Trustees to discuss IU president search

The IU board of trustees is scheduled to discuss IU's progress on the search to find the next leader of the University and will vote on a number of new degree programs and building approvals at its business meeting today at the IU-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus. \nSue Talbot, IU trustee and chair of the presidential search committee, is slated to present a report on the progress of the search for IU's next president. Talbot will discuss the search committee's current priorities for the University. \nThe potential of outsourcing auxiliary operations on IU's campus will also be discussed, according to the office of Terry Clapacs, board vice president and chief administrative officer.\nThe trustees will vote on the creation of nine different degree programs, four of which will be available at the Bloomington campus. The degrees that could be offered at IUB are a B.A. in American Studies, B.S. in Arts Management, B.A. and B.S. in Human Biology and M.A. and Ph.D. Second Language Studies on IU's Bloomington campus, according to the agenda. \nAlso to be voted upon are several design approvals including construction of a student housing facility at IU-Southeast. The facility will house about 400 beds in five lodge buildings as well as two and four-bedroom units, according to the meeting's agenda. This construction project will be the first of two phases and will cost an estimated $20,100,000, according to the agenda. Bonds, which will be repaid by the revenue generated from the student housing, will be the major source of funding for the project.