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• BOARD OF GOVERNORS-WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

Official Proceedings - May 6, 1999

Regular Meeting

The meeting was called to order at 3:16 p.m. by President Irvin D. Reid in the Alumni

Lounge. Secretary McClain called the roll, and the following Board members were present:

Governors Atchison, Dunaskiss, Jackson, Lewis, Miller, and Scribner; and President Reid

Absent:

Also Present:

Governors Hardy and Kelly

Senior Vice President Davis and Chief-of-Staff Gibbs; Vice Presidents Johnson, Nelson, and Stoltman; Interim Vice Presidents Carter, Dambach, and Ritzenhein; Associate Provost Oliver for Interim Provost and Senior Vice President Williamson, Assistant General Counsel Galloway for Vice President and General Counsel Lessem, and Secretary McClain

APPROVAL OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS, MARCH 11, 1999

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Jackson and seconded by Governor Scribner, the

Official Proceedings of March 11, 1999 were approved as submitted by the Secretary.

The motion was adopted with a vote of 6-0.

• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Dunaskiss and seconded by Governor Miller, the

Board of Governors authorized meetings of the Executive Committee, if such meetings are

required, on the following dates for purposes permitted by the Open Meetings Act, P.A.

256, 1976, as amended:

May 17, 1999 May 24, 1999

June 8, 1999 June 15, 1999 June 17, 1999

The motion was adopted with the following roll-call vote:

Governor Atchison - yes Governor Dunaskiss - yes Governor Jackson - yes

Governor Lewis - yes Governor Miller - yes Governor Scribner - yes

BOARD OF GOVERNORS FACULTY RECOGNITION AWARDS

The Board of Governors presented Faculty Recognition Awards that are based on works

• of merit brought to fruition during the past twelve months. The names of the awardees and the

citations presented are shown below.

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Lesley Brill, Professor of English

Governor Jackson presented the following citation:

The Board of Governors recognizes Lesley Brill, Professor of English, for his book, John Huston's Filmmaking.

Professor Brill came to Wayne State in 1989 after a distinguished career at the University of Colorado. He served as Chairman of the Department of English from 1989 to 1994 and has worked tirelessly on both departmental and university committees. He is the author of numerous journal articles and scholarly papers, as well as one of the definitive texts on the work of Alfred Hitchcock.

John Huston's Filmmaking explores the career of one of America's most-noted and least-studied directors. Skillfully navigating Huston's vast and varied filmography, Professor Brill reveals the literary and dramatic influences and interests that lend unity to Huston's body of work. The book's prose, at once insightful and elegant, steers the reader through nearly fifty years of Hollywood history, revealing Huston's multiple talents, not merely as director, but as writer and producer. Professor Brill has, in one stroke, both written a profound and accessible text on a great figure in American film and established Huston as an artist worthy of further and extensive attention in film studies.

The Board of Governors is proud to recognize Professor Lesley Brill for this important contribution to the scholarship of this century's signal art form.

Robert Burgoyne, Department of English

Governor Atchison presented the following citation:

The Board of Governors recognizes Robert Burgoyne, Professor of English, for his book Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U. S. History.

Professor Burgoyne came to Wayne State in 1983 upon completion of his studies at New York University. He was advanced to professorial rank in 1996 and has served as Chairman of the English Department since that date. He is the author of a score of articles and conference papers and a book about Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece, 1900.

In Film Nation ... , Professor Burgoyne employs a variety of critical modes to analyze recent American film. Exploring movies as apparently different as Glory and Forrest Gump, he demonstrates how these works manifest the ongoing struggles in the contemporary United States with such issues as multiculturalism, gender politics, "social memory," and the narratives and crises that traditional and popular history have suppressed. This is a volume not only revealing of a particular art form, but of how that art form is engaged with our modern and competing notions of American-ness, American history, and American identity.

The Board of Governors is proud to recognize Professor Robert Burgoyne for this important contribution to the study of American culture.

Michael Diamond, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Governor Scribner presented the following citation:

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The Board of Governors recognizes Michael P. Diamond, Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Physiology, for the publication of his book, A Manual of Clinical Laparoscopy.

Professor Diamond held professorships at Yale and Vanderbilt universities before coming to Wayne State University in 1994 as Professor and Director of Reproductive Endocrinology. In the past year, he has been appointed the Kamran S. Moghissi Professor and the Associate Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The work for which Dr. Diamond is being honored is a single-authored textbook, A Manual of Clinical Laparoscopy, that was published in 1998. The book integrates information concerning anatomy, instrumentation, and the physics of laser surgical equipment. It also includes detailed discussion of the application of the technology to eight gynecological problems. According to a reviewer of the book, "Dr. Diamond has written an extremely important contribution to the surgical literature," one that is "destined to become a classic text."

The Board of Governors is proud to recognize Michael P. Diamond, M.D., for this important contribution to medical literature.

Charles J. Stivale, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Governor Miller presented the following citation:

The Board of Governors recognizes Charles J. Stivale, Professor of French, for the publication of his book, The Two-Fold Thought of Oeleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations.

Professor Stivale was appointed to the Wayne State faculty in 1990. Since that time he has published a book, more than 20 papers in refereed journals, chapters in edited books, and book reviews in leading publications. He is the recipient of a 1993 WSU Career Development Chair and a 1995 Humanities Center Fellowship. He is nationally and internationally known for his groundbreaking work in the field of French letters.

As Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Professor Stivale continues his distinguished scholarly career. The work for which he is being recognized, The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations, expresses his own approach in reading the two authors. His study proceeds by revealing the authors' conceptual intersections, articulated by his "two-fold thought," within a unique set of readings. In the words of a reviewer, this book "is a remarkable worklearned, dense, gripping and inventive. [Its] implications ... are far-reaching ... and [it] is one of the most important contributions to cultural studies of this decade."

The Board of Governors recognizes Professor Charles J. Stivale for this major contribution to the field of French philosophy.

Gang George Yin, Department of Mathematics

Governor Lewis presented the following citation:

The Board of Governors recognizes Gang George Yin, Professor of Mathematics, for the publication of his book Continuous- Time Markov Chains and Applications.


-Professor Yin has been at Wayne State since 1987. An acknowledged leader in •

his field, Professor Yin is the author of two books and over 100 papers published in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has won continued support from the National Science Foundation, has given many invited presentations at national and international meetings, and possesses great prestige in the scientific community.

His book, Continuous- Time Markov Chains and Applications, co-authored with Qing Zhang, consists mostly of original research. The major achievement of the book is the integration of two areas in stochastic processes, the theory of Markov processes and the theory of singular perturbations. The theory developed in the book can be used, in particular, to model the optimal way to control repairs in a production system where the failure of machines occurs in a random fashion.

The Board of Governors is proud to recognize Professor George Yin for his outstanding contribution to the field of applied mathematics.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

President Reid made the following report:

As you know, there has been a lot in the newspaper about the Detroit Public

Schools. The University is very interested in what goes on here for any number of

reasons, not the least of which it is a centerpiece of an urban landscape of which we are a

part. I wrote to the members of the Board of Governors on April 23 to describe what I •

thought was a set of activities and programs of involvement with the Detroit Public School

system that we could undertake if the Public School system wanted it. It would involve

the University in central reform of the Detroit Public schools. It would also give our

students an opportunity to be involved at a level of intensity that it may not have been in

their field work; it would provide also a chance for the students, the teachers, the trustees

and the administration of the Detroit Public Schools to have the benefit of the expertise

developed here at Wayne State.

I met this morning with the Deputy Mayor Freman Hendrix, along with Vice

President Faye Nelson and Dean Paula Wood. The Mayor stopped in to the meeting to

thank us for what we have done as an institution in offering to assist. Dean Wood has

indicated that she has gotten just hundreds of calls from teachers throughout the Detroit

Public School system offering to be participants with us very early on in the program.

Whatever it is, they want to be associated with us, and we think that is a very important

activity for us to have, and I am very delighted that they would like to assist us in

assisting them.

There will be other reports having to do with the Detroit Public School system. The

Provost has compiled a list of more than 70 activities that Wayne has in the past carried •

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out in collaboration with the Detroit Public School system; therefore, this will be an

intensification of an already existing activity as well as new, hopefully innovative, projects

to help the children to get a world-class education.

