The UI has actively engaged the campus through shared governance and information sessions to ensure an outcome that is in the best interest of the university and its constituents.
The overall timeline has several distinct timeframes, (e.g., RFQ, RFP, and allocation of resources), which provide significant opportunity for campus feedback. The schedule is as follows:
| Date | Milestone |
| 2/12/19 | Faculty Senate information session |
| 2/13/19 | Staff Council information session |
| 2/19/19 | UI Student Government information session |
| 3/4/19 | UI Graduate and Professional Student Government information session |
| 3/5/19 | Information session on the west side of campus (9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., Urmila Sahai Conference Room, Medical Education Research Facility, room 2117) |
| 3/6/19 | Information session on the east side of campus (9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Big Ten Theater, Iowa Memorial Union, room 348) |
| April 2019 | RFQ released |
| 5/1/19 | Information session on the west side of campus (9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Prem Sahai Auditorium, Medical Education Research Facility, room 1110A) and Confidential Information Memorandum added to bid site. |
| 5/2/19 | Information session on the east side of campus (1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Big Ten Theater, Iowa Memorial Union, room 348) |
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Summer 2019 9/23/19 |
RFP released Info session on the east side of campus (9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Iowa Theater, Iowa Memorial Union, Room 166) |
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9/24/19 Fall semester 2019 |
Info session on the west side of campus (11 a.m. to noon, Urmila Sahai Conf. Room, MERF, room 2117) RFPs reviewed |
| Fall semester 2019 | Board of Regents evaluation |
| Late fall semester 2019 | Agreement signed |
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12/12/19 |
Info session on the east side of campus (9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Big Ten Theatre, Iowa Memorial Union, room 348) |
| FY22 | Resources first allocated |