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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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neering at Urbana-Champaign have recommended to the chancellor at UrbanaChampaign that the name of the Physics Research Laboratory be changed to Nuclear Physics Laboratory. T h e change has been proposed since the building is now, and has been for some time, dedicated to research in nuclear physics as a result of the continued growth of such research on the campus in recent years. T h e Facilities Planning Committee and the chancellor concur in this recommendation. I recommend approval. Application of Gift Funds T o w a r d Purchase of "CAT Scanner," M e d i c a l Center (20) The Medical Center campus has received a gift of $50,000 from the Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust to assist in funding the purchase of a Computerized Axial Tomography Scanner (CAT Scanner) for the University of Illinois Hospital. The purchase, amounting to $770,000 from Capital Development Board equipment funds, was reported to the Board of Trustees on February 21, 1979. The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended modification of the funding of the C A T Scanner purchase so that $720,000 is paid from Capital Development Board equipment funds, and $50,000 from the gift to the University. T h e Capital Development Board equipment funds made available by applying this gift to the purchase of the CAT Scanner will be used to purchase other equipment necessary to complete the University Hospital. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Neal, items 16 through 20 were approved.

President's Report on Actions of the Senates (21) The president reported on the following actions of the senates. Change of Name, Department of Psychiatry, Peoria School of Medicine, Medical Center The Medical Center Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Medicine to change the name of the Department of Psychiatry in the Peoria School of Medicine to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. This change is proposed to describe more accurately the instructional and research functions of the department. Revision of Undergraduate Teaching Curricula, Urbana The licensing authority for public school personnel in the State of Illinois now requires that all teacher education programs approved by that agency must provide for 100 contact clock hours of field experience prior to student teaching. In order to meet this requirement of 100 contact hours, four courses for a total of 6 hours will be added to the undergraduate curricula in the Teaching of Chemistry, the Teaching of Physics, and Vocational Home Economics Education. The addition of these courses will increase the number of hours required for graduation to 130 hours, 132 hours, and 130 hours, respectively. An increase in the number of hours required for graduation is deemed necessary in order to preserve the number of unrestricted electives in the curricula. The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved these changes. Minor in the History of Architecture and Art, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved the establishment of a minor in the History of Architecture and Art. T h e minor is expected to satisfy a demand primarily on the part of students in the College of Libera] Arts and Sciences who