Charlene Zettel

Beginning their terms as the UC system emerged from the financial crisis of 2008 and ending amid a pandemic, George Kieffer and Charlene Zettel retired from the UC Board of Regents in March after a 12-year career.

On its final day of virtual meetings this week, the UC Board of Regents discussed university donations, alternatives to college entrance exams and the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UC Board of Regents makes decisions that impact every UC student’s life — determining student tuition, approving campus developments, setting the UC system’s budget and more — yet most students across the system do not know who the regents are.

John Pérez was elected as the 2019-20 chair of the UC Board of Regents in May and started working in the new position July 1.

Former California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno and law firm Hueston Hennigan LLP were announced as the parties responsible to conduct a “fact-finding review of actions undertaken by the Office of the President,” according to the statement.

A special committee of the UC Board of Regents has nominated Paul Monge, a student at the UC Berkeley School of Law, as the 2017-18 student regent, according to a Wednesday UC Office of the President press release.

The UC Task Force on Sustainable Investing presented its recommendations Friday to the UC Board of Regents’ Committee on Investments, advocating that the university’s investment portfolio reflect environmental concerns while minimizing explicit discussion of divestment from fossil fuel companies.