My second report has to do with the Governor's Innovation Forum. The Governor

was kind enough to kick off a series of four Innovation Forums as part of my inaugural

activities in the third week of September, 1998. The last of those forums was held last

week when our campus was hosting the Senate Budget Committee hearings on the higher

education budget. I could not attend, but the Governor's Office asked me to tape a

message on the importance of the forum to Wayne State and to the development of

technology here. Vice President Jim Johnson and others were able to attend and

apparently the message was well received.

I was also pleased that the Governor has asked me to serve on the Michigan

Economic Development Commission to represent not only Wayne but all of the public

institutions in the State of Michigan.

Finally, I just want t.o tell you that we did host Senator Schwarz and his committee,

the Senate Appropriations hearing here, and we hosted all of the participants including

those who provided testimony before Senator Schwarz's committee here on campus last

week. We got a chance to tell the Senator the importance of supporting higher education,

supporting Wayne State, and particularly being sensitive as they look at how to be fair, in

support of different institutions, to look at the special needs of urban institutions such as

Wayne, both in terms of the cost-structure we face, as well as the uniqueness of many of

the students that we serve.

This process will continue, and hopefully we will have a budget that is fair,

equitable, and has big increases in it. But realistically that may not happen, but at least

we hope that they will give us special consideration for some of the needs that we were

able to demonstrate, I think, during those hearings.

With that I will conclude my report for this month.

BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS

The standing committees of the Board of Governors met on Wednesday, May 5, 1999,

and the recommendations and reports from those meetings are shown below. The details about


each recommendation acted upon by the Board are contained in the background documents on file

in the Office of the Secretary.

Academic Affairs Committee (Reported by Governor Lewis)

Center and Institute Rechartering Recommendations

The Center and Institute Advisory Committee has made its periodic review of centers and

institutes in accordance with the Board of Governors statute in that regard. Recommendations

were made that the charters for the following institutes be renewed for five years:

• Institute for Manufacturing Research

• Institute of Chemical Toxicology

• Institute of Gerontology

Provost Williamson also recommended that charters be granted for the following proposed

centers and institutes:

Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues

The specific impetus for creating the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues

(CWI) dates from about 1986 when Irving Bluestone secured a commitment from the United Auto

Workers for a donation of $1 million to Wayne State University to establish such a center.

Subsequent commitments of $500,000 each were received from General Motors Corporation, Ford

Motor Company, and Daimler-Chrysler Corporation. The Center is assured of an initial

endowment of $2,500,000 with additional donations anticipated for the future. It is proposed that

the basic organizational activities of the Center will be supported by the income obtained from

endowed funds.

Interdisciplinary research projects will be encouraged in all areas affecting workplace

issues including 1) employee commitment and performance, 2) optimal workforce flexibility, 3)

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collective bargaining, 4) human resource issues, and 5) health and safety. Applications to •

appropriate agencies for external research funding will be sought by participating faculty

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members. The only significant concern expressed by members of the Center and Institute

Advisory Committee was that the director, the "informal working group", and the Internal and

External Advisory Boards interact efficiently to create a center which will fulfill its proposed mission

with vigor.

The charter is as follows:

Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues

Charter

1.0 Mission

1.1 There shall be a Center, named the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, whose mission is to serve as a central place for American workers, scholars, and employers to come together for discussion, training, research and other activities concerning workplace issues. Additionally, there will be seminars, workshops, and in the future a publication developed to cover the extensive range of issues affecting the workplace.

2.0 Personnel

2.1 The Center shall be managed by a director appointed by the President or his/her designee and serving at his/her pleasure. The director shall report to the President or his/her designee.

2.2 The staff of the Center shall include, as necessary, research faculty paid fully or in part from Center funds, faculty and staff from University departments, researchers, research associates and assistants, clerical/technical support, and such other personnel as may be needed to carry out the Center's mission. In the case of a participating faculty member holding tenure, or with tenure-track status, his/her tenure or tenure-track status shall be in his/her academic unit.

2.3 The primary responsibility of the director shall be to provide executive, research, and organizational leadership for the Fraser Center and to assume responsibility for the quality of the Center's activities and products. The director shall work in collaboration with the dean, to set the Center's overall research and outreach agenda. The director shall also provide leadership for the University's urban mission and the Detroit metropolitan community and to keep the goals of the Center consistent with those of the University and the college. The director shall also integrate college and University faculty in the research and outreach activities of the Center and to recruit faculty to bring research through the Center. He/she is also responsible for building additional funding by seeking external grant and contracts funding to support the Center's research and operation. Finally, the director must be active in research and outreach activities on behalf of the Center and maintain personal scholarly activity, including publishing.

2.4 The Center staff shall report to the director of the Center.

3.0 Governance

3.1 The primary responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the Center shall reside with the Center director. The director shall also draw upon the advice and counsel of an advisory committee (internal) to be composed of deans and faculty from participating schools and colleges, and University administration.


3.2 The Center shall have a steering committee (external) which will consist of representatives from various unions and industries. The advisory committees will be appointed by the director after consultation with the President or his/her designee and will meet regularly with the director to give advice and direction in setting priorities in assessing results and in identifying new opportunities for the Center.

4.0 Operating and Financial Procedures

4.1 The Center shall follow all operating, personnel and financial procedures that apply to academic units of the University.

4.2 In seeking external funding to support research and other Center activities, the Center shall conform to the University's standard grant application procedures and to the University's research policies.

4.3 The Center shall be governed by standard University budgetary and financial procedures; and it shall annually submit a budget for approval by the president and the Board of Governors in the course of the regular University budget review process.

4.4 The Center shall be periodically audited by the internal audit department. It may also be subject to such additional audits, by the state auditors or others, as are periodically conducted in the University or that may be specially conducted in connection with specific funding sources for the Center.

5.0 Review

5.1 The Center shall prepare an annual report for the President describing its accomplishments as they relate to its mission.

5.2 Every three years following the adoption of its permanent charter, the Center shall undergo a comprehensive review in accordance with the existing Statute on Center and Institutes approved by the Board of Governors.

Center for Research on the Reproductive Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs

Under the University charter, the Center proposes to provide a framework for research

from the next major application for National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

funded studies on prevention and intervention related to fetal alcohol and related drugs. Although

the apparatus of the unit has functioned very much like a center in the past, this was the first time

that a proposed University charter has been sought. In the past, the National Institutes of Health

(NIH) has extended grant money to Wayne State University under the acronym (FARC) Fetal

Alcohol Research Center. FARC has been extremely productive and successful in securing

external funding for its extensive and comprehensive research program. Related to the required

criteria for University centers, this proposed Center meets and exceeds all of those criteria. It has

an impressive record of supporting pre- and post-doctoral students across a variety of disciplines.

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While NIH funding for the Center has ended, ongoing funding from other sources sustains fetal

alcohol and drug research at Wayne State. Faculty affiliated with the proposed Center also

represent a large variety of disciplines and they have produced an impressive list of publications

from their research programs. Finally, throughout the implementation of its research program, it has

worked with the Detroit community to link research with community research.


Center for Research on the Reproductive Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs

Charter

1.0 Mission

There shall be a Center for Research on the Reproductive Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs whose mission will be to enhance and extend the University's research program on the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and other drugs on infant and child development. The purposes of the Center will be

a. To promote new interdisciplinary collaborations in fetal alcohol and drug research

b. To support and expand pre- and post-doctoral training by facilitating access by trainees to faculty with expertise in a broad range of disciplines

c. To support core research facilities serving the needs of multiple research projects in the areas of statistical analysis; identification and recruitment of exposed pregnant women and their offspring; training in neurobehavioral assessment of infants and children; laboratory animal breeding and alcohol and drug treatment; tissue bank image analysis; blood chemistry analysis; and molecular biology

d. To provide seed money grants for pilot studies that show promise of obtaining external funding

e. To promote scientific interchange and cross-disciplinary research among investigators involved in fetal alcohol and drug research by sponsoring workshops and colloquia

f. To promote community education and the dissemination of information about fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol- and drug-related neurodevelopmental disorders.

2.0 Personnel

2.1 The Center shall be managed by a director appointed by the president or his/her designee and serving at his/her pleasure. The director shall report to the dean of the School of Medicine, who will, in turn, report to the president or his/her designee.

