The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. The meeting is open to the public and will be live-streamed at www.nebraska.edu.
A detailed agenda is available here.
The meeting will lead off with a presentation from Sen. John Arch of La Vista, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature.
University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter and Chris Kabourek, senior vice president and chief financial officer for the NU System, will give an update on the university’s budget planning.
The morning will also include presentations on:
- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Feedlot Innovation Center, which celebrated its groundbreaking in November. The presentation will be given by Mike Boehm, vice president and Harlan Vice Chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Tom Burkey, interim head of the Department of Animal Science; and Galen Erickson, Cattle Industry Professor of Animal Science.
- Workforce and education demographics in Nebraska. The presentation will be given by Josie Schafer, director of the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Center for Public Affairs Research.
The Board will elect a vice chair for 2023. Regent Tim Clare of Lincoln, who served as vice chair in 2022, will assume the chairmanship for 2023.
Items for the Board’s consideration include:
- The awarding of the title of Regent Emeritus to Jim Pillen, who resigned his District 3 seat on the Board last month to become Governor of Nebraska. (Addendum XII-A-2)
- Amendments to the collective bargaining agreement between the Board and the University of Nebraska at Kearney Education Association for the 2023-25 biennium. Under the agreement, eligible UNK faculty will receive 3 percent salary increases each year of the biennium. (Addendum XII-B-3)