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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976
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184 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [February 19 journalism, foreign service, radio and television, social work, and government. The international orientation of comparative studies also provides greater flexibility in the training of prospective teachers. Students must complete all requirements of the University and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and forty-five semester hours of course work in comparative literature and related disciplines. No new funds will be required for this program. T h e estimated enrollments will be twenty-five in the first year and forty-five by the fifth year. The Chancellor at Urbana and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination 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. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , 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 . Contract with Valley Outpost Health Clinic Organization, Inc., Medical Center (12) Since 1969, the Medical Center campus and the Valley Outpost Health Clinic Organization, Inc., have operated a health-care facility, the Valley Outpost Clinic in the Valley neighborhood in Chicago — an area bounded by Ashland Avenue, Western Avenue, Roosevelt Road, and 16th Street and populated principally by persons of low income. The Valley Outpost Health Clinic Organization (established by the residents) and the University have made contractual arrangements to enable the University effectively to deliver health care in the neighborhood setting. The Medical Center campus now desires to enter into a contract with the Organization for FY 1975, in an amount not to exceed $22,000 for services, including clinic publicity, community liaison and coordination, recruitment and screening of residents for employment, and the transportation of patients and materials. It is considered essential that there be community involvement in the operation of the Clinic, in order to effectively deliver health care in the community. T h e Vice Chancellor for Health Services and the Chancellor at the Medical Center have recommended execution of this contract. T h e Vice President for Planning and Allocation concurs. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Livingston, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Walker. Application for Grant Funds for Replacement Hospital, Medical Center (13) T h e Public Health Service Act authorizes Federal funds to assist in the construction of new facilities and the expansion, replacement, or rehabilitation of existing schools of nursing. Because a significant portion of nurses' training takes place in a hospital setting, it is possible that funds will be available from this source for assistance in the construction of the replacement hospital at the Medical Center. T h e requirements for the submission of an application for a grant under this Act include the adoption of a formal resolution by the governing board of an institution, authorizing the filing of the application, including all understandings and assurances contained therein, and directing and authorizing the person iden-
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