2.2 The staff of the Center shall include, as necessary, research faculty paid fully or in part from Center funds, faculty and staff from University departments, research scientists, research associates and assistants, clerical/technical support, and such other personnel as may be needed to carry out the Center's mission. In the case of a participating faculty member holding tenure, or with tenure-track status, his/her tenure line shall be in his/her academic unit.

2.3 The primary responsibility of the staff in the Center shall be to conduct basic and


applied research on the reproductive effects of alcohol and other drugs and to •. obtain extramural funding in support of the research. Staff paid fully from Center funds are not required to undertake teaching responsibilities but may have the opportunity to direct the research of graduate or undergraduate students or to engage in other teaching activities as may be mutually agreeable to them, the appropriate academic unit, and the directors of the Center. Staff may teach specialized courses and workshops from time to time as the need arises.

3.0 Governance

3.1 The primary responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the Center shall reside with the director, who shall draw upon the advice and counsel of an internal advisory committee to be chaired by the dean of the School of Medicine and composed of deans and faculty from the participating schools and colleges. The internal advisory committee will be appointed by the director after consultation with the dean of the School of Medicine and will consult regularly with the director to give advice on the operation and development of the Center.

3.2 The Center shall have an executive committee to give guidance and direction in setting priorities, in assessing results, and in identifying new opportunities. Executive committee members shall be appointed by the director after consultation with the dean of the School of Medicine. Membership will include faculty from the participating schools and colleges currently actively engaged in fetal alcohol and drug research.

3.3 The Center shall have an external advisory committee composed of four internationally recognized fetal alcohol and drug researchers not affiliated with the University. The external advisory committee will meet biennially at the University to review the Center's ongoing program and give advice to help advance and enhance program development.


4.1 The Center shall follow all operating, personnel, and financial procedures that apply to academic units in the University.

4.2 In seeking external funding to support research and other activities, the Center shall conform to the University's standard grant application procedures and University research policies.

4.3 The Center shall be governed by standard University budgetary and financial procedures, and it shall annually submit a budget for approval by the President and the Board of Governors in the course of the regular University budget review process.

4.4 The Center shall periodically be audited by the Internal Audit Department. It may also be subject to such additional audits, by the state auditor and others, as are periodically conducted in the University or that may be specially conducted in connection with specific funding sources for the Center.

5.0 Review

5.1 The Center shall prepare an annual report for the president or his/her designee describing its research accomplishments.

5.2 Every five years following the adoption of its permanent charter, the Center shall undergo a comprehensive review in accordance with the existing Statute on Centers and Institutes approved by the Board of Governors.

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Institute for Scientific Computing

Scientific computing is defined as the "application of computers in solving problems in

science and engineering." The interdisciplinary nature of scientific computing "distinguishes it from

computer science." Across the nation, a trend towards interdisciplinary collaboration in the area of

scientific computing has produced 'centers' whereby academic and industrial programs in

engineering, computing, materials sciences and medicine, for example, have merged their research

interests to forge technological and research-focused endeavors.

The Institute for Scientific Computing expects to serve as a locus for research funding

proposals and curricular initiatives. To do so, a budget was proposed that does not request any

general funds but instead builds a director position that will receive a discretionary teaching

release of one course and be rotated among the participating units.


Institute for Scientific Computing

Charter

1.0 Mission

The mission of the Institute for Scientific Computing will be to enhance and extend the University's existing technological strength in the new area of using computing as a methodology to do scientific research in various disciplines, with demonstrated potential for the state and national economy. In pursuing this mission, the Institute shall seek external funding support from federal and private sources to expand on existing funding support. The Institute will use computing as a tool for conducting research in multiple disciplines such as basic sciences, engineering, and medicine.

2.0 Personnel

2.1 The Institute shall be managed by a director appointed by the president or his/her designee and serving at his/her pleasure. The director shall report to the president or his/her designee.

2.2 There shall be two associate directors who will head specific disciplines of scientific computing. They will report to the director.

2.3 The staff of the Institute shall include, as necessary, research faculty paid fully or in part from Institute funds, faculty and staff from University departments, research scientists, research associates and assistants, clerical/technical support, and such other personnel as may be needed to carry out the lnstitute's mission. In the case of a participating faculty member holding tenure, or with tenure-track status, his/her tenure or tenure-track status shall be in his/her academic unit.

2.4 The primary responsibility of the staff in the Institute shall be to conduct basic and applied research in various disciplines of scientific computing, to obtain extramural


funding in support of the research, and to develop commercially significant products •. and processes. Staff paid fully from Institute funds are not required to undertake teaching responsibilities but may have the opportunity to direct the research of graduate students or to engage in other teaching activities as may be mutually agreeable to them, the appropriate academic unit, and the director of the Institute. Staff may teach specialized courses and workshops from time to time as the need arises.

3.0 Governance

3.1 The primary responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the Institute shall reside with the Institute Director and Associate Directors and shall also draw upon the advice and counsel of an advisory committee to be composed of deans and faculty from the participating schools and colleges. The advisory committee will be appointed by the Director after consultation with the president or his/her designee and will meet regularly with the Director to give advice on the operation and development of the Institute.

3.2 The Institute shall have a steering committee to give guidance and direction in setting priorities, in assessing results, and in identifying new opportunities. Steering committee members shall be appointed by the director after consultation with the president or his/her designee. Membership shall include representation from industry, federal research laboratories, the University administration, and the participating schools/colleges.

4.0 Operation and Financial Procedures

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The Institute shall follow all operating, personnel, and financial procedures that apply to academic units in the University.

In seeking external funding to support research and other activities, the Institute shall conform to the University's standard grant application procedures and to University research policies.

4.3 The Institute shall be governed by standard University budgetary and financial procedures; and it shall annually submit a budget for approval by the president and the Board of Governors in the course of the regular University budget review process.

4.4 The Institute shall be periodically audited by the Internal Audit department. It may also be subject to such additional audits, by the state auditor or others, as are periodically conducted in the University or that may be specially conducted in connection with specific funding sources for the Institute.

5.0 Review

5.1 The Institute shall prepare an annual report for the president or his/her designee describing its research accomplishments and federal/industrial interactions as they relate to its mission.

5.2 Every five years following the adoption of its permanent charter, the Institute shall undergo a comprehensive review in accordance with the existing Statute on Centers and Institutes approved by the Board of Governors.

State Policy Center

A Legislative initiative provided funds to the three major research universities in the State

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for the purpose of strengthening University-based research on state policy. This initiative

provided the resources for the creation of the State Policy Center (SPC) at Wayne State

University. A primary impetus for this concept is the imminence of term limits and the resulting

elections of a large number of new members of the Legislature.

The Academic Senate felt the Center lacked a clear vision consistent with the University's

and asked that the following concerns be addressed prior to granting a full-term charter:

• Clarification of the reporting lines within the Center

• The potential use of undergraduate and graduate interns to gain experience in such a Center to enhance educational excellence

• The degree of visibility that the Center will give Wayne State University as an institution

• The function of the Lansing-based employee working for the Center

• How the Center's mission fits with the University's mission

• The degree of additional faculty involvement in the Center.


State Policy Center

Charter

1.0 Mission

There shall be a State Policy Center whose non-partisan public interest mission will be to utilize the University's academic resources to inform the Michigan Legislature and Executive about public policy issues, with an emphasis on state policy that affects urban communities. In turn, both students and faculty will enhance their own knowledge in areas of state policy. The mission will be pursued primarily with support provided to WSU by the State Legislature for this purpose.

2.0 Personnel

2. 1 The Center shall be managed by a director appointed by the president or his/her designee and serving at his/her pleasure. The director shall report to the president or his/her designee.

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The staff of the Center shall include, as necessary, faculty and staff from University departments, research associates and assistants, clerical/technical support, and such other personnel as may be deemed necessary to carry out the Center's mission. They will be paid from Center funds for the work conducted through the Center. In the case of a participating faculty member holding tenure, or with tenure-track status, his/her tenure or tenure-track status shall be in his/her academic unit.

