UVI Board of Trustees to Meet on October 27

UVI President Dr. David Hall

The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Board of Trustees will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, in the Administration and Conference Center Building on St. Thomas, in the first-floor conference room.

The meeting will begin with regular session agenda items. UVI’s President Dr. David Hall will present the President’s Report. He will be followed by Board Chairman Henry Smock with the Chairman’s Comments. The board will receive an update report from the Research and Technology Park and its new Executive Director Peter Chapman. Then it will consider other agenda items.

Other items requiring board action include four presentations:
· The Buildings and Grounds Committee on the University entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority for the purpose of constructing and managing a Multi-Purpose Center on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix.
· The Planning Committee on the University’s proposed draft of 2018-2023 strategic plan “Greatness Through Innovation.”
· The Development Committee on the establishment of the fundraising and alumni giving goals for fiscal year 2019.
· The Finance and Budget Committee on a Pilot Wellness Leave Program as part of the University’s wellness program. The Planning Committee will also present UVI’s key performance indicators.

The board will then go into executive session and will report any actions taken in executive session before being adjourned.

It last met in special session on Aug. 21. A complete list of board meetings is available on the Board of Trustees page of the UVI website www.uvi.edu