MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES. November 19, 1993

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1 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Trustee Fnance Commttee and the Trustee Pocy Commttee meetngs were hed n the Board Room of the Admnstraton Budng. Mnutes of the commttee meetngs are on fe n the Offce of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. The meetng of the Board of Trustees was caed to order by Presdent McPherson at 12:25 p.m. on Frday,- n the Board Room. Trustees present: Doores M. Cook, Joe Ferguson, Dorothy Gonzaes, Russe G. Mawby, Barbara Jy Sawyer-Koch, John D, Shngeton, Bob Traxer, and Robert E. Wess. Unversty offcers present: Presdent McPherson, Interm Provost Smon, Secretary Wams, Genera Counse and Vce Presdent Kurz, Vce Presdents Denbow, Meyer, Perre, Turner, and Wknson. Facuty Lason representatves present: Dr. Etta Abrahams, Dr. Davd Fsher, Dr. Shea Grmes, and Dr. Susan Seke, Student Lason representatves present: Katheen O'Ne, Catheen Smth, and Brad Thaer. A actons taken were by unanmous vote of the Trustees present, uness otherwse noted. On a moton by Dr. Mawby, approve the agenda. supported by Ms. Sawyer-Koch, THE BOARD VOTED to 2. On a moton by Dr. Mawby, supported by Mr. Shngeton, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the mnutes of the Board meetng of October 8, Trustee GPA Award recpents for Fa Semester 1993 sted beow were congratuated by Presdent McPherson for ther exceptona academc performance. Charperson Ferguson presented awards to those students present: Megan Macomber, Guseppe DeRose, and Jody Payne. Megan E. Macomber Davd F. McEroy Ruth Ann Monosky Guseppe C.A. DeRose, Jr. Joseph L. Lpar Jody S. Payne,9475 GPA, 9366 GPA, 9150 GPA, 9117 GPA, 9048 GPA, 9011 GPA, Frst Hghest Second Hghest Thrd Hghest Fourth Hghest Ffth Hghest Sxth Hghest Presdent McPherson announced that STATEWALK, a student vounteer organzaton that escorts MSU students durng ate-nght hours on campus, has receved a concurrent resouton by the Mchgan House of Representatves and Senate. The resouton was sponsored by Representatve Lynn Jondah. Dr. Bruce L. Benson, Poce Chef and Drector of the Department of Poce and Pubc Safety, presented Communty Poce Offcer Ear Barrnger who ntroduced the organzers and eaders of STATEWALK. The foowng ndvduas addressed the Board of Trustees: A. Rondy Murray, staff member and Presdent of the Cerca-Technca Unon of MSU, addressed ssues affectng ther members such as mpementaton of the Unversty pocy on Smokng, Sexua Harassment, and Ergonomcs. Rondy announced the annua C-T Bood Drve w be hed on December 8, and aso requested contrbutons for food baskets whch w be presented agan ths year. B. Car L. Hanson, student and member of MSU Habtat for Humanty, nvted the Trustees and others to partcpate n a December 5 dedcaton ceremony of the house ther group but on Baker Street n Lansng. Students n Budng Constructon Management, fraterntes and sorortes, Into the Streets, mnorty organzatons, and resdence has, aong wth facuty, staff, and admnstrators joned together n makng t a successfu project. C. Gregory A. Maas, aumnus and member of Incuraby for Anma Research and The Mchgan Socety for Medca Research, dspayed thank you notes and etters presented to Dr. Arnod Revzn, Assstant Vce Presdent for Research Servces, on Natona Boaedca Research Day. The notes and etters represent the patent perspectve on the use of anmas n research and commend the efforts of the research communty at MSU and other nsttutons around the country.

