Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1995] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 275 of Trustees' representative at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, along with Mrs. O'Malley and Ms. Reese. She reported that more discussions were held regarding tenure. Further, she noted that Chairman Arthur Quern of the IBHE had reported that earlier plans to increase the role and powers of the IBHE had been terminated. In addition, she indicated that the topic of athletics in higher education was discussed by the IBHE board members. President Ikenberry opined that if anything is to happen in this arena it will doubtless have to be in response to a national trend. Mrs. Gravenhorst also reported on the scholar-athlete dinner at the Urbana campus which she had attended a few days prior to the board meeting. She noted that this was most impressive and cited a newspaper article written by The News Gazette reporter Loren Tate regarding the accomplishments of the student athletes at the Urbana campus. NEW BUSINESS President Ikenberry spoke at this time in praise of the College of Agriculture's faculty for completing the task of reorganizing their college and consolidating some units within the college. He said this is a wise change for the future. Mr. Engelbrecht asked about the impact to the Urbana campus of the loss of the Illinois High School Athletic tournament. Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Patricia Askew responded that it meant a loss of $100,000 to the Assembly Hall and a loss of about $4 million to the community. President Ikenberry said it was a serious loss to the University in terms of visibility and indicated that he had heard a great deal of regret across the State. He noted that he hoped that in a few years it might return to the Urbana campus. Mr. Lamont reported that the availability of external accommodations in the Champaign-Urbana community influenced the choice of Peoria's athletic facility over the Assembly Hall at the Urbana campus. 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. 4 through 10 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Interim Chancellor, Chicago (4) The president-elect has recommended the appointment of David C. Broski, currently provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, as interim chancellor,
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