Knowledge Bank

This item is the meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees of The Ohio State University held on December 8, 2006 at The Ohio State University Faculty Club, Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Richard Chait gave PowerPoint presentation and led the discussion on Board Governance and Karen A. Holbrook gave the President's Report. The committee reports were then discussed. The Investments, Fiscal Affairs, and Academic and Student Affairs Committees meetings were conducted as a committee of the whole, which included a presentation on Student Indebtedness and Supporting Student Academic Achievement. The consent agenda included the following resolutions: Amendments to the University Hospitals Board Bylaws, Establishment of The Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Establishment of The Newark Earthworks Center, Degrees and Certificates - Autumn Quarter Commencement, Personnel Actions, Resolutions in Memoriam, University Development Report, Private Support - Total Fund Raising Activity, Interim Authorization to Enter into Design Construction Management and Construction Contracts, Approval to Enter into Design and Construction Contracts and to Increase Construction Contracts, Contracts - Amendment (for Employment of Executive Architect Engineers Programming Design Design Oversight and Construction Management Services), Easement (for Columbus Southern Power Company), Acceptance of the Report of Audit for 2005-2006, Report of Research Contracts and Grants, and Appointment and Reappointment of Investment Managers. Provost Barbara R. Snyder and Natala K. Hart gave a presentation entitled Who Gets In, Who Gets Through: From Access to Success. The appendices included statements, maps, tables, presentations, and budgets that were not included in the minutes.