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MXNO-FU SHIH, assistant professor of veterinary pathobiology, beginning April 6, 1987 ( N ) , at an annual salary of $36,000. F. WILLIAM SIMMONS, assistant professor of soil and water management in agronomy, beginning March 10, 1987 ( N ) , at an annual salary of $34,000. LAIRD A. THOMPSON, associate professor of astronomy, for three years beginning August 21, 1987 ( Q ) , at an annual salary of $40,000.

Chicago

ERIC £. AUSTIN, assistant special collections librarian and assistant professor, Library, beginning February 1, 1987 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $25,000. LOIS J. SONSTEGARD, associate professor of general nursing, on twenty-five percent time, for three years beginning March 30, 1987 (QY25), at an annual salary of $11,500.

Administrative Staff

RICHARD M. KRIEO, associate dean for resource planning and allocation, School of Public Health, Chicago, beginning April 1, 1987 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $59,000. O n m o t i o n of Miss S m i t h , these a p p o i n t m e n t s were confirmed.

AMOCO Foundation Awards for Undergraduate Instruction, Urbana

(12) As a part of the Urbana-Champaign campus undergraduate instructional awards program, awards to faculty are provided for work on projects designed to improve the quality of undergraduate instruction.1 Upon the completion of the projects, a campus review committee selects those most deserving of recognition for excellence in teaching in the undergraduate programs. The AMOCO Foundation has again provided funds to reward those who have developed the most deserving 1986 summer projects. The committee's selections for this year are: ROBERT A. JONES, professor of sociology — "A Macintosh-Assisted Introduction to Sociology" RAJESHWARI V. PANDHARIPANDE, assistant professor of religious studies and linguistics — "Developing Techniques of Teaching Asian Mythology" The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the vice president for academic affairs have recommended that awards of $1,500 be made to each of the faculty members noted above. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M i s s Smith, these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s were approved.

Administrative Leaves, 1987-1988

(13) In accord with the plan for administrative leaves approved by the Board of Trustees on June 20, 1973/ the president of the University and the chancellor at Chicago have recommended as appropriate such leaves for those listed below. The proposals have been reviewed by the members of the committee on administrative leaves which recommends approval. THOMAS W. BECKHAM, vice chancellor for student affairs since 1983. Prior to that he was associate vice chancellor for academic affairs for one year and dean of the College of Associated Health Professions from 1978 to 1982. He has

Generally these amount to full-time salary for two months. ' The plan provides for paid leaves of two to four months for certain administrative officers "to keep abreast of developments in their professions and to find time to design new approaches to their tasks."

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