Board of Regents meets this Friday

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet to vote on several issues, including the construction of an athletic complex at UNO and a system-wide Student Information System overhaul.UNO is requesting permission from the regents to begin asking for designs from engineers and architects for its University Life Complex, located on the former Chili Greens Golf Course property at 68th and Spring streets.

The complex will include an athletic complex including a baseball field, two softball fields and a soccer field.

The regents will vote on a contract for the construction of a new Student Information System, responsible for maintaining student records across the University of Nebraska system.

Property acquisition for the University of Nebraska at Kearney, capital improvements for UNK and University of Nebraska - Lincoln housing facilities and the budget for a new building to home the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing's Lincoln division are also on the regents' agenda.

The regents are also expected to vote on a graduate degree program offered at the Charles W. Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction for a master's of science in construction and on the certification of funds to complete the transfer of the Nebraska State Fairgrounds to UNL for its Innovation Campus project.

The meeting is open to the public and will take place at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St., in Lincoln, Neb., at 1 p.m. Committee meetings will begin at 8 a.m., breaking around noon for lunch.

The committees will hear reports on gender and minority faculty equity, need-based financial aid, merit-based scholarships, state funding, investments, information security, capital construction policies and economic engagement.