MEDIA ADVISORY: TEXAS A&M SYSTEM REGENTS TO MEET WEDNESDAY

BRYAN/ COLLEGE-STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will convene at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 for a telephonic meeting to consider authorizing Texas A&M University President Kathy Banks to negotiate an amended contract for Head Football Coach Jimbo Fisher.
The board will immediately recess to executive session after convening. Following the executive session, the board will vote.

About The Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation with a budget of $6.3 billion. The Texas A&M System is a statewide network of 11 universities; a comprehensive health science center; eight state agencies, including the Texas Division of Emergency Management; and the RELLIS Campus. The Texas A&M System educates more than 151,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts each year. Systemwide, research and development expenditures exceed $1 billion and helped drive the state’s economy.

Contact: Laylan Copelin
Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications
(979) 458-6425
(512) 289-2782 cell
lcopelin@tamus.edu