Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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218 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 9 the bills that had recently passed the Legislature on governance of higher education and the appointment of trustees for the University. He also noted that torte reform was expected to be approved soon. He commented that there had been 3,500 bills introduced in this session and that deadlines for various phases of consideration would be approaching in the next few weeks. He then went on to enumerate some issues that are key issues this year. These include: a bill to allow the State's public universities to keep their income funds; one bill concerning Medicaid; another one concerning proposed changes in the boundaries of the Medical Center District; another bill dealing with compensable sick leave for State employees; and one bill calling for a football stadium in Chicago. These were presented as examples of the wide variety of proposed legislation that the University must watch carefully. Mr. Hard then mentioned the bill that calls for an expansion of powers for the Illinois Board of Higher Education and reiterated that the University and President Ikenberry in particular were communicating disapproval on this regularly. President Ikenberry then said that he had some assurance that this bill might not succeed. He said that he had met with several legislators and that they were very interested in and sympathetic with his views on this. OLD BUSINESS There was no business presented under this aegis. NEW BUSINESS Mrs. Gravenhorst reported on the meeting she attended of the Athletic Board. She told the board that a report presented at this meeting revealed that 70 student athletes have grade point averages of 4.5 or greater. She also commented on the regulations in place for student athletes and noted that she found them to be designed to protect the student athletes and help them complete their academic programs. PRESENTATION FROM IKENBERRY CHILDREN At this time, Chair Lamont indicated that David, Steven, and John Ikenberry wished to make a presentation to President and Mrs. Ikenberry. The three, joined by spouses and children, asked President and Mrs. Ikenberry to join them before the trustees. Dr. David Ikenberry made remarks for the group and then presented his parents with a framed collection of drawings of homes in which the Ikenberry family had lived and the new home in Urbana where President and Mrs. Ikenberry plan to live as well as a reprint of a newspaper article written by Mrs. Ikenberry for the State College, Pennsylvania, newspaper some 20 years ago. This article which concerned a home in which the family then lived, dealt with the theme of loving places and circumstances well, but being happy to convey them to others in time. David Ikenberry
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