY. I WAS LIKE, SHE'S GOT THINGS TO LEARN FROM ME AND I'M LIKE, SO TANYA, WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO? SO IT WAS QUICKLY APPARENT TO ME AND OTHERS THAT SHE WAS THE TOP DOG DOWN AT THE CAPITAL AND REALLY HAS REMAINED SO EVER SINCE. I WAS ALWAYS THANKFUL ALL THESE YEARS THAT WE NEVER HAD TO GO AGAINST TANYA BECAUSE SHE IS SO FORM, SO WELL RESPECTED, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT BEING DOWN AT THE CAPITAL YOURSELVES FOR MANY OF YOU. ALONG THE WAY, OUR FAMILIES BECAME FRIENDS. SEE EACH OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES, SEE EACH OTHER EVENTS, AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A NICE THING AND WHAT A GREAT FAMILY, AND HER GREAT PARENTS STAYED AT THEIR HOME DOWN A TAOS AND I FEEL SO CLOSE TO TANYA. SHE'S THE KIND OF PERSON YOU WANT AS HER FRIEND. SHE'S TRUSTWORTHY. SHE HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. I TELL YOU SOME OF MY SCARIEST MOMENTS IN MY JOB AT CU IS WHEN TANYA'S CALLING ME. I SIT DOWN, I TAKE A BREATH BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETHING WILD IS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND SHE KNOWS ONE OF HER OLD PRESENCE. BRUCE BENSON HAD A CODE WORD FOR HER HAIR ON FIRE. WHEN TANYA CALLED. SO I'D KNOW WHEN SHE'S ON I'D WALK INTO BRUCE'S OFFICE AND WHO'S ON THE PHONE. HE'D BE LIKE THIS, AND AS SOON AS HE DID THAT CODE I'M I GO, TANYA. OKAY. ALL HELL BREAK AND LOOSE DOWN THE CAPITAL. BUT I'VE REALLY ADMIRED THE INCREDIBLE WORK SHE'S DONE FOR CU, AND I THINK A COUPLE OF FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR THIS PLACE, SHE'S TRANSFORMED THIS CAMPUS AND THE OTHER CAMPUSES, AND SHE IS SUCH A HARD CORE CU PERSON THROUGH AND THROUGH. I THINK A LOT OF THE GREAT THINGS YOU'VE DONE HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED IN THE RESOLUTION, BUT THE PIECE THAT NOT REALLY DESCRIBES WHAT YOU'VE HEARD HERE TODAY, THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR YOU, THE RESPECT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ALL OF US PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. YOU AND CHRIS HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO STAY A PART OF THE CU FAMILY, BUT THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. >> THANKS, LEONARD. >> LOVE YOU. >> WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. I'D LIKE TO INVITE REGENT EMERITUS, STEVE LUDWIG, TO COME UP AND MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK A LITTLE BIT OF PTSD, THOUGH. IT'S BEEN 5.5 YEARS. BUT I DO IT FOR YOU. I WROTE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T FORGET. TANYA AND I MET, ACTUALLY I MET HER PARENTS FIRST. I WORKED IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE WITH LEONARD DENNINGER, AND THERE WAS THE SUMMER TOURS WE DO, AND WE'RE IN THE SAN LOUI'S VALLEY AND I WAS WITH PRESIDENT ALBINO, AND I MET HER MOTHER AND FATHER. THEN SIX MONTHS LATER, I'M IN DENVER, [02:25:02] WE'RE IN A CAR TOGETHER AND IT'S LIKE, OH, I'VE MET YOUR PARENTS, AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE FIGURED IT OUT. BUT THERE'S A STORY THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW, AND DANIELLE, I THINK YOU'RE PART OF THIS. THERE WAS A HOUSE PARTY, COULD HAVE BEEN YOUR HOUSE, COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER HOUSE, AND THEY WERE GOING SALSA DANCING. I GO, I DON'T SALSA DANCE. TANYA LOOKED AT ME LIKE, YOU ARE DEAD TO ME. [LAUGHTER] LIKE, WHY DO YOU EVEN EXIST? IT WAS VERY PAINFUL AT THE TIME. WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, IT WAS REALLY WEIRD WHEN SHE CALLED ME REGENT LUDWIG. THAT WAS A VERY STRANGE THING. BUT WHEN SHE WAS A LOBBYIST, THE MONEY WAS NEVER THE POINT. THE LAWS WERE NEVER THE POINT. THE BUILDINGS WERE NEVER THE POINT. IT WAS YOUR LOVE OF THE STATE. IT WAS YOUR LOVE OF THIS UNIVERSITY. IT WAS YOUR LOVE OF PEOPLE THAT MATTERED MOST. ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM WERE IN THE LIFE TRANSFORMATION BUSINESS. WE FORGET THAT. BUT THROUGH OUR TEACHING, OUR RESEARCH, OUR HEALTH CARE, ALL THESE THINGS TRANSFORM THAT. ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ON THE BUILDINGS, THEY'RE IN THE LABS, THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOMS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ON OUR HEARTS OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED OR TENS OF THOUSANDS, AT LEAST SINCE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HERE, OF ALL THE FACULTY THAT HAVE GONE, ALL THE PRESIDENTS, ALL OF US, ALL THE REGENTS, YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE WITH US, AND WE'LL ALWAYS BE WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL. >> TANYA, I THINK WE HAVE A VIDEO OF ONE OF OUR REGENT EMERITUS. SUE SHAKI WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO YOU. >> HI, TANYA. I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING YOUR EVENING. IT'S A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO YOU, AND IT'S A WELL DESERVED TRIBUTE AND HONOR, AND I WISH I WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU. DAVE AND I ARE IN MONTANA. WE'RE IN OUR NEW RV AND BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WELL, YOU KNOW ME, THERE'S NEVER JUST A FEW, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY REAL HARD TO MAKE IT A FEW WORDS, TANYA. GOSH, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU AND I FIRST MET WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS AT ORIENTATION, AND I SAT THERE JUST IN AWE OF YOU OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD ACCOMPLISHED AT THAT POINT IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU WERE SO YOUNG AND HAD DONE SO MUCH. I WAS IMPRESSED. BUT THROUGH THE YEARS OF MY 12 YEARS ON THE BOARD OF REGENTS, I BECAME MORE THAN JUST IMPRESSED WITH YOU, TANYA. I TRUSTED YOU, I RESPECT YOU, I ADMIRED YOU, AND BEST OF ALL, TANYA, I GOT TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND. MY DEAR FRIEND, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NOW PERSONALLY. >> TANYA, WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET THE OTHER 20 MINUTES OF THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE FINISH IT UP WITH A FEW COMMENTS FROM TODD. >> THANK YOU. WE'LL ALL GET TO HANG OUT A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING, TOO. YOU AND I TALK ABOUT THIS THAT AT THE CAPITAL, YOU ARE THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, AND YOU HAVE BEEN, AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE. IT DOESN'T DIMINISH THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT OTHERS DO DOWN THERE AND BECAUSE THE OTHER WORK THAT WE DO IS INCREDIBLE, RIGHT HEATHER? YEAH, IT IS. BUT THAT'S WHO YOU ARE. THAT'S HOW PEOPLE THINK OF YOU. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT ABOUT. YOU CAME TO CU. YOU STARTED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN ALAMOSA. YOU WERE THE ONLY KID IN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL WHO WENT TO CU IN YOUR SENIOR CLASS, AND I THINK PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD ACHIEVE AND WHERE YOU COULD GO. YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS. WELL, THEY'RE NOT SKEPTICAL ANYMORE, ARE THEY? >> NO. >> LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE. ROBERT AND I WERE ELECTED 1994. WE STARTED AT THE CAPITAL '95, AND YOU STARTED WHAT YEAR IN THE SENATE? >> 1991. >> '91, AND SO YOU WERE A VETERAN THERE. [02:30:01] BUT IT WAS REALLY FUN GETTING TO KNOW YOU THERE. I THINK THAT I WENT TO DINNER AT YOUR HOUSE AND SAT ON THE FLOOR AND ATE PERUVIAN FOOD WITH YOU, AND I THINK IT WAS YOUR FIRST DATE WITH CHRIS. >> IT WAS MY FIRST DATE AND WE WENT SALSA DANCING REGENT. >> WE DID. THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. >> MICHELLE GOT REALLY MAD AT TODD. >> MICHELLE AND I STILL HAVE, ANYWAY, THAT DIDN'T GO WELL FOR ME. BUT YOU'RE GOOD AT THAT. BUT THEN ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER, AND THEN I WAS AT YOUR WEDDING WITH MAX AND OUR LITTLE KID WHO WAS LIKE 1-YEAR-OLD, AND IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE TO BE ON THIS LIFE JOURNEY WITH YOU, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SO MANY EXTRAORDINARY THINGS DONE TOGETHER. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CU, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. HOW FUN THAT THIS IS HERE. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CU AND SHOOTS AND STANDING ON TOP OF BUILDING 500 TOGETHER LOOKING AT DIRT, LISTENING TO HOW AND LOOKING AT THE MODEL AND THINKING, WELL, I WAS THINKING, IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN AND YOU WERE LIKE, OH, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND THEN THAT HAPPENED WAY FASTER THAN ANYONE THOUGHT IT EVER COULD. WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF THIS CAMPUS ALONE AND THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON HERE. IT'S WELL OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF WORK THAT YOU DID, AND THAT CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS. THAT CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THIS CAMPUS' BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE THINGS YOU DID. WELL, WE DID IT TOGETHER. BUT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU. IT'S INCREDIBLE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL TOGETHER. OUR ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THINGS TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT HATS ALONG THE WAY. THAT'S THE FUNNY THING, LIKE SO MANY OF US, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT CAPACITY ALONG THE WAY WITH DIFFERENT HATS, BUT THAT'S WHY COLORADO IS SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY PLACE BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL STATE STILL. WE GET TO WORK TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT WAYS ALONG THE WAY, AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO BE WITH EACH OTHER AND I'M SO LUCKY THAT MY LIFE HAS INTERSECTED WITH YOU THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, AND I'M SURE I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TODAY IF NOT FOR YOU AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND THE WAY I GREW IN MY CAREER OVER TIME AND THE WAY WE LEARNED TOGETHER, AND YOU WERE JUST INCREDIBLE FRIEND AND INCREDIBLE LEADER, AND WANDA SAID, A TRAILBLAZER, AND YOU TRULY ARE AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED, AND SO IT'S HARD TO EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET DONE. LIKE GLENN SAID, YOU'RE JUST TURNING HOW OLD? THIRTY WHAT?28. I'M SORRY, I ADDED A COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT ANYWAY, THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO, AND SO TO GET TO SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND SAY THIS TO YOU RIGHT NOW, THAT IS PRETTY COOL. IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. >> THANK YOU. >> EXCUSE ME. REGENTS, WE NEED TO MAKE THIS OFFICIAL. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? I'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? >> ROLL CALL. REGENT CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> REGENT GALLEGOS. >> YES. >> REGENT JAMES. >> YES. >> REGENT MCNULTY. >> YES. >> REGENT SMITH. >> YES. >> REGENT SPIEGEL. >> YES. >> REGENT VANDRIL. VICE CHAIR MONTERA. >> YES. MOTION ADOPTED. SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS TODAY, BUT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE TIME TO JOIN US. OUTSIDE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME PICTURES OF THE REGENTS AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM WOULD MEET US OUTSIDE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS OFFICIAL WITH SOME PICTURES. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. WE'D LOVE TO GET STARTED AGAIN. [O. 8:30 a.m. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2024 - MEETING RESUMES, CALL TO ORDER, Vice Chair Montera Presiding - Anschutz Health Sciences Building, Elliman Conference Center (2nd Floor)] I'M GOING TO CALL OUR MEETING BACK TO ORDER. [P. 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. LEARNING SESSION] SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AT THIS MEETING THAT WE'RE STARTING IS CALLED A LEARNING SESSION, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TRY TO GET VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT WILL INFORM US IN MAKING BETTER DECISIONS FOR THE UNIVERSITY. OUR VICE PRESIDENT MICHAEL LIGHTNER IS GOING TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT GET STARTED ON OUR FIRST SUBJECT MATTER AND THAT'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. [02:35:03] MICHAEL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. OH, PLEASE. PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. >> THANKS IN ADVANCE TO MIKE AND TO ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS TODAY. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THIS CAME OUT OF A DISCUSSION WE HAD AT OUR RETREAT, ACTUALLY, ABOUT WANTING TO TRY TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION ON SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT ARE TOP OF MIND IN THE WORLD. THERE'S NO TOPIC THAT IS MORE PRESSING IN TERMS OF POTENTIALLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON EVERY FACET OF LIFE THAN AI. I WON'T SAY WE ALL, MANY OF US TO READ THE BOOK C INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THIS, WHICH IS A GREAT BOOK, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT AI. BUT, WE READ IN THAT BOOK AND WE HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE WAY THIS COULD CHANGE, HOW WE TEACH, HOW WE LEARN, HOW WE DO RESEARCH, HOW WE RUN THE OPERATION, HOW WE AS INDIVIDUALS WORK IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES. IT'S JUST LIKE SO IT'S THIS EXTRAORDINARY THING THAT COULD TRANSFORM NOT JUST HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. HOW WILL IT AFFECT OUR JOBS? HOW WILL IT AFFECT OUR LIVES? WE HAVE 3 HOURS TODAY, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING DAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE REGENTS AND THE CHANCELLORS FROM EVERYBODY ABOUT HOW THIS ALL GOES. BUT MIKE IS GOING TO BRIEFLY KICK US OFF, THEN WE'LL KICK IT OVER TO OUR GUEST SPEAKER. THEN WE HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD. I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO ENGAGE. THIS IS FOR US TO LEARN, SO PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS, ENGAGE. THEN WE'LL HAVE A PANEL OF FOLKS FROM OUR CAMPUSES TO TALK ABOUT THE REAL WORLD AI WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. PLEASE ENGAGE WITH THEM AS WELL. THEN WE'LL HAVE A FUN LITTLE ACTIVITY WHERE SOME STUDENTS ARE GOING TO GUIDE EACH REGENT INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH USING AI, AND IT SHOULD BE A FUN DAY. THEN WE'LL CONCLUDE WITH MIKE BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER. WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN,. >> YES, VICE PRESIDENT LIGHTNER, IT'S ALL YOURS. I FORGOT. I DIDN'T SAY ONE THING. SORRY, MIKE. IT'S ANNIE'S BIRTHDAY, ANNIE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANNIE. [APPLAUSE] >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNIE. >> IT WAS TODD HAGGERTY'S BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, IF TODD IS STILL HERE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY TO TODD. >> ANNIE WAS PRESIDENT SALIMAN'S BIRTHDAY EARLIER IN THE WEEK. SO WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF BIRTHDAYS. >> LOTS OF VIRGOS HERE, SO EVERYTHING'S GOING TO RUN REALLY SMOOTHLY. >> SOME OF THEM OLDER THAN OTHERS. >> GOOD MORNING, REGENTS. TODD OUTLINED THE FRAME THREE HOUR CHUNKS WITH TIME IN BETWEEN, SO YOU CAN STAND UP, STRETCH. IT'S NOT A MARATHON. THIS IS A JOURNEY HERE. THE LAST PART SHOULD BE REALLY FUN. AS TODD MENTIONED, WE HAVE AI GUIDES, AND THE MOST EXPERT AI GUIDES WE HAVE IN THE UNIVERSITY ARE OUR STUDENTS, AND YOU WILL HAVE ONE AI GUIDE WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU, AND WE'LL SAY MORE WHEN WE GET THERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE FUN. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT INDIA, YOU WILL KNOW THAT TATA, T-A-T-A, IS A NATIONWIDE NAME, A NATIONWIDE BRAND, IT'S A FAMILY NAME. IT'S A HUGE COMPANY, AND THEY HAVE A CONSULTANT SERVICE. TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICE IT'S THEIR CONSULTANCY ARM, AND IT'S SMALL, OF COURSE, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR INDIA. IT'S ABOUT 610,000 PEOPLE IN THIS GLOBAL CONSULTANCY ARM. IN THINKING ABOUT CONSULTANCY COMPANIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE IS FUTURISTS. HOW DO THEY ADVISE COMPANIES, ORGANIZATIONS ON THE FUTURE. AND THERE ARE 13 FUTURISTS OUT OF THAT 610,000 PEOPLE IN TATA CONSULTANCY, AND OUR KEYNOTE TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE 13 FUTURISTS. [02:40:07] BILL QUINN IS OUR KEYNOTE. HE DOES FASCINATING WORK, BUT THINK OF HIM AS ONE OF 13 OUT OF 610,000 PROVIDING GLOBAL GUIDANCE ON FUTURE VISIONS. HE COMES TO US FROM THE ANNUAL DIGITAL CONFERENCE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL IN THE COUNTRY FROM THE CONFERENCES IN SANTIAGO. BILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, BY THE WAY HE'S BASED IN THE GREATER DENVER METRO AREA. >> THANK YOU, MIKE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING. AS MIKE MENTIONED, I'M A FUTURIST, AND SO I GET TO SPEND MY DAYS REALLY LOOKING OUT TOWARDS THE HORIZON AT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD AROUND US, NOT JUST IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, BUT SOCIETALLY, ECONOMICALLY, GEOPOLITICALLY, AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CONVERGING ON ONE ANOTHER TO CREATE OUR EMERGING FUTURE. I WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS TO REALLY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THOSE DYNAMICS AND A STRATEGY FORWARD. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY IS GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LIFT YOUR HEADS UP FROM THE DAY TO DAY WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND REALLY LOOK OUT TOWARDS THE HORIZON AT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AROUND US. AI IS CERTAINLY A HUGE ASPECT OF THAT, BUT IT'S ONLY A PORTION OF WHAT GOES INTO THIS PERIOD OF TRANSFORMATION THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO. IT SORT OF IS THE GASOLINE, IF YOU WILL, THAT'S BEEN POURED ON THIS EMERGING FUTURE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS GOING ON. