MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS
OF VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
September 13, 1984
A regular meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth
University was held on Thursday, September 13, 1984, at 9:00 a.m. in
the University Meeting Center.
Present were Mesdames Abady, Bemiss and Whittemore; Messrs. Allen,
Lipman, Ludeman, Morris, Reynolds and Smith; and Drs. Gayle, Moore and
Nemuth. Absent were Messrs. Berry, Farinholt and Grey; and Mrs. Thal-
himer. Also present were Drs. Ackell, Andrako, Hall, Sparks and
Wilson; Messrs. Bruegman and Ware; and Mrs, Price.
Mr. Smith called the meeting to order and on motion made and sec-
onded, the Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Visitors, held
July 18, 1984, and the Minutes of a
Regular Meeting of the Board of
Visitors, held July 19, 1984, were approved as submitted.
The Report of the President followed. Dr. Ackell reported on the
following items:
1.
The Office of Career Planning and Placement was awarded a
career education grant to establish a career network for VCU
students and alumni. Additionally, the administration has
approved the establishment of a Faculty Resource Office to
assist faculty members with career development.
2.
Final enrollment figures are not available; however, prelimi-
nary information shows that our enrollment may be down approximately 700 headcount. If this figure stands, our total Uni-
versity enrollment would he approximately 19,500 to 19,700.
Mr. Bruegman presented the Report of Contracts. Following ques-
tions, and on motion made and seconded, the Report of Contracts was
ratified with Mrs. Whittemore and Mr. Morris abstaining.
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Mr. Smith reported on behalf of the Executive Committee which met
on September 12. He stated that the Committee did not take any action
but did use the opportunity to discuss VCU's response to SCHEV's direc-
tives concerning low-productivity programs, possible procedures to use
for the Board's self-evaluation, and VCU's commitment to the liberal
arts and sciences. Mr. Smith stated that these were very enlightening
discussions.
be meeting on November 14 at 12 noon.
Mrs. Whittemore reported that the Academic Policy Committee would
Mr. Ludeman reported that the Advancement Committee would meet on
October 15 at 12 noon.
Mr. Morris reported that the Audit Committee would meet on Monday,
October 8 at 10:00 a.m. On motion made and seconded, the Minutes of a
Meeting of the Audit Committee held on July 18, 1984, were approved as
submitted.
The Hospital Committee will meet on Thursday, October 11 at 7:30
a.m. as reported by Dr. Gayle.
Mr. Allen reported that the Property Committee met on September 6,
1984, and accepted on behalf of the Board the gift of the statue of
Hippocrates. The Committee also reviewed the architect selection poli-
cy and concurred with the present policy not to request sketches or
renderings of a proposed project from the competing architects prior to
the selection of an architect. On motion made and seconded, the Report
of the Property Committee was accepted with Mr. Lipman abstaining.
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Mr. Reynolds reported that the Student Affairs Committee would be
meeting on October 9 at 12:00 noon.
On motion made and seconded, the Board convened into executive
session to discuss certain personnel matters involving the performance
of identifiable employees or faculty of VCU, and to discuss pending
litigation and legal matters with its attorney, and to discuss the
condition, acquisition or use of real property, and to protect the
privacy of individuals in personal matters not related to public busi-
ness, and to discuss matters relating to gifts, bequests and
fundraising activities, and to discuss matters relating to honorary
degrees and special awards as authorized by Section 2.1-344 a(1), a(2),
a(3), a(6), a(7) and a(8) of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Following executive session, on motion made and seconded, the Board
approved and/or accepted the Report of the Legal Advisor, the Report of
the Special Awards Committee as amended with regard to the Commencement
Speaker, the Report of Gifts, the Report of the President, the Report
of the Presidential Evaluation Committee and the Report of the Rector
concerning Presidential compensation.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m.
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Approved:W. Roy Smith, Rector Secretar