The primary responsibility of the Center staff will be to: (1) Encourage faculty members to pursue areas of applied research that bear on state policy, especially


such policy that affects urban areas; (2) Assist faculty members to adapt the • findings of their current research to policy papers that will be useful to state policy makers; (3) Create short policy papers on subjects selected by the Center which are relevant to the issues facing the members of the Michigan legislature; and (4) Create and offer briefing sessions for legislators, members of the Executive branch, and/or their staffs on specific issues. Data which are gathered and analyzed as background for Center work will be available to faculty and students for research and educational purposes independent of the Center.

3.0 Governance

3.1 The Center will be administered through the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs office and housed in the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs. A non-partisan internal Advisory Board will be appointed whose function is to determine, with the Director, the subject areas for the Center and to offer guidance. The internal Advisory Board will be composed of five people including University administrators and appropriate faculty.

3.2 The Center shall have a steering committee to give guidance and direction in setting priorities, in assessing results, and in identifying new opportunities. Steering committee members shall be appointed by the director after consultation with the president or his/her designee. Membership shall include representation from external organizations and from the various schools/colleges.


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The Center shall follow all operating, personnel and financial procedures that apply to academic units in the University.

In seeking external funding to support research and other activities, the Center shall conform to the University's standard grant application procedures and to University research policies.


4.4 The Center shall be periodically audited by the Internal Audit department. It may also be subject to such additional audits, by the state auditor or others, as are periodically conducted in the University or that may be specially conducted in connection with specific funding sources for the Institute.

5.0 Review

5.1 The Center shall prepare an annual report for the president or his/her designee describing its accomplishments, faculty/student involvement and legislative interactions as they relate to its mission. A second annual report will be prepared to inform the State Legislators of the annual work conducted by the Center.


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Morris Hood, Jr. Comprehensive Diabetes Center

The concept of a comprehensive diabetes center grew out of the national and international

attention that diabetes is currently receiving. Recently the World Health Organization declared

diabetes the leading public health concern of the 21st century. In the United States alone, there

are 16 million people with diabetes mellitus. In Michigan, over 700,000 people are afflicted with

the disease. The cost to the State of Michigan for treating diabetes exceeds $4 billion annually. A

disproportionate number of those afflicted are minorities. In Wayne County, 1994 figures suggest

that 183,000 residents have been diagnosed with diabetes. Of these, 2,000 die directly from

diabetes while 42,000 are hospitalized for diabetes. An estimated 361 individuals in this

population will undergo lower limb amputation.

Conscious of the complexity of the problem and the limited research and funding that

currently exists, the United States Congress formed the Congressional Diabetes Caucus

consisting of 189 non-partisan members. Last year, Congress authorized a Diabetes Research

Working Group (DRWG) convened by the NIH to draft a research policy statement for diabetes.

The DRWG is currently outlining the priorities for diabetes research funding. The Morris Hood, Jr.

Comprehensive Diabetes Center is dedicated to supporting research and clinical outreach

programs that are in line with the goals and priorities of the DRWG.


Morris Hood, Jr. Comprehensive Diabetes Center

Charter

1.0 Mission

There shall be a diabetes center, the Morris Hood, Jr. Comprehensive Diabetes Center. The mission of the Center shall be to improve the quality of life for citizens of Michigan who are diabetic. To achieve this end the Center will support, sustain and improve the diabetes research at Wayne State University and enhance the clinical outreach services provided by agencies affiliated with the University.

2.0 Governance

2.1 The primary responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the Center shall reside with the Center director and shall also draw upon the advice and counsel of an internal advisory committee to be composed of deans and faculty from the


participating schools and colleges. The advisory committee will be appointed by • the director after consultation with the president or his/her designee and will meet regularly with the director to give advice on the operation and development of the Center.

2.2 The Center shall have an external steering committee to give guidance and direction in setting priorities, on assessing results, and in identifying new opportunities. External steering committee members shall be appointed by the director after consultation with the president or his/her designee. Membership shall include representation from industry, the University administration, and the participating schools/colleges.

3.0 Personnel

3.1 The Center shall be managed by a director appointed by the president or his/her designee and serving at his/her pleasure. The director shall report to the president or his/her designee.

3.2 The staff of the Center shall include, as necessary, research faculty paid fully or in part from Center funds, faculty and staff from University departments, research scientists, research associates and assistants, clerical/technical support, and such other personnel as may be needed to carry out the Center's mission. In the case of a participating faculty member holding tenure, or with tenure-track status, his/her tenure or tenure-track status shall be in his/her academic unit.

3.3 The primary responsibility of the staff in the Center shall be to conduct basic and applied research in select areas of basic research, clinical research and outreach programs, to obtain extramural funding in support of the research, and to develop commercially significant products and processes. Staff paid fully from Center funds are not required to undertake teaching responsibilities but may have the opportunity to direct the research of graduate students or to engage in other teaching activities as may be mutually agreeable to them, the appropriate academic unit, and the director of the Center. Staff may teach specialized courses and workshops from time to time as the need arises.


4.1 The Center shall follow all operating, personnel and financial procedures that apply to academic units in the University.

4.2 In seeking external funding to support research and other activities, the Center shall conform to the University's standard grant application procedures and to the University's research policies.


4.4 The Center shall be periodically audited by the Internal Audit department. It may also be subject to such additional audits, by the state auditor or others, as are periodically conducted in the University or that may be specially conducted in connection with specific funding sources for the Center.

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ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Lewis and seconded by Governor Jackson, the

Board of Governors approved the continuation and rechartering of the following institutes

for a five-year period:

• Institute for Manufacturing Research

• Institute of Chemical Toxicology

• Institute of Gerontology

And further, the following centers and institutes were granted charters for the period shown

below:

• Douglas Fraser Center for Workplace Issues - five years

• Center for Research on the Reproductive Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs - five years

• Institute for Scientific Computing - five years

• State Policy Center - one year

• Morris Hood, Jr. Comprehensive Diabetes Center - five years

The motion was adopted with a vote of 6-0.

Joint Juris Doctor/Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution Program

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Lewis and seconded by Governor Scribner, the

Board of Governors authorized the establishment of a Joint Juris Doctor and Master of Arts

in Dispute Resolution Program in the Law School and in the College of Urban, Labor, and

Metropolitan Affairs, effective Fall Term 1999. The motion was adopted with a vote of 6-0.

The next two recommendations are to change the names of programs so that they better

reflect specialty concentrations and give better recognition of what the programs will provide.

Advanced Practice Nursing with Women, Neonates and Children

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Lewis and seconded by Governor Scribner, the

Board of Governors authorized a change in name of the master's level major in Nursing,

from Nursing, Parenting and Families, to Advanced Practice Nursing with Women,


Neonates and Children, in the College of Nursing, effective Fall Term 1999. The motion

was adopted with a vote of 6-0.

Non-Profit Sector Studies

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Lewis and seconded by Governor Dunaskiss, the

Board of Governors authorized a change in name of the major leading to the Post

Baccalaureate Certificate in Service Agency Administration, to Post-Baccalaureate

Certificate in Non-Profit Sector Studies, in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, College of

Lifelong Learning, effective Fall Term 1999. The motion was adopted with a vote of 6-0.

The report of the Academic Affairs Committee was concluded.

Budget and Finance Committee (Reported by Governor Scribner)

Academic Success Center

The administration recommended the establishment of an Academic Success Center to

house the Reading and Study Skills Lab, the Tutorial Learning Center, and Supplemental

Instruction. The Center is to be located on the second floor of the Adamany Library.

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Scribner and seconded by Governor Lewis, the

Board of Governors authorized the President or his designee to design, solicit bids, and

award contracts for the construction of a temporary Academic Success Center in the

Adamany Undergraduate Library at a cost not to exceed $300,000. Funding for the project

will be provided from the Contingency Reserve and budgetary savings. The motion was

adopted with a vote of 6-0.

University Public Schools, FY 2000 Budget

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ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Scribner and seconded by Governor Atchison, the •

Board of Governors approved the FY 1999 budget for the University Public School in the

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amount of $3.3 million. The University Public School operates on a June 30 fiscal year

end, consistent with its academic year. The budget will be effective for the twelve-month

period beginning July 1, 1999.

The Budget and Finance Committee discussed other aspects of the School and was

pleased to learn that a full review of the Public School is taking place, the results of which will be

reported to the Board.