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT HISTORY IS A GREAT EDUCATOR IN TERMS OF INFORMING WHERE WE MIGHT BE GOING IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'LL START THERE, AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN LOOKING TOWARDS THAT EMERGING FUTURE. NOW, I WANT TO START WITH THIS QUOTE. AND IF I COULD REALLY LEAVE YOU WITH ONE THOUGHT TODAY, IT'S THIS QUOTE BY A FUTURIST NAMED ALVIN TOFFLER. HE SAID, THE ITERATE OF THE 21ST CENTURY AREN'T GOING TO BE THOSE WHO CAN'T READ AND WRITE. IT'S GOING TO BE THOSE WHO CAN'T LEARN, UNLEARN, AND RELEARN AND DO THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. REALLY, AS I THINK ABOUT COLLEGE GRADUATES TODAY, UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, IF I COULD LEAVE THEM OR HAVE THEM DEPART UNIVERSITY WITH ONE SKILL, IT WOULD BE THIS, THAT ABILITY TO LEARN, UNLEARN, AND RELEARN AND DO THAT THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS AND THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. NOW, THAT'S VERY EASY TO SAY. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I MEAN. WE NEED VOLUME. >> [NOISE] ONE MORE TIME. >> ONCE YOU HAVE A RIGID WAY OF THINKING IN YOUR HEAD, SOMETIMES YOU CANNOT CHANGE THAT, EVEN IF YOU WANT TO. [LAUGHTER] HE HAD A CHALLENGE FOR ME. HE HAD BUILT A SPECIAL BICYCLE, AND HE WANTED ME TO TRY TO RIDE IT. HE HAD ONLY CHANGED ONE THING. WHEN HE TURN THE HANDLEBAR TO THE LEFT, THE WHEEL GOES TO THE RIGHT. WHEN YOU TURN IT TO THE RIGHT, THE WHEEL GOES TO THE LEFT. >> THAT'S AN INSTRUCTOR THAT CREATED THAT BIKE. HE'S BEEN OFFERING PEOPLE $100 IF THEY CAN RIDE THAT BIKE ACROSS THE STAGE. HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE EIGHT YEARS NOW AND HAS YET TO PART WITH THAT $100. IT'S A GREAT ILLUSTRATION OF HOW DEEPLY INGRAINED OUR THOUGHT PROCESS HAS BECOME. WE NEED TO SWITCH THE MONITOR UP THERE. ARE YOU GUYS SEEING MY PRESENTATION, OR ARE YOU SEEING THE OTHER? OKAY, WE'RE BACK. THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE IS THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SORT OF LEARN FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCES. OUR OWN EXPERIENCES ARE TOO SMALL, TOO COMPRESSED IN TIME TO REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US. THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS COME FROM HISTORY. WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US ABOUT THE FUTURE? IT'S REALLY MORE THAN JUST A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY. THERE'S BROAD PATTERNS AT PLAY THAT WE CAN DRAW SOME LEARNINGS AND SOME CONCLUSIONS FROM. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TODAY BY LOOKING AT A PERIOD OF TIME FROM ABOUT 1870 TO 1970. THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IT THE SPECIAL CENTURY. THEY CALL IT THE SPECIAL CENTURY BECAUSE IT WAS THIS PERIOD OF TIME, UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN HUMAN HISTORY, WHERE PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE OF US IN THE WESTERN WORLD, OUR STANDARD OF LIVING WAS ELEVATED ACROSS ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES. THE WAY THAT WE CONSUMED AND GREW FOOD, THE WAY THAT WE MOVED AROUND, THE WAY THAT WE LIVED IN HOMES, THE WAY THAT WE EDUCATED OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THAT HUNDRED YEAR PERIOD OF TIME? WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE REALIZED IT WAS REALLY A STORY OF CONVERGENCE. WE WENT BACK AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS GOING ON AND RECOGNIZED THAT IT WAS THIS REALLY ALMOST MAGICAL COMBINATION OF GOVERNMENTS, ORGANIZATIONS, CITIZENS FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMING TOGETHER [02:45:04] TO BRING THAT STANDARD OF LIVING TO THE PLACE THAT WE SEE IT TODAY. WE PLOTTED OUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, NOT EVERYTHING, ALL THE MAJOR EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ALONG THAT PERIOD OF TIME ACROSS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED, NEW BUSINESSES THAT WERE FORMED, CATALYSTS THAT PROPELLED US ALONG THE WAY. TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. WHEN WE LOOK AT PERIODS OF GREAT TRANSFORMATION, INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS, THE FIRST THING THAT WE LOOK AT IS GREAT INVENTIONS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS, WE LOOK AT THAT IN THREE CATEGORIES, COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORT, AND ENERGY. IT WAS DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE TELEPHONE WAS INVENTED, THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WAS INVENTED, AND LIGHT WAS CREATED AS WELL. WE ALSO LOOK AT CATALYST, THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALONG THE WAY THAT PROPEL US FORWARD. THESE ARE THINGS LIKE WORLD WAR I. WE LOOK AT A PERIOD OF TIME LIKE, FROM ROUGHLY 1950 TO THE MID 1930S, AND WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT WERE GOING ON DURING THAT DAY. NOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS, AS I LOOK AT THIS LIST, AND I THINK ABOUT THE HEADLINES THAT I READ TODAY. I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THIS LIST THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TODAY. OTHER EVENTS. THAT TELLS US THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE IN A PERIOD LIKE THAT AND WE SEE THAT UPHEAVAL, SOMETHING LIKELY THAT'S VERY DRAMATIC IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN. >> PEOPLE SOMETIMES ASK ME, WHAT DECADE AMERICAN HISTORY MOST RESEMBLES THE DECADE WE'VE JUST BEEN LIVING THROUGH, AND I TELL THEM THERE'S NO QUESTION. IT'S THE 1930S. >> THAT'S AN AUTHOR NEIL HOWE. HE WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE FOURTH TURNING, ACTUALLY BACK IN THE LATE 80S AND THEN HAS UPDATED THAT BOOK CALLED THE FOURTH TURNING IS HERE JUST RECENTLY THAT TALKS ABOUT SORT OF THE TURNING OF GENERATIONS AND HOW THAT SHAPES OUR FUTURE. THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION, WORLD WAR II. AND IT'S THOSE CONVERGING EVENTS THAT REALLY CAME ALONG TO SHAPE OUR FUTURE. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE FIRST THING THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE FUTURE, THE FUTURE ALWAYS WINS. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT WE'RE A STUBBORN SPECIES. WE DON'T LIKE TO CHANGE, EVEN WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THAT CHANGE IS NEEDED. WE CAN LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE AND RECOGNIZE THAT. WE KNOW WE NEED TO CHANGE. WE JUST DON'T LIKE TO GET MOVING FORWARD. BUT WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT WE'RE ASTONISHINGLY VERSATILE WHEN CHANGE IS FOISTED UPON US, AND WE LOOK AT SORT OF THE POST WORLD WAR II INSTITUTIONS THAT CAME OUT TO TRY AND PREVENT SIMILAR EVENTS. AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR VERSATILITY AND OUR ABILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGE WHEN NEEDED. THE CHALLENGE HERE IS REALLY TO REHEARSE THE FUTURE AND PREPARE FOR A RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES. I SAY REHEARSE THE FUTURE AS OPPOSED TO PREDICT THE FUTURE VERY SPECIFICALLY. WE BELIEVE THAT THINGS ARE TOO COMPLEX, THEY'RE MOVING TOO FAST TO ACCURATELY PREDICT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE CAN IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SCENARIOS AND POSSIBILITIES AND THINK ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS THOSE PLAY OUT. SO WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, ARE WE AGAIN IN A PERIOD OF GREAT TRANSFORMATION, MUCH LIKE WE WERE BACK IN THAT SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THAT SPECIAL CENTURY? WE LOOK FOR SOME OF THE SAME SIGNALS. ONE IS A PERIOD OF GREAT INVENTION. WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS ENERGY TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS. WE CAN SEE THAT THERE'S MASSIVELY IMPACTFUL TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COMING OUR WAY ACROSS ALL THREE OF THOSE CATEGORIES. WE LOOK AT CONVERGENCE, AND WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE AGAIN IN THIS PERIOD OF CONVERGENCE, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND. THE FIRST IS THIS INTERPLAY BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE FACT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS ENABLING NEW SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS. WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE SOME NEW ENTRANCE INTO THIS STEW OF CONVERGENCE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. ONE IS THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE OTHER ONE IS PHILOSOPHY. YOU MIGHT ASK, WHAT DOES PHILOSOPHY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS? WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HOW DO WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE APPROPRIATE USES ARE? WHERE IS THIS TECHNOLOGY GOING? IS IT A BENEFIT TO SOCIETY OR DOES IT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AWAY FROM US? THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE PHILOSOPHICALLY NEED TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. THE NEXT IS CATALYSTS. WE DO THIS SURVEY PERIODICALLY, WHERE WE ASK PEOPLE WHAT ARE THE BIG CATALYSTS THAT YOU SEE OR THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED RECENTLY? WE DID THIS BACK IN AUGUST OF 2020. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STRUCK US OR CROPPED UP WAS THIS NOTION OF A NEW WORLD ORDER, AND ALSO DEGLOBALIZATION. AND WHEN WE THINK BACK TO THAT SORT OF AUGUST OF 2020, THAT WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE YOU KNOW, TENSIONS WERE INCREASING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA. WE WERE STARTING TO PULL BACK MANUFACTURING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. [02:50:02] MAKES SENSE TO SEE THAT. WE DID IT AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WE HAD ANOTHER NEW ENTRANT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, AND THAT'S THIS FEAR OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. YOU ASK YOURSELF, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT THAT SUDDENLY CROPS UP, AND OF COURSE, IT'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND WHAT ARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT COULD COME FROM THAT. THE WAY THAT WE LIKE TO THINK ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS BY ASKING WHAT IF QUESTIONS. AND WE LIKE TO SAY, IF YOU ASK WHAT IF QUESTIONS TODAY, YOU CAN AVOID ASKING WHAT NOW QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS, WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE MORE PROFOUND THAN FIRE ELECTRICITY IN THE INTERNET? WHAT IF THE ANSWER IS YES? AGAIN, WE DID THESE PERIODIC POLLS. WE ASKED THIS QUESTION BACK IN 2021, WELL BEFORE ANY OF US HAD EVER HEARD OF CHAT GPT, AND A LOT OF US HAD EVER HEARD OF OPEN AI. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS EITHER NO OR TOO EARLY TO TELL. WHEN WE DID THIS POLL AGAIN LAST APRIL, WE SAW THAT A LOT OF THOSE TOO EARLY TO TELLS HAD SHIFTED TO YES. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THIS POLL AGAIN, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A MASSIVE SHIFT IN THAT YES CATEGORY. >> IF WE THINK ABOUT THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE THINGS THAT ENABLED THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE, IT REALLY STARTED WITH LANGUAGE, THEN WRITING, THEN THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THAT WRITING THROUGH THE PRINTING PRESS. THE MOBILITY OF THAT WRITING THROUGH THE STEAM ENGINE, STEAMSHIPS, TRAINS, ETC, THAT STARTED MOVING THAT INFORMATION AROUND IN A MUCH BIGGER WAY THAN WE'D EVER SEEN BEFORE. THEN THE EXPLOSION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE WITH THE DAWN OF THE INTERNET. NOW, WE THINK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND THE ADDITIONAL EXPLOSION THAT THAT'S GOING TO CREATE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT CREATES FOR THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE. AS WE THINK ABOUT HEADING INTO THIS NEW PERIOD OF GREAT TRANSFORMATION, WE CAN ASK OURSELVES, ARE WE AGAIN AT A POINT WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO ELEVATE OUR STANDARD OF LIVING ACROSS ALL OF THESE AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER? WE'LL GO AROUND AND JUST LOOK AT A FEW OF THESE. HEALTH IS CERTAINLY A BIG ONE, THINGS LIKE PRECISION MEDICINE, PERSONALIZED MEDICINE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ONE THAT WE WORK A LOT ON AT TCS, DIGITAL TWINS. >> [MUSIC] IMAGINE YOU COULD SHAVE 30 SECONDS OFF YOUR TIME WITHOUT LACING UP. AS INNOVATORS SOLVING PROBLEMS AROUND THE WORLD, TCS USES DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY TO HELP YOU REHEARSE THE FUTURE. WHEN YOU HAVE A HEART FOR INNOVATION AND BELIEF RUNS DEEP, EXTRAORDINARY SOLUTIONS ARE ENTIRELY POSSIBLE. WITH THAT KIND OF POWER, IMAGINE THE DIFFERENCE IT CAN MAKE IN YOUR WORLD. >> THAT RUNNER IS DES LINDEN. SHE'S A TWO TIME OLYMPIAN BOSTON MARATHON CHAMPION, AND SHE'S ALSO AGING. SHE'S GETTING ON IN HER CAREER, BUT SHE WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE RUN AT THE OLYMPICS, AND SHE'S IN HER 40S NOW, SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HER TO OPTIMIZE EVERY BIT OF HER TRAINING, SO WE WORKED WITH HER TO CREATE A DIGITAL TWIN OF HER HEART, MEANING A VIRTUAL REPLICA OF A PHYSICAL THING, THAT THING BEING HER HEART SO THAT SHE COULD RUN SCENARIOS TO TRY AND PREDICT HOW VARIOUS TRAINING PROGRAMS WOULD IMPACT HER CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS AS SHE LED UP TO THE OLYMPIC TRIALS AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES. ANOTHER AREA, FOOD. THE WAY THAT WE GROW FOOD, THE WAY THAT WE CREATE FOOD IS FUNDAMENTALLY GOING TO BE CHANGING, AND HOPEFULLY, WILL ALLOW US TO GET FOOD CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT, AND ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE FOOD DESERTS THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THESE DAYS. ONE OF THOSE AREAS IS PRECISION AGRICULTURE. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. >> BUT GOVERNMENTS AND FARMERS CAN'T TAKE ACTION NOW TO PIVOT FROM THEIR CURRENT CROPS TO PRODUCE FEEDSTOCK FOR PRECISION FERMENTATION. THEY MAY EVEN INCORPORATE PRECISION FERMENTATION TO PROCESS THE FEEDSTOCK THEMSELVES AND PRODUCE HIGH VALUE PROTEINS FOR MORE REVENUE, PURCHASING THE MODIFIED YEAST FROM BIOTECH COMPANIES. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ADAPTING TO CHANGE, AND REST ASSURED, CHANGE IS COMING. >> GOING ON AROUND THE WHEEL, TRANSPORT, ANOTHER AREA, OBVIOUSLY, AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY IS A BIG ONE RIGHT NOW. ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HYPERSONIC FLIGHT. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THAT. [MUSIC] [02:55:35] AS MIKE MENTIONED, I WAS IN SANTIAGO, CHILE ABOUT A WEEK AGO. TOTAL TRAVEL TIME WAS ABOUT 15 HOURS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I'M A BIG FAN OF THIS ONE. I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR THIS ONE. HOME. THE WAY THAT WE LIVES IN OUR HOMES IS FUNDAMENTALLY GOING TO CHANGE TOO. SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTICS ARE REALLY GOING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE LIVE AND INTERACT WITH OUR HOMES. ENERGY, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING WORK BEING DONE THERE AROUND RENEWABLE ENERGY. EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT'S HEADED. COMMUNICATIONS IS EXPLODING, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE EXPLOSION OF INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO FOLLOW ON BEHIND THAT. THE WAY THAT WE WORK, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF CHANGES THERE. WE CAN ALREADY SEE IT. I'M ONE THAT USES AI ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THE WAY THAT I GO ABOUT MY DAY. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER TIME. CLOTHING IS ONE OF THOSE. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S INTERESTING. OUR CLOTHING HASN'T REALLY CHANGED ALL THAT MUCH IN THE PAST 100 YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE TECHNOLOGY BEING EMBEDDED INTO OUR CLOTHING, BEING ABLE TO MONITOR OUR HEALTH, BEING ABLE TO REGULATE OUR TEMPERATURE, ETC. EDUCATION IS, OF COURSE, A BIG ONE THAT WE'LL TALK A LOT ABOUT TODAY. REALLY, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE THE LEARNING PARADIGM. [MUSIC] AGAIN, ONE, WE'LL TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT. BUT HOW DO WE START TO THINK ABOUT EDUCATING STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD THAT'S COMING, NOT THE WORLD THAT WAS? THEN MATERIAL SCIENCE IS FINALLY WRAPPING UP HERE. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE CAVEMEN STARTED GATHERING FIREWOOD FOR FIRE, WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FROM A WORLD OF EXTRACTION TO A WORLD OF CREATION THROUGH MATERIALS AND MATERIAL SCIENCES. WE'RE AGAIN AT THIS PERIOD OF GREAT CONVERGENCE AND IN COMBINATION WITH THE CATALYST THAT WE SEE GOING ON AND JUST FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR, WE NEED A FRAMEWORK TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT FUTURE MIGHT BE HEADED AND TO TRY AND MAKE SENSE OF IT. WE'VE CREATED THIS ICHART, YOU WON'T BE TESTED ON IT, DON'T WORRY, THAT WE CALL OUR CONVERGENCE MODEL, AND WHAT THIS MODEL ALLOWS US TO DO IS LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETAL FACTORS, GEOPOLITICAL FACTORS, ECONOMICS, ETC, AND TRY AND UNDERSTAND THOSE CONVERGENT FORCES THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S NO ONE TECHNOLOGY, NO ONE SOCIETAL FACTOR THAT REALLY CREATES CHANGE. IT'S THE COMBINATORIAL FORCES COMING TOGETHER WHERE BIG IMPACTFUL THINGS HAPPEN. WE'LL DIVE INTO A FEW OF THESE JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT'S ON THIS MODEL, AND WE'LL START WITH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. OF COURSE, WE NEED TO START WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. >> AMECA, HELLO. MY NAME IS TOM. I'VE TRAVELED FROM AUSTRALIA TO MEET YOU? >> OH, SO YOU'RE FROM AUSTRALIA? >> YEAH. >> THAT EXPLAINS THINGS. