xt7m3775v12z https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7m3775v12z/data/mets.xml Lexington, Kentucky University of Kentucky 2011 minutes English University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Minutes of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees Minutes of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, 2011-10-25 text Minutes of the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, 2011-10-25 2011 2012 true xt7m3775v12z section xt7m3775v12z Minutes of the Meeting ofthe Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky, Tuesday, October 25, 2011. The Board of Trustees ofthe University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington time) on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 in the Board Room on the 18m Floor of Patterson Office Tower. A. Meeting Opened Dr. E. Britt Brockman, chair of the Board of Trustees, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. and asked Ms. Sandy Bugie Patterson, secretary ofthe Board, to call the roll. B. Roll Call The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: C. B. Akins, Sr., William C. Britton, E. Britt Brockman (chair), Sheila Brothers, William S. Farish, Jr. Micah Fielden, Oliver Keith Gannon, Carol Martin "Bill” Gatton, Billy Joe Miles, Terry Mobley, Sandy Bugie Patterson, Joe Peek, Erwin Roberts, Charles R. Sachatello, C. Frank Shoop, James W. Stuckert, Irina Voro, and Barbara Young. Jo Hem Curris and Pamela T. May were absent from the meeting. Ms. Patterson announced that a quorum was present. Ms. Patterson said that Ms. Curris asked that the following statement be read and recorded in the Minutes: "Jo Curris reported that she is attending the 50m Anniversary and Annual Conference of Presidents ofthe American Association of State Colleges and Universities in Boston and will be unable to attend the University of Kentucky Board meeting on October 25, 201 1.” The university administration was represented by President Eli Capilouto, Provost Kumble Subbaswamy, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Frank Butler, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Michael Karpf; and General Counsel Barbara W. Jones. The university faculty was represented by Chair of the University Senate Council Hollie Swanson, and the university staff was represented by Chair ofthe Staff Senate Mike Adams. Members ofthe various news media were also in attendance. C. Consent Items Dr. Brockman called attention to the four consent items on the agenda: Minutes from September 13, 2011 and Minutes from the Board retreat on October 1 and 2, 2011, PR 2 which deals with Personnel Actions, and FCR 1 which is a gift and pledge from Larry H. Spears. Mr. Stuckert moved approval ofthe consent items, and his motion was seconded by Ms. Brothers. The motion carried without dissent. (See consent items listed below on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/ Trustees, under agenda.) Minutes September 13, 20ll Minutes Board Retreat, October l and 2, 20ll PR 2 Personnel Actions FCR l Larry H. Spears Gift and Pledge D. Chair’s Report Dr. Brockman began his report by leading off with petitions to the Board. He reported that there were two petitions to address the Board, and they were received under the procedures in Goveming Regulations Part II. The first petition was found to be relevant. The petitioner was heard at the Finance Committee meeting. The subject matter ofthe petition was a proposal to the Board of Trustees to consider a clean energy feasibility study on campus and possible renovations to replace and retire the coal fire power plants on campus. The other petition was not found to be relevant. The petition contained a series of questions conceming UK priorities, athletics vs. education, and the condition ofthe classroom buildings. The petitioner was referred to the administration at the University. Dr. Brockman then commented about The Investiture of President Eli Capilouto. He thanked John Herbst, who was in charge of The Investiture, for the nice ceremony. He recognized Mr. Herbst in the audience and asked him to stand and be recognized. Mr. Herbst received a round of applause from the Board. E. Special Committee for Athletics Report Dr. Brockman thanked Mr. Mobley, who chaired the Special Committee for Athletics, and members of the Committee for their efforts and work collecting infonnation. He asked Mr. Mobley to give the Committee’s report. Before beginning the report, Mr. Mobley made it perfectly clear that the charge to the Committee had absolutely nothing to do with past management or current management of the Athletics Department. Mr. Bamhart and his staff have done a wonderful job over the years, and the Committee’s charge was a best practice going forward. Following the report, he thinks the Board will believe that the Committee was successful in carrying out its charge. He then gave his report. Mr. Mobley reported that the Committee consists of five members ofthe Board of Trustees, two fonner chairs ofthe Board, a dean, a faculty member that served on the Athletic Board, and the NCAA faculty representative. -2- There were two different issues that the Committee wanted to address. Deputy Director of Athletics Mark Coyle was nice enough to do some research for the Committee in regard to other Southeastem Conference (SEC) schools, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and UK’s benchmarks involving how they were organized as far