Texas Tech University System Regents to Meet Feb. 23-24 in Odessa
Regents will have a two-day meeting in Odessa on the campus of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Odessa.
Feb. 21, 2023 | Contact: Scott Lacefield
The Texas Tech University System (TTU System) Board of Regents will meet Thursday and Friday (Feb. 23-24) in Odessa on the campus of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Odessa. The meeting will take place in the Academic Classroom Building (Room 101), First Floor, J’Nevelyn and Larry Melton Conference Center (800 W. 4th St.).
This marks the second time a regularly scheduled Board of Regents meeting will be held in Odessa and the first since 2002. The board’s first meeting at a non-Lubbock campus was in the Permian Basin in Midland in 1999. Total, the board has held three regularly scheduled meetings at TTUHSC campus locations the past 10 years, including 2013 (Abilene), 2020 (Amarillo) and now Odessa.
Overall, there have been 15 regularly scheduled board meetings held outside of Lubbock at TTU System campus locations since 1999, including this meeting in Odessa.
Below are highlights of the topics and items to be discussed at the upcoming meeting, including estimated times with periodic recesses. Meeting materials and a livestream of the meeting are available online.
Thursday, Feb. 23
9:00 a.m. – Finance and Investments Committee
9:30 a.m. – Academic, Clinical and Student Affairs Committee
10:15 a.m. – Audit Committee
10:30 p.m. – Facilities Committee
11:05 a.m. – Call to order; convene as Meeting of the Board and Committee of the Whole Board
- Report on Red Raider Facilities Foundation
- Legislative Update
11:45 a.m. – Executive Session
4:00 p.m. – Following Executive Session, reconvene into Open Session as Committee of the Whole
- Executive Session motions, if any
4:05 p.m. – Recess
Friday, Feb. 24
8:30 a.m. – Call to order; reconvene as Meeting of the Board and Committee of the Whole Board
- Showcase of TTUHSC Odessa
- Introductions and recognitions
- Approval of minutes
- Approval of Consent and Information agendas
- 2023 BOR meeting schedule
- Student Government Association President Reports
10:30 a.m. – Executive Session, if necessary
11:20 a.m. – Following Executive Session, reconvene into Open Session as Committee of the Whole
- Executive Session motions, if any
- Announcements
11:30 a.m. – Adjournment
About the Texas Tech University System
Established in 1996, the Texas Tech University System is one of the top public university
systems in the nation, consisting of five universities – Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and Midwestern State University.
Headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, the TTU System is a $2.65 billion enterprise focused on advancing higher education, health care, research and outreach with approximately 21,000 employees and 63,000 students, more than 375,000 alumni, a statewide economic impact of $16.4 billion and an endowment valued at $1.7 billion. In its short history, the TTU System has grown tremendously and is nationally acclaimed, operating at 24 academic locations in 21 cities (19 in Texas, 2 international).
In addition, the TTU System is one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary education, among other academic areas.