Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1996] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 461 President's Reports Illinois Board of Higher Education Budget Request, Fiscal Year 1997 President Stukel reported to the board that at the meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), held a few days prior to this Board of Trustees meeting, that the budget recommended for the University of Illinois by the IBHE was presented. He indicated that he was pleased with this budget and urged the trustees to support it also. He explained that funding for the retirement system was an important part of this and a large part of it, inasmuch as it was a matter long neglected. The president noted that this budget was a student-centered budget with such things as classroom technology included, a good financial aid program, and more funds for faculty growth as well. He said that the budget calls for salary increase monies of three percent based on inflation. The president allowed that the Urbana campus would need more for faculty salary increases. In sum, the president concluded that the operating budget is positive. However, the capital budget is unknown at this time. There is currently no bond authorization. Despite this, the IBHE did recognize a commitment to an Agricultural Research Library for Urbana. The president also informed the trustees that the IBHE approved some programs for the University. These included The Great Cities Institute in Chicago and other doctoral programs and centers for Chicago and Urbana. He also noted that the increased student fee for renovation of the Assembly Hall at Urbana was approved. Presidential Outreach Visits The president thanked Trustees O'Malley and Reese for accompanying him to Belleville and the Metro-East area in early December for another visit in his series of outreach visits to the State. Both Trustees O'Malley and Reese commented on the success of this visit. The president announced that the next such visit would be to Lake County on January 31, 1996. Good News from the Campuses President Stukel reported to the trustees that three students at the Chicago campus had received awards for innovative industrial designs. He also noted that Dr. Willard Visek, professor emeritus, College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, had received the Conrad A. Elvehjem Award for Distinguished Public Service by the American Institute of Nutrition for his work in nutrition research as it relates to colon cancer. Next, he told the board of a program in literacy education at the Chicago campus called Project Flame that had recently received a grant for $1.0 million. This program involves parents and children together in a bilingual reading development program.
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