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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Establishment of Biotechnology Center, G r a d u a t e College, U r b a n a (17) The dean of the Graduate College at Urbana-Champaign has recommended the establishment of a Biotechnology Center as a special unit of that Graduate College. T h e chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the vice president for academic affairs concur in the recommendation. T h e Biotechnology Center will provide a means of organizing the efforts of faculty with research interests in modern molecular biology, as well as those interested in its applications to problems in plant and animal sciences. T h e center will also foster corporate relationships through an Industrial Affiliates Program. T h e center will be administered with the aid of a faculty steering committee appointed by the dean of the Graduate College. The committee will recommend full-membership or associate-membership appointments to the Biotechnology Center, such status to be determined by the relationship of campus faculty members' research interests to the programs of the center. There are no recurring budgetary implications associated with faculty appointments to the center, since faculty will retain their appointments within existing departments. Two, related, campus-wide service facilities for the support of biotechnology research (one for recombinant DNA analysis and experimentation, the other for monoclonal antibody analyses and preparations) have been equipped by campus Research Board allocations and nonrecurring equpiment funds and will be staffed through funds for new programs in the Fiscal Year 1985 operating budget. It is anticipated that continuing costs of administration, maintenance, and operation of the Biotechnology Center will be drawn from funds obtained through the Industrial Affiliates Program. Subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, I recommend the establishment of a Biotechnology Center as a special unit of the Graduate College at Urbana-Champaign as described and under the provisions of Article V , Section 3, of the University of Illinois Statutes.1

On motion of Mr. Stone, this recommendation was approved.

President's Report on Actions of the Senates Change in N a m e : Department of Health and Safety Education, College of Applied Life Studies, Urbana (18) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a name change for the Department of Health and Safety Education to the "Department of Health and Safety Studies." This change in name will reflect more accurately the breadth of emphasis in the department. T h e use of "education" in the existing title implies that only teacher-certification programs in health and safety are offered. However, the department now offers options in community health, health administration/planning, and environmental/occupational health and safety — options in which over 90 percent of the total student body in health and safety are enrolled. Establishment of Business Concentration, School of Human Reources and Family Studies, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of a Business Concentration in the School of Human Resources and Family Studies in the College of Agriculture. This concentration (analogous to a minor) will provide students in the School of Human Resources and Family Studies who are interested in combining business

1 Art. V, Sec. 3a — On recommendation of the campus Research Board, and of the Executive Committee and the dean of the Graduate College, with approval by the president and the chancellor, the Board of Trustees may create special units of the Graduate College for the purpose of carrying on or promoting research in areas which are broader than the responsibility of any one department. Any such unit may be abolished by similar action.