Texas A&M University System Board of Regents to Meet April 27

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will convene at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 27 in the Board Meeting Room in the Board Annex on the Texas A&M University campus, and immediately recess to executive session.

The Board will reconvene in open session in the Bethancourt Grand Ballroom 2300 D&E in the Memorial Student Center at approximately 1:30 p.m. During the meeting, the Board will consider authorizing an extension of the employment agreement with Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp. Additionally, the board is scheduled to consider authorizing President Michael Young to negotiate and execute a new employment contract with Texas A&M University’s head women’s basketball coach, Gary Blair. The board also will consider action on agenda items, including the following:

  • Approval of construction of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute headquarters in Bryan, Texas.
  • Approval of construction for the Education Complex Project at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
  • Approval of construction of the Academic and Student Services Building Project at Texas A&M University-Texarkana.
  • Approval of construction for the Dentistry Clinical Education Facility Project at Texas A&M University Health Science Center in Dallas.

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 full meeting agenda can be found at https://www.tamus.edu/regents/meetingmaterials/regular/

The meeting may be viewed live at https://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 and seven state agencies, the Texas A&M System educates more than 148,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. System-wide, research and development expenditures exceeded $972 million in FY 2016 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