UofSC Board of Trustees committees hold June meetings – UofSC News & Events

Posted on: June 11, 2022; Updated on: June 11, 2022
By
Abe Danaher, adanaher@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-576-7780

Four of the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees’ committees met on Friday
(June 10). The committees — Finance and Infrastructure; Health and Medical Affairs;
Advancement, Engagement and Communications; and Academic Excellence and Student Experience
— approved actions that will be brought to the Board of Trustees’ meeting on June
24 for full Board approval.

Here’s a round-up of the actions taken:

• The fiscal year 2023 Designated Funds Budget was approved.
• Alumni Association Board of Trustee Representative Robin Roberts was approved as a
  non-board, non-voting expert advisor to the Advancement, Engagement and Communications
  Committee.
• Funds were approved for capital renovations to Harper College and DeSaussure College.
• Three 50-year easements on portions of university property were approved.
• The 2022 Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan was approved.
• For the Columbia campus — 39 tenure and promotion recommendations were approved for
  the 2021 Fall cycle and 17 honorary academic titles were approved.
• Ten programs on the Columbia campus were slated for termination.
• Two new academic departments were approved for the Columbia campus, with the African
  American Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies programs approved to become departments.
• Minor faculty manual changes were approved for USC Upstate, Palmetto College and USC
  Columbia.
• For USC Aiken — five tenure and promotion recommendations were approved for the 2021-22
  cycle and two honorary academic titles were approved.
• Two new academic programs were approved for USC Aiken.
• For USC Beaufort — nine tenure and promotion recommendations were approved for the
  2021-22 cycle.
• For USC Upstate — 16 tenure and promotion recommendations were approved for the 2021-22
  cycle.
• For Palmetto College — six tenure and promotion recommendations were approved for
  the 2021 Fall cycle.

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