Montana's Board of Regents meets in Bozeman this week

11/16/2001 BOZEMAN--Montana's Board of Regents, administrators of the affairs of the state's higher education, will discuss issues ranging from new centers to old roofs when it convenes for its quarterly meeting Thursday and Friday this week at the campus of Montana State University.

Work for many Montana University System administrators and regents will begin today with a work session preceding the main session. Meetings will be conducted in various rooms of the Student Union Building.

Official busineThe Academic and Student Affairs committee is slated to work on a range of issues. Among those of particular interest to MSU include authorization of three centers based at MSU. The first is a National Science Foundation Center for Learning and Teaching in the West. Based at MSU, the center will work with The University of Montana. The others include a Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West and a Center for Research on Chronic Health Conditions in Rural Dwellers, both based at MSU.

The Regents will also consider a proposal for adding a minor in management of information technology, more detailed degree offerings in biology, a post-master's program in family nurse practitioner (FNP), a minor in international business and a broadened division in MSU's Department of Entomology.

The Administrative Budget Committee will also deal with a variety of proposals. Among them are authorizations to renovate a portion of Cooley Lab and AJM Johnson Hall, as well as a re-roofing of the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse dome.

The board will convene in full session Thursday afternoon to discuss staff issues. A highlight of the day will be a report from Commissioner Richard Crofts, as well as reports from students, committees and the CEO of each campus.

The board will accept public input on Montana University System Issues from 8:30-10 a.m. Friday in SUB rooms 275-276. That morning the regents will also breakfast with local business and civic regents and in the late morning will listen to a report and discussion on the system's economic development report.

Friday the board is slated to hear a report on negative fund balances reported in the campuses operating budgets.

Many of the regents will stay after the meeting adjourns on Friday to watch the annual 'Cat-Griz football game, which will kickoff at 12:05 p.m. Saturday. Traditionally, the annual fall meeting of the Board of Regents takes place at the campus that hosts the rivalry.

For more information on the regents' agenda, go to the Board of Regents Web page: http://www.montana.edu/wwwbor/

Send questions or comments to Carol Schmidt: cschmidt@montana.edu. Or you can send letters to Carol Schmidt, MSU Communications Services, 416 Culbertson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717.

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