as the athletic relationship to the university and to their boards. The result ofthe research showed that organizations are what they are because of the history ofthe particular institution. Organizations have always been that way, and they are a little hesitant to change after many years as was the case in UK’s situation. There was a lot of good infonnation showing some institutions went from having outside foundations to different types of groups, therefore, the Committee got a sense that the infonnation was good. The Committee was interested in going forward and deciding what would serve the University, the Board of Trustees, and the Athletics Department best as far as a practice and organizational structure for the future. With that in mind, the Committee was 100 percent in agreement that the current organizational and committee structure ofthe Board of Trustees and the University has functioned well with the structure of the committees: Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Investment, Finance, and University Health Care. As visible as athletics is at the University, it was obvious that there was not an Athletics Committee. Athletics is viewed by some Board members and many constituents as the front porch to the University. For a lot of different reasons, the University would be best served by having an Athletics Committee as a part ofthe Board of Trustees structure going forward. The Committee used the University Health Care Committee as a parallel measure because it also reaches out and has community members as a part of the committee under the Board of Trustees. There would be five members ofthe Board of Trustees on the Board committee and three community members. The only difference in the University Health Care Committee and the Athletics Committee will be that the President will appoint the Board of Trustees members to the Athletics Committee. That is because of a NCAA regulation as it relates to institutional control which the University must adhere to and be in compliance. This will be the recommendation in the Goveming Regulation that will be presented to the Board later in the meeting. The recommendation brought up the question of what to do with the current Athletic Association Board of Directors that is an affiliated corporation ofthe University. When you take the responsibility that it has had and move it to a committee under the Board, there is very little from a responsibility point of view that the Board would be doing. Basically, the Committee is recommending that the Athletic Association Board of Directors be dissolved. This is a legal process that will take some time to do. The Committee recognized that there is power in having faculty, students, and community individuals involved, therefore, the Athletic Association Board of Directors could be an Athletic Advisory Committee just to continue getting input from the different constituencies that make up the fanbase of UK athletics. Either President Capilouto or someone has talked to members ofthe Athletic Board, and they understand what is going on with the efforts ofthe Committee. The Committee tried to not have any secrets and to be as transparent as possible. The Committee feels very comfortable with the recommendation and is supportive of it. It looks right. It feels right. And, it is the right thing for the Board of Trustees to do as the University moves into the future. -3- On behalf ofthe Special Committee on Athletics, Mr. Mobley recommended the acceptance of his report to the Board. Dr. Brockman asked for any discussion relative to the motion. He called for a vote to accept the report, and it passed without dissent. F. Proposed Revision to Goveming Regulation: University Athletics Committee Dr. Brockman said that CR l is a proposed revision to the Goveming Regulation (GR), Part II, regarding the creation of the University Athletics Committee. The recommendation is that the Board of Trustees receive the attached revision of Goveming Regulation II relating to Board committees for preliminary consideration. This will be the first reading. The second and final reading will occur at the next Board meeting in December. The proposed revision of GR, Part II, establishes a University Athletics Committee within the committee structure ofthe Board of Trustees and defines the Committee’s responsibilities. The revision also includes housekeeping and fonnatting changes. As background, in March 20l l, the Chair of the Board of Trustees appointed a Special Committee of the Board to review UK Athletics with benchmark institutions and current best practices. The Committee met on October 20, 20ll and recommended that the Board of Trustees create a new Athletics Committee within the committee structure of the Board and include community advisory members. The Committee further recommended that in order to remain compliant with NCAA rules on institutional control over intercollegiate athletics, the committee membership and its chair should be appointed by the President in consultation with the Chair ofthe Board of Trustees. All committee members, including community advisory members, will be appointed by the President of the University. The Committee’s responsibilities will include: providing counsel to the President conceming matters or activities ofthe Athletics Department, reviewing the Athletics Department’s annual budget and audit reports, mzq or expenditures and acquisitions, and construction of facilities