2 The meetng was recessed for unch at 12:55 p.m. Executve Offcers, Facuty and Student Lason members, and staff members of the Offces of the Presdent and Secretary of the Board of Trustees joned the Trustees for unch n 443A-B Admnstraton Budng. Dr. Marceette Wams was honored at the uncheon. The meetng was reconvened by Presdent McPherson at 1:48 p.m. n the Board Room. Trustees present: Doores M. Cook, Joe Ferguson, Dorothy Gonzaes, Russe G. Mawby, Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, John D. Shngeton, Bob Traxer, and Robert E. Wess. Unversty offcers present: Presdent McPherson, Interm Provost Smon, Secretary Wams, Genera Counse and Vce Presdent Kurz, Vce Presdents Denbow, Meyer, Perre, Turner, and Wknson. Facuty Lason representatves present: Dr. Etta Abrahams and Dr. Susan Seke. Student Lason representatves present: Katheen O'Ne and Brad Thaer. Presdent McPherson contnued hs comments as foows: A. He reported on the progress of meetngs wth the Unversty communty to gather nformaton whch w be used n draftng the operatona ponts n the gudng prncpes and strategc concepts. The prncpes and mpementaton tems resutng from these dscussons w have budgetary mpcatons. The draft s expected to be ready n eary January and w be ncuded n hs Presdent's message n February. B. Lnda Rngen of Fnt, Mchgan was ntroduced by Presdent McPherson as a speca graduatng senor who w be one of eght sbngs to graduate from Mchgan State. Lnda expressed apprecaton to her mother, Mary. C. MSU's Scence Theatre receved the 1993 Award for Pubc Understandng of Scence and Technoogy presented by the Amercan Assocaton for the Advancement of Scence. Steve Snyder, founder of the group, was ntroduced and ts 45 graduate and undergraduate students recognzed for ther outreach to the communty. Scence Theatre members go nto cassrooms, mas, and before communty groups gvng demonstratons and encouragng chdren to partcpate n hands-on scence projects. Personne Actons A. Appontments 1) Hesse, Martha L., AN-Executve Assstant to the Presdent and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Presdent's Offce; Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Executve Management, $85,000, effectve November 29, Pror to the vote, Trustees commented on the process and procedure used n the appontment. On a moton of Mr. Shngeton, a ROLL GALL VOTE was conducted by Secretary Wams. THE BOARD VOTED to approve the appontment of Dr. Hesse as Executve Assstant to the Presdent and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. The vote was 6-2. Trustees Traxer and Wess voted No. B. Other Personne Actons 1) Smon, Lou Anna Kmsey, AN-Interm Provost and Vce Presdent for Academc Affars, Offce of the Provost; Professor, Department of Educatona Admnstraton, for a change n tte to Provost and Vce Presdent for Academc Affars, effectve. Trustees Sawyer-Koch and Wess commented on the appontment of Dr. Smon. On a moton by Dr. Mawby, supported by Ms. Sawyer-Koch, THE BOARD VOTED to approve a change of tte for Dr. Smon to Provost and Vce Presdent for Academc Affars.

3 10454 Other Personne Actons cont. 2} Crawey, Gerard R., AN-Professor and Charperson, Department of Physcs and Astronomy; Natona Superconductng Cycotron Laboratory, to deete the tte Charperson and add the tte of Dean of the Graduate Schoo, Offce of Vce Presdent for Research and Graduate Studes, and Assstant Provost for Graduate Educaton, Offce of the Provost; and for a change n saary froa $124,400 to $128,000, effectve January 1, On a moton by Dr. Mawby, supported by Ms. Sawyer-Koch, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the appontment of Dr. Crawey. The vote was 7-0. Trustee Wess was out of the room when the vote was taken. Informaton Report of Academc Personne Actons Gft, Grant and Contract Report 10, C. An Informaton Report of Academc Personne Actons dated October 20, 1993, dstrbuted wth the Board Agenda, s ncuded wth the agenda materas n the Offce of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. The Gft, Grant and Contract Report was presented by Vce Presdent Perre for the perod of September 