Regents meet next week
The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ regents are set to meet Sept. 22-23, at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏSF-Laurel Heights to, among other action, approve a final 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ budget for 2004-05 and review minimum high school GPA required for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ freshman eligibility.
The regents also are expected to act on an extension of certain benefits, including postretirement survivor benefits and nonresident tuition waivers, to domestic partners; appoint 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis law student Adam Rosenthal as student regent for 2005-06; and look at early plans for a phased-in service unit park, which would relocate some services from the core 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis campus to a west campus site, including facilities operations and maintenance, central receiving, the Storehouse, special services, the Bargain Barn, central purchasing, and environmental health and safety.
Saban resigns from board
Regent Haim Saban on Sept. 3 submitted his resignation from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's 26-member governing board, citing personal reasons.
Saban, 59, founder of Saban Entertainment and Fox Family Worldwide, was appointed as a regent for the regular 12-year term by then-Gov. Gray Davis in February 2002.
Golden showing in Athens
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ sent 110 athletes -- winning 36 medals -- to the recently concluded 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. If 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ were a country, its medal total would have been exceeded by only six other nations -- the United States, Russia, China, Australia, Germany and Japan.
The students and alumni of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ won a total of 13 gold, 10 silver and 13 bronze medals in sports including swimming, softball, soccer, beach volleyball, men's eight rowing, 100-meter hurdles, 1,600-meter relay.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ earned 34 medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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