Posted on: June 21, 2020; Updated: June 21, 2020
By Dana Woodward, [email protected], 803-777-3691
The University of South Carolina Board of Trustees met virtually on Friday, June 19. Here is a summary of the decisions you made during the conference call.
The Council unanimously approves the resolution calling for the Sims Hall to be renamed
The University’s Presidential History Commission unanimously passed a resolution recommending that the university’s Board of Trustees formally request permission from the General Assembly to remove the name J. Marion Sims from the women’s dorm on Columbia campus. Find out more in President Caslen’s letter to the Carolina community.
University operating budget approved for fiscal year 2020-2021
The council was presented with the projected budget for 2020-2021, in which tuition fees remained stable and measures were included to mitigate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more in President Caslen’s June 19 message.
The board approves several actions of the committee
At meetings throughout June, board committees recommended actions that were approved by the entire board at the June 19 meeting. These actions included new programs and certificates across the university system, a new committee structure for the board, various approvals of 2019 meeting minutes and the following contractual agreements:
- An agreement between EBSCO and university libraries to acquire 13,950 journal titles and 50 databases for a period of one year
- An agreement between the university and the Central Midlands Regional Transport Authority (COMET) for transit services on the Columbia campus. COMET will operate university buses for 3 consecutive one-year periods starting on September 1, 2020
- An agreement between the Institute for Families in Society of the College of Social Work and COTIVITI Inc. for two software license agreements, which are used to evaluate Medicaid and the efficiency of Medicaid delivery systems in South Carolina
- Changes to food service agreements at USC Aiken, UofSC Columbia and USC Upstate to reflect changes in food service between March 22 and July 22 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
- An agreement between the School of Medicine Greenville and Pathology Consultants, Inc. to review, update and teach the basic pathology curriculum to first and second year medical students for a period of one year
- An amendment to the master agreement between the university and Prisma Health, which reflects the transition from Palmetto Health to Prisma Health and extends the agreement, which expires in June
Approval issued for the university’s strategic plan
In a process that began in October 2019, university president Bob Caslen presented the final version of the institution’s strategic plan, which also included contributions from faculty and staff.
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