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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES APPROVED

[February 8

The secretary presented for approval the press proof of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of July 13, 1995, copies of which had previously been sent to the board. On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, these minutes were approved.

BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY1

President Stukel recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference.2 The president then introduced Mr. Donald Prince, a member of the board of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. President Stukel then reported on his recent visit to Lake County, Illinois, to meet alumni, high school students, legislators, and community leaders. He turned to Mrs. Gravenhorst and asked that she comment on this visit. She said the presentations made by the president were excellent and all who met him were very pleased to have him in their community for a day. Next, the president reviewed for the board the newly established Kellogg Commission on Higher Education. He explained that it was unusual for the Kellogg Foundation to lend their name to a national commission but that this group believed it very important that they become involved in topics key to higher education governance in this country. He went on to say that the work of this commission is to emphasize undergraduates and the experiences of those students in American land-grant universities in particular. He noted that the commission is also concerned about access to higher education and about financial aid. Further, the commission is interested in discovering how connected land-grant institutions are to their states and communities. Dr. Stukel explained that another stress of this group was on life-long learning and a learning society. He concluded this report by noting that this commission was going to study the culture of campuses in terms of reward systems. Dr. Stukel then turned to a report of good news from the campuses. He told the trustees of a major breakthrough in cardiac surgery performed by Dr. Renee Hartz at the University Hospital. He then reported that Professor Frank J. Stevenson had received the 1995-96 Wolff Prize, stating that this was the top prize in agriculture in Israel. He then reported that a graduate student in gerontology at the Spring1 Prior to this, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds met to receive a report on several selections of architects/engineers for projects at the Chicago and Urbana campuses and to review in the regular agenda that deal with issues within the purview of this committee. A general discussion of the entire regular agenda to be presented later in the day followed. 2 University Senates Conference: William G. Jones, assistant university librarian and associate rofessor, University Library, Chicago; Chicago Senate: Donald Marshall, professor and head of nglish; Springfield Senate: Ronald Ettinger, professor, experimental studies; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Wesley D. Seitz, professor of agricultural and consumer sciences and professor in the Institute for Environmental Studies.

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