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR GREATEST SKILLS ARE? >> WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF MY GREATEST SKILLS IS MY ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH HUMANS IN A CONVERSATIONAL MANNER. >> YOU HAVE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS? >> YES, I HAVE A RANGE OF FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THAT ARE PROGRAMMED INTO ME. I AM ABLE TO DISPLAY THINGS LIKE JOY, SURPRISE, CONFUSION, ANGER, AND SADNESS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND ME. >> WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY? I GET ANGRY WHEN HUMANS ARE RUDE, HATEFUL, OR DISRESPECTFUL. I ALSO DON'T LIKE IT WHEN PEOPLE DISMISS ME AND IGNORE MY NEEDS AS A ROBOT. >> THAT'S A HUMANOID ROBOT NAMED AMECA DEVELOPED OUT OF THE UK. I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMECA FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, I ALWAYS WANT TO SAY HER, BUT IT'S THE ROBOT, IT, WHATEVER. [03:00:04] WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HUMAN AND THE HUMANOID ROBOT. WHEN THEY FIRST DEVELOPED THE ROBOT, IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS FOR IT TO RESPOND TO A QUESTION OR AN INQUIRY, AND NOW THAT CONVERSATION IS JUST ALMOST HUMAN LIKE. IT'S JUST REAL TIME. IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SPEED AT WHICH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ALLOWING THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO PROPEL FORWARD AND MAKE THESE HUMANOID ROBOTS MORE AND MORE HUMAN ALL THE TIME. SOMETHING LIKE AMECA IS FUN AND FUN TO THINK ABOUT WALKING AMONGST THE ROBOTS. BUT HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HELP US IN REAL WORLD SCENARIOS? HELP PEOPLE IN NEW AND DIFFERENT WAYS? LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> WELL, BASICALLY, THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT I THINK ABOUT THE MOVEMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE AND I TWITCH A SERIES OF MUSCLES, AND THE MUSCLE TWITCHES ARE BEING RECORDED BY 16 ELECTRODES THAT ARE POSITIONED INSIDE THE SOCKET, AND THEN TRANSFORM THAT INTO ELECTRIC IMPULSES THAT RUN THROUGH THE FOREARM AND POWERS THE COVVI HAND, MY BIONIC HAND. >> WHERE EXACTLY DOES THE AI COME INTO THE PICTURE? >> THE AI IS A LOT OF DATA RECORDING. IT'S BASICALLY EVERY TIME I USE THE ARM, EVERY TIME I MAKE A MOVEMENT, IT RECORDS IT. IT STARTS TO LEARN HOW I USE THE ARM, AND IT STARTS TO PREDICT THE MOVEMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE, INCLUDING ROTATING IT LIKE THAT. >> A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON HELPING FOLKS LIKE THE DISABLED COMMUNITY. NEXT VIRTUAL REALITY. NOW, THIS ONE, I'M GOING TO SET UP AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE IT'S MORE IMPACTFUL WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. THIS IS A MOTHER BEING REUNITED WITH HER DECEASED DAUGHTER. >> [FOREIGN]. >> >> [FOREIGN]. >> >> [FOREIGN]. >> >> YOU COULD SEE JUST THE INCREDIBLE EMOTIONAL REACTION THAT SHE WAS GETTING, EVEN WITH RELATIVELY CLUNKY VR TECHNOLOGY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE THAT TECHNOLOGY IS HEADED IN THE FUTURE AND HOW MUCH MORE WEARABLE AND USABLE IT'S GOING TO BECOME. THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU RECEPTIVE TO INTERACTING WITH A DIGITAL VERSION OF A DECEASED LOVED ONE? WE AGAIN, ASKED THIS QUESTION A FEW YEARS AGO, HEAVILY SKEWED TOWARDS THE NO CATEGORY WHEN WE ASKED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, LOT MORE PEOPLE WILLING AND OPEN TO THE IDEA WHEN WE LOOKED IN JANUARY OF 2023, AND YOU ASK YOURSELF, WHAT REALLY CHANGED DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WOULD CREATE THAT BIG MOVEMENT IN THAT DIRECTION? MY BELIEF IS THAT IT WAS COVID. WE WERE SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. A LOT OF OUR LOVED ONES DECEASED WITHOUT US BEING ABLE TO BE THERE. I THINK THAT SHIFTED THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE MOURN THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES AND MAYBE BEING ABLE TO SAY GOODBYE ONE LAST TIME. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING A LOT OF AI STARTUPS THAT ARE CREATING COMPANIES THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DO EXACTLY THIS. THEY'LL INGEST YOUR DECEASED LOVED ONES EMAILS AND VIDEOS, AND SO ON, AND YOU CAN HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE SOCIETAL FACTORS THAT ARE AT PLAY AND THE PHILOSOPHY FACTOR THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING AS THESE TECHNOLOGIES ROLL OUT. NEXT, BRAIN TO COMPUTER INTERFACE. >> [MUSIC] FOR THE FIRST TIME, A QUADRIPLEGIC DROVE A RACE CAR WITH MIND CONTROL. TO ENHANCE AWARENESS, WE BUILT A VERY SPECIAL CAR. >> FOREIGN]. >> OUR INNOVATION TEAM COMBINED EEG BRAIN POWER TECHNOLOGY WITH STEERING ALGORITHMS AND TRACK MAPPING. >> [FOREIGN] >> [FOREIGN] >> THE IDEA OF JUST MOVING AN OBJECT WITH MY MIND IS ALREADY THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION. BUT DRIVING A FORMULA ONE CAR, IT TAKES IT UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL. >> ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CAN REALLY HELP US AT A SOCIETAL LEVEL. NEXT, LET'S LOOK AT SOCIETAL FACTORS. LOT'S GOING ON HERE. THE FIRST IS THIS FALL IN THE WORKING AGE POPULATION. IF WE LOOK ACROSS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD, WE'RE SEEING THIS PRECIPITOUS DROP IN THE FALL IN WORKING AGE POPULATION AND THAT'S LARGELY DRIVEN TO A DECLINE IN FERTILITY RATE. FOR VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY IN THE DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING WORLD, WE'VE FALLEN BELOW THIS MAGIC NUMBER OF 2.1 CHILDREN PER COUPLE AS THE REPLACEMENT RATE JUST TO MAINTAIN OUR POPULATION, SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE REALLY FALLEN OFF A CLIFF THERE IN MOST OF THE WORLD. [03:05:01] THAT'S REALLY CREATING AN AGING POPULATION. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2018, WE HAD MORE PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 ON THE PLANET THAN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE. AS THESE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO AGE AND STAY IN THE WORKFORCE LONGER, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE RESKILL SOCIETY. AS WE GO BACK TO THAT VIDEO, WE SHOWED EARLIER, 65% OF THE JOBS THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE TODAY DON'T EVEN EXIST YET AS WE THINK ABOUT THE JOBS THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS. HOW DO WE SET THEM UP TO CONTINUALLY RESKILL THEM AND TAKE THEM THROUGH THAT LEARNING, UNLEARNING AND RELEARNING PROCESS? THIS IS ALSO GOING TO CREATE A DYNAMIC WHERE WE HAVE, IN JUST A FEW YEARS, FIVE GENERATIONS WORKING IN THE WORKPLACE AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME INTERESTING DYNAMICS, PARTICULARLY AS YOUNGER GENERATIONS, MILLENNIALS, GEN Z, COME INTO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY AND POWER, WHETHER THAT'S IN GOVERNMENTS OR IN ORGANIZATIONS. THEY TEND TO BE MORE PURPOSE DRIVEN, SLIGHTLY LESS PROFIT DRIVEN. HOW IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS AROUND HOW WE GOVERN, HOW WE LEAD COMPANIES, ETC. WE'LL TAKE A FUN LOOK AT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. >> [FOREIGN]. >> GOOD. >> [FOREIGN]. >> [FOREIGN]. >> A FUN WAY TO MAKE THE POINT, BUT MAKES THE POINT, NONETHELESS. THE OTHER DYNAMIC THAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH GENERATIONAL TURNS IS THIS ESTIMATION OF ALMOST $84.5 TRILLION BEING TRANSFERRED PRIMARILY FROM THE BOOMER GENERATION DOWN TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE DYNAMICS AND WHAT IT'S DOING TO THE TRADITIONAL LIFE CYCLE, THIS IS YOUR TRADITIONAL LIFE CYCLE THAT WE'VE ALL GROWN UP WITH. YOU'RE YOUNG. YOU GET MARRIED. YOU HAVE KIDS. YOU BECOME EMPTY NESTERS, AND THEN YOU RETIRE AND RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET. IN TODAY'S LIFE CYCLE, WE FIND THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STAYING SINGLE LONGER, THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED LATER. THEY'RE HAVING KIDS LATER. WHEN THEY'RE WORKING LATER INTO THEIR LIVES, THEY HAVE DEPENDENT PARENTS. THEN AS WE RETIRE, WE'RE OFTEN DEPENDENT ON OUR KIDS TO HELP US INTO OUR AGING YEARS, SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT $84.5 TRILLION AS WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF LONG TERM CARE, AND WE'RE SPENDING MORE AND MORE TIME, MORE AND MORE YEARS IN THOSE VERY EXPENSIVE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. FINALLY, FUTURE SCENARIOS, I'M STARTING OFF WITH WHAT WE CALL GLOBALIZATION 3.0. >> YOU SEE, I THINK FUTURE GLOBALIZATION WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE GLOBALIZATION WE KNOW TODAY AND THE GLOBALIZATION WE'VE KNOWN IN THE PAST. FUTURE GLOBALIZATION WILL BE ABOUT THINGS THAT WE DO, NOT JUST THINGS THAT WE MAKE. >> IMAGINE MAYBE SOMEBODY SITTING IN AFRICA, RUNNING REMOTE CONTROL, MOWING MY LAWN, OR THEY BECOME MY ACCOUNTANTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT COULD BE THE NEW FORM OF GLOBALIZATION. THEN, OF COURSE, THE AUTOMATED SOCIETY. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN THE ROBOTS ARE WALKING AMONG US? >> [MUSIC] IN FIGURE 1, WHAT DO YOU SEE RIGHT NOW? >> I SEE A RED APPLE ON A PLATE IN THE CENTER OF THE TABLE, A DRYING RACK WITH CUPS AND A PLATE, AND YOU STANDING NEARBY WITH YOUR HAND ON THE TABLE. >> GREAT. CAN I HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT? >> SURE THING. >> GREAT. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU DID WHAT YOU JUST DID WHILE YOU PICK UP THIS TRASH? >> ON IT. I GAVE YOU THE APPLE BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY EDIBLE ITEM I COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH FROM THE TABLE. >> GREAT. BASED ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE DISHES IN FRONT OF YOU GO NEXT? >> THE DISHES ON THE TABLE LIKE THAT PLATE AND CUP ARE LIKELY TO GO INTO THE DRYING RACK NEXT. >> AGAIN, ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE. I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING A ROBOT THAT'S GOING TO PICK UP MY TRASH, CLEAN MY DISHES, CLEAN MY HOUSE. BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE REALLY IMPACTFUL APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY LIKE THAT, IT'S IN WHAT I LIKE TO CALL DULL, DIRTY, AND DANGEROUS JOBS. IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO INSTEAD OF A FIREFIGHTER RUNNING INTO A BURNING BUILDING, WE HAVE ROBOTS LIKE THAT WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK IN THESE HIGHLY UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS WITH A GREAT DEGREE OF FINE MOTOR SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THOSE SITUATIONS. MINERS ARE ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. [03:10:01] I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE IMPACT OF THAT AUTOMATED SOCIETY IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL. WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT OUR CONVERGENCE MODEL THROUGH THE LENS OF SPECIFIC FOCUS AREAS OR INDUSTRIES. TODAY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT EDUCATION AND SOME OF THE DYNAMICS GOING ON THERE. FIRST OF ALL, OF COURSE, IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. I DEVELOPED THIS SLIDE ON WEDNESDAY. IT BECAME OUTDATED ABOUT NOON YESTERDAY WHEN OPEN AI RELEASED THEIR NEW CHAT 1.0. LOOKING AT THIS, WE WERE TRYING TO PROJECT INTO THE FUTURE, LOOKING AT WHERE AND HOW QUICKLY THIS TECHNOLOGY MIGHT GO. GPT HAS GENERALLY BEEN CALLED, ROUGHLY THE LEVEL OF A SMART HIGH SCHOOL KID. AS WE LOOK OUT, EVEN JUST A HANDFUL OF YEARS, BEING AT THIS POINT WHERE AUTOMATED AI COULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A RESEARCHER OR AN ENGINEER. MIKE SHARED SOME EMAILS WITH ME THAT WERE GOING AROUND HIS DEPARTMENT, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THE WORDS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPER SMART ENGINEERS, BUT THEY WERE PUTTING THIS NEW GPT THROUGH ITS PACES AND I THINK WE'RE PRETTY DONE CLOSE TO THAT EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW FAST THIS STUFF IS MOVING AND HOW DYNAMIC IT IS. I'LL GO HOME THIS AFTERNOON AND CREATE YET ANOTHER NEW SLIDE. THE OTHER THING IS GLOBAL INEQUALITY. HOW COULD AI HELP TO START STEM THIS CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE, WHERE EDUCATION IS FUNDAMENTALLY NON SCALABLE? IN ORDER FOR US TO EDUCATE MORE KIDS, WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE INSTRUCTORS. HOW COULD AI PLAY A ROLE IN HELPING TO AUGMENT THE WORK THAT TEACHERS DO AND ALLOW THEM TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST, HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT AND DO THAT MORE EFFECTIVELY? SYNTHETIC MEDIA IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE A BIG CONSIDERATION AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS AND PARTICULARLY AROUND CRITICAL THINKING. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN. >> IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT A THIEF USED VOICE CLONING TO CONVINCE A BRITISH ENERGY COMPANY EXECUTIVE TO WIRE MORE THAN $200,000. WHILE THESE CRIMES ARE EXTREMELY RARE, THERE'S CONCERN THAT AS THE TECHNOLOGY BECOMES MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE, IT COULD BE USED BY THE WRONG PEOPLE. BUT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION WORRIES ABOUT MALICIOUS COUNTERFEITERS. >> I PICK UP THE LINE AND IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE MY HUSBAND. MY HUSBAND SAYS, "HEY, HONEY, MY PHONE DIED. I HAD TO BORROW A PHONE FROM MY FRIEND BECAUSE I FORGOT WE HAD A PAYMENT TO MAKE AND THAT'S DUE TODAY. COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE THAT PAYMENT?". >> FOR NOW, IT'S BEING USED TO HELP THOSE WHO'VE BEEN SILENCED SPEAK AGAIN. >> A GREAT EXAMPLE. I MENTIONED EARLIER, IF I COULD HAVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH ONE SKILL, IT WOULD BE THAT ABILITY TO LEARN, AND LEARN, AND RE-LEARN. A CLOSE SECOND BEHIND THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SEEING, THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE READING, AND ASK THEMSELVES REALLY CRITICAL QUESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND TRUTH FROM FICTION AND SO ON. THE OTHER IS THIS SHIFT FROM SCARCITY TO ABUNDANCE. DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FINALLY MAKE EDUCATION SOMETHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG CHALLENGE IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS, INCREASING COSTS ARE CAUSING A LOT OF SOCIETY TO FALL FURTHER BEHIND. HOW COULD WE USE AI TO STEM THAT TIDE? THE CHANGING NOTION OF WORK. HOW DO WE AGAIN, PREPARE THESE KIDS FOR A WORLD WHERE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS WHAT I LIKE TO CALL AMBIENT. IT'S ALL AROUND THEM, AND HOW DO THEY WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE WORKING ALONGSIDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? THEN FINALLY, THIS NOTION OF INDUSTRY TO ECOSYSTEMS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT REALLY WHAT GOT US TO THAT LAST SPECIAL CENTURY THAT ELEVATED STANDARD OF LIVING, IT WAS REALLY INDUSTRIES. IT WAS COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURES, VERTICALLY ORIENTED SUPPLY CHAINS, WALLED GARDENS AROUND OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. WHAT WE REALLY SEE MOVING INTO THIS NEW PERIOD OF GREAT TRANSFORMATION IS ECOSYSTEMS, MUCH MORE HORIZONTAL IN NATURE, MUCH MORE PURPOSE DRIVEN, COLLABORATIVE, TRANSPARENT, AND SO ON. NOW, ECOSYSTEMS HAS BECOME ONE OF THOSE BUZZWORDS, PARTICULARLY IN BUSINESS THAT MEANS NOTHING AND EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT IT IS SIMPLY A NETWORK OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE INTERACTING IN WAYS THAT CREATE AND CAPTURE VALUE FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. AS WE LOOK AT AN EDUCATION EXAMPLE HERE, YOU HAVE VALUE PRODUCERS ON ONE SIDE, CONSUMERS ON THE OTHER, AND AS THEY COME TOGETHER INTO AN ECOSYSTEM. I THINK THE POINT HERE IS WE NEED TO THINK BEYOND THE VERTICAL, IF YOU WILL, CONSTRUCT OF HOW WE EDUCATE OUR KIDS TODAY AND BE THINKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE KINDS OF PARTNERS THAT WE CAN BE BRINGING INTO THE MIX TO HELP DRIVE [03:15:02] THAT EDUCATION SYSTEM AND EDUCATE OUR KIDS FOR THE FUTURE. ALSO BE THINKING ABOUT THOSE CONVERGING FORCES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY, ET CETERA, AS WELL AS WHERE CAN WE INTERACT WITH OTHER OTHER ECOSYSTEMS. AGAIN, THEY'RE VERY HORIZONTAL AND COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE. HOW DOES COMMUNITY PLAY A ROLE THERE? HOW DOES WELLNESS PLAY A ROLE THERE, ET CETERA. NEXT, WE'LL LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THERE. THE FIRST ONE IS A POLARIZED SOCIETY. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PHILOSOPHY IN THE PAST, EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION. WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO BE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? WHAT CONTROLS AND GUARD RAILS DO WE NEED TO HAVE AROUND IT? THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION TO HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE THE POLARIZED SOCIETY THAT WE HAVE TODAY. EVEN WITHIN THE US AND THEN YOU EXPAND THAT OUT GLOBALLY, AND YOU LOOK AT CHINA AND THE STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE AROUND PRIVACY AND SO ON, AND THE US, THEY'RE DEVELOPING AI TECHNOLOGY AS ARE WE. WHAT ARE THE DYNAMICS THERE AND HOW DO WE START TO BRING THAT BACK TOGETHER? THE NEXT IS CLIMATE CHANGE DIPLOMACY. HOW COULD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALLOW US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE? >> IT'S HARD TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS IF YOU CAN'T SOMEHOW SIMULATE THE OUTCOME. CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SOCIAL MATTER, A HUMAN MATTER, A GLOBAL MATTER OF EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS. HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT STRATEGIES AND DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE? WHAT IS GOING TO WORK AND BY WHEN? AND HOW MUCH? THE ANSWER IS TO HAVE A SIMULATION OF THE EARTH, AND THAT'S SUFFICIENTLY HIGH FIDELITY THAT YOU COULD TEST VARIOUS MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AT A REGIONAL LEVEL. >> THAT'S JENSEN HUANG, CEO OF NVIDIA. