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MINI´«Ã½ Regents to Meet August 5-6

Regents will have a two-day meeting in Lubbock at the MINI´«Ã½ Administration Building.

August 3, 2021 | Contact: Scott Lacefield

The MINI´«Ã½ will meet Thursday and Friday (Aug. 5-6) in Lubbock. The meeting will take place in the Regents Conference Room, First Floor (104A) in the MINI´«Ã½ Building (1508 Knoxville Ave.).

Below are highlights of the topics and items to be discussed at the upcoming meeting, including estimated times with periodic recesses. and a of the meeting will be available online. Parking for news media is available in the C-16 parking lot off Knoxville Ave. and Texas Tech Parkway.

Thursday, August 5

8:45 a.m. – Ceremonial swearing-in of newly appointed regents and student regent

9 a.m. – Call to order; convene as meeting of the board and committee of the whole board

9:15 a.m. - Recess

9:15 a.m. - Call to order; convene meeting of the board of trustees of the Carr Scholarship Foundation

9:50 a.m. - Adjournment

9:50 a.m. - Facilities Committee

10:20 a.m. - Finance and Investments Committee

11:05 a.m. - Academic, Clinical and Student Affairs Committee

11:35 a.m. - Audit Committee

Noon - Executive Session

3 p.m. - Following executive session, reconvene into open session as committee of the whole

3 p.m. – Recess

Friday, August 6

8:30 a.m. – Call to order; reconvene as meeting of the board and committee of the whole board

• Introductions and recognitions
• Approval of minutes
• 2021 and 2022 BOR meeting schedule
• Strategic highlights
• SGA president reports

9:30 a.m. - Executive session, if necessary

10 a.m. - Following executive session, reconvene into open session as committee of the whole

10:05 a.m. - Adjournment

About the MINI´«Ã½
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, the is a $2 billion higher education enterprise focused on advancing higher education, health care, research and community outreach. Consisting of four universities – , , and – the MINI´«Ã½ System collectively has approximately 57,000 students, (16 in Texas, 2 internationally), more than 300,000 alumni and an endowment valued at over $1.3 billion.

During the 86th Texas Legislature, under the leadership of Chancellor , M.D., legislative funding and authority was provided to establish a new MINI´«Ã½ School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo and a new dental school at MINI´«Ã½HSC El Paso. This will be the state’s first veterinary school in more than a century and first dental school in over 50 years. The addition of these two schools makes the MINI´«Ã½ System one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary education, among other academic areas.