11, 1993 through October 22, The report s a compaton of 229 tems and 43 Consgnment Equpment-Gfts wth a tota vaue of $14,941, On a moton by Ms/ Sawyer-Koch, supported by Ms; Cook, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the Gft, Grant and Contract Report- The report s ncuded wth the Board Agenda n the Offce of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Trustee Fnance Commttee Bds and Contract Award Owen Graduate Ha Exteror Restoraton Fund Functonng as Endowment Dane & Barbara Red Intramura Sports Dscretonary Fund Investment terns 11, Trustee Fnance Commttee reports and recommendatons were presented by Commttee Charperson Traxer as foows: Bds and Contract Award 1) It was recommended that a contract be awarded to Davenport Masonry, Inc., of Lansng, Mchgan, wth an estmated cost of $450,000, and that a budget n L-xe amount of $500,000 be estabshed for the project entted: Owen Graduate Ha - Exteror Restoraton. B. Fund Functonng as Endowment 1) It was recommended that the Dane and Barbara Red Intramura Sports Dscretonary Fund be estabshed as a fund functonng as an endowment. C, Investment Items Move funds from Common Fund f s South; Afrca-Free Intnt.; Equty Fund to Common Fund's Intnt. Equty Fund Resouton concernng Sanctons aganst ] Repubc of South Afrca 1) 2) It was recommended to ratfy the admnstratve acton taken to move approxmatey $6,900,000 from the Common Fund's South Afrca- Free Internatona Equty Fund to the Common Fund! s Internatona Equty Fund effectve October 31, It was recommended to approve a resouton concernng sanctons aganst the Repubc of South Afrca. A Resouton of the Mchgan State Unversty Board of Trustees concernng Sanctons aganst the Repubc of South Afrca Whereas, the Trustees wth the facuty, staff and students of Mchgan State Unversty, n commpn wth mons of peope around the word, have sought to support ther common cause wth the peopes of South Afrca n emnatng dscrmnaton on the bass of race, creed, and gender; Whereas, snce 1978, Mchgan State Unversty has supported the strugge aganst the aparthed system of raca dscrmnaton n South Afrca through educaton, research, and extenson, ncudng conferences, workshops, and pubcatons; Whereas, :he Transtona Executve Counc of South Afrca has announced eectons n Apr 1994 n whch, for the frst tme, a South Afrcans w be egbe to vote; Whereas, representatves of the majorty peopes of South Afrca have caed on a the frends of South Afrca to end economc and cutura sanctons n ght of the rreversbty of the process whch they beeve w create n 1994 a majorty-rue and democratc government to represent a the peope of South Afrca;

4 10455 I Therefore, be t resoved that the Board of Trustees of Mchgan State Unversty: Hereby revokes ts resoutons passed n 1978 sanctonng South Afrca and dvestng from corporatons operatng n the Repubc of South Afrca; Hereby urges the Mchgan State Unversty Foundaton to undertake a smar revocaton of ts resoutons sanctonng South Afrca; Cas on the corporatons, pubc and prvate nsttutons, and ndvduas n Mchgan to re-engage wth South Afrca to seek to bud educatona and ctzen exchange as we as the foundaton for a more just, prosperous, and democratc non-raca South Afrca; Urges the facuty, staff, and students of Mchgan State Unversty, through ts departments, centers, and nsttutes, to contnue and to ncrease ther actvtes to assst n the educatng and tranng of dsadvantaged South Afrcans and to assst the State of Mchgan n estabshng and enargng such educatona, trade, fnanca, and ctzen exchange as s hepfu n budng a non-raca and democratc South Afrca and ncreasng the foregn trade and nkages of the State of Mchgan; Urges a corporatons, nsttutons, and ndvduas n Mchgan to contnue to honor the speca Unted Natons as sanctons aganst South Afrca reatng to arms, nucear matters, and o, unt those sanctons are revoked by the Securty Counc of the Unted Natons; Cas on a those who re-nvest n South Afrca to abde by the Code of Conduct of the South Afrcan Counc of Churches (attached to agenda), as revsed from the Patform of Gudng Prncpes for Foregn Investors of the Afrcan- Natona