USM Regents Committees on Finance, Economic Development Meet March 12

Finance Committee to Vote on New Schedule of Room and Board Fees

Adelphi, Md. (March 10, 2015) -- The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Committee on Finance and the Committee on Economic Development and Technology Commercialization will meet on Thursday, March 12. Both meetings will take place in the President's Board Room, 14th floor of the Saratoga Office Building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). The building is located at 220 North Arch Street in Baltimore, Md.

At 10 a.m., the Committee on Finance will vote publicly on whether to reconvene in closed session. In closed session, the committee would consider an item specifically exempted in the Open Meetings Act from public consideration. That item is the awarding of a contract with a single Microsoft‐authorized Microsoft License Solutions Provider for the purpose of acquiring, supporting, and distributing Microsoft software solutions.

The committee is scheduled to reconvene in public session at 10:15 a.m. Action items include campus self-support charges and fees for fiscal year (FY) 2016 and the facilities master plan for Salisbury University. The committee will hear several information items, including a review of capital improvement projects and a report on FY 2014 procurement contracts. The agenda and supporting materials can be accessed here.

The Committee on Economic Development and Technology Commercialization will meet at 12:20 p.m. and hear an informational presentation on a featured start-up, Breethe Inc. The company is developing the world's first wearable artificial lung. Its technology is licensed through UMB. The committee also will receive presentations on new initiatives through UM Ventures and the latest USM new company information report. The agenda and supporting materials can be accessed here.

Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please call 301.445.2756 (voice) or 301.314.7683 (TTY/ITT) for special arrangements.

Parking is available in the Saratoga Garage, also located at 220 North Arch Street in Baltimore. For driving directions to UMB and a campus map, click here.

 

Contact: Mike Lurie
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: mlurie@usmd.edu