Scott Hall - Renovation of Research Laboratories for the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

The administration recommended that certain laboratory space in Scott Hall be upgraded;

these are areas that have not been changed since the building was constructed in 1971. There

are two laboratories that comprise approximately 2, 140 square feet.

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Scribner and seconded by Governor Miller, the

Board of Governors authorized the President or his designee to proceed with the design,

preparation of construction documents, solicitation of bids, and awarding of contracts for the

renovation of two research laboratories, in an amount not to exceed $300,000. Funding for

this project will be provided by the School of Medicine. The motion was adopted with a

vote of 6-0.

Amendment to Bond Resolution

The Board approved at its March meeting a resolution that would permit the issuance of

bonds, the proceeds of which would be used for a number of campus projects. The administration

recommended that changes be made to Exhibit A of that resolution as outlined in the background

document. There will not be an increase in the annual debt service of $9,475,000.

The original resolution adopted by the Board at its meeting of March 11, 1999 is as follows:


RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY • AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF GENERAL REVENUE BONDS,

SERIES 1999, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO

WHEREAS, the Board of Governors of Wayne State University (the "Board") is a constitutional body corporate established pursuant to Article VIII, Section 5 of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, as amended, with general supervision of Wayne State University (the "University") and the control and direction of all expenditures from the University's funds; and

WHEREAS, the Board proposes to undertake several proposed projects, as described on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the "Projects"); and

WHEREAS, the Board has previously issued its $82,000,000 General Revenue Bonds, Series 1993 (the "Prior Obligations"), and it may be necessary or appropriate to refund all or part of the Prior Obligations (the Prior Obligations to be refunded to be selected by an Authorized Officer, as hereinafter defined, and being herein called the "Refunded Bonds"), or to amend the Trust Indenture (the "Prior Indenture") securing the Prior Obligations, in order to permit the issuance and securing of the Bonds authorized hereby or to generate debt service savings; and

WHEREAS, in the exercise of its constitutional duties, and in order to prudently control and direct expenditures from the University's fund, the Board determines it is necessary and desirable to authorize the issuance and delivery of the Board's General Revenue Bonds, Series 1999 (the "Bonds") in order to provide funds which, together with other available funds, will be used to refund the Refunded Bonds if deemed appropriate by an Authorized Officer, to pay a portion of the costs of the Projects, to fund capitalized interest, if applicable, and to pay costs related to the issuance of the Bonds and the refunding of the Refunded Bonds; and

WHEREAS, a trust indenture ( the "Trust Indenture") must be entered into by and between • the Board and trustee ( the "Trustee"), to be designated by an Authorized Officer, pursuant to which the Bonds will be issued and secured; and

WHEREAS, an underwriter or group of underwriters (collectively, the "Underwriter") to be selected by an authorized Officer must be engaged to undertake preliminary market analysis and to present to an Authorized Officer a bond purchase agreement or agreements (the "Bond Purchase Agreement") setting forth the terms and conditions upon which the Underwriter will agree to purchase the Bonds and the interest rates thereof and the purchase price therefor; and

WHEREAS, in order to be able to market the Bonds at the most opportune time, it is necessary for the Board to authorize the President and the Treasurer (each an "Authorized Officer"), or either of them, to designate the Trustee and the Underwriter, to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Board the Trust Indenture, to establish the specific terms of the Bonds, to accept the offer of the Underwriter to purchase the Bonds and to obtain a policy of bond insurance or a credit or liquidity facility for the Bonds, and to enter into interest rate swap arrangements with respect to the Bonds, all as may be deemed necessary and desirable by an Authorized Officer and within the limitations set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the financing of the Projects and the refunding of Refunded Bonds will serve proper and appropriate public purposes; and

WHEREAS, the Board has full power under its constitutional authority and supervision of the University, and control and direction of expenditures from the University funds, to refund the Refunded Bonds, to acquire and construct the Projects, and to pay all or part of the cost of the acquisition, construction and installation of the Projects and the refunding of the Refunded Bonds by issuance of the Bonds, and to pledge General Revenues for payment of the Bonds:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF • WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Board hereby approves the refunding of the Refunded Bonds and authorizes the

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Authorized Officers, or either of them, to select all or a portion of the Prior Obligations to constitute the Refunded Bonds, to fund, if deemed appropriate, a portion of the costs of the refunding from available funds of the University and the balance of such costs from the proceeds of the bonds, and to proceed with the refunding.

2. The Board hereby authorizes the issuance, execution and delivery of the Bonds of the Board in one or more series to be designated GENERAL REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1999 with appropriate additional or alternative series designations, if any, in the aggregate original principal amount to be established by an Authorized Officer, but not to exceed the principal amount necessary to produce proceeds of One Hundred Thirty Two Million dollars ($132,000,000) to be dated as of the date or dates established by an Authorized Officer, for the purpose of providing funds which, together with other available funds, will be used to pay a portion of the costs of the Projects, the costs of refunding the Refunded Bonds, capitalized interest for such period, if any, as an Authorized Officer may deem appropriate, and costs incidental to the issuance of the Bonds and the refunding, including insurance premiums or fees and expenses associated with other credit or liquidity facilities, if appropriate. Either Authorized Officer is authorized to determine the proportion of each component of the Projects to be funded from the proceeds of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be serial Bonds or term Bonds, which may be subject to redemption requirements, or both, as shall be established by an Authorized Officer, but the first maturity shall be not earlier than November 15, 1999 and the last maturity shall be no later than November 15, 2030. The Bonds may bear no interest or may bear interest at stated fixed rates for the respective maturities thereof as shall be established by an Authorized Officer, but the highest yield (computed using the stated coupon and the stated original offering price) for any maturity shall not exceed 6% per annum, and the Bonds may be issued in whole or in part as capital appreciation bonds, which for their term or any part thereof bear no interest but appreciate in principal amount over time at a compounded rate (not in excess 6% per annum) to be determined by an Authorized Officer. Alternatively, all or part of the Bonds may bear interest at a variable rate of interest for all or a portion of their term, and the variable rate of interest shall not exceed the lesser of 18% per annum, the maximum rate permitted by law or the maximum rate to be specified in the Trust Indenture. In addition, all or part of the Bonds may be issued in related series, one of which bears interest at a variable rate and one of which bears interest at a residual rate determined by subtracting the variable rate from the fixed rate paid by the Board, but the combined rate on such Bonds, taking the two related series together, which shall be determined by an Authorized Officer, shall not exceed 6% per annum. The Bonds may be subject to redemption or call for purchase prior to maturity at the times and prices and in the manner as shall be established by an Authorized Officer, but no redemption premium shall exceed 3% of the principal amount being redeemed. The average annual scheduled principal and interest requirements on the Bonds, taking into account any swap or other arrangements described below, and assuming the variable rate on any bonds not also subject to a swap or other arrangement, and not issued as part of related series as described above, is equal to 6% per annum, shall not exceed $9,475,000. Interest on the bonds shall be payable at the times as shall be specified by an Authorized Officer. The Bonds shall be issued in fully registered form in denominations, shall be payable as to principal and interest in the manner, shall be subject to transfer and exchange, and shall be executed and authenticated, all as shall be provided in the Trust Indenture. The Bonds shall be sold to the Underwriter pursuant to the Bond Purchase Agreement for a price to be established by an Authorized Officer (but the Underwriter's discount, exclusive of original issue discount, shall not exceed 0.7% of the principal amount thereof) plus accrued interest, if any, from the dated date of the Bonds to the date of delivery thereof. In connection with the issuance of the Bonds, either of the Authorized Officers may, on behalf of and as the act of the Board, enter into an interest rate swap, cap or similar agreement or agreements (collectively, the "Swap Agreement") with a counter-party or counter-parties to be selected by the Authorized Officer. Such Swap Agreement shall provide for payments between the Board and the counter-party related to interest on all or a portion of the Bonds or indexed or market established rates. The expected effective interest rates on the Bonds, taking into account the effect of the Swap Agreement, shall be within the limitations set forth herein.