if the cost is expected to exceed $400,000, and, providing needed infonnation to the Board of Trustees. The Committee will be composed of five Board of Trustees members and up to three non-voting community members. Dr. Peek asked for clarification on the ruling regarding tenns. It was clarified that the initial tenns would be staggered and then all tenns would be for three years. Mr. Shoop moved approval of CR l for the first reading. Dr. Akins seconded the motion, and it passed without dissent. (See CR l on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.) -4- G. President’s Report President Capilouto added his thanks to John Herbst and the really good team of people that made The Investiture a delightful event for him and he hoped for the University as well. Before beginning his PR 1 report, he said he wanted to take a moment to highlight an important item noted in PR 2. Dr. Lois Chan, a professor of Library and Infonnation Science, is retiring after more than 40 years of service. She has dedicated her career to making infonnation more accessible and easier to find. Some may know her in a different role as she has served as the University Marshal since 1989 and as a member of the President’s Commission on Diversity since its inception in 2001. Dr. Chan started working at the University of Kentucky Libraries in 1966 as a serials cataloger. In 1970, she joined the faculty of what was then the College of Library Science. She has been a full professor in the School of Library and lnfonnation Science since 1980. She also has a doctorate in comparative literature from UK. She has authored several books on classification, including authoritative references on the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress systems, as well as dozens of articles and reports in peer-reviewed academic joumals and professional publications. She also has given talks and lectures literally all over the world. In addition to her own research, she has contributed to collaborative ventures in the field of library science, most notably the Online Computer Library Catalog‘s FAST project, which she has served as a consultant since 1999. Dr. Chan has been a recipient of numerous awards throughout her academic career. In 2006, she received the American Library Association‘s Beta Phi Mu Award for Distinguished Service to Education in Librarianship. In 2001, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the UK College of Communications and lnfonnation Studies. President Capilouto said he wanted to acknowledge this tremendous faculty member who has served with distinction in so many important roles at the University. He noted that Dr. Chan could not attend the Board meeting but asked the Board to join him in recognizing her wonderful service to the University. The Board applauded Dr. Chan for her many accomplishments. President Capilouto reminded the Board that he highlighted some tremendous scholarly and academic achievements made by faculty and students at the last Board meeting. He said that he wanted to continue the process of spotlighting individuals at the University. In the coming months and years, he plans to spend a great deal of time discussing the bricks and mortar of our campus and the renewal in our infrastructure that must occur if we are going to reach our promise. He does not want to ever lose sight of why we are here, and that is the faculty, students, and staff whose achievements in the classroom, the research labs, and in communities make this promise so real. -5- President Capilouto announced that a clinician from the medical campus and a student would be spotlighted at this Board meeting. Both are working across the Commonwealth to make Kentucky a better place. Dr. Michael R. Dobbs is an associate professor and vice chair of neurology. He also directs the University of Kentucky’s comprehensive stroke program. He is a native son, bom in Somerset, Kentucky. He graduated from UK with a degree in microbiology in 1994. He also graduated from the UK College of Medicine in 1998. He is currently working on a master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health in his spare time. Dr. Dobbs’ research and scholarly interests include process improvement of health care systems, stroke epidemiology and health care disparities, and clinical neurotoxicology. His textbook Clinical Neur0t0xic0l0gy is becoming the standard for the field. After completing his residency training in 2002 at UK, he spent a few years in the Air Force and has been in the College of Medicine since 2006. He considers his most important project at UK to be the fonnation and direction of a statewide stroke care network. His wife, Betsy, graduated from UK in 2002 with her degree in economics and will soon complete her master’s degree in library sciences. President Capilouto then showed a video highlighting Dr. Dobbs’ work. Following the video, he asked Dr. Dobbs to share some remarks about his work with the Board. Dr. Dobbs said he was deeply honored that President Capilouto would find the simple work that he does worthy of being featured at a Board of Trustees meeting. The stroke network is really an important focus of what is being done in stroke care at UK. He said he was happy to announce that a couple of UK’s stellar third-year medical students had approached him wanting research projects. These students will be working with faculty to develop their scholarly skills with network projects that will take them