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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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These changes are consistent with the action of the Board of Trustees by which the name of the Department of Recreation and Park Administration was changed to the Department of Leisure Studies. T h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d for r e c o r d .

President's Report on Actions of the Senates Change of Name, Department of Pedodontics, Medical Center

(20) T h e Medical Center Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Dentistry that the Department of Pedodontics be renamed the Department of Pediatric Dentistry. Although the term pedodontics has been used to describe the field of dentistry for children, the public and many health professionals are not familiar with its meaning. The new title is self-explanatory and should more clearly identify the department's function to the public which it serves.

Biophysics Option in Life Sciences Field of Concentration, Urbana

The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that a biophysics option be added in the School of Life Sciences field of concentration. This option, to be administered by the Biophysics Division of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, is designed for the student who wishes a strong background in the physical sciences and mathematics, but is basically interested in the life sciences. It is designed to provide guidelines as to physical and life science courses which best complement each other.

This report was received for record.

Report for Information: Changes in Organizational Status, Certain Academic Units

(21) On recommendation of the appropriate administrative officers, the President has approved the following changes:

Change of Name, Firemanship Training Program to Fire Service Institute

Although it is unclear whether the present designation is affected by federal regulations or guidelines, it is believed that the new terminology reflects more accurately the services now performed, which include, but are broader than, the provision of a training program. In addition, the President has approved an organizational framework for the Fire Service Institute under a director whose status will be analogous to that of the head of a department as provided for in the University Statutes. This latter change is parallel and consistent with the organization of the Police Training Institute.

Discontinuance of the Title Bureau of Business Management, Urbana

T h e efforts of the College of Commerce and Business Administration in continuing education for some years have been carried out through the coordination of the Bureau of Business Management and the Executive Development Center. Since the activities and concerns of the former now more appropriately fit within the overall responsibilities of the latter, the J>ean of the college proposed the elimination of the title Bureau of Business Management, the assignment of its budgetary accounts and activities to the Executive Development Center, and the redesignation of the position of Director of the Bureau of Business Management as Associate Director of the Executive Development Center.