Any or all of the Bonds may be made subject to tender for purchase at the option of the holder thereof. The obligation of the Board to purchase any such Bonds subject to tender options may be made payable from available cash reserves of the University, subject to such limitations as may be specified in the Trust Indenture, or may be made payable from a letter of credit, line of credit or other liquidity device ("the Liquidity Device"), all as shall be determined by an Authorized


Officer and provided for in the Trust Indenture. Any reimbursement obligation for draws under the • Liquidity Device shall be limited and not general obligation of the Board, payable from and secured by a pledge of General Revenues (hereinafter defined). Either Authorized Officer is authorized to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the Board, any agreements or instruments necessary to obtain, and provide for repayments under, any Liquidity Device deemed by such officer to be required for the purposes of this Resolution. Purchase obligations with respect to tendered Bonds shall not be considered as "principal and interest requirements" hereunder.

3. The Bonds and the obligations of the Board under the Swap Agreement or any Liquidity Device, if either or both is entered into, shall be limited and not general obligations of the Board payable from and secured by a first lien on the General Revenues (as shall be defined in the Trust Indenture to include generally student tuition and other fees, housing and auxiliary revenues, unrestricted gifts and grants, unrestricted investment income and other miscellaneous revenues, subject to certain reductions, limitations and exceptions), and funds from time to time on deposit in certain funds created pursuant to the Trust Indenture, the Swap Agreement or agreements entered into in connection with any Liquidity Device. The lien on General Revenues created pursuant to this paragraph shall be on a parity basis with the lien thereon securing any of the Prior Obligations which are not refunded; provided, however, that if determined appropriate by an Authorized Officer, the lien securing the Board's obligations under a Swap Agreement or Liquidity Facility may be subordinated to the lien securing the Bonds and the Prior Obligations.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal amount of or interest or premium on the Bonds, the Swap Agreement or any Liquidity Device, or any claim based thereof against the State of Michigan, or any member, officer or agent of the Board or the State, as individuals, either directly or indirectly, nor, except as provided in the Trust Indenture, against the Board, nor shall the Bonds and interest with respect thereto or the Swap Agreement or any Liquidity Device become a lien on or be secured by any property, real, personal or mixed of the State of Michigan or the Board, other than the General Revenues and the moneys from time to time on deposit in certain funds established by the Trust Indenture, the Swap Agreement or agreements entered into in • connection with any Liquidity Device.

4. The right is reserved to issue additional bonds, notes or other obligations payable from and secured on a parity basis with the Bonds from the General Revenues, upon compliance with the terms and conditions as shall be set forth in the Trust Indenture.

5. Either Authorized Officer is hereby authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Board, and as its corporate act and deed, to select the Trustee, and to negotiate, execute and deliver the Trust Indenture in the form as an Authorized Officer may approve upon recommendation of legal counsel, which approval shall be conclusively evidenced by the execution of the Trust Indenture, all within the limitations set forth herein.

6. Either Authorized Officer is hereby authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Board, and its corporate act and deed, to negotiate, execute and deliver the Bond Purchase Agreement with the Underwriter, setting forth the terms of the Bonds and the sale thereof, all within the limitations set forth herein.

7. Either Authorized Officer is hereby authorized, empowered and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Board, and as its corporate act and deed, to execute the Bonds by placing his or their manual or facsimile signature or signatures thereon, and to deliver the Bonds to the Underwriter in exchange for the purchase price thereof, as provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement.

8. Either Authorized Officer is hereby authorized to cause the preparation of a Preliminary Official Statement and an Official Statement with respect to the Bonds, to deem such statements "final" in accordance with applicable law, and to execute and deliver the Official Statement. The Underwriter is authorized to circulate and use, in accordance with applicable law, the Preliminary Official Statement and Official Statement in connection with the offering, marketing and sale of the • Bonds.

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of the Board or the University are hereby authorized to perform, execute and/or deliver, for and on behalf of the Board, all acts, deeds, instruments and documents, including but not limited to an Escrow Deposit Agreement with respect to the Refunded Bonds with an Escrow Agent to be designated by an Authorized Officer, as may be required by this resolution, the Trust Indenture, or the Bond Purchase Agreement, or necessary, expedient and proper in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery, and ongoing administration, of the Bonds or the Trust Indenture, as contemplated hereby.

1 O. Either Authorized Officer is authorized to acquire a commitment or commitments for bond insurance for the Bonds, and if such insurance is deemed cost effective, to accept a commitment on behalf of the Board and to cause the premium with respect thereto to be paid from Bond proceeds as part of the costs of issuance.

11. The Treasurer is hereby authorized and delegated the power to issue a declaration of intent to reimburse the University from Bond proceeds for any expenditures with respect to the Projects incurred prior to the issuance of the Bonds, all in accordance with I.R.S. Regulation 1.103-18.

12. Either Authorized Officer is authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the Board, any amendment to the Prior Indenture necessary for the issuance of Bonds or the execution and delivery of any Swap Agreement or Liquidity Device, and the securing thereof by a pledge of General Revenues, all as provided herein.

13. In accordance with the requirements of Rule 15c2-12 of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board may be required in connection with the issuance of the Bonds to enter into a Disclosure Undertaking for the benefit of the holders and beneficial owners of the Bonds. Either Authorized Officer is authorized to cause to be prepared and to execute and deliver the Undertaking on behalf of the Board .

14. Following delivery of the Bonds, the Authorized Officers are, or either of them singly is, authorized to take any action or to evidence any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board under the Trust Indenture.

15. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption. All resolutions or parts of resolutions or other proceedings of the Board in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists.

EXHIBIT A - Proposed Projects

Purpose Currently

Estimated Costs*

1. Campus Fitness Center:

Construction of an exercise, recreational and wellness facility (the Fitness Center) for the entire campus community at a cost of $15,000,000. It is anticipated that the State of Michigan will finance 75% of the construction costs of the Fitness Center, and that the other 25% of the construction cost will be financed by this debt issue and possibly private contributions. However, if state funding for this project is not available, the project cost (and scope) could be reduced to $12,000,000 and funded in its entirety by this debt issue .

2. Welcome Center:

Construction of a facility to house University Admissions, Financial Aid and

$3,750,000

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other student related activities. This facility, referred to as the Welcome Center, will serve as a gateway to the University. Estimated cost to construct is $14,000,000. A bookstore component could be added and be partially funded by this issue, with some financing to be provided by the • operator.

3. Telecommunications Upgrades in Buildings: $12,500,000

In 1999, the University will complete construction of a fiber optic network for the main campus. This debt issue would provide approximately $12,500,000 or more in financing for a portion of the next phase of this project, upgrading of the telecommunications networks within selected buildings.

4. Parking Garage: $4,000,000

In 1999 the University will start the construction of a new building on the Medical School and the Detroit Medical Center campus to house the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions with the expected completion date in the summer of 2001. This project is being financed by the State of Michigan and private contributions. To provide the parking necessary for the staff, students, and visitors and possibly some DMC staff/visitors, it is likely that a 575 to 650 space parking deck will be built, at an approximate cost of $5,750,000 to $6,500,000, in close proximity to this building. It is anticipated that the cost will be funded in whole or part by this debt issue. There are ongoing discussions with the DMC to provide part of the financing.

5. Academic Success Center: $4,000,000 • There is a project and plan to bring together certain programs and academic support units to provide a center for assisting students matriculate through their academic career at Wayne State. Those programs and units will include academic advising, counseling, various retention programs, etc. The space where the current bookstore is located in the Undergraduate Library will make an ideal location for the center. However, it will require extensive reconfiguration to accommodate the program.

6. Contingency for the Above Projects: $2,000,000

Any funds not used for these projects will be used for Deferred Maintenance and Renovation Projects.

7. Deferred Maintenance and Renovation Projects: $4.750,000

The remaining bond proceeds will be applied by the University toward its most pressing deferred maintenance and renovation projects. These needs include replacements of roofs, air handling equipment, mechanical equipment, exterior renovation of buildings, and parking structure repairs. The largest of these projects is the Phase 1 renovation of Parking Structure 1 at approximately $3,000,000.

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Subtotal:

(component to service by the new $3,000,000 debt service allocation in 1999)

Law School Expansion/Renovation Project:

Construction of a Law School addition and renovation of existing space to house a variety of this school's activities, including student services and expanded library facilities. This addition and renovation will cost approximately $15,600,000, with approximately $5,400,000 being financed by this debt issue.