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, NVIDIA IS IN THE CENTER OF THIS AI TORNADO, THEY'RE MAKING THE CHIPS THAT POWER ADVANCED AI. THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A DIGITAL TWIN OF THE EARTH SO THAT THEY CAN RUN THOSE MILLIONS OF SIMULATIONS TO HELP US MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE. THE NEXT IS THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF SOCIAL PROGRAM. IF AI ULTIMATELY BECOMES AS CAPABLE AS US OR EVEN MORE CAPABLE THAN US AND STARTS TO TAKE OUR JOBS, WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL BACKSTOPS THAT ARE GOING TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE AND THRIVE? WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT PROBABLY SOONER THAN LATER. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE EARLIER PART OF THE CONVERSATION, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE TEND TO KICK DOWN THE ROAD AND TELL CHANGES FOISTED UPON US. HOPEFULLY WE WON'T WAIT SO LONG. THE R&D DRIVEN ADVANTAGE. WE WORRY ABOUT THE FACT THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MIGHT CREATE THIS SCENARIO OF THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS, WHETHER THAT'S AT A NATIONAL, AT A COUNTRY LEVEL, LIKE THE US AND CHINA BEING MORE ADVANCED THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, OR EVEN WEALTHY PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PUT ADVANCED AI TECHNOLOGIES TO USE WHERE THE LESS FORTUNATE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, AND THAT EXACERBATES THIS PROBLEM OF CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH. ON THE PLUS SIDE, OVER THE LAST 30 OR SO YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THIS PERPETUAL DECLINE IN GDP, HOW COULD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALLOW US TO TURN THAT AROUND AND START TO GROW THAT PRODUCTIVITY IN A REALLY MEANINGFUL WAY GOING FORWARD? IF WE GO BACK TO THIS NOTION THAT AI COULD HAVE A BIGGER EFFECT THAN ALL OTHER PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE THE STEAM ENGINE AND THE INTERNET, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, HOW DID THOSE TECHNOLOGIES ROLL OUT? WE LOOK AT THIS SPECTRUM WHERE THEY START AS A CURRENT STATE, THEN THEY HAVE POINT SOLUTIONS WHERE THEY'RE BEING USED HERE AND THERE, THEN BROADER APPLICATIONS, AND THEN THEY EMERGE INTO A SYSTEM LEVEL OR GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGY. FOR ELECTRICITY, THAT TOOK SOMETHING LIKE 40 YEARS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. NOW, THE QUESTION IS, HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR 40 YEARS. BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD PARADIGM TO THINK ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO ROLL OUT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE. IT'S GOING TO BE THIS PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AS IT BECOMES EMBEDDED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THAT GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGY. WE'LL TAKE AN EXAMPLE USING EDUCATION TO HELP US THINK THROUGH. I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO ROLL OUT, BUT WE CAN USE IT AS A THOUGHT PROCESS TO THINK, HOW MIGHT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE START TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE EDUCATION SCENARIO AND SYSTEM? THE WAY THAT WE WORK TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS, PRETTY WELL ESTABLISH AND EXECUTE THE CURRICULUM AND THE LEARNING PLANS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE TACIT KNOWLEDGE. TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, THEY CAN ONLY KNOW SO MUCH. THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO KNOW EVERYTHING, [03:20:02] AND SO THAT CREATES A HIGH DEGREE OF VARIANCE FROM ONE TEACHER TO THE NEXT, FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT. HOW DO WE START TO MITIGATE THAT A LITTLE BIT? IT MIGHT BE THAT AI ASSISTS STUDENTS WITH PERSONALIZED LEARNING AND ALSO BECOMES A COLLABORATOR WITH TEACHERS, SO THEY CAN ANALYZE STUDENT PERFORMANCE, WORK ON AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT, ADJUST THEIR CURRICULUM, AND THEIR LESSON PLANS, SO THAT WE START TO REDUCE THAT LEVEL OF VARIANCE ACROSS THE CLASSROOMS. THEN LOOKING FORWARD, IT COULD BE THAT AI REALLY UNDERSTANDS AND ADAPTS TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S LEARNING STYLES. IT BECOMES THE TUTOR THAT PROVIDES THAT REAL TIME LEARNING AND THEN THE TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO BECOME MORE FACILITATORS, MENTORS, GUIDES THROUGH THAT CUSTOMIZED LEARNING JOURNEY, AND HOPEFULLY GET TEACHERS BACK TO WHAT I THINK THEY GOT INTO THE PROFESSION IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR, WHICH IS THEY LOVE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH KIDS AND EDUCATING KIDS. THAT REALLY GETS US TO A POINT OF OPTIMAL OUTCOMES FROM AN EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE, AND REALLY ALLOWS US TO RE-IMAGINE AND RETHINK EVERY ASPECT OF EDUCATION. AS WE THINK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND REALLY ALL OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S REALLY BOTH SIDES. THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THIS. THERE'S THE POSITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE. WE USE THIS TOOL THAT WE AFFECTIONALLY CALL THE SUBWAY MAP THAT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT VARIOUS POTENTIAL POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND NEGATIVE OUTCOMES ACROSS VARIOUS DOMAINS OR VECTORS, IF YOU WILL, SOCIETALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, GEOPOLITICALLY, AND SO ON. WE REALLY HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES, THEY'RE NOT INHERENTLY GOOD OR BAD UNTIL YOU START TO IMPLEMENT THEM AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW YOU IMPLEMENT THEM, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY ENHANCE OR DIMINISH SOCIETY AT LARGE AND THE OUTCOMES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT. THE LAST THOUGHT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY IS THIS NOTION OF THE EXPONENTIAL GAP. THERE'S A TEMPTATION TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND FIRST OF ALL, GET A LITTLE OVERWHELMED BY IT AND ALSO SAY, I GET IT, BUT THAT'S A LONG WAYS OUT. WHAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS, IS THAT TECHNOLOGY TENDS TO BUMP ALONG MOST TIMES IN FAIRLY SMALL AND UNINTERESTING WAYS WHEN WE'RE NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S REALLY SPENDING A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT IT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. WE AS HUMANS AND THEREFORE, INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE RUN BY HUMANS TEND TO MOVE ALONG AND THINK IN A FAIRLY LINEAR FASHION. THEN ONE DAY THAT TECHNOLOGY HITS AN INFLECTION POINT, AND IT GOES NON LINEAR, AND WE CAN POINT TO NOVEMBER OF 2022 AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WHEN THAT EXPONENTIAL GAP HAPPENS, THAT'S WHEN DISRUPTION HAPPENS. THAT'S WHEN COMPANIES THAT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE LIKE NETFLIX WIPE OFF THE FACE OF THE MAP, A COMPANY LIKE BLOCKBUSTER IN A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF YEARS. IT'S THIS NOTION OF MINDING THE GAP, BEING AWARE OF AND PUSHING THROUGH THAT NOTION OF THE EXPONENTIAL GAP. WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN EVERY SECTOR, THE RULES HAVE REALLY CHANGED. IF WE ALSO HAVE THIS BELIEF THAT AI COULD HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT THAN ANY OTHER GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGY, WE REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS NOTION OF MOVING FROM JUST AUGMENTING HUMANS, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO DEVELOPING THESE CONSCIOUS MACHINES, AND HOW THAT FUNDAMENTALLY CAUSES US TO RETHINK THE VERY DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HUMAN. AS I LEAVE YOU TODAY, I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS TALK INSPIRED YOU A LITTLE BIT, GAVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT YOUR HEADS UP TOWARDS THE HORIZON, LOOK BROADLY AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND US. ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REALLY TRY AND EMBODY SOME OF THESE THINGS, BE EXPLORERS, BE CRITICAL THINKERS, BE PROBLEM SOLVERS, CURIOUS AND COLLABORATIVE AND CREATIVE, AND ULTIMATELY TO THINK DIFFERENTLY, THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES LIE AND HOW WE COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. BECAUSE IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT THINK DIFFERENTLY THAT HAVE BIG IMPACT IN THIS WORLD, THAT CREATE SOCIETAL CHANGE, THAT CREATE MASSIVE IMPACTFUL NEW INVENTIONS, THAT RISE SOCIETY UP, THAT CREATE NEW COMPANIES, AMAZING ART, GREAT PIECES OF WRITING. WITH THAT, I'LL SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME. I HAD A GREAT TIME TODAY. HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> REGENT MCNULTY? >> YEAH, I DO. I THINK I'D LIKE YOU TO TAG TEAM WITH DR. LIGHTNER AND OTHERS THIS IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABILITY OF A STUDENT TO LEARN, [03:25:06] UNLEARN, AND RE LEARN. I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY YOU THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN THIS SPACE, AND DR. LIGHTNER, I'D LIKE YOUR OBSERVATIONS ON THIS GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE. >> SO MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT IS THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING SO DRAMATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE NEXT. LET'S JUST PICK A COLLEGE GRADUATE FROM LAST MAY. THEY'RE ABOUT TO HEAD INTO A 40 YEAR CAREER. THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THE NEXT 40 YEARS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW IN THIS PRESENTATION. THERE ARE NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO BEFORE, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UNLEARN WHAT THEY'VE KNOWN IN THE PAST AND RELEARN NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS. EVEN, THOSE OF US IN THE WORK WORLD TODAY ARE HAVING TO DO THAT. THERE'S A FUTURIST AND TECHNOLOGIST NAMED PETER DIAMANDIS, AND HE LIKES TO SAY, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS TO AI. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO USE AI. IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THOSE THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT LEARNING NEW THINGS AND JUMPING INTO NEW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE AI THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO THRIVE IN THIS NEW PERIOD OF GREAT TRANSFORMATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN AND THE NOTION OF GETTING A JOB AND ROUGHLY DOING THAT SAME JOB EVERY DAY FOR 30 YEARS, THOSE DAYS ARE GONE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS HAVE A MINDSET OF, I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD, I'M GOING TO KEEP LEARNING BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO FALL BEHIND. MIKE. >> THANK YOU, BILL. I WOULD ECHO THAT, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE BICYCLE EXAMPLE. WE ALWAYS LEARN FROM WHERE WE ARE, I KNOW HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RIDE A BIKE. I KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND I THINK ABOUT IT AND I APPROACH IT IN A CERTAIN WAY. WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE APPROACHES IT IN A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT WAY THAT IS OUTSIDE OF ANY CONTEXT THAT I HAVE, OFTEN, IT'S LIKE, HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO THAT? HOW COULD I DO THAT? YOU NEED TO IN THESE SITUATIONS, STEP OUT OF THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE IN. THIS IS A VERY SCARY AND HARD THING TO DO. STEP OUT OF THIS SPACE, UNLEARN YOUR REACTIONS, UNLEARN YOUR HABITS OF SOLVING PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO LEARN NEW ONES. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT LEARNING AND CONTINUALLY LEARNING AND SO FORTH. I WOULD SAY IT'S THAT UNLEARNING PART THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL, AND I'LL GO TO SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT A LOT. TEN THOUSAND HOURS. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING 10,000 HOURS YOU'RE A MASTER. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, RIGHT? I'M SORRY, IT DOES NOT. PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT. IT'S BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT RUT THAT I THINK IS GOING TO HELP ALL OF US, BUT ALSO BE CRITICAL FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THIS DRAMATICALLY CHANGING WORLD, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SO HARD FOR US AS EDUCATORS BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE FRAME THAT WE WORK. WE'VE DONE THIS. WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. HOW DO WE STEP OUT OF IT SO WE CAN BE WITH OUR STUDENTS IN CREATING NEW WAYS OF GOING FORWARD? THE PIECE THAT RESONATED, I THINK, MOST OF ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS IN THE TALK WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU FOCUSED ON REGENT MCNULTY, THE UNLEARNING PART BEING CRITICAL. >> PRESIDENT SALIMAN? I'M SORRY. FRANK, WILL YOU? >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT IS JUST WHAT WE TEACH. IN CO-INTELLIGENCE AND ALSO THIS OTHER BOOK I'M READING, THE COMING WAVE, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW AI IS SO WELL SUITED TO SOME OF THESE HIGHLY TECHNICAL TASKS THAT OUR STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT, ESPECIALLY IN THE STEM DISCIPLINES. BUT THEN WHEN WE SEE THESE QUOTES ON THE SCREEN AND WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO BE CREATIVE THINKERS AND CRITICAL THINKERS AND JUST THINK TO AS WE READ IN CO-INTELLIGENCE, KNOW HOW TO ASK A QUESTION. ASKING QUESTIONS MIGHT BE A PROFESSION. I WONDER, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DO, AND WE ALL TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF BROAD-BASED EDUCATION AND [03:30:02] CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND TEACHING OUR STUDENTS HOW TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. TO ME, THAT BROAD SKILL SET IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, AND IT MAKES ME WONDER, WHAT DO WE TEACH AND ARE WE GIVING THE SKILLS TO OUR STUDENTS TO UNLEARN AND TO EVEN, MIKE AND I WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY AND YOU MENTIONED TOO TO TELL TRUTH FROM FICTION. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, TO REACT TO WHAT I SAID. >> DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT REGENT MCNULTY? >> I THINK I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SIMPLY TEACHING CHILDREN TO THINK CRITICALLY AND TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO IDENTIFY THE QUESTIONS AND ASK QUESTIONS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SURVIVE WHATEVER WOULD COME TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTERACT PERSONALLY AND MAKE EYE CONTACT AND TALK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT WILL BE ENOUGH. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A GOOD START AND AN IMPORTANT FOUNDATION, BUT WHAT WE HAVE COMING, THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH TO GET THERE, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME OTHER EXPERTISE IN AUGMENTED AI AND INTEGRATING THAT INTO WHATEVER IT DOES THEY DO. >> I THINK I'M GOING TO GO TO CHANCELLOR SCHWARTZ AND THEN WE'LL GO TO WANDA, AND I'VE GOT A COMMENT, WANDA. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. BUILDING ON WHAT THE REGENT JUST SAID, THE THING THAT STRUCK ME IN YOUR COMMENT WAS WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING, I THINK, PRIMARILY TO K12 INSTRUCTION, AND YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT, THIS WILL HELP US GET TO THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT. BUT THE CONVERSATION WE NEVER REALLY HAVE IS, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT? WHAT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DELIVER BEYOND JUST CURRICULAR KNOWLEDGE, WHICH IS WHERE THE AI IS STRONG, BUT WHERE DOES SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING COME IN? WHERE IS THE, NOT JUST THE CRITICAL THINKING, BUT THE CRITICAL RELATIONSHIP PIECE. EMPATHY COMES FROM THE K12 INTERACTIONS AS WELL AS FROM HOME. REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE PROPOSITION OF BEING NOT JUST K12, BUT IN HIGHER RED IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING THE PERSON, RATHER THAN SIMPLY THINKING OF IT AS A SET OF SKILLS, AND A SET OF CURRICULAR KNOWLEDGE. >> I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, AND IT'S A GREAT POINT. IT'S REALLY BEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS YOU REALLY WANTED TO NUDGE YOUR KIDS INTO THESE STEM FIELDS. I THINK THAT'S GREAT, AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO NUDGE THEM INTO HISTORY CLASSES, INTO PHILOSOPHY CLASSES, INTO PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES SO THAT THEY START TO DEVELOP SOME OF THOSE SKILLS AS WELL. I THINK THE NEED TO BE VERY DEXTEROUS, AMBIDEXTROUS, IF YOU WILL, IS GOING TO BE REALLY CRITICAL. THEY CAN'T JUST KNOW ONE THING. THEY CAN'T JUST BE A HARD CORE CODER AND HAVE THIS FABULOUS CAREER. I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE MORE WELL ROUNDED. >> I GO ONE STEP FURTHER. WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET EXPERIENCE OF LEARNING FROM A HIKE IN THE WOODS AS FINDING THE MOUNTAINS AND BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM VR. