Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990 [PAGE 521]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

1992]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

509

administrative duties, normally for a year, so they can devote full effort to their research.

Fellows

ROBERT BRUEGMANN (associate professor, history of architecture and art), "The Center and the Park: The Decentralization and Recentering of the American City" EDWIN CURLEY (professor, philosophy), "A Translation of the Complete Works of Spinoza" ALEX KURCZABA (associate professor, Slavic and Baltic languages and literatures), "Under Native Eyes: Joseph Conrad and Polish Literature" RICHARD S. LEVY (associate professor, history), "Three Antisemites: The Nature of Antisemitism" JOHN S. ROHSENOW (associate professor, linguistics), "A Chinese-English Dictionary of Contemporary Proverbial Sayings (Yanyu)" MARC ZIMMERMAN (associate professor, Latin American studies), "Guatemala: A Nation's History and Literature" The vice president for academic affairs recommends approval. I concur.

On motion of Dr. Bacon, these appointments were approved. Administrative Leaves of Absence, 1992-93

(5) The chancellor at Urbana has recommended approval of the following two requests for administrative leaves of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Administrative Manual and for the periods indicated. The vice president for academic affairs has reviewed the requests and recommends approval. I concur. LEIGH S. ESTABROOK, dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and professor since January 2, 1986, has requested leave for the period May 17, 1993, through September 16, 1993. She proposes to review, analyze, and report the results of research on the impact of technology on the work of professional research librarians and support staff and to work with researchers in Sweden and Brazil on cross-cultural comparisons. This is to be carried out on the Urbana campus with visits to Sweden and Brazil. (Subsequently this leave was canceled without prejudice.) MICHAEL L.JEFFRIES, associate dean of students; director, EOP; and TRIO coordinator of the Office of the Dean of Students since August 21, 1984, and prior to that, assistant dean of students and director, EOP from September 21, 1978, through August 20, 1984, has requested leave for the period January 15, 1993, through May 14, 1993. He proposes to conduct a study of participants in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Educational Opportunities Program from 1974 through 1984 and the effects of participation in this program on their academic growth, career development, and perceptions of the University. This study is to be carried out on the Urbana campus and at various other locations, such as Chicago.

On motion of Dr. Bacon, these leaves were granted as recommended.

Amoco Foundation Awards for Undergraduate Instruction, Chicago

(6) Each year faculty members at the Chicago campus are selected as recipients of the Silver Circle Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. Through the Amoco Foundation, each recipient receives $500.