Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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62 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 15 was hoped that the Doctor of Arts would attain widespread acceptance as the equivalent to the Ph.D., but that hope has not been fulfilled. Enrollments in the Doctor of Arts in Chemistry have been low since its inception and have declined to the point where there is only one student in the program. There has not been sufficient demand to sustain the continuation of this program. The request is therefore made to discontinue the program and to notify the Illinois Board of Higher Education to place the program on phase-down status until the one remaining student completes the requirements for the degree. The expected termination date will be at the end of Fiscal Year 1996. The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval and will notify the Illinois Board of Higher Education. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Designation of the Athletic Administration Building as the Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building (15) The Bielfeldt family (Gary, Carlotta, and children) made a gift commitment of $5 million in 1985 and an additional $1 million in 1994 toward the construction of the new athletic administration building at the Urbana campus. In recognition of the Bielfeldt family's significant support of the University and its athletic programs, the chancellor at the Urbana campus has recommended that the Board of Trustees designate the athletic administration building as the Bielfeldt Athletic Administration Building. Mr. Bielfeldt, who graduated from the University in 1958 (B.S.) and 1959 (M.S.), is the managing partner of Bielfeldt and Company and presently resides in Peoria, Illinois. I concur. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. By consensus, the board agreed that one roll call vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 16 through 32 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Renewal of Agreements, University of Illinois Alumni Association and University of Illinois Foundation (16) Since 1982, the Board of Trustees has designated the Alumni Association and University of Illinois Foundation as University-related organizations and authorized basic service agreements for certain services. In June 1994, the board extended the existing agreements until such time as action on the University's Fiscal Year 1995 operating budget was concluded. Completion of the agreements for FY 1995 is now sought. Alumni Association The agreement provides that the Association will provide management and supervisory services for data gathering, data entry, and maintenance of alumni records on the Foundation Alumni Constituency Tracking System (FACTS) and management services of the activities of the Alumni Career Center. The Association will publish
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