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ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Regents to Meet August 8-9

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

Aug. 6, 2019 | Contact: Scott Lacefield

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ will meet Thursday and Friday (August 8-9) in Lubbock. The meeting will take place in the Regents Conference Room, First Floor (104A) in the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Administration Building (1508 Knoxville Avenue).

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 of Knoxville Avenue and Texas Tech Parkway.

Thursday, August 8

10:55 a.m. – Ceremonial swearing-in of newly appointed student regent

11:00 a.m. – Call to order; convene Meeting of the Board

11:00 a.m. – Executive Session

1:00 p.m. – Following Executive Session, the Board will reconvene into Open Session as Committee of the Whole

1:00 p.m. – Call to order; convene Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Carr Scholarship Foundation

1:30 p.m. – Facilities Committee

2:10 p.m. – Finance and Administration Committee

2:55 p.m. – Academic, Clinical and Student Affairs Committee

3:10 p.m. – Audit Committee

Friday, August 9

8:30 a.m. – Call to order; reconvene Meeting of the Board

• Introductions and Recognitions

9:30 a.m. – Executive Session

11:30 a.m. – Following Executive Session, convene into Open Session

Noon – Adjournment

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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 ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ System collectively has approximately 55,000 students, 17 campuses statewide and internationally, and an endowment valued over $1.3 billion.

During the 86th Texas Legislature under the leadership of , legislative funding and authority was provided to establish a new Texas Tech University veterinary school in Amarillo and a new dental school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 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 ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary education, among other academic areas.