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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 18

Amendments to Senates Constitutions and Bylaws

(12) The University of Illinois Statutes provide that amendments to the constitutions of the senates shall take effect upon adoption by the senate concerned and approval thereof by the Board of Trustees. Changes in senate bylaws are reported to the board. A proposed amendment to the constitution of the Urbana-Champaign Senate is presented below.1 Proposed changes in the bylaws of the three senates are filed with the secretary of the board for record. Article II, Section 1 ( . . . the faculty electorate shall consist of all persons of the campus academic staff, other than persons holding administrative appointments in excess of one-half time, who:) c. Are appointed as and hold positions with titles other than those described in (a) and (b) above, and who have a full-time appointment, and are paid for their services by the University, and who, in the determination of the Senate are directly engaged in and responsible for the educational function of the University, ordinarily involving teaching and research; Article III, Section 6 The elected head of the student body, or the elected head of the undergraduate student body and the elected head of the graduate student body, shall [be] have ex officio memberj/ii/> [of] in the Senate[. Such members to be seated shall be] during concurrent tenure of the elected office and membership [of] in the student electorate. If such a [member] person is or becomes an elected member of the Senate, [he] that person shall not be deprived of [his] voting rights as a senator. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. The chancellors at the three campuses and the vice president for academic affairs concur in the recommended changes in the constitution and bylaws. I recommend approval of the amendment to the constitution of the UrbanaChampaign Senate; and receipt of bylaw changes for the three senates. O n m o t i o n of M r . V e l a s q u e z , 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 .

Head, Bioengineering Program, Chicago Circle

(13) The dean of the College of Engineering at Chicago Circle has recommended to the chancellor the appointment of Dr. James C. Lin as professor of electrical engineering on indefinite tenure and head of the Bioengineering Program beginning September 19, 1980, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $40,000. Dr. Lin, a former professor at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, has been acting head of the Bioengineering Program since September 1, 1980. Dr. Lin replaces Professor Herbert J. Stein who has served as acting head. Professor Irving F. Miller resigned as head on August 31, 1979, to accept the deanship of the Graduate College. The nomination of Dr. Lin is supported by the search committee for the head1

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