out into the state and increase their awareness of disease around Kentucky, which is what he thinks the College of Medicine should be doing. He told the Board that he would be happy to talk with them about his work. The Board gave Dr. Dobbs a round of applause. President Capilouto introduced Mary Burchett, who is currently a fourth-year medical student in the UK College of Medicine. A native of Winchester, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Centre College with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. As a medical student, she has been selected twice to participate in the Professional Student Mentored Research Fellowship, and she also completed the Academic Health Careers Fellowship. In addition, she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society during her third year of medical school. Mary has served on the LCME Steering Committee to prepare the College of Medicine for re-accreditation, and she is an active member ofthe Implementation Committee, working to -6- restructure the first and second year medical curriculum into an integrated, system-based approach. The future Dr. Burchett is currently a lecturer in two courses in the College of Medicine, in which she teaches the methods and results from her research opportunities at UK. Mary‘s research is more than a passing interest to her. When she was five, she was diagnosed with Marfan‘s syndrome by doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was 6 feet tall at age ll. Because of her competitive nature, she was playing softball at Lexington Catholic High School in seventh grade. However, her doctors warned her that this could seriously impact her health in the future. So instead of sports, Mary put her energies into awareness about her disorder. She spoke to over 120 medical professionals in Kentucky during her junior year of high school for a Girl Scout project. At the UK College of Medicine, she has worked on a Marfan‘s syndrome-based research proj ect that was recently accepted for publication with Dr. Steven Estus, identifying altemative splicing in fibrillin, which is the connective protein created by the FBNl gene that causes her disorder. In fibrillin splicing, she was looking at how isofonns were expressed in different organs and at different ages, which had never been done before. Through her work she made a connection to the College of Medicine‘s Senior Associate Dean for Research and Gill Foundation Chair in Preventive Cardiology Alan Daugherty. Dr. Daugherty invited Mary to attend the Intemational Marfan‘s syndrome conference in Warrenton, Virginia last year, and this was a dream come true for this enthusiastic student and researcher. Most recently, as a research fellow in the lab, she received a McKusick Fellowship, the largest research grant available from the National Marfan Foundation. All ofthe positive developments in UK funding and faculty support have only served to bolster her commitment to serve her fellow Kentuckians. Mary made the following statement: "I would love to practice medicine in Kentucky. My goal is to provide patient care, to continue my research, and to increase awareness through the experiences of my childhood. And, I wouldn‘t have been able to unite all of those interests without the University of Kentucky." President Capilouto invited Ms. Burchett to tell the Board more about her research. Ms. Burchett thanked President Capilouto, Chair Brockrnan, and members of the Board for inviting her to be with them. She said most ofthe accolades were things that she was driven to do because she was looking for answers when she was a young child. She was trying to find a doctor who would take care of her. She felt like she was very fortunate because at the age of five she had a chest defonnity that needed operative repair. When her father knew that the repair of the surgery required knowledge of whether she had Marfan’s syndrome or not, he continued to press. He asked questions. He took her to multiple specialists. And finally at John Hopkins, she received the diagnosis. -7- She realized that she was fortunate because her father was a family physician. He was willing to make extra effort that led to open heart surgery for her at the age of 20. She had her aorta replaced so she did not have a life-threatening illness, which is what happens to many people with Marfan’s syndrome. When she came to UK, she did not know exactly what she wanted to do, but she knew that she wanted to do something for the people in Kentucky who had Marfan’s syndrome. She said that she had been given an abundance of opportunities at the University of Kentucky. With the two years of professional mentored research, as well as an academic health career scholarship, she has leamed all about academic medicine. She even had a mentor, Dr. Steven Estus, who sat down with her and asked what she wanted to do. She infonned him that she had studied biochemistry and molecular biology and Marfan’s syndrome at NIH and the clinical aspects. She wanted to combine the two, and Dr. Estus suggested that they look at splicing. Dr. Estus found the funding and the avenue of training for her so that she could do this and have an article published. Not only did Dr. Estus send her to conferences, he invited her cardiologist Dr. Harry "Hal” Dietz from Johns Hopkins to give a lecture to the College of Medicine at UK. Dr. Dietz gave a lecture to her professors, fellow classmates, and members of the Central Kentucky