Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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564 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [April 11 then summarized several programs that were either formed or greatly aided by funds raised privately in recent years. In closing, Dr. Nugent noted that in the last ten years, more than $1 billion has been raised for the University, at a cost of seven cents per dollar raised. OLD BUSINESS Trustees Gravenhorst, O'Malley, and Reese reported on meetings attended during the annual conference of the Association of Governing Boards. These meetings were held in Chicago, approximately two weeks prior to the board meeting. They cited sessions on the role of the urban university, enhancing diversity on campus, and an orientation session for new trustees as being especially informative. Mr. Rose mentioned a special event for young alumni of the University held in Springfield in the last few weeks and noted its success. NEW BUSINESS There was no business presented under this aegis. 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. 1 through 16 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Appointment of Fellows to the Center for Advanced Study, Urbana (1) Each year the Center for Advanced Study awards appointments as fellows in the center, providing one semester of released time for creative work. Fellows are selected in an annual competition from the faculty of all departments and colleges. The appointments allow the faculty award winners to carry out self-initiated programs of scholarly research or professional activity. The chancellor at Urbana recommends that the following list of fellows selected for the 1996-97 academic year be approved. A brief description of their projects follows. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. KEVIN DOAK, Departments of History (50 percent) and East Asian Languages and Cultures (50 percent), "Placing the People: Ethnic Nationalism and the State in Modern Japan." A history of nationalism in modern Japan that emphasizes how competing concepts of national identity are either rooted in the political state or in claims of ethnicity, and how these concepts have contributed to the political instability of Japan in the 20th century. This study raises concerns about political stability and democracy in contemporary Japan in light of the surprising endurance of ethnic nationalism in the postwar period. H. REX GASKINS, Department of Animal Sciences, "Molecular Immunology of
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