Total for New Projects*:

$45,000,000

$5,400,000

$50,400,000

*Exclusive of bond issuance expense

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Scribner and seconded by Governor Atchison, the

Board of Governors approved the amendment to the resolution approved on March 11,

1999, as presented, authorizing the issuance of up to $132,000,000 of callable Wayne

State University general revenue bonds for terms up to 25 years or 30 years. The motion

was adopted with a vote of 6-0.

The resolution of amendment and the revised text of Exhibit A is as follows:

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY AMENDING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF GENERAL

REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1999 AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO

WHEREAS, the Board of Governors of Wayne State University (the "Board") by resolution adopted March 11, 1999 (the "Resolution"), authorized the issuance of its General Revenue Bonds, Series 1999 (the "Bonds") for the purposes set forth in the Resolution; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Board to amend Exhibit A to the Resolution to provide for additional purposes for which the Bonds may be issued;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, AS FOLLOWS:

1. Exhibit A is hereby amended to read in its entirety as shown below .

2. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption. All resolutions or parts of resolutions or other proceedings of the Board in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists.


Exhibit A - Proposed Projects

Purpose Currently

Estimated Costs*

1. Campus Fitness Center:

Construction of an exercise, recreational and wellness facility (the Fitness Center) for the entire campus community at a cost of $15,000,000. It is anticipated that the State of Michigan will finance 75% of the construction costs of the Fitness Center, and that the 25% of the construction cost will be financed by this debt issue and possibly private contributions. However, if state funding for this project is not available, the project cost (and scope) could be reduced to $12,000,000 and funded in its entirety by this debt issue.

2. Welcome Center:

Construction of a facility to house University Admissions, Financial Aid and other student-related activities. This facility, referred to as the Welcome Center, will serve as a gateway to the University. Estimated cost to construct is $14,000,000. A bookstore component could be added and be partially funded by this issue, with some financing to be provided by the operator.

3. Telecommunications Upgrades in Buildings:

In 1999, the University will complete construction of a fiber optic network for the main campus. This debt issue would provide approximately $12,500,000 or more in financing for a portion of the next phase of this project, upgrading of the telecommunications networks within selected buildings.

4. Parking Garage - I:

In 1999 the University will start the construction of a new building on the Medical School and the Detroit Medical Center campus to house the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions with the expected completion date in the summer of 2001. This project is being financed by the State of Michigan and private contributions. To provide the parking necessary for the staff, students, and visitors, it is likely that a 450- to 550-space parking deck will be built, at an approximate cost of $5,000,000, in close proximity to this building. It is anticipated that the cost will be funded in whole or part by this debt issue.

5. Academic Success Center:

There is a project and plan to bring together certain programs and academic support units to provide a center for assisting students matriculate through their academic career at Wayne State. Those programs and units will include academic advising, counseling, various retention programs, etc. The space where the current bookstore is located in the Undergraduate Library will make an ideal location for the center. However, it will require extensive reconfiguration to accommodate the program.

$3,750,000

$14,000,000

$12,500,000

$5,000,000

$4,000,000

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6. Parking Garage(s) - II: $9,000,000

In 1999 or 2000, the University is expected to start the construction of the Welcome Center on a 240-space surface parking lot on the corner of Warren and Cass Avenues. There is currently a shortage of parking spaces along the Warren Avenue/Forest Avenue corridor on the southern end of the main campus. To replace the spaces that will be eliminated by the Welcome Center and to further alleviate the parking shortage on the southern end of the main campus, it is likely that a parking deck(s) will be built to accommodate 850 to 950 vehicles at an approximate cost of $9,000,000.

7. Deferred Maintenance and Renovation Projects:

The remaining bond proceeds will be applied by the University toward its most pressing deferred maintenance and renovation projects. These needs include replacements of roofs, air handling equipment, mechanical equipment, exterior renovation of buildings, and parking structure repairs. The largest of these projects is the Phase 1 renovation of Parking Structure 1 at approximately $3,000,000.

8. Law School Expansion/Renovation Project:

Construction of a Law School addition and renovation of existing space to house a variety of this school's activities, including student services and expanded library facilities. This addition and renovation will cost approximately $15,600,000, with approximately $5,400,000 being financed by this debt issue.

9. Contingency for the Above Projects:

Any funds not used for these projects will be used for Deferred Maintenance and Renovation Projects.

Currently Estimated Total for New Projects*:

*Exclusive of bond issuance expense

Contingency Reserve

$5,750,000

$5,400,000

$4,000,000

$63,400,000

The Budget and Finance Committee approved the transfer of $115,000 from the

Contingency Reserve to be used to supplement funding for the Academic Success Center in the

Undergraduate Library. The report is shown below .


Y 1999 allocation 2% Budget reallocation

Net FY 1999 allocation

November transfer March transfer

Remaining FY 1999 balance

Transfer approved by Budget and Finance Committee, March 10, 1999:

1. Interim Vice President - Student Development and Campus Life

FY 1999 Balance available

Informational Reports

$900,000 (18,000)

882,000

(102,900) (110,000)

$669,100

(115,000)

$554,100

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The Committee received informational reports on the Michigan Universities Self-Insurance

Corporation, and on purchasing policy exceptions.

The report of the Budget and Finance Committee was concluded.

Personnel Committee (Reported by Governor Jackson)

The Personnel Committee convened for the first time since September, 1997. At that time

there was discussion about the 1995-96 Affirmative Action Report, and Committee members

suggested that a new format be reviewed with the Committee before the next report is presented.

Shortly thereafter, there were changes in central administration as well as other personnel

changes. The new Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity, Marjorie Keys, reviewed a

preliminary outline at the May 5 meeting showing what can be expected when the 1997-98

Affirmative Action Report is presented at the July Personnel Committee meeting. Board members

are welcome to contact Ms. Keys with comments and suggestions.

The report of the Personnel Committee was concluded.

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DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

The Board delegated authority to President Reid to appoint a Vice President for

Development and Alumni Affairs, and a Vice President for Student Development and Campus Life.

It was expected that offers to candidates for those positions can be made before the Board meets

in July.

ACTION - Upon motion by Governor Atchison and seconded by Governor Miller, the

Board of Governors authorized the President to appoint a Vice President for Development

and Alumni Affairs, and a Vice President for Student Development and Campus Life. The

motion was adopted with a vote of 6-0.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Deputy Provost Oliver made the following report of faculty achievement:

Hugh Cannon, Attila Yaprak, Professors, Marketing, School of Business Administration,

and Irene Mokra, Graduate Student, won the best paper award for "Progress: An Experiential

Exercise in Developmental Marketing" in the Developments in Business Simulation and

Experimental Leaming Journal, Vol. 26, 1999.

Hermann Engels, Associate Professor, Health, Physical Education and Recreation, College

of Education, was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Strategic Health/Pediatric Exercise

Committee of the American College of Sports Medicine, 1999-2002.

Roger Demont, Professor, Administrative and Organizational Studies, College of

Education, was appointed Chair of the Academic Committee for the Board of Trustees, Detroit

College of Business.

Gary Morrison, Professor, Instructional Technology, College of Education, was appointed

to the Board of Editors for the journal, Computers in Human Behavior.

Kypros Markou, Associate Professor, Music, College of Fine, Performing and

Communication Arts, conducted the world premier of "Ceremonies" for symphony orchestra by

Daniel Crozier for the Westmoreland Symphony in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on March 13. On

the same program he also conducted the violin concerto by Sibelius with soloist Sheryl Staples,

associate concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.


Jack Lessenberry, Lecturer, Communication, College of Fine, Performing and

Communication Arts, was voted best columnist for his weekly column, "Politics and Prejudices", in

the Metro Times "1999 Best of ... " issue, March 17-23. The annual issue in which the magazine's

readers make their selections for the best Detroit offerings also named the Hilberry Theatre

Company as best local theatre company, the second year in a row the graduate theatre company

has received this honor.

Peter Williams, Associate Professor, Art and Art History, College of Fine, Performing and

Communication Arts, had a solo exhibition of small paintings, Decoys, recently at A.R.C. Gallery

in Chicago, Illinois. He also had works in Looking Forward, Looking Black, the national exhibition

that had its start at Wayne State University's Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, and Naked, at the Detroit

Contemporary Gallery, that ran through April 11.

