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nert Center for the Performing Arts, the strong professional orientation of the faculty, and the numerous opportunities for collaboration with music and theatre, the Department of Dance is uniquely equipped to offer this practice-oriented program. The M.F.A. in Dance will require a minimum of 14 units of course work and a minimum of four semesters in residence. While the M.A. in Dance requires a minimum of 8 units of course work, most recently enrolled students completed 14 units to satisfy present performance criteria. The revised program will formalize the standards already in practice. Students will present a culminating creative project (equivalent to 2 units) which must be approved and accepted by the graduate faculty. Several positions in the Department of Dance are already staffed by faculty with outstanding professional credentials. Because of this, the M.F.A. program can be adequately implemented with no additional staff. The five-year projected enrollment is for six new students each year. No additional faculty will be added beyond the current staffing level. The chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs concur in this recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved. Establishment of Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urban a

(13) The Urbana-Champaign Senate recommends the establishment of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences in the Graduate College to supplant the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research. The Laboratory for Atmospheric Research was established in 1969 as a special unit of the Graduate College with the intent that it would evolve into a department. Shortly after the laboratory was established, the dean of the Graduate College appointed a Committee on Atmospheric Science and Meteorology to assist the director of the laboratory in developing degree programs. As a result of the work of that committee, graduate programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science were implemented in 1973 and to date eighteen M.S. degrees and four Ph.D. degrees have been awarded. The laboratory has ten F T E faculty, state appropriated funds of $230,850, and outside research funds of approximately $500,000. No additional funds will be required to implement departmental status for the laboratory. Resources for research include a research library, computer terminals for remote access to on-campus computers, and a weather facsimile to receive daily weather charts. Over the past decade there has been increased national and international awareness of environmental problems, many of which are weather sensitive. There is a growing demand for expertise in this area. Currently, the only similar program in the state is in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Chicago. The chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs concur in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved. Board, Room, and Support Services Rates for Guy Beckwith Living Center, Urbana

(14) T h e Guy Beckwith Living Center 1 for severely handicapped students is expected to be available for partial occupancy starting June 1981. An operating

1 At the request of Mr. Beckwith'i widow, the formal designation of this facility will be the "Guy M. Beckwith Living Center."