Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990
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1991] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 359 Policy Committee, and the School of Art and Design, has recommended the redesignation and disaggregation of the present two curricula for the Master of Fine Arts in Design and Studio Arts degree. T h e College of Architecture, Art, and Urban Planning seeks to divide its current design curriculum (with specializations in communications design, industrial design, photography, film/animation, and electronic visualization) into separate degree programs with the following degree titles: Master Master Master Master Master of of of of of Fine Fine Fine Fine Fine Arts Arts Arts Arts Arts in in in in in Graphic Design Industrial Design Photography Film/Animation/Video Electronic Visualization In addition, the current studio arts curriculum would be separated from the design curriculum in the degree title and would become the Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts (with specializations in painting/drawing and printmaking/sculpture). T h e proposed degree titles for the Master of Fine Arts programs are similar to the degree titles at the undergraduate level and would clarify the various programs that the School of Art and Design offers. T h e changes are also made to conform to the requirements of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the national accrediting organization for programs in art and design. NASAD prefers that degrees be awarded in a specific field of art or design, and in order to have continued accreditation, the new degree titles are proposed. All of the programs listed above meet the NASAD guidelines for curricular structure. T h e vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval, pending further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. On motion of Mr. Boyle, this recommendation was approved. Establishment of Quasi-Endowment, Urbana (Rhoma S. Cornwell Estate) (13) Rhoma S. Cornwell died on February 2, 1991, leaving a will naming the University of Illinois as beneficiary of a remainder interest in her estate. T h e amount of the bequest was approximately $1 million. T h e purpose of the bequest designated by the donor is to provide scholarships for needy students in memory of her late husband Ross E. Cornwell, an alumnus of the University of Illinois.1 T h e director of Student Financial Aids has proposed the establishment of a quasi-endowment with all of the funds from the Cornwell Estate. T h e income would be used to provide scholarships in accordance with the terms of the bequest. T h e chancellor at Urbana and the vice president for business and finance have recommended the establishment of the quasi-endowment for the purposes described. I concur. On motion of Mr. Boyle, this recommendation was approved. By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 14 through 32 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) 1 Ross E. Cornwell earned a B.S. degree in industrial design in 1953.
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