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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 24

SEYMOUR MARGULIES, associate professor of physics — Silver Circle Award The chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus and the vice president for academic affairs have recommended that awards of $1,000 be made to Professor Killen and Mr. Branham, and awards of $500 to Professors Stern and Margulies. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Velasquez, this recommendation was approved.

Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1978-79

(11) On motion of Miss Winter, twenty-two sabbatical leaves of absence recommended by the chancellors were granted. These leaves will be included in an annual compilation of 1978-79 sabbatical leaves of absence to be made a part of the board Proceedings in March 1979.

Revision of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure

(12) The present version of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure was approved by the Board in December 1957. The Rules have been amended on numerous occasions since then; moreover, the extensive organizational changes through which the University has passed in the last twenty years have been largely unrecognized in the text. Therefore, at my direction, the office of the secretary has developed a revised version of the Rules to incorporate: (1) those amendments already approved by the Board, but not reflected in the printed version, (2) changes brought about by structural and title alterations, and (3) a few recommended substantive changes. Approximately two years of staff effort have been involved in this project. The general officers of the University have been consulted on the revision and, in accordance with the Preamble of the University of Illinois Statutes^ I have consulted with the University Senates Conference. I now recommend that the board approve, effective immediately, the revised version of the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure. (The revised text, and explanatory materials as presented to the Trustees, are filed with the secretary for record.) (Publication and distribution of the revised edition of the Rules in the office of the secretary was made in June of 1978.)

On motion of Mr. Velasquez, the revised version of die General Rules was approved, to become effective immediately.

Doctor of Philosophy in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Chicago Circle

(13) T h e Chicago Circle Senate has recommended the establishment of a program leading to the Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures with concentrations in five major Slavic literatures or languages: Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian, and Czech. T h e program will offer advanced disciplinary training to those who intend to pursue academic careers in Slavic studies, and to those who wish to prepare themselves for positions in international business concerns with interests in the Slavic world, in service organizations of the United Nations, in the foreign or diplomatic service organizations of the State Department, in certain branches of the armed forces, and in the agencies of the national security establishment. T h e Chicago metropolitan area is the home of the largest cluster of Slavic ethnic groups on the continent, and includes a large Slavic population derived from non-Russian Slavic cultures. N o doctoral program in Slavic languages and literatures exists at a public institution in the metropolitan area, nor does any univer-