Media Advisory

Notice of Board of Trustees and its committees public meetings March 31, April 1

The University of Florida Board of Trustees and Committees of the University of Florida Board of Trustees will meet on March 31, 2016, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT for a Special Session of the Board of Trustees and ~10:45 a.m. EDT for the first set of concurrent committee meetings and 12:45 p.m. EDT for the second set of concurrent committee meetings (as on the Board of Trustees site) and committee meetings shall continue throughout the day until all committee meetings and breaks are concluded (estimated by 5:30 p.m. EDT).

On April 1, 2016, the Board of Trustees will attend the President’s Strategic Discussion beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Immediately following the end of the Strategic Discussion, there will be a ~5 to 10 minute break, and immediately after the break the full Board of Trustees’ Board Meeting will begin (estimated to conclude at ~11 a.m. EDT).

Meeting agendas are posted on the Board of Trustees web site http://trustees.ufl.edu/ and copies of agendas may also be obtained, and any requests must be made, by writing to: Sandy Mitchell, Senior Administrative Assistant to the Board of Trustees, Post Office Box 113125, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 or calling 352-392-1358.

Each day of meetings and breaks will begin at approximately the time listed above and will be held in the sequence listed above and on the agendas. The agendas provide estimated schedules for each segment, but actual times will vary and depend on the time needed for each segment. The Board and its Committees are not required, however, to meet later on any day than the estimated time for the end of that day.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise University of Florida at least 72 hours before the meeting by contacting Ms. Mitchell at 352-392-1358. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the University by calling (FRS) 1-800-955-8771 (TDD).

Media Contact: Janine Sikes, 352-846-3903

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING


Date:               March 31-April 1, 2016 

 

Place:              Emerson Alumni Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

                       

Purpose:         Meetings of the University of Florida Board of Trustees and Its Committees

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

The University of Florida Board of Trustees and Committees of the University of Florida Board of Trustees will meet on March 31, 2016, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT for a Special Session of the Board of Trustees and ~10:45 a.m. EDT for the first set of concurrent committee meetings and 12:45 p.m. EDT for the second set of concurrent committee meetings (as indicated below) and committee meetings shall continue throughout the day until all committee meetings and breaks are concluded (estimated by 5:30 p.m. EDT).  Committee meetings and breaks (each called a session) will be held in the following sequence, with each session beginning immediately after the session listed before it concludes. 

 

9:00 a.m. EDT 1.      University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Special Session

                                 Warrington Conference Room

2.      Break (~5 to 15 minutes) 

~10:45 a.m.     3.      Concurrent Meetings

EDT                           Committee on Audit and Operations Review, President’s Room 215B

                                 Committee on Finance and Facilities, President’s Room 215C 

~12:00 p.m.     4.       Lunch Break (~45 minutes, or until 12:45 p.m. EDT)

EDT

12:45 p.m.       5.      Committee on External Relations, President’s Room 215B

EDT                           Committee on Strategic Initiatives has no business and will not meet

6.      Break (~5 to 15 minutes)  

~2:15 p.m.       7.      Committee on Educational Policy and Strategy, President’s Room 215B 

EDT                  8.      Break (~5 to 15 minutes)  

~3:55 p.m.       9.      Committee on Governance, Warrington Conference Room

 


 

April 1, 2016

 

On April 1, 2016, the Board of Trustees will attend the President’s Strategic Discussion beginning at 9:00 a.m. EDT.  Immediately following the end of the Strategic Discussion, there will be a ~5 to 10 minute break, and immediately after the break the full Board of Trustees’ Board Meeting will begin (estimated to conclude at ~11 a.m. EDT) as follows:

 

9:00 a.m.         1.      Strategic Discussion, President’s Room 215B

EDT                    2.    ~5 to 10 minute break

3.      Board of Trustees Meeting, President’s Room 215B

 

            Meeting agendas are posted on the Board of Trustees web site http://trustees.ufl.edu/ and copies of agendas may also be obtained, and any requests must be made, by writing to:  Sandy Mitchell, Senior Administrative Assistant to the Board of Trustees, Post Office Box 113125, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 or calling 352-392-1358. 

 

Each day of meetings and breaks will begin at approximately the time listed above and will be held in the sequence listed above and on the agendas.  The agendas provide estimated schedules for each segment, but actual times will vary and depend on the time needed for each segment.  The Board and its Committees are not required, however, to meet later on any day than the estimated time for the end of that day.

 

            Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this meeting is asked to advise University of Florida at least 72 hours before the meeting by contacting Ms. Mitchell at 352-392-1358.  If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the University by calling (FRS) 1-800-955-8771 (TDD).