Congress and the Congress of South Afrcan Trade Unons, States unequvocay that these actons to end sanctons and to reengage wth South Afrca do not consttute a recognton of the whte mnorty government as though t were representatve of a the peope of South Afrca; and, Asserts that the Trustees of Mchgan State Unversty, as representatves of the peope of Mchgan, stand ready to re-mpose our acts of sancton f we are caed to do so by the democratc movement of South Afrca because of any nterference wth the ordery progress to democracy and majorty rue by the present or succeedng government or other powerfu mnorty forces n South Afrca 3} It was recommended that the foowng nvestment restructurng actons be taken: a. Investment of $4 mon n the Common Fund 1 s Internatona Equty Fund. Funds for ths nvestment are avaabe n the nternay nvested cash of the common nvestment fund and n the Common Fund's Intermedate Cash Fund. Ths nvestment w take effect November 30. Investment of $5 mon wth Stenberg Asset Management Company. Funds for ths nvestment are avaabe from the qudaton of $5 mon n nvestments managed by W. P. Stewart, Inc. Ths acton w take effect December 31. Investment of approxmatey $13*8 mon n the Common Fund's Equty Fund and approxmatey $13.8 n the Common Fund's Intermedate Cash Fund. Funds for these nvestments are avaabe from the qudaton of the portfoo managed by Trnty Investment Management Corporaton. Ths acton w take effect November 30. d. Investment of $2 mon n The Reaty Assocates Fund III, LP. Funds for ths nvestment are avaabe n the nternay nvested cash of the common nvestment fund. Ths nvestment w take effect n ate It was recommended to authorze the admnstraton, subject to fna Trustee Fnance Commttee approva, to negotate necessary agreements between the Unversty and Peckham Vocatona Industres, Inc., of Lansng, reatng to the deveopment of a jont venture whch woud construct and operate a resdenta and treatment facty for ndvduas wth bran njures. \ Trustee Fnance j Commttee cont. j Resouton I Concernng Sanctons Aganst the j Repubc of South I Afrca cont. Agreement wth Peckharn Vocatona Industres, Inc.

5 E. It was recommended to adopt the Budget Request, ncudng operatng needs for the Unversty Genera Fund, the Agrcutura Experment Staton, and the Mchgan State Unversty Exte nson. F* It was recommended to extend the appontment of Ernst & Young as audtors for the year endng June 30, On a moton by Mr.. Traxer, supported by Dr. Mawby, the above recommendatons. THE BOARD VOTED to approve G. At the mornng Commttee meetng, reports were presented on the premnary fundng pan for the Stadum Renovaton Project and the possbe mpacts of the schoo fnance reform proposa reeased recenty by the House Bpartsan Pane. Trustee Pocy Commttee reports and recommendatons were presented by Charperson Wess as foows: A. It was recommended to approve the pocy on Outsde Work for Pay as revsed to permt prvate practce by facuty n the Coege of Veternary Medcne n accordance wth Coege pocy, B. It was recommended to approve the poces on Retrement and Sabbatca Leave of Absence as revsed to smpfy record-keepng procedures by assgnng deans the responsbty of assurng that reports on termna consutantshp and sabbatca eave projects have been submtted to the department charperson/schoo drector. C. It was recommended to approve the Retrement pocy as revsed to provde benefts to re-empoyed retred facuty/academc staff n the same manner as for actve empoyees. D. It was recommended that the admnstraton be authorzed to proceed wth pannng of renovatons to Spartan Stadum, subject to revew of the fnancng pan, budget, and the award of bds and contracts by the Trustee Fnance Commttee, subject to Unversty poces and practces. On a moton by Mr. Wess, supported by Ms. Cook, THE BOARD VOTED to approve the above recommendatons. E. Provost Smon presented a report on the mpementaton of the Smoke-Free Pocy for the Unversty. The admnstraton w contnue to work wth students on mpementaton of the pocy n the resdence has. Dscussons have been hed wth the Cerca-Technca Unon and Loca 547 of the Operatng