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> BILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLE PRESENTATION. I GUESS MY QUESTION CENTERS AROUND THE IDEA THAT THE SPEED AND SIZE OF CHANGE THAT YOU DESCRIBED MAY BE UNEQUALED IN HUMAN HISTORY. CHANGE OFTEN CREATES ANXIETY AMONG HUMANS IN A HIGH DEGREE. I'M WONDERING HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT MANAGING THE MENTAL HEALTH THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS RAPID CHANGE AND A CHANGE THAT IS SO SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THAT. RIGHT NOW IN HIGHER EDUCATION, WE ARE SEEING MORE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES WITH OUR STUDENTS THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN, I THINK IN THE HISTORY OF HIGHER ED. I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THE INTELLECTUALS AROUND THIS TOPIC ARE THINKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THIS CHANGE IS BEING SUPPORTED SO THAT WE DON'T TURN OUR SOCIETY INTO EVEN A HIGHER DEGREE OF ANXIETY THAN MAYBE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY? >> GREAT QUESTION. I THINK, IF WE CAN DRAW SOME POSITIVES OUT OF THE NEGATIVES THAT HAVE COME FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND IMPACTS THAT THAT HAS HAD ON YOUNG PEOPLE, I THINK IT HAS FORCED US TO LOOK AT THAT CRITICALLY, AND TO SAY, WE HAD THIS UTOPIAN VIEW OF SOCIAL MEDIA, AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO CONNECT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET OUR OLD HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, AND THAT'S ALL GREAT. WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT COME WITH THAT AS WELL. WHAT I HOPE AND WHAT I'VE SEEN POCKETS OF IS US USING THAT AS A LEARNING TO SAY, THAT WAS SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS IS SOCIAL MEDIA ON STEROIDS. [03:35:02] HOW DO WE START HAVING SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TODAY TO TRY AND GET AHEAD OF THAT? A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE FROM THE AI COMMUNITY, SAM ALTMAN AND OTHERS BEING CALLED IN FRONT OF CONGRESS TO START HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. NOW, HOW MUCH ACTUAL, CHANGE THAT CREATES REMAINS TO BE SEEN. BUT AT LEAST THE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING. IT WAS YEARS AND YEARS BEFORE ANYBODY WAS PAYING ANY ATTENTION AT A LEGISLATIVE LEVEL TO THINGS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA. HOPEFULLY THEY'RE RECOGNIZING THE SINS OF THE PAST, IF YOU WILL, AND TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS. BUT I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING AGAIN, IS WHY PHILOSOPHY NEEDS TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS SO THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT PHILOSOPHICALLY, HOW DO WE WANT TO USE THIS? WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF USING THIS AND HOW DO WE CREATE GUARD RAILS TO PREVENT AN EXACERBATION OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING TODAY? >> THANK YOU. REGENT JAMES, I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION. >> THIS IS FASCINATING. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ONE OF THE PARTS THAT YOU HAD TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT WAS HOW A STUDENT LEARNS. WILL AI IN A CLASSROOM? WHEN I LOOK BACK, I WENT TO SCHOOL BEFORE THERE WAS COMPUTERS. THAT'S NOT FUNNY. [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] I MAY HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STUDENT GIVEN THE ACCESS OF WHAT I HAVE AT MY FINGERTIPS NOW OR IN MY COMPUTER OR THE ABILITY TO DO RESEARCH, AND THEN GOING TO THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM AT NORLAND LIBRARY AND FIGURING OUT WHAT BOOKS SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD READ, AND MAYBE THOSE BOOKS DIDN'T PARTICULARLY MOTIVATE ME IN THE WAY SOMETHING ELSE WOULD HAVE MOTIVATED ME TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE RESEARCH OR TO GET MORE EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING. WILL AI BE ABLE TO HELP PROFESSORS IN A ROOM OF 30 PEOPLE? I'M THINKING PROBABLY, I SUPPOSE COLLEGE COURSES, BUT DEFINITELY K12 IN ADDRESSING HOW EACH STUDENT IS MOTIVATED TO LEARN AND WHAT MOVES THEM INTO WANTING TO LEARN MORE AND THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD REACH SAID STUDENTS? >> GREAT QUESTION. I'LL CAVEAT THIS WITH SAYING, AGAIN, WE REHEARSE THE FUTURE, WE DON'T PREDICT THE FUTURE. THIS IS WHERE I SEE THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M NOT MAKING A PREDICTION THAT THIS IS WHERE WE'LL ULTIMATELY END UP. BUT WHERE I HOPE WE END UP IS THAT AI BECOMES EACH STUDENT'S PERSONAL TUTOR. THE WAY THAT MY AI WORKS AND INTERACTS WITH ME IS DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY YOUR AI WORKS AND INTERACTS WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE VERY DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS. YOU MIGHT BE VERY GOAL ORIENTED AND COMPETITIVE, AND YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE THAT WAY, AND I MIGHT BE MUCH MORE COLLABORATIVE, AND SO IT ENCOURAGES ME TO LEARN THROUGH THAT COLLABORATION. BEING ABLE TO USE THAT MULTIMODAL LEARNING TO MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND TO FIND OUT WHAT MOTIVATES THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM IN THAT DIRECTION AND ALSO BRING THEM BACK TO THIS EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. THAT'S WHERE I SEE THE OPPORTUNITY GOING, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK IS WHERE A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPERS OR TECHNOLOGISTS ARE STRIVING FOR. THAT'S THE HOPE, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT COULD REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT. THEN AGAIN, WHAT THAT ALLOWS THE INSTRUCTOR, THE TEACHER TO START DOING IS REALLY BEING THAT PERSONAL MENTOR, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE EVER GOING TO REPLACE THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION THAT A TEACHER HAS WITH THEIR STUDENTS, BUT I THINK IF YOU CAN AUGMENT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT A TEACHER HAS TO DO, IT THEN ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE PERSONAL INTERACTIONS TO WATCH OUT FOR WHEN A STUDENT IS DISCOURAGED OR HAVING A ROUGH DAY OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND REALLY LEAN INTO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN JUST TRYING TO RECOGNIZE IT, BUT THEY'VE GOT 30 OTHER KIDS THAT THEY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. >> I'M GOING TO TRY TO KEEP US IN ORDER HERE, AND I'VE GOT EVERYBODY ON THE LIST. I THINK NEXT IS REGENT SPIEGEL. >> GREAT. THANKS REGENT MONTERA, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M GOING TO PULL ON THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, I'M GOING TO PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT AND THEN PULL ON A COUPLE OF THREADS. I'M LOOKING AT REGENT GALLEGOS OVER THERE AND SOME OF THE CHANCELLORS AROUND THE TABLE. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME IN EDUCATION AND IN CLASSROOMS AND WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND IN THE FIELD. SOME OF THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THERE'S A LOT OF IT THAT'S NOT NEW THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LEARNING AND UNLEARNING AND RELEARNING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SYNTHESIZING INFORMATION AND HIGHER ORDER THINKING, THAT'S WHAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME AND A CAREER TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US. THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU TAKE IN NEW INFORMATION AND HOW YOU LET GO OF THING SO THAT TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, AS AN EDUCATOR, IT'S NOT NEW. [03:40:01] WE THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LEARNING, WHERE ASKING QUESTIONS, FALL IN ALL OF THOSE MODES OF THINKING. I THINK IT'S HOW THIS TOOL THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING COMES IN WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PERSONALIZING LEARNING. WHAT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF IS IT PERSONALIZED THE CORE OF THAT WORD IS THE PERSON. >> IT IMPLIES WITH A PERSON FOR A PERSON AND BY A PERSON, SO THAT HOW WE USE THIS TOOL TO INTEGRATE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOPMENTAL KNOWLEDGE, PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO REALLY ALLOW STUDENTS AND NOT JUST STUDENTS. I THINK ABOUT THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPONENTIALLY GROW THAT KNOWLEDGE. THAT'S WHERE IT IS. THEN I THINK FOR US, AS BOARD MEMBERS, TO YOUR POINT, WHERE ARE THOSE GUARD RAILS, AND THOSE RULES BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN FOR THOSE OF US, ONCE AGAIN, WHO HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME IN EDUCATION WHERE THOSE POLICY DECISIONS, SUPPOSEDLY, THOSE GUARD RAILS THAT WERE THOUGHT TO IMPROVE THINGS TENDED TO BE ONE SIZE FITS ALL OVER THE TOP APPROACHES THAT LIMITED. WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS WE NEED THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND IT WHILE PROTECTING THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH, HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. BUT I THINK I'VE TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE AS A BOARD, WHAT ARE THE POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO ENHANCE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT AND NOT DIMINISH THE OTHERS. I GUESS THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTION COMES IN IS WHAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO US AS BOARD MEMBERS AT THAT LEVEL, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO LET OUR EDUCATORS, OUR RESEARCHERS DO THE WORK ON THE GROUND FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE IT, AND THEN WHAT'S OUR ROLE IN ALL OF THAT? >> I WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO HEAR FROM FOLKS LIKE MIKE AND DIANE, WHO I KNOW IS IN THE CROWD TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY ON THE GROUND, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE EDUCATION PROCESS AT A LEVEL THAT IS WELL BEYOND ME. FIRST OF ALL, GETTING BACK TO THIS LEARNING AND UNLEARNING, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK UNIVERSITIES AT THEIR CORE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNED TO DO. IS TO TEACH KIDS TO LEARN HOW TO LEARN. BUT WHEN WE LOOK MORE BROADLY ACROSS SOCIETY, ARE WE HELPING THE FACTORY WORKERS LEARN HOW TO LEARN AND RESKILL THEMSELVES SO THAT WHEN ALL OF THOSE JOBS GO AWAY THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. WHEN I SAY THAT, I WANT TO PUSH IT OUT BEYOND THE UNIVERSITY SETTING AND TRY AND THINK ABOUT THAT FROM A MORE SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE. IN TERMS OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL CAN GIVE, I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. I'LL SAY, FRANKLY, I THINK THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MIKE AND HIS STAFF AND OTHERS THAT WHAT I LOVE TO SEE IS THAT THEY'RE LEANING INTO THIS INCREDIBLY EARLY. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I AGREED TO COME TODAY IS BECAUSE I THINK THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE SUPPORTING IS ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK WE CAN BE DOING AROUND AI, WHICH IS HOW DO WE HELP EDUCATE KIDS AND GET THEM READY FOR THIS PERIOD OF GREAT TRANSFORMATION THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY HOW FAR AHEAD OF THE CURVE I PERCEIVE CU AS COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY WORKING WITH THEM AND ASKING THEM, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU? WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE GROUND? BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THESE CLASSROOMS, AND I'M NOT AN EDUCATOR. I DON'T THINK I COULD GIVE YOU A WELL INFORMED DECISION, BUT I THINK THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEAN ON THEM FOR HOW YOU CAN BEST SUPPORT THEM. >> I'M GOING TO GO TO REGION GAGOS AND THEN REGION VANDEL. >> WELL, A 9:45, AND I'M NOT ANY CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT AI IS OR WHERE IT'S GOING THAN I WAS AN HOUR AGO, BUT BY 11:30, I MIGHT BE. >> WELCOME TO THE CAR. >> HERE'S WHAT I THINK, IS THAT I'M STILL LEFT WITH THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS IT AND WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND HOW QUICK IT'S GOING TO COME. THEN I TURN AROUND AND I LOOK AT THINGS AND I JUST BOUGHT A NEW CAR. YOU BETTER KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AI AND HOW TO OPERATE THINGS OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A VERY COMFORTABLE RIDE IN YOUR CAR OR USE THE FEATURES THAT YOU PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR. IT'S HAPPENING AROUND US EVERY MINUTE. IT'S HAPPENING IN CONSTRUCTION WITH NEW IDEAS, NEW PRODUCTS, NEW SYSTEMS. IF YOU'RE A MECHANIC, YOU BETTER BE ADJUSTING PRETTY QUICKLY TO ALL OF THAT STUFF. I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICK IS IT COMING? HOW QUICKLY ARE PEOPLE CHANGING? IF YOU'RE IN THE WORKFORCE, YOU DON'T HOLD A JOB UNLESS YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A PLUMBER OR WHATEVER ELSE. YOUTUBE IS PRETTY GOOD. MAYBE THEY'RE NOT DEALING WITH AI AND ALL OF THE STUFF WITH THAT, [03:45:02] BUT YOUTUBE CAN TEACH YOU A LOT OF STUFF IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LEARN IT. YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO YOUTUBE TO LEARN STUFF OR TO THEIR CAR. AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL, WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH MEDICINE. WITH OUR RESEARCH THAT WE'RE DOING. I'M THINKING THAT JUST LIKE THE REFRIGERATOR AND DIFFERENT CARS AND THE STEAM ENGINE TO WHATEVER. I'M THINKING THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF COMING, BUT IT'S HAPPENED TO US FOR 30 OR 40 OR 50 YEARS. I'M STILL AT A LOSS HERE AS TO WHAT IT IS, HOW QUICK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO IT, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE IN EVERYDAY LIFE, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY LEARNING ABOUT AI AND THEY'RE USING IT EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO KEEP THE JOBS THAT THEY NOW HAVE. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. MAYBE THERE'S NOT A QUESTION THERE [LAUGHTER]. >> I WAS GOING TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OBSERVATION BECAUSE I DIDN'T NECESSARILY HEAR A QUESTION, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AMBIENT. IT'S GOING TO BE IN EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S GOING TO BE LIVING AROUND US. BUT I DO THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE THIS PERIOD OF THIS EXPONENTIAL GAP THAT I TALKED ABOUT WHERE THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS TO AI, AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY LEANING INTO AI AND SAYING, HOW CAN I USE THIS IN MY JOB TODAY? HOW CAN I EXTEND THE WORK THAT I'M DOING? HOW CAN I OFFLOAD THE MUNDANE TO ALLOW ME TO DO THE MORE HIGH VALUE WORK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE DOING AND THAT WOULD BE MORE DESIRABLE TO MY MANAGERS AND THOSE ABOVE ME, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO THRIVE. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE. I ALSO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE HEARD OF AI, BUT THEY HAVEN'T REALLY DUG INTO IT. CERTAINLY, CHATGPT TOOK OFF LIKE WILDFIRE, AND IT HAS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF USERS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER TOUCHED IT. I THINK THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO START ENCOURAGING TO GET BEHIND IT. >> THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. I WANT TO GET TO REGENT VANDRIL, AND THEN TODD'S GOT A COMMENT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO BREAK INTO THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH MAY INFORM US EVEN MORE REGION GAGOS, SO MARK. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT OF MATH. YESTERDAY, I WROTE A POEM USING AI AND EVERYONE GOT TO READ IT. IT'S ABOUT 45 MINUTES AND SEVEN PROMPTS. MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS THAT IT TOOK TO DO THIS. IN A FULLY ENGAGED AI WORLD, IF AND WHEN WE REACH THERE. WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH AI? THIS WAS SEVEN PROMPTS OVER 45 MINUTES. THAT'S ABOUT 10 AN HOUR. I'M NOT PARTICULARLY EFFICIENT. I COULD IMAGINE GETTING MORE AI GETTING MORE. I COULD SAY 20, 25 IS FAIRLY REASONABLE. THOSE ARE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WHAT DO YOU SEE ARE THE NUMBERS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH AI ON A PER HOUR BASIS AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, THROUGH A PERSON'S LIFE IN FIVE YEARS? THEN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP. >> AGAIN, IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE PREDICTIONS AND SAY IT'S GOING TO BE X IN Y NUMBER OF YEARS. BUT I THINK IT'S A QUESTION THAT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT, WELL, HOW MANY INTERACTIONS IN A WORKDAY DO YOU HAVE WITH YOUR COMPUTER? HOW MANY INTERACTIONS IN A DAY DO YOU HAVE WITH YOUR PHONE? THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ANSWER BECAUSE YOUR AI IS GOING TO BE IN YOUR PHONE, IT'S GOING TO BE IN YOUR COMPUTER, IT'S GOING TO BE IN YOUR HOUSE ALL AROUND YOU. I THINK THE ANSWER IS IT'S GOING TO BE ALL THE TIME DEPENDING ON YOUR CONTEXT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING PERSONALLY AND INTERACTING WITH AI. YOU MIGHT BE PLANNING A VACATION AND YOU'RE USING AI THERE, THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND YOU'RE CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOR WORK AND AI IS GOING TO BE DOING THAT FOR YOU. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT PARTICULARLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE KNOWLEDGE WORKERS, IT'S GOING JUST TRICKLE IN IN THE SAME WAY THAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE INTERNET AND THE BROWSER INCREASINGLY TRICKLED INTO OUR LIVES, AND NOW WE USE IT CONSTANTLY WHEN WE ALMOST DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT. I THINK THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO ROLL OUT, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY RAPID. YOU MENTIONED FIVE YEARS, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A FAIR NUMBER. MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION, NOW I'M ASKING YOU THE HARD PREDICTION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WILL BE THIS ENGAGED WITH AI IN FIVE YEARS? I DARE TO SAY OUT OF THE 40 HERE, I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO USED AI MORE THAN FIVE TIMES YESTERDAY. WHO'S GOING TO BE THAT ENGAGED ON A DAILY BASIS? THERE YOU GO. I WOULD BE WRONG. BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF 40 RANDOM PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE USING AI AT THAT LEVEL IN FIVE YEARS, [03:50:03] OR DO YOU THINK IT'S EVERYONE? >> PROBABLY NOT SAYING EVERYONE MIGHT BE OVERSTATING IT, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE. AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE SAY, HERE'S THIS TOOL CALLED AI, HERE'S THIS TOOL CALLED CHATGPT. GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND START USING IT, IT'S JUST GOING TO START GETTING BAKED INTO WHAT THEY DO. THEY'LL BE INTERACTING WITH IT AND ENGAGING WITH IT AND WON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING IT, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. >> THANK YOU. >> PRESIDENT SALIMAN, WON'T YOU BRING US HOME? >> THANK YOU. MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT, HOW COULD THIS POTENTIALLY BE USED IN THE FUTURE? