Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990
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1991] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 407 tensions on the Urbana campus have been worsening. He attributed certain incidents that occurred during homecoming weekend as being particularly notable and indicated that feelings about the appropriateness of Chief Illiniwek as the symbol of the Urbana campus were related to the tensions he believes exist. New Committee on Chicago Campus to Review Possible Tuition Increase for Instructional Equipment Ms. Caporusso reported that a new committee had been appointed at the Chicago campus to review this matter and make recommendations for the equipment that would be financed by this increase. The committee is composed of four faculty members and four students. The chair is Dr. Ronald P. Legon, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. In addition to the regular committee meetings, the four students will meet as a subcommittee to develop a means for surveying the opinions of all students on campus regarding their willingness to increase tuition for the purpose of improving instructional equipment. This survey will be administered in the spring semester. Ms. Caporusso will report back to the board on this. Introduction of Guests President Grabowski recognized and introduced to the board Mr. Walter G. Ingerski, director of the State Universities Civil Service System, and Mr. Emil Peterson, deputy director of the State Universities Civil Service System and secretary of the Civil Service Merit Board. REGULAR AGENDA The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 2 through 13 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Head, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Urbana (2) T h e chancellor at Urbana, after consultation with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the appointment of Thomas R. Havens as head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. Dr. Havens is presently professor of East Asian languages and cultures, and history, and acting head of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. This appointment is to begin November 14, 1991, on an academic year service basis, at an annual salary of $80,000. Dr. Havens will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He has been acting head since the department's inception on October 21, 1991.
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