The meeting was called to order in the Alumni Dining room of the Student Center at 3:12 P.M.

Kurt Field announced that the September 16, 1999 Meeting would be held in the Marty Theater.

Kurt Field reminded the senators there would be two meetings. The 1998-99 senators would be eligible to vote in the first meeting, only. The 1999-2000 senators could vote in the second meeting, only. Those who were senators for both academic years would be eligible to vote in both meetings.

Joe Felder indicated that paragraph two under VI. B. Committee on Contractual Arrangements misrepresented what he said. He requested that the minutes state "Joe Felder participated in the lively discussion." Claire Etaugh moved approval of the minutes as corrected by Joe Felder. Alan Galsky seconded the motion. The motion passed.

The Admissions and Retention Committee annual report was added under VI. E.

A. President Brazil announced the naming of two buildings. There were two dedications. The Center for Student Leadership and service was named for former Board of Trustee member Louis Burger. The Student Center was named for former congressman and Board of Trustee member Robert Michel. President Brazil also reminded the senators of the Commencement on Saturday, May 15. He shared with the senators that he had enjoyed working with each of us and our colleagues, stating that we were a credit to the University.

B. Provost Liberty announced some new opportunities, which have been funded by Caterpillar's Corporate Contribution to the Capital Campaign. The funds will be used to improve the quality of Bradley graduate students and for continuous improvement of Bradley's learning environment. The latter has been addressed in part by the implementation of the technology plan and the new initiatives program. There will be two Caterpillar professorships which will be tenured, full professors. They will not be limited to any specific discipline of teaching. They will have a five year appointment, at which time their performance will be reviewed for reappointment. There will be approximately $10,000 for a stipend provided for each professorship. There will also be 10 graduate fellow scholarships established for students at the master's level of education. Five will be full-time and five will be supplemental to existing graduate assistantships. These will assist Bradley in being competitive with Northwestern and Illinois and other institutions at the master's level.

Two new initiatives to be funded at this time are the "Implementing New Standards in Science Education and Creating a Science and Technology Education Program." Leadership for this project will be from Biology and Teacher Education: Kelly McConnaughay, Bradley Kurtz, and David McMullen. The second initiative is entitled, "Establishment of a Nanostructure Materials Laboratory." Both proposals have opportunities for external funding and will provide new opportunities for interdisciplinary, collaborative opportunities, to improve undergraduate science education and will assist in faculty recruitment.

Authors of other proposal will receive feedback from reviews, which were conducted. Eventually individual meetings will be set to discuss each proposal with the authors, to determine the next step(s) to be taken

1. Curriculum and Regulations

1. Academic Regulations and Degree Requirements Subcommittee report was received. There is a correction to the University Undergraduate Catalog, with respect to the second summer session, 2000-2001 session.
2. Subcommittee on Curriculum - Fred Tayyari moved the Major program modification for Chemistry. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. There was a spelling error on page 13 of the agenda in the last line, to change "wife" to "wide. " Also, premedical on page 14 was changed to Pre-professional. The motion passed.

1. Committee on Contractual Arrangements annual report was received.
2. Strategic Planning Committee annual report was received.
3. Committee on Elections annual report was received.
4. Admissions and Retention Committee annual report was received.

There was no old business.

1. Claire Etaugh moved the ratification of the 1999-2000 senators. Alan Galsky seconded the motion. The motion passed.
2. Nina Collins moved to elect John Haverhals as Academic Ombudsman. Claire Etaugh seconded the motion. The motion passed.

1. NCA update - Claire Etaugh stated that people were beginning to submit their reports. She thank those who have responded to requests of the Committee for information.
2. Kurt Field discharged the Ad Hoc Faculty Handbook Committee.