Marfan Network Group, which is a local network group that she founded while she was in undergraduate school. Dr. Dietz stayed late to talk to the Kentuckians and the Marfan Network Group. One family had driven from Pikeville, Kentucky. Their ll year old son had been diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. He had lost his father to Marfan’s syndrome within the last year. Dr. Dietz infonned the family that their son’s medicine should probably be doubled to prevent further complications. This made her so grateful to the University of Kentucky because Dr. Daugherty had expanded his research to try to find a cure for her disease and is trying to help Kentuckians who already have the disease. Ms. Burchett concluded her remarks by saying that she has received a world-class education at UK, and she is very excited to continue this work as a physician in the future. The Board gave Mary a round of applause. President Capilouto thanked Dr. Dobbs and Ms. Burchett. He reiterated his remarks in his investiture speech: "This place is truly remarkable.” H. Naming of University Building (PR 3) President Capilouto said that PR 3 is a recommendation that the Board of Trustees approve renaming the North Hall residence building the "David P. Roselle Hall” in honor ofthe University of Kentucky’s ninth president. -3- The Advisory Committee on Naming University Property has reviewed the request and found it to be in compliance with university policy AR 9:5. There were two letters of recommendation for this action. He recommended approval ofthe name designation. Dr. Roselle is the only past president, except for the immediate past president, who does not have a building named in his honor. He served as the university’s ninth president from 1987 to December 1989. His announced goal was to achieve national recognition for the University with respect to the quality of its graduates, its scholarship, and research. He left to become president ofthe University of Delaware. He is now retired. Mr. Mobley moved that PR 3 be approved. Mr. Stuckert seconded the motion, and it carried without dissent. (See PR 3 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.) 1. Academic Affairs Committee Report Dr. Gannon, chair of the Academic Affairs Committee, reported that the Academic Affairs Committee met that moming. The meeting was in two phases: business and related infonnational update. Dr. Gannon reported that the Committee plans to have infonnational updates on four or five topics this year. He has worked with Dr. Hollie Swanson, chair ofthe Senate Council, to put together a list of appropriate topics for the Committee. He said that Distance Learning and Technology in the Classroom is the first infonnational topic. The Committee had a presentation by Dr. Jeannine Blackwell, Dean of the Graduate School, Mr. Vince Kellen, Chief Infonnation Officer, and Dr. Mark Kombluh, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The presentation was very infonnative, and the Committee had a very good discussion with a lot of interaction about this topic. The Committee leamed that distance leaming is strongest in the Graduate School with about 13 percent of all courses being taught by distance leaming while about 1 percent of undergraduate courses are utilized through distance leaming. J. Academic Degree Recommendation (AACR 1) Dr. Gannon said that AACR 1 is the recommendation that the Board of Trustees approve the establishment of a Master of Music with a major in Music Therapy degree in the College of Fine Arts, effective in the spring 2012 semester. On behalf of Academic Affairs Committee, he recommended the adoption of AACR 1. AACR 1 passed without dissent. (See AACR 1 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/ Trustees, under agenda.) K. Finance Committee Report Mr. Stuckert, chair ofthe Finance Committee, said that Mr. Patrick Johnson spoke on behalf ofthe student group regarding consideration of a clean energy feasibility study on -9- campus. This was a result of his petition to address the Board that Dr. Brockman mentioned at the beginning ofthe meeting. He said that ECR 1 was a consent item, which was approved at the beginning ofthe meeting. In ECR 1, Mr. Lany Spears made a commitment of $1 million for an Endowed Chair in Pharmacogenetics in the College of Pharmacy. The fact that there are a lot of individuals that wish to donate to the University of Kentucky is beyond admirable. He thanked Vice President for Development Mike Richey for his leadership and also expressed appreciation to Mr. Mobley for his leadership in the past. L. Request to Merge the Child Psychiatg Professorship with the Dr. Laurie L. Humphries Endowed Chair in Child Psychiatg (ECR 2) Mr. Stuckert said that ECR 2 is the request to merge the Child Psychiatry Professorship with the Dr. Laurie L. Humphries Endowed Chair in Child Psychiatry. This is the merger of two chairs, and the combined endowment would have a current market value of $1,614,423.80. On behalf ofthe Finance Committee, he moved that ECR 2 be approved. Having no opposition, ECR 2 passed without dissent. (See ECR 2 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.) M. Renaming of Professorship in Otolagngology to the Richard C. Haydon III MD Chair in Otolagngology ECR 3 Mr. Stuckert said that ECR 3 is a request to rename the Professorship in Otolaryngology to the Richard C. Haydon III, MD Chair in Otolaryngology in the College of Medicine. Dr. Haydon