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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Revision of t h e Curriculum in B i o e n g i n e e r i n g , C h i c a g o Circle The Chicago Circle Senate approved a revision of the curriculum in bioengineering which restructures the existing curriculum. The revision redefines tracks within the program in accordance with current practices around the country, raises the number of hours required in the core sequence by 5 hours, and leaves the total number of hours for the major unchanged. The current trend in bioengineering is toward a strong engineering background and adequate knowledge of physiology. Thus, courses previously considered as technical electives are now considered to be essential to the student's professional education. The revision strengthens the technical base for the students while allowing them some flexibility in choosing electives to complement the area of concentration.

This report was received for record. Renaming of the Vivarium Building, Urbana

(14) The director of the School of Life Sciences at the Urbana-Champaign campus has recommended that the Vivarium Building be renamed the Victor E. Shelford Vivarium in honor of Professor Victor E. Shelford, who retired in 1946 after thirty-two years of service with the University and died in 1968. More than anyone else, Dr. Shelford was responsible for developing the field of ecology in North America and is best known for the work he did in community ecology. He is one of the founders of the Ecological Society and was its first president in 1916. T h e Vivarium is the building which Dr. Shelford helped design and with which he was intimately associated for over fifty years. The chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus concurs in the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . E s t a b l i s h m e n t o f S e p a r a t e F e e for S t u d e n t G o v e r n m e n t , U r b a n a (15) On May 15, 1980, the Board of Trustees approved an increase of one dollar in the student service fee at the Urbana-Champaign campus, to be collected in the fall semester only, effective 1980, and to provide funds on a trial basis for the support of student government. On May 2 1 , 1981, the board approved the continuation of this arrangement on a permanent basis with a student referendum every four years to reaffirm student support. The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign now recommends that beginning fall 1982 this fee be separated from the student service fee and be established as a distinct mandatory fee. T h e fee was originally included as part of the student service fee to simplify assessment and collection procedures. T h e stated intent of the original proposal was that each student at the Urbana-Champaign campus be assessed a fee of 50 cents each semester for student government, to be collected as $1.00 each fall to fit better into the fee assessment system. T h e campus budget has provided an allocation to offset revenue lost due to service fee waivers granted to students under board policy. Some of this allocation was directed toward student government in order to preserve its funding at a level approximately equivalent to $1.00 for each student enrolled. Now the campus allocation is being eliminated effective with FY 1983, which will result in a shortage of several thousand dollars in the funding for student government activities. It is proposed that a distinct, mandatory student government fee of $1.00 continue to be assessed each student registering, except that only students registering for off-campus and study abroad programs or in absentia be eligible for a waiver.