May 2014 Regents’ Meeting

Thursday May 15, 2014 - Fairlane Center South, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Meeting Schedule

3 p.m.

Call to Order

• President’s Opening Remarks
  
• Presentation
  
  • UM-Dearborn College of Education, Health & Human Services
    
• Public Comments on Agenda-Related Topics
  
• Regents’ Committee Reports
  
  • Finance, Audit and Investment Committee
    
  • Health Affairs Committee
    
  • Personnel, Compensation and Governance Committee
    
• Regular Business Agenda
  
  

Consent Agenda (Roman Numeral Sections I-VIII)

I. MINUTES

1. Approval of April 17, 2014 Minutes
   
   

II. REPORTS

1. Investment Report
   
2. Plant Extension Report
   
3. University Human Resources Report (no documents)
   
4. Litigation Report
   
5. Research Report
   
   

• Awards Established, July 1, 2013 - April 30, 2014
  
  

1. Other Reports (no documents)
   
   

• University of Michigan Health System
  
• Student Life
  
• Flint Campus
  
• Dearborn Campus
  
  

1. Faculty Governance Update
   
2. Central Student Government Report/UM-Dearborn Student Government
   
   

III. VOLUNTARY SUPPORT

1. Report on Voluntary Support, April 30, 2014
   
   

IV. PERSONNEL ACTIONS

(Summary and Individual Regents Communications for items 1-9) (Use “bookmark” feature when viewing PDF document.)

1. Recommended promotions to the ranks of professor and associate professor, 2014-2015 (click here)

   Ann Arbor Campus

2. Recommendations for approval of new appointments and promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks, with tenure

3. Recommendations for approval of new appointments and promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks, without tenure

4. Recommendations for approval of reappointments of regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff

5. Recommendations for approval of joint or additional appointments or transfers of regular associate or full professors and selected academic and administrative staff

6. Recommendations for approval of other personnel transactions for regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff

   Dearborn Campus

7. Recommendations for approval of reappointments of regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff
   
   Flint Campus

8. Recommendations for approval of new appointments and promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks, with tenure

9. Recommendations for approval of reappointments of regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff

   Committee Appointments

10. Dearborn Campus

V. PERSONNEL REPORTS

1. Reports of Lecturers’ Employee Organization (LEO) Activity
   
2. Reports of regular instructional transactions
   
   

VI. RETIREMENT MEMOIRS

1. Adoption of retirement memoirs for John R. Barker, Ph.D., professor of atmospheric, oceanic, and space sciences; Robert B. Barsky, Ph.D., professor of economics and faculty associate; Lars Bjorn, Ph.D., professor of sociology, UM-Dearborn; Mark R. DeCamp, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, UM-Dearborn; Kathleen May Lawton Coulborn Faller, Ph.D., Marion Elizabeth Blue Endowed Professor of Children and Families and professor of social work; William L. Fink, Ph.D., professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and curator; Kweku Arku Garbrah, Dr. phil., professor of Greek and Latin; Thomas N. Gladwin, Ph.D., Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, professor of corporate strategy and international business, and professor of natural resources; Charles F. (OyamO) Gordon, M.F.A.,  professor of theatre and drama; John E. Jackson, Ph.D., M. Kent Jennings Collegiate Professor of Political Science, professor of political science, and faculty associate;  Beatrice J. Kalisch, Ed.D., Shirley C. Titus Professor of Nursing and professor of nursing; Masato Koreeda, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and professor of medicinal chemistry; Yoram Koren, D.Sc., James J. Duderstadt Distinguished University Professor of Manufacturing, Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering, and professor of mechanical engineering; William N. Lanen, Ph.D., KPMG Professor of Accounting, professor of accounting, and associate dean for global initiatives; Gregory B. Markus, Ph.D., professor of political science and research professor; Marilyn Mason, Sac.Mus.D., professor of music (organ) and university organist; Andrzej Myc, Ph.D., associate research scientist, Internal Medicine, and associate research scientist, Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences; Richard H. Price, Ph.D., Stanley E. Seashore Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies, professor of psychology, and research professor; Raji M. Rammuny, Ph.D., professor of Arabic; Melita C. Schaum, Ph.D., professor of English literature, UM-Dearborn; Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, Ph.D., Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration and professor of organizational behavior and human resource management; Alan M. Wald, Ph.D., H. Chandler Davis Collegiate Professor of English and American Culture, professor of English language and literature, and professor of American culture; and James J. White, J.D., Robert A. Sullivan Professor of Law and professor of law
   
   

VII. MEMORIALS

No deaths of active faculty members were reported to the regents this month

VIII. DEGREES

There are no actions with respect to degrees this month

IX. FINANCE-PROPERTY

1. Alternative Asset Commitment
   
2. Alternative Asset Commitment
   
3. Planned Uses of Income from the Julian A. Wolfson and the Marguerite Wolfson Endowment Funds for the fiscal year 2014-2015
   
4. Michigan Stadium 2014 Guinness International Champions Cup
   
5. Transportation Operations and Maintenance Facility
   
6. North Campus Research Complex Buildings 10 and 14 Renovations for the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
   
7. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers C.S. Mott Children’s and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospitals Renovations for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital Relocation
   
8. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers University Hospital Adult Emergency Department Critical Care Unit
   
9. Fuller Road and Fuller Court, Ann Arbor, Michigan
   
10. Authorization for the University to Transact with Neurolytical, LLC
    
11. Authorization for the University to Purchase from Melisa Schuster
    
12. Material Transfer Agreement between the University of Michigan and Ascentage Pharma Group Corporation, Ltd.
    
13. Option Agreement between the University of Michigan and Akadeum Life Sciences, LLC
    
14. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Civionics, LLC
    
15. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and EMAG Technologies, Inc.
    
16. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and HygraTek LLC
    
17. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and HygraTek LLC
    
18. Subcontract Agreement between the University of Michigan and Optofluidic Bioassay, Inc.
    
    
    

X. OTHER

1. New degree program UM-Dearborn Master of Science in Health Information Technology
   
2. New degree program UM-Dearborn Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education
   
3. New degree program UM-Dearborn Bachelor of Science in Public Health
   
4. Center for Chinese Studies Naming
   
5. Approval of Academic Calendar for 2016-17
   
6. Approval of Academic Calendar for 2015-16 Flint Campus
   
   

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA-RELATED TOPICS

*The agenda and the items linked from this page are an unofficial version of this month’s Regents’ Meeting Agenda. The official and authoritative version of the agenda is kept on file in the Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the University.

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