Board of Regents

May 6, 2015

May 2015 – Academic and Student Affairs Committee

Regents Jaech (Chair), Brown, Rice, Riojas, Simon
Thursday, May 14, 2015
8:30 to 10:05 a.m.
Room 142, Gerberding Hall

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Approval of Minutes of Committee Meeting on March 12, 2015
COMMITTEE ACTION
1. Academic and Administrative Appointments
Jerry Baldasty
, Provost and Executive Vice President
ACTION A-1
2. Transfer of the Molecular Medicine Graduate Certificate from the Graduate School to the Department of Pathology
Rebecca Aanerud, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Planning, The Graduate School
Nancy Maizels, Professor and Director, Molecular Medicine Graduate Certificate Program
ACTION A-2
3. Discontinuation of the Graduate Certificate in Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics
Rebecca Aanerud
, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Planning, The Graduate School
INFORMATION A-3
4. Approval of Name Change for the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs to the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Sandra O. Archibald
, Dean, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
ACTION A-4
5. Annual Recommendations from the Provost Advisory Committee for Students (PACS)
Emma van Inwegen
, PACS Chair; Senior, Mathematics
Alice Popejoy, President, Graduate and Professional Student Senate; Graduate Student, School of Public Health
Aaron Vetter, Director of University Affairs, Graduate and Professional Student Senate; Graduate Student, Evans School of Public Affairs
INFORMATION A-5
6. Overview of Housing Master Plan and Efforts to Maintain Affordability
Pamela Schreiber
, Executive Director, Housing & Food Services
Laura McFarlane, President, Residential Community Student Association; Senior, Informatics and Musical Theatre
INFORMATION A-6
7. Faculty Research: Community Engagement
Joel Berg
, Dean, School of Dentistry
J. David Hawkins, Social Work Endowed Professor of Prevention, School of Social Work
Peter House, Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health
Elham Kazemi, Geda and Phil Condit Professor in Science & Mathematics Education, College of Education
INFORMATION A-7
8. Faculty Research: Innovation
Vikram Jandhyala
, Vice Provost for Innovation
Katherine Beckett, Professor, Law, Societies & Justice Program; Department of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
Brandi Cossairt, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
Shyam Gollakota, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Suzie Pun, Robert J Rushmer Professor, Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering
INFORMATION A-8
9. Other Business