passed away in November 2010. He was an associate professor in the Division of Otolaryngology from 1990 until his death. This recognizes his many years of service to the department. On behalf of the Committee, Mr. Stuckert moved that ECR 3 be approved. ECR 3 passed without dissent. (See ECR 3 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.) N. Renaming ofthe Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Chair No. 4 to the William R. Markesbery MD Chair in Neurotrauma Research (ECR 4) Mr. Stuckert said that ECR 4 is a recommendation that the Board approve a request to rename the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Chair No. 4 to the William R. Markesbery, MD Chair in Neurotrauma Research. The board members of the Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust wish to memorialize Dr. William R. Markesbery and celebrate his many contributions to the advancement of research in spinal cord and brain injury through his longtime service as a board member of the Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust. The original gift for the chair was accepted by the Board of Trustees on March 2, 1999 and approved for a Research Challenge Trust Eund match. On behalf of the Einance Committee, he recommended that ECR 4 be adopted. ECR 4 was adopted without dissent. (See ECR 4 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/ Trustees, under agenda.) -j0- O. Acceptance of Audit Report and the Report on Intemal Control for the University of Kentucg for 2010-11 {FCR 5) Mr. Stuckert said that FCR 5 is the acceptance ofthe Audit Report and the Report on Intemal Control for the University of Kentucky for 2010-11. The Audit Subcommittee met that moming and went through all the basics. On behalf ofthe Finance Committee, he moved approval of FCR 5. Ms. Brothers asked how many years had UK received a clean audit report, and Vice President for Financial Operations Angie Martin replied that she was not aware of UK receiving an unqualified opinion at any time. Mr. Stuckert concurred with Ms. Martin’s reply. Hearing no opposition, FCR 5 passed without dissent. (See FCR 5 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/ Trustees, under agenda.) P. Renovate Parking Structure #3 - Hospital Mr. Stuckert said that FCR 6 involves the renovation of parking structure #3 at the hospital. It will cost an expected $1.24 million, well within the $3.5 million authorized for the "Renovate Parking Structure #3 — Hospital” that was authorized by the 2010 Legislature, and will be funded by the UK HealthCare Enterprise. On behalf ofthe Finance Committee, he recommended the adoption of FCR 6, and it passed without dissent. (See FCR 6 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/ Trustees, under agenda.) Q. 2011-12 Budget Revisions {FCR 7) Mr. Stuckert said that FCR 7 involves the 2011-12 budget revisions. The dollar amount of that budget revision is $2.8 million, which is 1/ 10 of 1 percent of the approximate $2.7 billion. Fundamentally, it was a shift of funds found in the College of Fine Arts and moved over to another entity and another department. On behalf ofthe Finance Committee, he moved adoption of FCR 7. FCR 7 passed without dissent. (See FCR 7 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.) R. Approval of Leases )FCR 8) Mr. Stuckert said that FCR 8 involves the approval of leases. The recommendation is that the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration be authorized to negotiate and execute a lease renewal between the University of Kentucky (College of Arts and Sciences) and FCPII of Fort Worth, Texas for some space located at 1020 Export Street in Lexington. The lease is effective December 1, 2011 until June 30, 2015 for the use of approximately 25,009 square feet at $4.90 a square foot per annum. The annual cost ofthis is $122,544. It will probably be a maximum of a two-year lease, and like all UK leases, it will have a 30-day exit capability. On behalf ofthe Finance Committee, he moved the adoption of FCR 8. FCR 8 passed without dissent. (See FCR 8 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.) -1]- S. Investment Committee Report Mr. Gatton, chair of the Investment Committee, reported that the Committee met that moming to review perfonnance results and conduct other business. The Endowment had an estimated net market value of $796.2 million as of September 30, 2011. For the three months ended September 30m, the Endowment pool lost an estimated 9.1 percent, underperfonning the policy benchmark retum of -8.1 percent. The policy benchmark is a weighted average of various market index retums that are representative of the University’s target asset allocation. The three- month underperfonnance against the policy benchmark is due mainly to underperfonnance by the fixed income managers. The Investment Committee went into closed session to hear a presentation from the finalist in the absolute retum manager search. Subsequently, the Committee authorized the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, or his designee, to enter into contract negotiations with the new manager. A new manager is needed in order to replace an existing manager which is being tenninated ef`fective December 30m. All new managers are hired as a result of a Request for Proposals process under the supervision ofthe University’s Purchasing Division. T. Student Affairs Committee Report Ms. Patterson reported that the Committee had a full house at its meeti