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Topic: Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees Chair talks tuition, trauma center
Andrew Alper (A.B. ’80, M.B.A. ’81) the chair of the University’s Board of Trustees addressed student concerns about rising tuition and a UCMC trauma center.
Dangerous liaisons
Graduate Liaisons to Board of Trustees should be democratically elected and ready to serve a full term
Trustee implicated in Ponzi scheme
Steve G. Stevanovich (A.B. ’85, M.B.A. ’90) was accused in a civil lawsuit last week of allegedly and knowingly contributing $3.2 billion to a Minnesota-based Ponzi scheme. UPDATED with a statement from Stevanovich’s attorney.
Board of Trustees
Perhaps the most mysterious, elusive group since the Masons
Veteran trustee picked to head UCMC Board
Rodney L. Goldstein has served on the Board for 18 years and was vice-chair under James S. Crown, the interim chair of the Board.
Liasons’ limited role is sufficient, Alper argues
Students will never have voting rights on the Board, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Andrew Alper said, because it would violate the Board’s commitment to objective discussions.
Editorial underestimates student liaisons’ role on Board of Trustees
Though student liaisons don’t hold a voting position, they still wield influence through their contributions at committee meetings and in agenda planning.
SG appoints Losier graduate liaison
History graduate student Toussaint Losier will attend next week’s Student and Campus Life Trustee committee meeting.
Graduate liaison resigns after proxy rejected
Joe Bonni stepped down last week, unable to attend this quarter’s trustee meeting because his field work will send him abroad. He objected to liaisons being “held to the same standard of responsibilities and obligations regarding proxies” as trustees, while not being given the same privileges.
Proxy error
Board of Trustees’ no-proxy policy highlights challenges student liaisons face
Goldstein discusses U of C’s effort to improve presence in Hyde Park
A member of the Medical Center Board of Trustees and longtime community volunteer, Goldstein expressed his personal dedication to South Side health care.
Trust issues
Now, with the election of Andrew Alper (A.B.’80, M.B.A.’81) as its new chairman, the Board should seize the opportunity to redefine its relationships with the student body by making a conscious, formal commitment to solicit student input on campus issues.
Alumnus Alper elected as new trustee chair
Andrew Alper (A.B.’80, M.B.A.’81) was elected chairman of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees at a meeting Wednesday. He will begin his three-year term June 4. Current chair James Crown announced his plans to step down last month, after serving as chair for six years. The trustees amended the board’s bylaws to create a three-year term for the chairman at last night’s meeting.
Over lunch, Alper fields student questions
Chairman-elect of the Board of Trustees Andrew Alper spoke to students, alumni, and administrators about the changing direction of the University at the Alumni House Wednesday. Participants spent much of the luncheon speaking with Alper about how the economic crisis will impact the Board’s vision for the University.
Trustee chairman resigns after customary six years, will still lead Medical Center board
James Crown, chairman of the University Board of Trustees, worked to secure federal funding for research.
Trustees
Industry leaders guide Admin on big decisions
Students, Trustees follow the money
Students from the University’s graduate and undergraduate programs voiced concerns about the University’s financial role in Hyde Park during a lunchtime discussion Monday with University Trustee Mary Lou Gorno (M.B.A. ’76). “The role [of the Board of Trustees] is first…
Editorial: Undergraduate Liaison to the Board of Trustees endorsement
In recent years, the position of undergraduate liaison to the Board of Trustees has taken on increased importance, as campus activists have questioned Board decisions on issues ranging from divestment to graduate-aid funding. Out of a competitive field, the Maroon…
Bored of trustees? Give us a vote
Earlier this month, the Social Justice Coalition (SJC), which comprises over 30 student groups, presented the administration with several proposals on improving the University of Chicago in areas such as financial aid and sustainability. (Apparently, the activists wanted a break…
Trustees approve two new buildings
The Board of Trustees has authorized two new building projects to move forward to the architect selection and design phase, David Fithian, secretary of the Board of Trustees, announced after a recent meeting. Both the Physical Sciences Division and the…
Congressman, student protesters demand action from Trustees
“UChicago you can’t hide; you’re supporting genocide,” a crowd chanted yesterday during a march to demand that the University officially divest from Sudan. Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) led the march, which concluded with an attempted confrontation outside a meeting of…
Admin taps new liaison to Board of Trustees
The U of C announced Friday that it has appointed David Fithian to the new position of secretary of the University. Fithian, currently secretary and associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University, will serve…
Making the Trustees accessible
The winter dubbed the “quarter of our discontent” by me and my friends turned out to be the most active quarter of campus politics I can remember in my three years at the U of C. Despite a bitter cold…
STAND confronts Trustees
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) activists snuck into the downtown Gleacher Center on March 1 in an attempt to disrupt a meeting of the Board of Trustees and force the University’s governing body to reconsider its decision against divestment…
STAND will press trustees, Zimmer on divestment
Last week, Students Take Action Now: Darfur (STAND) leaders gained headway in their campaign for divestment from Sudan when administrators granted the group permission to present their case for divestment to President Robert Zimmer and Board of Trustees Chairman James…
Trustees tap newest members
The University tapped four corporate leaders to join its Board of Trustees this June. Rodney Goldstein, who chairs investment firm Frontenac Company, is a University Medical Center trustee and headed the volunteer committee for constructing the Comer Childrens Hospital. Steven…
Trustees assess University issues
The Universitys endowment grew by over 6 percent in the most recent quarter, and the new dorm to be built south of the Midway is on schedule to open for the 2008 school year, according to the University Board of…
Trustees convene for quarterly review meeting
Members of the Board of Trustees met over two days last week to discuss matters of concern to the University at the quarterly Board of Trustees meeting. Under the provisions of the University of Chicago Bylaws and Statutes, the 48…
At Board of Trustees meeting, new dorm given green light
Plans for the new dorm to be built south of the Midway will be finalized next month, University President Don M. Randel said Thursday after a meeting of the Board of Trustees. Along with Randel, Chairman of the Board Jim…
Notes from the Board of Trustees
President Randel and the University administration met with the Board of Trustees over the past two days in a series of committee meetings, discussing various issues ranging from the state of facilities to student healthcare. After the final meeting of…
Board of Trustees holds winter meeting
The University Board of Trustees gathered downtown at the Gleacher Center for its two-day winter quarter meeting last Wednesday and Thursday. The event allowed trustees a chance to ask questions of a panel of five students, convene a wide range…
Trustees discuss current state of University
The University Board of Trustees met for the first time this academic year Wednesday and Thursday. The two-day event brought board members together to make major decisions about the academic, administrative, and financial status of the University. Kathryn Gould, M.B.A….