Media Advisory: Texas A&M University System Board of Regents to Hold Special Telephonic Meeting Aug. 5

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will hold a special telephonic meeting on Friday, August 5 at 2:30 p.m. in the Board of Regents annex of the Memorial Student Center on the campus of Texas A&M University.

The Board will convene and immediately recess to executive session before reconvening in open session to consider action on the following items:

• Consideration of any and all things leading to the selection of the President of West Texas A&M University, including possible action to name the finalist(s) or for this position
• Appointment of vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Texas A&M University
• Naming of Leadership Learning Centers at Texas A&M University

Meetings of the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System are open to the public except for any posted executive session held in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

A copy of the meeting agenda is available at http://www.tamus.edu/regents/meetingmaterials/special/

Live streaming of the meeting will be available at http://www.tamus.edu/regents/live-streams/

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 $4.2 billion. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, seven state agencies and a comprehensive health science center, the Texas A&M System educates more than 140,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. System-wide, research and development expenditures exceeded $946 million in FY 2015 and helped drive the state’s economy.

Contact:

Reeve Hamilton
Executive Director of Media Relations
(512) 705-7710
rhamilton@tamus.edu