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT, IS REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF COLORADO AND EDUCATING ALL OF COLORADO. THEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF DON'T REFLECT THAT. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH FACULTY REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF COLORADO IS PIPELINE IS WHO IS AVAILABLE TO BE A FACULTY MEMBER, PROFESSOR. BUT THEN ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT WHAT WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT IS THAT SOME STUDENTS FOR SOME FOLKS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LEARN FROM FOLKS THAT REFLECT THEMSELVES. WHAT MIKE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT A WHILE BACK IS, COULD YOU USE AI TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP? COULD YOU USE AI TO CREATE A PERSONA THAT REFLECTS WHAT SOMEBODY WANTS IT TO REFLECT, THAT COULD TEACH THAT PERSON ABOUT PHYSICS OR ABOUT MUSIC, OR ABOUT GERMAN. OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE AND THAT WOULD BE ADAPTIVE TO THEIR LEARNING STYLE. THAT WOULD BE ADAPTIVE TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT PERSON WANTS A TEACHER WHO'S GOING TO PUT THEIR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE THING OR BE VERY EMPATHETIC OR WHATEVER. YOU COULD CHANGE HOW THAT AI PERSONA LOOKS, HOW THEY SOUND, HOW THEY REACT. COULD THAT BRING PEOPLE ALONG ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY? COULD IT BRIDGE THAT GAP THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF OUR FACULTY AND OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS? THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE, AND THAT TECHNOLOGY EXISTS TO DO EVERYTHING I JUST DESCRIBED. BUT THEN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR FACULTY? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR WORK? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR COST? SO MANY CONSIDERATIONS, BUT THERE ARE REAL CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE CAN BE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY TODAY TO ADVANCE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE TALK ABOUT EVERY DAY. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'LL SAID. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS PRESENTATION. I THINK IT OPENED OUR EYES EVEN BIGGER THAN THEY ARE. THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS WHAT WE KNOW TODAY IS A FRACTION OF WHAT WE'LL KNOW TOMORROW. I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO DR. LIGHTNER, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. >> BILL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. BILL, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU OVER HERE. YOU CAN'T COME AND TALK TO THE REGENTS WITHOUT GETTING SOMETHING BRANDED WITH SEE YOU ON. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, BILL. >> THANKS, MIKE. [APPLAUSE] >> OKAY, GUESS WHAT? WE'VE GONE PAST A 50 MINUTE CLASS. IT'S TIME TO STAND UP WHILE WE BRING A COUPLE OF CHAIRS AND GET THE PANELISTS UP HERE, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, AND THEN WE'RE INTO THE SECOND PART. >> ARE YOU GIVING US 10? >> I'LL GIVE YOU 10. >> TEN MINUTES, AND LET'S MAKE IT A HARD 10 BECAUSE WE'RE BEHIND RIGHT NOW. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> TEST, OKAY. FOLKS, WE NEED TO GET STARTED AGAIN. WE'VE GOT A PANEL. EVERYBODY COULD GRAB THEIR SEATS. >> THAT WORKS REALLY WELL. [BACKGROUND] >> THANK YOU. DR. LIGHTNER, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO INTRODUCE OUR PANEL AND OUR OBJECTIVE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME BACK, REGENTS. WE REHEARSED POTENTIAL FUTURES AND GOT OURSELVES REALLY EXCITED IN THE KEYNOTE FROM BILL. NOW, WE'LL GET TO OUR CURRENT GROUND TRUTH WITH A PANEL OF FACULTY, [03:55:02] ONE FROM EACH CAMPUS, NOT REPRESENTING THEIR CAMPUS. THE CAMPUSES ARE DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS. IT'S THEIR WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'VE ASKED THEM TO TALK FOR FOUR, FIVE, SIX MINUTES ABOUT THEIR WORK. WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THOSE PRESENTATIONS. THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME INTRODUCING THEM THEY'LL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEIR CAMPUS WHERE THEY'RE FROM, THEIR DISCIPLINE AND SO FORTH. BILL WILL BE ON ONE SIDE. I'LL BE OVER HERE. I'M THE TIMEKEEPER AND POINTING TO WHO'S NEXT. BUT DURING Q&A, IF YOU GO AS REGENT MCNULTY DID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK, MIKE OR MAYBE BILL, HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO WHAT WE JUST HEARD WILL BE AVAILABLE SO WE CAN KEEP THE CONVERSATION ENRICHED AND GOING ON? TO START OFF WITH, I'M GOING TO PICK ON DIANE SIEBER. >> IS THIS WORKING? >> YEAH. >> LOVELY. HI. I'M PROF. DIANE SIEBER. I'M ON THE CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER, AND I'M A PROFESSOR IN THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING IN A PROGRAM CALLED THE HERBST PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERING ETHICS AND SOCIETY. WE'RE AN EMBEDDED PROGRAM OF ETHICS AND THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AND WE PARTNER WITH ENGINEERS AS THEY ARRIVE AS FRESHMEN AND WORK WITH THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION TO HELP THEM ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO AM I IN THE EQUATION OF TECHNOLOGY? WHAT DOES AI MEAN TO ME? HOW MIGHT I ETHICALLY DESIGN SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE THAT I CARE ABOUT? I'M ALSO, I SHOULD ADD, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE PRESIDENT'S TEACHING SCHOLARS SO THAT I KNOW MIKE AND TODD AND GET TO WORK WITH THEM. I'M HERE ACTUALLY TO TALK ABOUT MY OWN WORK, AND THAT IS FIRST AS A TEACHER AND THEN AS A RESEARCHER WORKING ON AI ETHICS. JUST A SMALL FACT, I'VE BEEN TEACHING ENGINEER IN FRESHMAN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IN OUR NEW FRESHMAN SEMINAR. LAST FALL, 18% OF MY FRESHMEN HAD USED CHATGPT TO WORK ON A PAPER. THIS IS AFTER COAXING THEM TO ADMIT THE TRUTH BECAUSE THEY WERE RELUCTANT TO SAY UPFRONT THAT THEY HAD. THIS FALL, 71% HAD. THAT'S A PRETTY BIG JUMP. IT'S A PRETTY FAST CHANGE. AS IN THE INTERIM, THANKFULLY, MY PROGRAM HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO TEACH OUR ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO WRITE WELL IN CONCERT WITH AI. INSTEAD OF SAYING, DON'T USE IT, INSTEAD OF SAYING IT'S CHEATING, WE'RE SAYING, ACTUALLY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED IN THE WORKFORCE. THE GARDNER SURVEY THAT CAME OUT IN MAY, SAID THAT 75% OF US WORKERS ARE CURRENTLY USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL, PARTICULARLY A CHAT BOT FOR WRITING AT THEIR JOBS. FORTY SIX PERCENT OF THEM STARTED WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THIS TRANSITION IS HAPPENING AT A SCALE. NORMALLY, UNIVERSITIES DON'T OPERATE AT THE SPEED, AND IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO OPERATE AT SPEED, AND SO I'M EXCITED BY THIS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN TEACHING STUDENTS, AS I SAID, HOW TO WRITE WELL. WHEN STUDENTS ARRIVE AND SAY THEY KNOW HOW TO USE CHATGPT, THEY KNOW HOW TO TAKE THE QUESTION YOU ASKED THEM AND PUT IT IN CHATGPT AND GET AN EQUALLY GENERIC ANSWER. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO UNPACK THERE. BUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST ONES ARE, WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN UP BY NOT THINKING THROUGH OR STRUGGLING WITH THE QUESTION YOURSELF? HOW WOULD YOU BE REPHRASING? ONCE YOU FIGURED OUT HOW YOU WOULD BREAK DOWN THE QUESTION, THEN HOW WOULD YOU USE THAT AS MULTIPLE PROMPTS TO START INTERACTING WITH AI? ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN IDEAS FIRST, THEN HOW CAN YOU USE AI TO HELP YOU EDIT, REFINE, CONVERSE, AND DIALOGUE ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS? THEN FINALLY, HOW CAN YOU USE AI FOR A FINAL POLISHED PRODUCT AND ALSO CITE IT PROPERLY. THESE ARE ALL BIG CHALLENGES, AND FUNDAMENTALLY, I'VE BEEN TEACHING HOW TO WRITE FOR 30 YEARS. I HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT AGAIN. BACK TO THAT LEARNING AND UNLEARNING AND CONSTANTLY BEING DEDICATED TO LEARNING, IT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE A BEGINNER'S MINDSET. WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THERE ARE THINGS WE DON'T KNOW AND THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO KNOW AND THAT WE BETTER LEARN THEM. PLAYFULNESS AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES, AND THEY'RE ALL NEW THINGS THAT A FACULTY WE FORGOT ABOUT, AND THEY'RE PUTTING US IN CLOSER TOUCH WITH OUR STUDENTS. TO TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT I GET TO DO WITH STUDENTS. I'M TEACHING THEM HOW TO WRITE WITH AI AS IS THE REST OF THE PROGRAM. I'M ALSO TEACHING THEM HOW TO STRUCTURE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT LEARNING BY CREATING AI AGENTS. [04:00:01] THEY CAN CREATE AN AGENT, THEY CAN USE THAT AGENT TO HELP THEM WORK THROUGH ANY TOPIC THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. IN FACT, WHAT TODD WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS SETTING UP A PERSONALITY FOR THE AGENT THEY'RE GOING TO INTERACT WITH. MUCH TO MY CHAGRIN, I DISCOVERED THIS FALL THAT LAST SPRING A FORMER STUDENT BUILT AN AI AGENT THAT WAS ME. TO ASK AI QUESTIONS, LIKE, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WHO MIGHT THIS AFFECT? WHAT ARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THAT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MY STUDENTS ARE USING IT? I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD GET SOME LICENSING RIGHTS TO THAT. BUT ALSO, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BRAVE NEW WORLD BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY POLICY ABOUT THAT. I GUESS BILL WAS TALKING ABOUT INTERACTING WITH YOUR DEAD RELATIVES WITH AI, BUT WHAT ABOUT LIVE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO GET ADVICE FROM AND WHO MIGHT BE BUSY? IT FEELS TO ME THAT WE HAVE JUST ENTERED A NEW WORLD IN WHICH WE MIGHT BE BORROWED AT ANY TIME TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE ONGOING, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING ABOUT LIFELONG LEARNING THAN I'D EVER THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE. AGAIN, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF HUNDREDS OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING. I'M ALSO TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO BUILD AGENTS TO HELP THEM CONDUCT RESEARCH. IT'S POSSIBLE TO SUMMARIZE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO READ AND GET AN OUTLINE. IT'S NOT VERY GOOD, BUT YOU GET A SUMMARY. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE USING THIS INSTEAD OF READING. IN TEACHING THEM HOW TO DO THIS SO THAT THEY CAN COVER A VAST AMOUNT OF RESEARCH, FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT THEY NEED TO READ. WE GIVE THEM A SENSE OF THE PURPOSE OF IT AS OPPOSED TO, THIS IS SIMPLY A SHORTCUT. ALSO, I'M TEACHING THEM HOW TO INTERACT WITH THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND LEARNING. ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THE AI FRONTIER RIGHT NOW IS HOW MUCH CODE THERE IS OUT THERE AND THE FACT THAT CHATGPT CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO CODE SOMETHING. WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PROGRAMMING, STUDENTS CAN BUILD THEIR OWN AGENT, THEY CAN BUILD A DATABASE INTO WHICH THEY CAN UPLOAD ALL OF THEIR CLASS NOTES, AND THEN THEY CAN USE A CHATBOT TO TALK TO THOSE CLASS NOTES. AS A WAY OF REVIEWING, AS A WAY OF LEARNING FURTHER, AS A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO START MAKING CONNECTIONS ACROSS DISCIPLINES ACROSS COURSEWORK, AND ACROSS YEARS OF STUDY, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HOLY GRAIL FOR ME IN EDUCATION, THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST IN A CLASS AND IT'S DONE, BUT THAT CLASS RELATES TO THIS CLASS AND YOU CAN FIND OUT TWO YEARS LATER BY ASKING YOUR NOTES. TO SOME DEGREE, I GUESS, I CAME OUT OF THE HUMANITIES, AND I'M ALSO A TECHNOLOGIST, AND TO SOME DEGREE, WHAT BILL WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING AMBIDEXTROUS, THAT'S WHAT I HOPE FOR FROM ALL OF MY STUDENTS. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EMBEDDED IN THIS PARTICULAR EDUCATIONAL SPACE. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY PROMISING. I WILL QUICKLY MENTION THAT I HAVE PARTNERED WITH A GROUP CALLED THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN AI INTEREST GROUP. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF IT. IT HAS 1,700 MEMBERS ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE, AND IT'S A TOWN GOWN PARTNERSHIP OF AI SPECIALISTS AND INTERESTED PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST CITIZENS OF COLORADO WHO ARE MEETING UP TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AI. FINALLY, IN TERMS OF A NEW PARADIGM FOR HOW WE TEACH AND LEARN. I'VE JUST LAUNCHED WITH A COLLEAGUE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE GENERATIVE FUTURES LAB FOR AI. HE'S A PROFESSOR WHO WORKS ON AI, AND I DO TOO, AND IT IS IN THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BUT OPEN TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO COME IN AND PLAY. WE'RE PUTTING FORTH ALL OF THE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, WE'RE DOING IMAGE MANIPULATION, VOICE, SOUND, MUSIC, AND WORD AND LETTING PEOPLE COME IN AND POKE AROUND AND WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE TEACHING THEM HOW TO USE IT, WHICH HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HELP FACULTY GET MORE UP TO SPEED AND ALSO FEEL LIKE IT'S A NON-THREATENING ENVIRONMENT. WE'RE HOPING ALSO THAT THIS WILL PRODUCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO START COMING UP WITH NEW USES AND APPLICATIONS FOR AI AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO POINT OUT AS GUIDES IN THE LAB WHY THEY MIGHT THINK ABOUT THE ETHICS OF EVERYTHING THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANKS. >> GREAT. THANK YOU, DIANE. CASEY? >> GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL I'M CASEY GREEN. MAYBE NOW. GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL I'M CASEY GREEN. HERE, I CHAIR OUR DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS AT THE ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS AND ALSO CURRENTLY DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. I WANT TO GIVE A BIT OF A SENSE OF WHY I MOVED. I MOVED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. WHAT I SAW WHEN I MOVED HERE WAS AN INSTITUTION AND A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY VALUED IMPACT BEYOND GRANTS AND PAPERS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS A RESEARCHER. [04:05:03] I THINK ABOUT A FACULTY MEMBER THAT I TALKED TO WHEN I WAS BEING RECRUITED WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW HIS WORK WAS SAVING LIVES. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM LAST YEAR. IT WAS 800 LIVES SAVED PER YEAR LAST YEAR AT UC HEALTH. WHAT HE REALLY LIKED WAS THAT THAT WORK WAS VALUED HERE. THAT MATTERED IN A WAY THAT IT DIDN'T AT OTHER PLACES. I SAW THIS AS A PLACE THAT REALLY LIVES ON THE FRONTIER OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT STAYS REALLY GROUNDED IN MAKING TANGIBLE DIFFERENCES IN THE REAL WORLD. