Policies and Procedures

Section I Governing Policies and Procedures

K. Naming/Memorializing Buildings and Facilities

Prior approval of the State Board of Education is required for the naming or memorializing of a building or administrative unit for other than functional use. This policy also includes the naming of facilities.

As used in this policy, the terms "facility" and "facilities" include any building, structure, room, laboratory, administrative unit, open space, or other physical improvement or natural feature of a campus or of other property under the administrative control of the State Board of Education.

1. The Board will consider the following factors in addressing requests for naming of a building, facility, or administrative unit.
   
   
   1. Naming for an administrator, member of the faculty or employee of a unit responsible to the State Board of Education:
      
      
      1. No building, facility, or administrative unit shall be named for a person currently employed within the system of higher education in Idaho, except when authorized by the Board.
      
      
      
      2. Memorialization of a building, facility, or administrative unit for a former employee retired or deceased shall be considered on the basis of the employee's service to education in the state of Idaho. Significant factors will include, but shall not be limited to:
         
         
         1. Recommendation of the chief executive officer of the institution and the recommendation of the institutional community.
         
         
         
         2. Contributions rendered to the academic area to which the building, facility, or administrative unit is primarily devoted.
   
   
   2. Naming of a building, facility, or administrative unit for other than a former employee of the system of higher education will be considered by the Board in accordance with 1.a. Additionally, the following shall apply:
      
      
      1. When deemed appropriate, a facility, building, or administrative unit may be given a nonfunctional name intended to honor and memorialize a specific individual who has made a distinguished contribution to the University.
      
      
      
      2. Name for an individual in recognition of a gift.
         
         
         1. No commitment for naming shall be made to a prospective donor of a gift prior to Board approval of the proposed name.
         
         
         
         2. In reviewing requests for approval to name a facility, building, or administrative unit for a donor, the Board shall consider:
            
            
            1. The nature of the proposed gift and its significance to the institution;
            
            
            
            2. The eminence of the individual whose name is proposed; and
            
            
            
            3. The individual's relationship to the institution.
         
         
2. The Board exclusively has authority to name administrative units, buildings, and facilities of a campus or of other property under the administrative control of the State Board of Education and Regents of the University of Idaho.



3. The Board delegates to the presidents the authority to name rooms and open spaces located within buildings or structures.
   
   
   1. The presidents shall follow the same guidelines for naming as set forth in this policy.
   
   
   
   2. All such names designated by the presidents shall be reported annually in August to the Board.


4. All requests for naming outside the presidents' delegated authority, and all delegated naming authority reporting, shall be made to the Board's Business Affairs and Human Resources Committee. When applicable, concurrent request shall be made to the Board's Instruction, Research and Student Affairs Committee.

 

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