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Regents committee ratifies executive appointments, collective bargaining settlements and policy manual updates
Summary
The Board of Regents’ governance, evaluation and human resources committee on April 23 recommended approval of personal appointments at UI and UNI, ratified multiple collective bargaining settlements and presented several policy manual revisions, including a new syllabus‑posting requirement and a tuition‑increase limit tied to the Higher Education Price Index.
At the April 23 meeting of the Board of Regents’ governance, evaluation and human resources committee, staff presented personnel appointments, collective bargaining ratifications and policy manual revisions for committee recommendation to the full board.
Personnel appointments: Kristen Bauer Davis presented three personal appointments: Brad Hawes as chief executive officer for University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center, Jennifer Miller as chief administrative officer for the University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center downtown, and Carmen Dillon as chief information officer at the University of Northern Iowa. Bauer Davis said the federal code requires appointment of an executive for each of the regents’ healthcare facilities and the board was asked to acknowledge these appointments as personal appointments.
Collective bargaining ratification: Committee materials and Kristen Bauer Davis summarized the negotiated settlements for employee units across regent institutions for 2025–2027. The regent‑held contracts include: United Faculty at the University of Northern Iowa (3% base salary increase); SEIU (University of Iowa health care nurses union) — a 3% increase to base and 3% increases both years of the contract; and COGS (graduate assistants at the University of Iowa) — a 3% base increase and 3% increases both years. Two state‑held contracts (AFSCME) were also included in the package: a 2% base increase for a large group of merit staff, and for AFSCME public safety a 3% base increase plus a 4.5% step increase. The committee recommended ratification by general consent.
Policy manual revisions: Executive director Mark Braun presented several policy manual changes the institutions had incorporated. Notable changes included a requirement that institutions post course syllabi online (course title, description, general outline, textbooks and general descriptions of assessments); an increase to an equipment capital threshold from $5,000 to $10,000 to align with federal OMB; a new quarterly financial reporting requirement for units receiving state appropriations (budget v. actual and personnel expenses); an annual reporting requirement for foreign funding exceeding $50,000; and a limit on base undergraduate tuition increases tied to the three‑year rolling average of the Higher Education Price Index. Braun said these updates reflect legislative priorities and administrative alignment.
The committee recommended the appointments, contracts and policy updates to the full board for approval by general consent.
Speakers: Kristen Bauer Davis (associate counsel) and Mark Braun (executive director) presented; regents took no roll‑call votes in the transcript and recommended items for general consent.
