The University of the Virgin Islands Board of Trustees will
hold its quarterly meeting at 9 a.m. on Nov. 1, in the Great Hall
Northwest Wing conference room on the St. Croix campus.
The meeting will convene with regular session agenda items.
President LaVerne E. Ragster will give the President's Report,
followed by the Chairman's Comments from Board Chairman Alexander
Moorhead. It will be Moorhead's first meeting as chairman of the
UVI Board of Trustees. Following the Chairman's Comments, the Board
will consider the items that require action.
The Board will vote on the six remaining sections of the
Faculty Policy Manual and the shared governance framework.
The Board will make several appointments, including appointing
a trustee to replace Moorhead on the Governing Board of the UVI
Research and Technology Park. The appointment of directors for the
Foundation for the University of the Virgin Islands (FUVI) will be
ratified. The Board will also vote on the appointment of trustee
Dr. Auguste E. Rimpel, Jr. as a member of the Presidential Search
Committee. Other agenda action items include making a revision to
UVI's 2009 fiscal year operating budget and the adoption of a
statement of expectation that will serve as a guide for Board
members.
The Board will review a presentation of UVI's key performance
indicators and receive an update from the Research and Technology
Park Board. The meeting will include discussion of consent agenda
items.
The Board will go into executive session before being
adjourned. The UVI Board of Trustees last met on June 14, on St.
Thomas.