Engneers. The Board requested a foow-up report n approxmatey sx months on mpementaton of the pocy. F. At the mornng commttee meetng, Vce Presdent Perre presented the Anua Report on Research. \ Charperson Ferguson presented the foowng Resouton to Dr. Marceette G. Wxxams. Resouton; to Dr. Marceette G. Wams The Board of Trustees of Mchgan State Unversty today extends ts deep apprecaton, ongong admraton, and best wshes to Dr. Marceette Wams, Executve Assstant to the Presdent and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. The Board congratuates Dr. Wams on her appontment as Deputy Chanceor at the Unversty of Massachusetts at Amherst, a poston she w assume on January 17, At Mchgan State, her ama mater, Dr. Wams has dstngushed hersef as a Ph Beta Kappa graduate of the Cass of 1968, as a recpent of the master of arts and doctor of phosophy degrees n Engsh and Comparatve Lterature, as an nternatonay renowned schoar n the Department of Engsh, as a dstngushed Amercan Counc on Educaton Feow, as Assocate Drector of the Engsh Language Center, and as a vaued coeague, frend, advsor, and educator of the Board of Trustees. She has been more than our ason, she has been our trusted advser and advocate. The Board sautes Dr.. Wams for her nvauabe contrbutons to students, facuty, staff, and aumn of Mchgan State, offerng carng, competent, and expedent servce. Not ony s she among MSU's best and brghtest, she s among the most compassonate and gvng.

6 10457 I The Board of Trustees offers speca apprecaton for the gudance and counse provded by Dr. Wams durng the admnstraton of Presdent Gordon Guyer and the eary months of the admnstraton of Presdent Peter McPherson. In many ways. Dr. Wams has been not ony the "rght hand" but the "gudng hand" for the Board members and Presdents she has served. Therefore, et t be resoved that the members of the Board of Trustees acknowedge Dr. Marceette Wams and her devoton to Mchgan State Unversty. Let t be further resoved that the Board offers to Dr. Wams, her famy, and the Unversty of Massachusetts communty our fondest wshes for success n the years ahead. And et t be resoved that Marce, Keth, and Jonathan Wams aways w be regarded frst and foremost as Spartans and that, no matter the dstance n mes or n years they w aways be wth ' us., ' ' : THE BOARD VOTED to approve the resouton. Presdent McPherson reported that a request had been receved for two sequenta Executve Sessons. A. Vce Presdent Wknson, to whom responsbtes of contract negotaton have been deegated, has requested that the Board of Trustees meet n Executve Sesson to hear and dscuss strategy connected wth negotatons of coectve barganng agreements, whch sesson s exempt from dscosure under Secton 8(c) of the Mchgan Open Meetngs Act. B. Genera Counse Kurz has requested that the Board of Trustees meet n Executve Sesson to consut wth ts attorney regardng tra or settement strategy n connecton wth specfc pendng tgaton, whch sesson s exempt from dscosure under Secton 8(e) of the Open Meetngs Act. On a moton by Dr. Mawby, supported Ms. Sawyer-Koch, A ROLL CALL VOTE was conducted by Secretary Wams. The moton passed unanmousy for the Board to meet n Executve Sesson. Presdent McPherson announced the Executve Sesson woud be hed foowng the comments of Trustees. 15. Trustees commented as foows: A. Trustee Sawyer-Koch compmented members of the Unversty Outreach Commttee and the pubcaton whch resuted from t. Trustee Mawby commended the Outreach Commttee for ts thoughtfu deberaton. He beeves the report has mpcatons for every person, department, coege, and unt of the Unversty and s the dstnctve manfestaton of the research ntensve and-grant msson tradton of Mchgan State. Presdent McPherson commented that the report s a thoughtfu and sophstcated effort of the Commttee. B. Trustee Wess thanked Marce Wams for her frendshp and servce to the Unversty. 16. The meetng was adjourned at 2:50 p.m. Charperson's Report cont. Resouton to Dr. Marceette Wams contnued j Request for \ Executve Sesson Trustees 1 Comments 5 eter McPherson Presdent Marceette G. Wams, Ph.D. Secretary