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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 14

The Conference has begun to address the manner in which participation by the faculty of the University of Illinois at Springfield in the Conference will be established. In June the board authorized the president to make some policy exceptions in order to permit the smooth transition of the campus in Springfield to the University system, and this has included UIS representation on the Conference. The Conference is beginning to explore the issues and is arranging time when it can meet with its Springfield colleagues to begin that process. Thorough and deliberate consideration of all of the issues (conference size, committee structure, campus representation) will be required in the coming year. The activities of the Conference are only one part of an intricate web of relationships that Constitute the system of shared governance between faculty and administration in the University. There are numerous committees on both campuses that work with each other, with their senates, and with the Conference to make this system succeed. I speak for all members of the Conference when I say that we are very much looking forward to continuing and strengthening this system as we begin a new administration and are joined by our colleagues in Springfield.

REPORT FROM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Chair Lamont gave a brief report on the Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees which was a retreat for the board, held August 17-18, 1995. He noted that during discussions held at the retreat there was consideration of taking new directions with regard to the role of the chair, a plan for succession and agreement to study the committee structure. He indicated that it was the will of the board that the chair take a stronger, more directive role in board meetings and that this would be done.

INSTALLATION OF STUDENT TRUSTEE, CHICAGO

Mrs. O'Malley invited Roy Mathew to come forward. She then read to him the following responsibilities of a student trustee:

The Statutes of the State of Illinois provide that there shall be nonvoting student members of this board, one from each campus of the University. The method of selecting student members has been determined by campus wide student referendum. The student members serve a term of one year beginning July 1 of each year. In the installation of voting members of the board, we tend to emphasize the duality of responsibility of the trustees: on the one hand, a deep interest and loyal support of the University and, on the other, a stewardship in behalf of the people of Illinois, a difficult interrelationship which as trustee one must define and carry out for oneself — but in no way an incompatible one. It is appropriate that the same duality be kept before us in the role of the student trustee. Inevitably, the student member feels a kinship and accountability to the student body; on the other hand, no less that any of us, the view of the University and its service necessarily must be broader than any one student constituency or any one campus. This is a challenging perspective for us to maintain and a learning process for all of us.

After this, Mrs. O'Malley formally welcomed Mr. Mathew to the board as a colleague.