University Of Cincinnati Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting
The Board of Trustees addressed numerous actions categorized under the Academic and Student Affairs Committee, the Finance and Administration Committee, and Non-Committee Items. Key academic actions included the approval of numerous academic appointments such as Emeritus Status appointments, Endowed Chair/Professorship Appointments, Unit Head Appointments, New Hires (Professors with Tenure), and various levels of Tenure or Promotion recommendations within the College of Medicine. Furthermore, approvals were granted for Distinguished Research Professor Awards, a Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, and new members for the Fellows of the Graduate College and the Academy of Teaching and Learning. Academic unit and degree changes included renaming the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering to include Industrial Engineering, changing a Geology degree to Geosciences, and approving new undergraduate and graduate certificates. Discontinuation of several graduate degree programs across multiple colleges was also approved. Financial matters involved approving funding for the design and preconstruction phase of the Holmes Hospital Renovation ($8,000,000) and the design of the Welcome Gateway Building ($12,000,000), as well as approving a Note Exchange Agreement concerning the Uptown Consortium Write off Request. A final non-committee item was the approval of an Honorary Degree nomination for E. Jean Savage.