9/17/2019 - Jackson, Miss.

The Board of Trustees will meet, beginning on Thursday, September 19, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. to discuss various higher education topics and initiatives as part of the annual Board retreat. The Board will take up various university and/or system agenda items beginning at 11:00 a.m. as part of a brief business meeting before resuming retreat topics of discussion. Members of the Board may participate in the meeting via teleconference. Members of the public and media may attend the meeting in the Magnolia Room at Old Waverly Golf Club, One Magnolia Drive in West Point, Miss. 39773. An Executive Session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

The Board will recess its meeting/retreat on Thursday, September 19, 2019, and will then reconvene and continue its discussions on Friday, September 20, 2019, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Members of the Board may participate in the meeting via teleconference. Members of the public and media may attend the meeting in the Magnolia Room at Old Waverly Golf Club, One Magnolia Drive in West Point, Miss. 39773. An Executive Session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

The Academic Affairs Committee, a standing committee of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning chaired by Trustee Dr. Alfred McNair, Jr. will meet on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at 4:00 p.m. to consider an authorization to plan an academic program. Members of the Board may participate in the meeting via teleconference. Members of the public and media may attend the meeting in Room 933 located in the Paul B. Johnson, Jr. Building, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Miss. 39211. An Executive Session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning's (IHL) Board Search Committee appointed for the search for the next chancellor of the University of Mississippi will meet at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 for the purpose of discussing personnel issues concerning the search for the next chancellor of the University of Mississippi. Members of the Board may participate in the meeting via teleconference. Members of the public and media may attend the meeting in the Magnolia Room at Old Waverly Golf Club, One Magnolia Drive in West Point, Miss. 39773. An Executive Session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning governs the public universities in Mississippi, including Alcorn State University; Delta State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi State University including the Mississippi State University Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine; Mississippi University for Women; Mississippi Valley State University; the University of Mississippi including the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and the University of Southern Mississippi.

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