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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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receive presentations with regard to the procedures and policies of undergraduate admissions at the U r b a n a campus; and a detailed report on the academic programs portion of the University's budget request for Fiscal Year 1989. T h e Board of Trustees reconvened in regular session at 11:00 a.m. MINUTES APPROVED T h e secretary presented for approval the press proofs of the Board of Trustees meetings of February 12 a n d M a r c h 12, 1987, copies of which had previously been sent to the board. O n motion of Mr. Forsyth, these minutes were approved. NONVOTING STUDENT TRUSTEES FOR 1987-88 T h e secretary presented a report on the selection of these trustees, summarized as follows: Chicago Campus T h e election was held on May 28, 1987. James L. Evenson, a senior in electrical engineering, ran against two other candidates. T h e total number of votes cast was 673, with Mr. Evenson receiving 457. Urbana-Champaign Campus T h e election was held on April 7 and 8, 1987. Robert Scott Wylie, a firstyear law student, received the largest vote tally of the two candidates. Mr. Wylie received 1,550 votes of the total 2,442 votes cast. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION, RETIRING STUDENT TRUSTEES, 1986-87 President Howard recognized the two retiring student trustees, Mr. Filip and Mr. Starkeson. Miss Smith presented a certificate of appreciation to Mr. Filip, and Mrs. Gravenhorst made die presentation to M r . Starkeson. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference. 1 Report, Urbana-Champaign Senate Council T h e following report was received from the Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: This report will outline briefly the principal activities of the UIUC Senate and senate council during 1986-87. The senate council is the executive committee of the Urbana-Champaign Senate, which is the faculty-student legislative body responsible for matters of educational policy affecting this campus. The senate council guides and coordinates the work of the senate, its committees, and the senate office. Meetings were held frequently during the year, and were usually attended by Chancellor Everhart and Vice Chancellor Berdahl. The Council discussed a wide

1 University Senates Conference: Robert G. Spitze, professor of agricultural economics, Urbana-Champaign campus; Urbana-Champaign Seriate Council: Ian D. Westbuxy, professor of secondary education; Chicago campus Senate: Stanley K. Shapiro, professor of biological sciences.