PUBLIC NOTICE: Upcoming UT Board of Trustees Meetings Announced

The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees will hold its winter meetings Feb. 29-March 1 in Warren-Wilson Hall, located on the University of Tennessee Southern campus (433 West Madison Street, Pulaski, Tennessee).

Meetings are scheduled as follows:

• Thursday, Feb. 29
  • 2 p.m. CST – Education, Research and Service Committee
  • 4 p.m. CST – Audit and Compliance Committee (public session)
  • 5 p.m. CST – Audit and Compliance Committee (nonpublic, executive session)
• Friday, March 1
  • 8 a.m. CST – Finance and Administration Committee
  • 9:45 a.m. CST – Winter meeting of the Board of Trustees

All meeting times are approximate. If a meeting ends earlier or later than expected, the next meeting may begin following a short break. All public meetings will be webcast live and archived for later viewing; a link to the webcast will be available at tennessee.edu.

Agenda items include, but are not limited to:

• President’s update, including 2024 goals and objectives
• UT Southern strategic plan
• Revised FY 2023-24 operating budget
• FY 2024-25 state budget amendment request
• UT Chattanooga and UT Knoxville student housing projects
• UT Knoxville proposed revisions to faculty handbook
• UT Knoxville new academic programs
• 2024 internal audit plan
• 2024 institutional compliance plan

The full agenda for each meeting is available at trustees.tennessee.edu or by contacting the individuals listed below. All meeting materials will be posted in advance of the meetings and available at trustees.tennessee.edu.

Requests to address the board concerning items on the meeting agenda or other issues germane to the responsibilities of the board may be submitted using the registration form available at trustees.tennessee.edu/requests-to-address-the-board/. Requests will be accepted until 5 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 26. The board’s Standing Rule Governing Requests to Address the Board (also available at the above link) describes the procedures, terms and conditions that govern requests to address the board. The Board of Trustees will notify registrants whether they will be scheduled to speak at the meeting and, if so, the specific time and place of their presentations.

Anyone with a disability who wishes to attend this meeting may contact the individuals listed below to request auxiliary aids or services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by email, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than 5 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 28.

The University of Tennessee System distributes this notice to all faculty and staff as part of its compliance with the adequate public notice requirement of the state open meetings law.