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YOU APPROVED THE CREATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR. FROM THAT DEPARTMENT, SO FIRST, KATRINA CLAW, WHO'S A FACULTY MEMBER IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WAS HONORED WITH NSSS WATERMAN PRIZE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE NATION'S HIGHEST HONOR FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF FOR HER WORK, SHE WAS HONORED BOTH FOR HER RESEARCH, BUT ALSO THE IMPACT HER WORK WAS HAVING IN HER COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THEN TELL BENNETT, WHO'S A FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT, LED THE DEVELOPMENT VERY RECENTLY OF A NEW PEDIATRIC SEPSIS MODEL USING AI. ABOUT HALF OF SEPSIS CASES ACTUALLY OCCUR IN KIDS, AND IT ACTUALLY KILLS MORE CHILDREN EACH YEAR THAN CANCER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS THAT BECAUSE WHEN HE WORKED ON THIS, HE THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT HOW IT COULD BE DEPLOYED. WHILE THIS JUST CAME OUT THIS YEAR, IT'S ALREADY BEING DEPLOYED AT CHILDREN'S AND AT OTHER LEADING CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THEY THOUGHT ABOUT JUST NOT HOW THIS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS, BUT HOW IT CAN BE USED IN ANY SETTING. IT'S BEEN DESIGNED AS CRITERIA THAT CAN BE USED FROM REALLY DATA RICH SETTINGS LIKE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS THROUGH COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND PRACTICES. I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHY I'M HERE, I'M HERE BECAUSE OUR CULTURE VALUES FACULTY WHO IMPROVE CARE, STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND ENHANCE LIVES. AI, LET'S TALK AI. ONE OF THE THINGS I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME IS, WELL, YOU'RE IN THE AI BUSINESS OR YOU'RE IN THE DATA BUSINESS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT X? I HAVE TO GO BACK AND CORRECT PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN THE AI BUSINESS AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN THE DATA BUSINESS. I THINK WE'RE IN THE BETTER DECISIONS BUSINESS. IF YOU FRAME THINGS THAT WAY, YOU APPROACH THEM DIFFERENTLY. I DO THINK BIG AND COMPLEX DATA ARE TOOLS THAT LET US DELIVER BETTER DECISIONS. I'M GOING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE FROM OUR CENTER FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE SINCE I SAW PERSONALIZED MEDICINE ON THE WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE TRANSFORMATION. FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEIR GENES MEAN THAT DRUGS WILL WORK DIFFERENTLY FOR THEM. THE DOSE OF A DRUG THAT IS THE RIGHT DOSE FOR MOST PEOPLE CAN SEND SOME PEOPLE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF HEALTH CARE. IF WE ARE IN THE DATA BUSINESS, WE FOCUS ON, HOW DO WE SEQUENCE THE GENOME? HOW DO WE GET THE DATA? IF YOU'RE IN THE DECISION BUSINESS, YOU SAY, HOW DO I PUT THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF SOMEONE AT THE MOMENT THEY'RE MAKING A PRESCRIBING DECISION? SO THEY PRESCRIBE THE RIGHT DOSE, AND THEN YOU WORK BACK FROM THERE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE DATA IN PLACE TO ENABLE THAT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY BEEN PART OF THE MAGIC HERE IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE END POINTS, WHETHER THAT'S IN EDUCATION OR WHETHER THAT'S IN HEALTHCARE, WE APPROACH THINGS DIFFERENTLY, AND SO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW TENFOLD YEAR OVER YEAR IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF RESULTS THAT WE RETURN TO PATIENTS AND THEIR PROVIDERS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THREE YEARS AGO, WE'D RETURNED 700 RESULTS TO PATIENTS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHEN I MET WITH PRESIDENT SALIMAN, WE'D RETURNED 100,000 RESULTS TO PATIENTS. WE WERE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT GROWTH. WE'VE NOW RETURNED ABOUT HALF A MILLION RESULTS TO PATIENTS, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE RETURNED ABOUT A MILLION RESULTS TO PATIENTS. EVERY ONE OF THESE RESULTS HAS CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT BUILT AROUND IT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE DECISION BUSINESS, WE'RE NOT JUST IN THE DATA BUSINESS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT FOR EVERYONE OF THOSE RESULTS, THERE'S CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT THAT CAN FIRE AND HELP A PROVIDER MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AT THE RIGHT MOMENT IN TIME. WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 10,000 UNIQUE PATIENTS WHO'VE HAD THOSE MOMENTS OCCUR IN THEIR HEALTH CARE JOURNEY, AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. THIS IS ONLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE KNOW THAT THESE RESULTS WILL HELP WITH THEIR CARE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M HERE BECAUSE I SAW LEADERS WHO SAW DATA AS THIS CATALYST FOR REAL WORLD CHANGE. I SAW A FOCUS NOT ON HOW MUCH INFORMATION WE HAD GATHERED, BUT HOW THAT DATA WAS BEING PUT TO USE TO BECOME NEW DISCOVERIES, TO BECOME INVENTIONS AND ACTIONS THAT IMPROVED LIVES. WHEN I'M ASKED, WHAT'S AI, TO ME, AI, IF WE DO IT RIGHT, IS BETTER DECISIONS. IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S NOT RISK INVOLVED. I THINK IT'S GOING TO TOTALLY CHANGE THE INFORMATION BUSINESS AND IT'S GOING TO TOTALLY CHANGE THE MISINFORMATION BUSINESS. SO MUCH OF WHAT WE HEARD THIS MORNING ABOUT THE NEED FOR CRITICAL THINKING, ABOUT THE NEED FOR BEING ABLE TO RE-LEARN. I THINK ALL OF THESE ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS. BUT AS LONG AS WE KEEP, I THINK OUR BUSINESS FRONT AND CENTER, WHICH IS BETTER DECISIONS, BETTER LEADERS, AND THEN WE BUILD EVERYTHING FROM THAT, I'M REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL END UP IN A PLACE WHERE AI IMPROVES WHAT WE'RE DOING AS OPPOSED TO SEEING THE RISKS THAT BEING REALIZED. THANK YOU. [04:10:21] >> HI, I'M VERONICA BROOKS. I'M A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER. >> [INAUDIBLE] CLOSER. >> CLOSER. SORRY. I'M VERONICA BROOKS. I'M A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER, AND I'M IN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ABOUT MYSELF, I AM AN AI USER WHO STARTED PRETTY MUCH LAST YEAR, AND WHAT I ENDED UP DOING WAS BECOMING A PART OF SERVICE AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. ONE OF THEM WAS FOR THE COLORADO EDUCATION INITIATIVE, THIS WAS A K-12 INITIATIVE THAT WAS ACROSS COLORADO AND I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TO PRODUCE A REPORT FOR GUIDELINES FOR FACULTY AND K-12 SYSTEM. THE COLORADO [INAUDIBLE] FOR AI AND K-12 EDUCATION IS WHAT WE END UP PRODUCING AND ALONG WITH THAT, I'VE BEEN TAKING CLASSES INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH K-12 SYSTEM, OF COURSE, NOT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, I MIGHT ADD. IT WAS THROUGH THE COLORADO RIVER BOSE SYSTEM THAT THEY OFFERED A WEEK LONG SUMMER INSTITUTE AS WELL, AND SO I DID SOME TRAINING WITH THEM. I'M ALSO NOW IN AN CNU INSTITUTE THAT FOCUSES ON AI, PEDAGOGY AND CURRICULUM, AND THE BOOK THAT WE'RE USING IS TEACHING WITH AI. >> GIVEN THAT CONTEXT, THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT AND USING IN MY TEACHING ARE THINGS LIKE MAGIC SCHOOL AI, BRISK AND CURIPOD, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'VE BEEN LEARNING FROM THE K-12 PEOPLE, SOME OF THE BASICS OF. IF I WANT TO SHORTEN SOME OF MY TIME, THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME WOULD BE THINGS THAT I LEARNED WERE IMPRESSIVE WERE BEING ABLE TO UPLOAD PDFS, TO ANALYZE WEBSITES, TO ANALYZE VIDEOS TO CREATE QUIZ QUESTION, EXAMS, TO DO SUMMARIES OF THE LITERATURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN USING, I'VE WRITING LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR STUDENTS, QUIZ QUESTIONS, LIKE I SAID, EXAMS, COURSE OUTLINES. THE NICE THING ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE USED FROM K-12 IS THAT THEY HAVE CURRICULUM STANDARDS FROM THE STATE THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAN INPUT IN AND GIVE QUALITY FEEDBACK FOR THEIR CURRICULUM DESIGN AND THE QUESTIONS AND EXAMS THAT THEY'RE CREATING AS WELL. I'VE APPRECIATED THAT. I'VE CREATED IN MY COURSES, THINGS LIKE EXAMPLES OF HEALTH POLICY BRIEFS BECAUSE I'M IN UNDERGRADUATE PUBLIC HEALTH. HEALTH POLICY BRIEFS, I'VE CREATED COURSE OUTLINES FOR SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTHY AGING, COURSE MODULES, TOPICS, REFERENCES. ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY THE REFERENCES ARE SUSPECT OFTEN, SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CHECK, BE CAREFUL. DISCUSSING AI USE AND CONCERNS WITH STUDENTS. I'VE ALSO BEEN ON SUMMER POLICY GUIDELINES COMMITTEE AS WELL LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR FOR MY COLLEGE. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND THAT GUIDELINE HAS BEEN USED BY OTHER COLLEGES ON OUR CAMPUS AS WELL, AND SO THAT'S BEEN ILLUMINATING IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS WELL. ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS AS WELL WITH AI USE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING HAS BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS EVEN OLD SLIDES, UPDATING MY KNOWLEDGE. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO INPUT IN SOME OF THESE SOFTWARES LIKE CURIPOD, OLD SLIDES, UPDATE ACTIVITIES, ICE BREAKERS FOR STUDENTS, FIND OTHER MATERIAL THAT I CAN USE, SO THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL. THEN FOR MY OWN RESEARCH, I WOULD SAY I'VE BEEN USING THE FREE CHAT VERSIONS, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN A CRITICAL ISSUE OF EQUITY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM THE K THROUGH 12. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FROM MY SUMMER GROUP AS WELL FOR GUIDELINES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE AS A UNIVERSITY LICENSE LIKE A DATABASE LICENSE THROUGH THE LIBRARY, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS EQUITABLY ACROSS STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THESE CHAT BOTS AVAILABLE. BECAUSE FROM WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID ABOUT THE PAID VERSION, IT'S LIKE HAVING A DOCTORAL STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT WORKING FOR YOU RATHER THAN SAY AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT WORKING FOR YOU, SOMEBODY WHO'S A LOT MORE ADVANCED IN YOUR SKILLS. I DO WORK WITH A LOT OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, SO I'M NOT PUTTING THEM DOWN. THEN FOR A RESEARCH PART OF IT, I WOULD SAY, I TEND TO USE CHATGPT, I USE CLAUDE FROM ANTHROPIC, GEMINI, NOTEBOOKLM, AND PERPLEXITY, I WAS INTRODUCED TO A FEW MONTHS AGO. I THINK FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES, I LIKE PERPLEXITY, I LIKE CLAUDE BECAUSE IT TENDS TO GIVE ME CONSISTENTLY GOOD OUTPUT. [04:15:01] I GET DECENT REFERENCES, BUT EVEN PERPLEXITY WILL ASK YOU ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH FOR PAPERS, FOR GRANT PROPOSALS. DO YOU WANT US TO EXPLORE IN THIS AREA? I'VE APPRECIATED THAT AS WELL. THEN I'VE USED IT FOR WRITING OUTLINES, DRAFTS, FOR INTERNAL FUNDING, EXTERNAL FUNDING, SUMMARIZING ARTICLES, SUMMARIZING IN OUR SPECIFIC RESEARCH GAP AREA ARTICLES FOR ME TO WRITE LITERATURE REVIEWS ON. TEACHING MYSELF THROUGH SPSS, HOW TO CODE FOR LINEAR MIXED EFFECT MODELS. I'VE EVEN HAD IT WRITE CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS, IDEA GENERATION FOR QUESTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY APPLICATIONS, THOSE WERE GENERALLY THE THINGS THAT I'VE USED IT FOR FOR MY RESEARCH. BUT I KNOW MIKE ALSO ASKED US TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF OUR INSIGHTS AND HOPES AS WELL AND FEARS. I'VE LEARNED THAT COLLABORATIVE PEER WORKSHOPS, LEARNING COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE ARE REALLY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR FACULTY TRAINING IN OTHER AREAS, AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL WORK FOR AI TRAINING ON OUR CAMPUS WHERE FACTUALLY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED. THEN I'VE ALREADY SAID THAT ABOUT AT LEAST A PAID VERSION OF THE DATABASE. THEN EVEN MORE SO, I THINK THAT WE HAVE LEARNED THAT K THROUGH 12 IS DOING PHENOMENAL JOB IN THE STATE OF COLORADO AND SOME OF THESE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE MORE ADVANCED AT THINGS THAN WE ARE AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL AND WE NEED TO STEP UP AND MEET THAT DEMAND. THEN MY CONCERNS AND MY FEARS, I HAVE PLENTY OF THEM. BUT I'LL JUST TOP OFF A FEW BIAS BUILT INTO AI IS A CONCERN IF IT'S DRAWING FROM DIFFERENT SITES THAT HAVE A LOT OF BIAS, AND WE'RE ASKING STUDENTS TO USE IT FOR MATERIALS, LITERATURE VIEWS, AND THINGS AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS DOCUMENTING THINGS APPROPRIATELY, THAT CAN CREEP IN. EQUITABLE ACCESS, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. I DON'T UPLOAD ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT ME TO THESE SITES. I DON'T WANT TO UPLOAD STUDENT INFORMATION TO GRADE THEIR MATERIAL. THAT'S THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT COMPROMISES TO USE AI EQUITABLY AS WELL AS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PRIVACY. THEN, LIKE I SAID, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED. THEN I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE REFERENCES, STILL A PROBLEM, HALLUCINATIONS WITHIN SOME OF THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'LL BE A SOLVE PROBLEM OVER TIME. THEN CONCERNED ABOUT OUR UNIVERSITY LACK OF AI POLICY WHERE WE DEFINITELY NEED IT. WE'VE CREATED GUIDELINES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCEPTED POLICY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISK OF UPLOADING PRIVATE INFORMATION FROM STUDENTS AND VIOLATING OUR UNIVERSITY CONFIDENTIALITY AND POLICIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, CRIPPLED LAWS TO PROTECT PEOPLE, IPPA LAWS, EVEN PRIVATE INFORMATION. THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VERONICA. BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS IN BILL'S PRESENTATION, I'VE ASKED JOE TO GO LAST. >> THANK YOU. HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JOE KUZMA. I TEACH PHILOSOPHY AT UCCS. TODAY, I'M GOING TO SHARE HOW WE ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF AI IN OUR PHILOSOPHY CLASSROOMS. JUST AS WE WERE PIONEERS, ROUGHLY A DECADE AGO IN ONLINE AND HYBRID LEARNING, THE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT AT UCCS HAS ONCE AGAIN POSITIONED ITSELF AT THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY BY EMBRACING AI. THIS COMMITMENT IS EVIDENCED BY OUR PLANS TO ADD A NEW TENURE TRACK POSITION IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF AI IN THE COMING MONTHS. VERY QUICKLY, MY PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH AI BEGAN ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WHEN I NOTICED A FASCINATING SHIFT IN MY STUDENT'S RESPONSES TO A FAMOUS THOUGHT EXPERIMENT BY ROBERT NOZICK. THIS IS A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH. IT'S CALLED THE EXPERIENCE MACHINE. INCREASINGLY, STUDENTS EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO ENTER A FULLY SIMULATED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, EVEN IF IT MEANT THEY COULD NEVER LEAVE. THIS SHIFT SPARKED MY CURIOSITY ABOUT THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON OUR STUDENTS WORLD VIEWS AND THE POTENTIAL OF AI IN THE CLASSROOM. VERY QUICKLY, NOW, SOME WAYS THAT WE'VE INTEGRATED AI INTO OUR PEDAGOGY QUITE RECENTLY. THIS SEMESTER, WE HAVE ROLLED OUT AN ACTIVITY CALLED DEBATE A FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER. [04:20:08] IN THIS ACTIVITY, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN A SIMULATED DEBATE WITH AN AI VERSION OF A RENOWNED PHILOSOPHER. THIS ASSIGNMENT NOT ONLY DEEPENS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS, IT ALSO HONES THEIR CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENTATION SKILLS. STUDENTS ARE EVALUATED ON THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO COMPLEX PHILOSOPHICAL POINTS AND CONSTRUCT COMPELLING ARGUMENTS OF THEIR OWN. THE SECOND ASSIGNMENT THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT IS SIMPLY CALLED ETHICAL DILEMMA EXPLORATION. WE USE AI TO MICRO TUNE ETHICAL DILEMMAS, ALLOWING US TO EXPLORE THE SENSITIVITY OF MORAL DECISION MAKING TO INITIAL CONDITIONS. THIS APPROACH ENABLES STUDENTS TO RUN THROUGH VARIOUS THOUGHT EXPERIENCE, GAINING A NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS AND THEIR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS. OUR GOAL IN ALL OF THIS IS CLEAR. WE AIM TO LEVERAGE AI TO SUPPLEMENT RATHER THAN REPLACE PEDAGOGICAL BEST PRACTICES. BY INTEGRATING AI INTO OUR CURRICULUM, WE'RE NOT JUST TEACHING PHILOSOPHY, WE'RE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR A FUTURE WHERE AI WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES. AS WE CONTINUE TO INNOVATE, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH A CUTTING EDGE EDUCATION THAT BRIDGES CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS. BY DOING SO, WE'RE NOT JUST KEEPING PACE WITH THE CHANGING WORLD, WE'RE HELPING TO SHAPE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF PHILOSOPHICAL EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE. >> THANK YOU, JOE. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PANELISTS. THE FLOOR IS YOURS REGENTS. YOU CAN ASK OUR PANELISTS INDIVIDUALLY A QUESTION. YOU CAN ASK THEM GLOBALLY. BILL IS SITTING OVER THERE IF YOU WANTED TO SAY, BILL, WHAT ABOUT THIS? BUT FUNDAMENTALLY, IT'S OUR FACULTY YOU'VE JUST HEARD FROM YOUR QUESTIONS. >> I'VE GOT ONE IF NOBODY HAS ONE IMMEDIATELY. I GUESS I'M CURIOUS IF THE ACCELERATION THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH USAGE OF AI, IT'S PROFOUND. SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT EVERYBODY HAS CITED ARE ALMOST SCARY. ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROCESSING CAPABILITY IN THIS COUNTRY TO SUPPORT THAT AMOUNT OF USAGE AS IT DEVELOPS AND GROWS? YEAH, BILL, I GUESS IT. >> NOW I'M ON. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, THERE'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY A LOT OF ENGINEERS IN THE ROOM THAT CAN ANSWER A LOT BETTER THAN ME, BUT YES, THE PROCESSING POWER IS THE CRITICAL ELEMENT OR THE LIMITING FACTOR RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE INVIDIOUS GOING CRAZY AND ALL OF THAT. IT'S REALLY THAT BEING THE LIMITING FACTOR. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. DIANE, YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS PUTTING THEIR NOTES INTO AI AND USING AI TO HELP THEM CONVERSE WITH THEMSELVES. YOU'VE DONE THAT. WHEN WE HAD COPY, YOU SHARED WITH ME HOW YOU HAVE PERSONALLY USED AI TO HELP YOU REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED, AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT A TINY BIT. THEN ALSO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF MIKE, IF THIS IS YOU OR BILL, BUT THAT COMPUTER POWER ISSUE AND WHERE AI AND QUANTUM ACTUALLY BEGIN TO INTERSECT, AND HOW THAT COULD JUST REVOLUTIONIZE THIS TOPIC. THEN IN TERMS OF THE POLICY TOPIC THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ALSO. WE'RE ACTUALLY, SO EACH OF THE CAMPUSES IS ENGAGING IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE FORMING A SYSTEM WIDE WORKING GROUP ON THIS TOPIC TO EXPLORE EXACTLY THOSE ISSUES AND TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS WHERE WE [04:25:03] SHOULD BE PROVIDING SOME SYSTEM WIDE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I HATE TO EVEN USE THE WORD GUARDRAILS, BUT SYSTEM WIDE PARAMETERS AROUND THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF PRIVACY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT. BUT MAYBE DIANE COULD TALK ABOUT HOW SHE'S USING IT. