The Corporation will announce the University's budget as well as tuition and fees for the next fiscal year at its meeting this weekend. Members of the Corporation, the University's highest governing body, will cast votes following a review of President Ruth Simmons' recommendations, which stem from a budgetary report by the University Resources Committee. The report will be made public following the meeting.
Though tensions between the University and the city of Providence have arisen in the last month over Brown's financial contributions to the city, no action is expected to result from the meeting, said Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations. The University is continuing talks with Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, and there is no proposal on the table for the Corporation to review, Quinn added in an email to The Herald.
While the budget remains the main focus at the Corporation's annual February meeting, the Corporation will also discuss pressing issues such as housing and athletics. The Corporation will review plans for dormitory renovation, including general facility improvement, said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services. It will also discuss plans to establish first-year housing communities on Pembroke campus and Keeney Quadrangle and to allocate more suites and apartments to juniors and seniors.
With Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger stepping down at the end of this academic year, the Corporation will discuss the search for a new athletic director, Klawunn said. It will also receive an update on the progress of implementing recommendations from Simmons' response to the Athletics Review Committee's report released last April.
The Corporation will be updated on the state of the Office for Student Veterans and Commissioning Programs, which was established this semester to support veterans and students participating in military programs.
The Corporation plans to oversee the re-dedication of the Metcalf Research Laboratory Friday evening, said Russell Carey '91 MA'06, senior vice president for Corporation affairs and governance. It expects to receive a number of gifts this weekend, as they are a "routine activity" at the Corporation's business meeting, he said.
Carey declined to comment on the progress of the presidential search.
"The search is ongoing," he said, but no shortlist of candidates is available. He declined to comment on when more information would be made public.