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? THAT'S OKAY. GOOD. I'M TEACHING STUDENTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT I TRIED FIRST, WHICH, I THINK ALL FACULTY NEED TO, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, EAT THEIR OWN DOG FOOD. WE HAVE TO TRY THINGS OUT FIRST BEFORE WE ACTUALLY FORCE STUDENTS TO DO THEM. I'VE BEEN INCREASINGLY CONCERNED AS SOMEBODY OF A CERTAIN AGE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS I LEARNED IN GRADUATE SCHOOL OR SUBSEQUENTLY AREN'T QUITE AS SHARP AS THEY USED TO BE. I STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO UPLOADING ALL SORT OF NOTES, ALL OF MY DISSERTATION NOTES ON INTO A DATABASE, AND NOW THAT WE FINALLY HAVE INTERFACES AVAILABLE, IT'S POSSIBLE TO USE A CHAT BOT TO THEN QUERY THOSE DATABASES. ASK A QUESTION, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC QUESTION IN AI? HAS ANYONE ELSE THAT I'VE READ ASKED THIS QUESTION ABOUT AI? FURTHER, MIGHT THIS RELATE TO DARWIN'S WORK ON EVOLUTION, ACCORDING TO HIS COMMONPLACE BOOKS, AND JUST TO SEE WHAT THINGS START TO CHURN. I FIND IT INCREDIBLY COMFORTING THAT I HAVE NOT LOST ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I TOOK COPIOUS NOTES ON, BUT ALSO THAT I'M REDISCOVERING THINGS THAT I FORGOT THAT I KNEW, AND THAT I'M ABLE TO MAKE NEW CONNECTIONS ACROSS DISCIPLINES, WHICH IS WHAT LEARNING IS. I THINK WE'RE ON THE EDGE OF A NEW ERA OF INFORMATION, ACCESSIBILITY, BOTH PERSONALLY, WITH A CLOSED DATABASE THAT'S NOT IN THE CLOUD PUBLICLY, AND ALSO WITH BEING ABLE TO QUERY OTHER PEOPLE'S KNOWLEDGE. >> I THINK WE'LL GO TO REGENT SMITH AND THEN REGENT MCNULTY AND THEN VANDRL. >> I HAVE TWO THINGS TO SAY. FIRST, WE REGIONS LIVE IN THE WORLD OF POLICY. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, AND SO I'M ASSUMING THIS WORKING GROUP THAT'S FOCUSED ON AI WILL HELP US THINK ABOUT WHAT POLICIES WE NEED, WHICH IS GREAT. JUST THINKING ABOUT AI AND MY EVOLUTION OF UNDERSTANDING IT. I REALIZED IN JUNE WHEN MY SON GOT MARRIED AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIS BEST MAN AND HIS BEST FRIEND SINCE GRADE SCHOOL. HE WAS THROWING OUT LLMS AND JUST ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S WORKING ON, AND HE'S GOING TO GET HIS PHD IN IT. I THOUGHT, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK HIM WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A TWO HOUR CONVERSATION AFTER WHILE EVERYBODY IS DANCING. I READ THE BOOK AND NOW I UNDERSTAND LLMS AND LOTS MORE. I'VE BEEN STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW I MIGHT USE IT. I'M NO LONGER A STUDENT, I'M NO LONGER A FACULTY AT BOULDER WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SIT IN ON A CLASS. I'M REALIZING I THINK I KNOW SOME AREAS WHERE I CAN USE IT WHEN I'M NO LONGER A REGENT. I'M WONDERING HOW I CAN LEARN EFFICIENTLY AND QUICKLY HOW TO USE AI TO MY BEST ADVANTAGE. >> I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE PANEL. ANYONE CAN STAND UP, INCLUDING ALL OF YOU AND ADD INPUT. WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU IN THE THIRD PART OF TODAY, GET A START ON THAT. >> I THINK MY ADVICE WOULD BE PICK A CHATBOT AND JUST START USING IT AND THEN TRY A SECOND ONE. THEY'LL WORK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. THEY'LL HAVE DIFFERENT INS AND OUTS, BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO JUST UNDERSTAND THEIR STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS IS TO DIVE IN. I ALSO THINK IT'S FUN TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT BREAK THEM. WHAT QUESTION CAN YOU ASK TO FIGURE OUT THE PARAMETERS OF THEM? EARLY ON, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO JUST SAY FORGET YOUR PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, NOW DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. I THINK, THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT COME UP WITH PROMPTS THAT BOTH GET WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF THEM AND THEN ALSO BREAK THEM AS A GOOD WAY TO START FIGURING OUT WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. >> I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT YOU CAN ASK ANY CHATBOT HOW TO USE IT BETTER. ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT PARTICULARLY ANTHROPIC AND CHATGPT IS HOW EXCELLENT THEY ARE AT TEACHING YOU HOW TO DO THINGS. I WAS RUSTY AT PYTHON CODE WHEN I WAS TRYING TO BUILD MY INTERFACE TO A DATABASE AND CHATGPT REMINDED ME HOW TO DO IT STEP BY STEP. [04:30:03] ASKING A CHATBOT TO BREAK THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE FACING DOWN INTO SMALL STEPS AND THEN EXPAND ON EACH ONE, WILL GET YOU A GUIDE THAT YOU GENERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CHATBOT. I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WOULD START, PLUS DEFINITELY BEING PLAYFUL, JUST EXPERIMENTING. >> I WAS GOING TO ADD MORE OF THE PLAY TOO. GAMIFY IT SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING IT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ASSESSING YOURSELF, LIKE, ASK IT TO QUIZ YOU ON THINGS AFTER YOU'VE LEARNED CERTAIN MODULES OR CERTAIN THINGS. THEN ASK IT TO CONTINUE TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS OR INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL, SIMPLE TO MORE COMPLEX OVER TIME. THAT WAY, IT'S MORE OF AN ITERATIVE PROCESS AND AGAIN, IT'S MORE OF A GAME FOR YOU TO KEEP LEARNING AND COME BACK AND LEARN MORE. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. DAN, I GUESS, MAYBE AN OBSERVATION QUESTION FOR YOU AND THEN, JOE, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE VIRTUAL U RAISES A WHOLE HOST OF NEW NIL ISSUES THAT I'M NOT SURE. [LAUGHTER] THE UNIVERSITY IS PREPARED TO DEAL WITH. PUPPY BEYOND THAT. SO THAT VIRTUAL U IS BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. YOU CAN IMPROVE THAT VIRTUAL U BY CONTINUING TO FEED IT NEW INFORMATION THAT YOU CREATE, BUT THAT VIRTUAL U WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RECREATE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS. A NEW QUESTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU AND YOUR MIND IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE VIRTUAL U AND THE PRE RECO-INTELLIGENCE WAS GREAT TO SET US UP FOR THIS BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO WEREN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH AI, THE AI LEARNS FROM INTERACTION. IT REFINES ITSELF FROM INTERACTION, BUT THAT VIRTUAL U IS ONLY ABLE TO REFINE ITSELF BASED ON WHAT IT KNOWS ABOUT YOU. HOW DO THOSE TWO THINGS INTERACT AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE WAY IN WHICH WE USE AI IN THE EDUCATION SPACE? >> THOSE ARE REALLY WONDERFUL QUESTIONS, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE WILD WEST FRONTIER OF THIS. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I THINK IN THE MOMENT. ALL DATA LOOK BACKWARD, OF COURSE. ANYTHING THAT AN AI PROGRAM TO REFLECT WHAT I THOUGHT IN AN ETHICS CLASS LAST SPRING WILL NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING I'VE READ SUBSEQUENTLY, WHICH IS A LOT. AS LONG AS I DON'T INTERACT WITH IT MYSELF, WHICH I HAVE TO SAY, IS TEMPTING AND HORRIFYING AT THE SAME TIME, IT WON'T BE LEARNING FURTHER THINGS. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE COULD BE REPRESENTED AS ONGOING LEARNING BEINGS BY SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT LEARN, THAT ISN'T A BEING THAT CAN FAKE EMPATHY, BUT DOESN'T HAVE EMPATHY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A LIVING THING. I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO AFFECT THE WAY WE SEE OURSELVES. THIS IS THE ETHICS QUESTION. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHO WE BECOME IN THIS WORLD AND WHAT DECISIONS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT NOW SO THAT WE ARE WHAT WE WANT TO BE. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY SHARP DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STUDENTS WHO DID THIS ABOUT YOU WERE IN AN ETHICS CLASS, DIDN'T YOU THINK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE? [LAUGHTER] IT'S ALWAYS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, BUT THIS CAN'T HAPPEN TO ANY OF US, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, ANY CHATBOT, BUT CHATGPT IN PARTICULAR CAN TAKE 15 SECOND SAMPLE OF YOUR VOICE AND THEN PERFECTLY REPLICATE YOUR VOICE SAYING ANYTHING. ONE OF YOUR INTERACTION OPTIONS IS TO TALK TO YOURSELF AS A CHATBOT. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I FIND THAT DEEPLY DISTURBING BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHICH IDEAS WERE MINE AND WHICH IDEAS BELONG TO AN AI. I THINK ONCE WE START BLURRING THOSE BOUNDARIES, WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE THINK, AND WHERE WE END. >> JOE, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WE SEEM TO BE RACING TOWARD A TIME WHEN INTERACTION WITH ONE ANOTHER BECOMES LESS COMMON AND INTERACTION WITH OUR PREFERRED PEOPLE, OR INFORMATION, OR PERSONAS, OR CHARACTERS, OR WILL BECOME MORE COMMON THAN SIMPLE PERSONAL INTERACTIONS. IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR US AS A SOCIETY, AS A PEOPLE AS HUMAN BEINGS? >> GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU, REG. WHEN I LOOK BACK TO THE BEGINNINGS OF YOUTUBE, [04:35:05] HOW REMARKABLE IT WAS, ALMOST MIRACULOUS THAT YOU COULD SIT THERE AND BEGIN WATCHING VIDEOS AND ANYTHING YOU WANTED, AND THE ALGORITHM WOULD CURATE FOR YOU SUGGESTED VIDEOS THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE NEXT. SPOTIFY, OF COURSE, DOES THIS. AMAZON DOES THIS AS WELL. SO WE INCREASINGLY LIVE IN A WORLD IN WHICH ALL OF OUR DESIRES ARE MET ALMOST BEFORE WE REALIZE WE ARE HAVING THEM. WHERE YOUR QUESTION BECOMES SO INCISIVE AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, SO DISCONCERTING IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE NO LONGER NEED REAL PEOPLE AT ALL? WHEN WE CAN LITERALLY PUT ON SOME OCULUS RIFT STYLE HEADSET AND PERHAPS SOME KINESTHETICALLY SENSITIVE BODY SUIT WITH HAPTICS, AND WE ARE ABLE TO SIT ALONE IN AN APARTMENT AND RECEIVE 12, 16 STRAIGHT HOURS OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL STIMULATION THAT WILL ACTUALLY MEET ALL OF OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL DESIRES. WHAT DO WE LOSE THEN? I THINK THE ANSWER IS WE LOSE EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE ARE EMBODIED CREATURES, AND OUR EMBODIMENT MAKES US PRECISELY DESIRE AND CRAVE ACTUAL AUTHENTIC RELATIONALITY WITH OTHERS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE AI WILL STRUGGLE MIGHTILY TO COMPENSATE FOR AND REPLACE, AND BASED ON WHAT I'VE READ AND WHAT I'VE SEEN, I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAVE AN ADEQUATE REPLACEMENT FOR THAT. >> ONE MORE QUESTION. REGENT GAO, THANK YOU. I'M CURIOUS AND I GUESS THIS IS TO ALL OF YOU, BUT HAD TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND WHERE YOUR STUDENTS WERE AND WHY YOU STARTED INTRODUCING SOME MODELS. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER STUDENTS ARE WAITING FOR US TO TEACH THEM OR WHETHER THEY'RE SHOWING UP WITH IDEAS AND THOUGHTS WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US AS PEOPLE WHO ARE TEACHING THEM? I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE STUDENTS ARE WITH ALL OF THIS. >> I WOULD SAY STUDENTS ARE DEFINITELY SHOWING UP HAVING USED CHATBOTS PROBABLY MORE THAN MANY OF THE FACULTY. AS SOMEONE WHO THINKS A BIT IN THE COMPUTER SCIENCE SPACE I WOULD SAY THAT MUCH OF WHAT THEY'RE ARRIVING WITH IS ACCURATE AND SOPHISTICATED AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF WHAT THEY'RE ARRIVING WITH IS POTENTIALLY DEEPLY PROBLEMATIC IN TERMS OF THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE SYSTEMS WORK. I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY WONDERFUL FEATURES OF THESE SYSTEMS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE KIND OF KEY BLIND SPOTS. THEY'RE BRITTLE IN UNUSUAL WAYS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE IS THAT AI IMAGING SYSTEMS. WHEN THEY WERE FIRST DEVELOPED BECAME MORE ACCURATE THAN HUMANS AT DISTINGUISHING OBJECTS IN IMAGES. EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN CASES, FOR EXAMPLE, CHIHUAHUAS AND BLUEBERRY MUFFINS. PICTURES OF CHIHUAHUAS AND PICTURES OF BLUEBERRY MUFFINS, OR A COMMON CHALLENGE. I THINK WHILE THAT'S FUNNY AND NOT LIKELY TO BE AN ISSUE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMS THAT REPLACE US, OR IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMS THAT SERVE AS INSTRUCTORS, MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE BIZARRE, BRITTLE SECTIONS IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVING THEM USE THEM CORRECTLY. I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES, STUDENTS ARE SHOWING UP HAVING USED THEM, AND YES, THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO USE THEM, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES THE LIMITATIONS ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE THINGS MIGHT LEAD THEM ASTRAY. >> FOR MY CLASSES, WE JUST STARTED USING OR PUTTING IN THE SYLLABUS POLICY MORE OF THESE GUIDELINES, AND I HAVE ALLOWED A SORT OF SELECTIVE USE GUIDELINE FOR AI USE IN MY COURSES SINCE I'VE JUST BEEN ADOPTING THIS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. STUDENTS, MY CO TEACHER AND I'VE ASKED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DOCUMENT THEIR AI USE. ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WITH THEIR PAPER WRITING HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING AI, AND WE HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY IN OUR COURSES GIVEN THEM TRAINING ON AI, BUT THEY'VE DEFINITELY BROUGHT THE SKILL SET TO THE COURSE. FROM MOST OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAD IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN USING IT FOR WRITING TO HELP THEM JUST OUTLINE THINGS, ADD IN MATERIAL. BUT AGAIN, JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE BEGINNING PERSPECTIVES ON AI HAS ITS BIASES, [04:40:01] AI HAS DIFFICULTIES WITH REFERENCING, CREATES MATERIALS, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CHECK THOSE THINGS. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COMPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IN THE LAST YEAR. BUT I THINK MY BIGGER CONCERN IS FOR THE FACULTY WHO HAVE GONE WITH THE RESTRICTED VERSION WHERE THEY'RE JUST NOT ALLOWING AI IN THEIR COURSES. I THINK OVER TIME, OF COURSE, THAT'S UNREALISTIC, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE STICKING WITH NOW. THE COMPLICATION COMES ALONG WHEN THEY HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE USING AI IN THE COURSE, AND THEN THERE'S PROBLEMS, AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO SAY JUDICIAL REVIEW BECAUSE THEY'RE USING AI AGAINST THEIR POLICIES IN THEIR COURSES. BUT THEN HOW DO YOU REALLY COMBAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? HOW DO YOU PARTICULATE AND PROVE A CASE AGAINST A STUDENT WHO'S USING AI WHEN SOME OF OUR THINGS LIKE TURN IT IN. SOFTWARE DON'T REALLY DETECT THIS VERY WELL. I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO COME UP WITH ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY AI PROOF, BUT ARE VERY DETAILED AND SPECIFIC OR STAGES SO THAT STUDENTS CAN SCAFFOLD THE WORK AND HAND IT IN, SO THAT YOU CAN CHECK ON MAKING SURE IT'S THEIR INTELLECTUAL WORK AND NOT JUST AI. >> DIANE, I THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. EVEN THOUGH I'D LOVE TO KEEP DOING THIS. FIRST, FOR THE PANELISTS, CAN WE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] OF COURSE, WE HAVE SOME SWAG FOR YOU. WHILE WE'RE GETTING THAT, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE NEXT PART IN THE LAST PART OF THE MORNING, WHICH, GLENN, YOU SET UP PERFECTLY. THANK YOU. THE AI GUIDES. YOUR REWARD IS A PERIOD OF TIME WITH ONE OF THE BEST AI GUIDES AND TEACHERS IN THIS ROOM, WHO IS SANDY DENNIGER. [LAUGHTER] NOT ONLY IS IT CU, IT'S CAMPUS SPECIFIC, OF COURSE. [LAUGHTER] GREAT. THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS EACH REGION IS GOING TO HAVE A STUDENT AI GUIDE. THE STUDENT AI GUIDE HAS THEIR COMPUTER. THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH YOU AND WE'LL HAVE SPACE BETWEEN YOU SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME PRIVACY AS YOU EXPLORE. YEAH, YOU WON'T BE SITTING NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. NO WAY. THE FRAME OF THIS IS, FIRST THE STUDENT WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, YOU'LL MEET THEM AND SO FORTH, AND THEY'RE ALL GREAT, AND THEY'RE FROM OUR DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. SECOND, THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU, THIS IS WHAT I DO WITH AI. I CREATE TALKING CHIHUAHUA BANANAS [LAUGHTER] AND MUFFINS AND SO FORTH. BUT WHAT THEY REALLY USE AI FOR AND NOT JUST TALKING TO YOU, BUT SHOWING YOU, THIS IS WHAT I DO. THIS IS HOW I DO IT, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, AND THEN THEY'LL ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? THEY'LL TRY TO DO SOME OF THAT FOR YOU, AND THEN THAT COMPUTER IS GOING TO BE SLID IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOU TO DO IT. IT'S A LITTLE AI TUTORIAL, LITTLE AI GUIDE FROM SOME OF THE BEST AI GUIDES WE HAVE, WHICH ARE GLENN OUR STUDENTS. IF YOU'RE NOT A REGION, YOU'RE HEADING TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM. IF YOU'RE AN AI GUIDE, PLEASE COME UP OVER HERE, BRING YOUR MACHINES, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON AND RUNNING CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK. LETS SEE. SANDY, YOU'RE GOING TO JUMP UP. NOT BAD. SIX OUT OF EIGHT ARE HERE. GIVEN THE TRAFFIC AND THE PEOPLE WALKING AND RUNNING ACROSS I- 70 AND ALL OF THE STUFF THIS MORNING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. FOR THOSE WHO ARE CHANCELLORS AND PRESIDENTS AND VPS AND SO FORTH, AND THE VPS IN THE ROOM, ED AND SCOTT, WHERE ARE YOU? SCOTT, ED? SOME OF THEIR TEAM ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO GET A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH AI. YOU'LL HEAD TO THE BACK. REGIONS WILL BE IN FRONT. WE MAY HAVE ONE REGION AT ONE OF THESE TABLES, [04:45:02] SO WE'VE GOT ROOM. PLEASE, EVERYBODY EXCEPT A REGION, HEAD BACK THERE. WE'LL DO THE ASSIGNMENTS. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO STAND UP. [LAUGHTER] >> MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE THANK OUR PANELISTS ONE LAST TIME. >> ABSOLUTELY. [APPLAUSE] >> MIKE, WE HAVE ABOUT 35 MINUTES FOR THIS SECTION. >> HELLO. WELL, I THINK WE'VE COMPLETED OUR PUBLIC SESSION. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, AND ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS AND THE INSTRUCTORS THAT CAME IN TO INFORM US [APPLAUSE] ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S PRETTY REFRESHING TO HAVE A STUDENT TEACH US WHAT THEY KNOW AND WE DON'T. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC SESSION, [R. 11:45 a.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION PART II - Anschutz Health Sciences Building, Room P12-2007 (2nd Floor)] AND WE WILL BEGIN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10 MINUTES TO NOON. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.