George Ziegelmueller, Distinguished Professor, Communication, College of Fine, Performing

and Communication Arts, was presented with two national awards during the National Debate

Tournament (NOT), held on campus in March. He received the Keehle Award for excellence in

service in the debate community and was presented with the new George Ziegelmueller Award for

Lifetime Achievement in debate coaching.

Gordon B. Neavill, Associate Professor, Library and Information Science Program,

University Libraries, was elected President of Book Club of Detroit.

Ronald Powell, Library and Information Science Program, University Libraries, co-edited

with Joseph J. Mika Volume 40, No. 1 of the Journal of Education for Library and Information

Science.

Arlene Weise, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, received the Carol Meyer

Award for Feminist Scholarship (with Beverly Black, Associate Professor), from the Council on

Social Work Education.

Robert N. Frank, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Anatomy/Cell Biology, School of

Medicine, is a member of the National Institutes of Health Diabetes Research Working Group

which recently released "Conquering Diabetes: A Strategic Plan for the 21st Century." This

comprehensive national plan makes detailed recommendations about how to deal with the

disease. Dr. Frank also co-chaired the Microvascular Complications Subgroup of the diabetes

committee.

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Medicine, the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, and the Center for Molecular and

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Cellular Toxicology, was elected to the Faculty Selection and Promotions Board of Khulna

University, People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Arthur Porter, M.D., Ph.D., Chair, Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, was named

interim executive vice president and chief operating officer at The Detroit Medical Center.

Andrea Vincent, Ph.D., Research Associate, Neurology Department, School of Medicine,

received her first patent for a novel essay to identify programmed cell death in viable, adherent

cells. She is publishing her findings in the May 1999 issue of The Journal of Histochemistry and

Cytochemistry along with co-author and co-investigator Dr. Kenneth Maiese, Associate Professor

of Neurology, Anatomy/Cell Biology, the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, and the

Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology.

Douglas Fraser, University Professor, Urban and Labor Studies, College of Urban, Labor,

and Metropolitan Affairs, was appointed by the Postmaster General, William J. Henderson, to the

U.S. Postal Service Commission on a Safe and Secure Workplace, October, 1998.

Marilyn Oermann, Professor, College of Nursing, was presented with the Distinguished

Alumnus Award from the University of Pittsburgh .

GIFTS, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS REPORT

Vice President Dambach submitted the above report for the February reporting period.

Further reports will be annotated to highlight some of the outstanding research awards that have

been received.

GOVERNMENTAL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REPORT

Vice President Nelson highlighted certain activities in her areas as shown below.

• The Senate Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee concluded its hearings and is

expected to report its recommendations within the next week. The Legislature expects to

complete deliberation and actions on the budget no later than the third week in June.

• • Supplemental discretionary funds such as NIH and NSF funding for FY 2000 will not be

debated until September or October.


• WSU plans to take a leading role with regard to federally sponsored research and Freedom •

of Information Act requests. In response to criticism of how the EPA uses scientific research

to make regulatory decisions, Senator Shelby from Alabama successfully added a provision

to the FY 99 treasury appropriations bill that subjects all federally sponsored research

recipients to the provision of the Freedom of Information Act. Assistant Vice President for

Federal Affairs Craig Piercy has been tapped by the Governmental Affairs Committee of

NASULGC to lead a working group to devise a legislative solution to the issue. He is

working very closely with George Dambach and the deans on this matter.

• The Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Conference was held on April 14 with approximately

100 K-12 teachers and high school students in attendance. The keynote speaker was

Helen Fine, director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide and an associate of the Balfour

Center for Science and International Affairs of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

University.

• The University played a key role in the National Town Meeting on Sustainable

Development held on May 1 with a festival on Wayne State's campus. A significant portion

of Cass Avenue was closed and there was a swearing-in ceremony of approximately 500

new citizens. Mayor Archer, Senators Carl Levin and Spencer Abraham, Congressman

John Conyers, and a number of other civic, community, and political representatives joined

President Reid in welcoming and congratulating the new citizens. An estimated 1500 to 2000

guests attended. The festival was a pre-event for the Cobo Hall town meeting on May 2-5.

• The Legislative/ Alumni reception will be held in Lansing on May 18.

President Reid added to the report that Governor Engler visited the University's Junior

Year in Munich Institute in April and was quite impressed. President Reid said WSU had a

program in Germany before World War II, and the current program has been there since 1953 .

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Vice President Ritzenhein's report contained a list of approximately 22 events that took

place in the last six weeks involving over 1200 alumni friends and donors. He expressed

appreciation to the University's many donors and to the new Director of Public Relations, Cheryl

Yurkovich, for her help in dealing with all the media attention that has come to the University

recently.

Vice President Ritzenhein noted the gifts for the Law School, and commended James

Robb, the Associate Dean for Alumni and Development at the Law School, who is the primary

person leading the fundraising drive. The list of gifts for the Law School total $2.3 million.

Vice President Ritzenhein introduced development officers and commended them for their

assistance in raising funds as shown below .

• Heather Higgins, development officer for the College of Science, two gifts totaling $150,000

• Theresa Zajac, $100,000 pledge for the Pharmacy Campaign

• Audrey Olmstead, $30,000 pledge for the Pharmacy Campaign

• Carin Cuccia, $10,000 pledge for the Pharmacy Campaign

• Marguerite Carlton, School of Social Work, $10,000 gift

• Joanne Osmer, College of Education, $10,000 scholarship gift

Alumni Association Report

Dr. Ruby Wesley, President of the Alumni Association, reported that the Alumni Board is

ending its year with a final meeting on May 25 in Old Main. She stated that as she ends her term

as president of the Alumni Association, she can look back on a very successful year for the Alumni

Association. Over $50,000 in scholarships were awarded to Wayne State University student

leaders, more than 3,000 alumni and friends were attracted to events on campus and in cities from

coast to coast. The Alumni Association brought prominent community figures to the campus such


as Deputy Mayor Freman Hendrix, Johnnie Cochrane, and author Elmore Leonard to lecture on

campus; the president of the Student Alumni Association received a University award for

leadership. The Association continues to improve and enhance the quarterly Wayne State

Magazine; it has communicated with thousands of alumni and friends through the alumni on-line

web-site, with approximately 1,000 hits a month. The Association's membership continues at a

strong 17,000.

Dr. Wesley announced that the Alumni Association pledged $150,000 toward the

renovation of the Jacob House as the residence of the President of the University. The parlor of

the house will be named in honor of the Alumni Association in recognition of the gift.

The next president of the Alumni Association is Judge Kirk Tabbey.

President Reid said he is extremely gratified by the gift from the Alumni Association and the

selection of the parlor. He thanked Dr. Wesley for her leadership. Governor Dunaskiss thanked

Dr. Wesley on behalf of the Board for all of her efforts for the University. She is pleased with the

tremendous growth in the amount of activity in the Alumni Association.

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS REPORT

Vice President Stoltman called the Board's attention to certain items in his report as shown

below.

• The University received wide coverage from the media in connection with the gift from Matel

Dawson. The story was carried in several thousand newspapers across the country,

including USA Today and Jet Magazine. President Reid said CBS News came to campus

and to Ford Motor Company and did an extensive interview with Mr. Dawson and others.

• Preparations to announce the inauguration of hockey programs will begin in late summer .

• A toll-free telephone number, 877-WSU-INFO, is being used to collect and track responses to

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the University-wide advertising campaign. There will be approximately 12 outdoor billboards

showing the 877 number.

• The University had a prominent position in The Detroit College Guide and has secured very

favorable space in the U.S. News and World Report ratings guide, both graduate and

undergraduate issues.

• Radio Station WDET is mentioning its affiliation with Wayne State University more often than

before; it is now being featured as a public service of the University. Many favorable

comments are being received because of that change.

The station received the best performance rating ever in its SO-year history. It ranks 9th in the

nation among public radio stations that are affiliated with universities. The station met its

pledge drive goal of roughly $400,000.

• • Figures on admission indicated the number of students who applied for spring/summer classes

and for fall, 1999, and the numbers admitted as of April, 1999, as well as the number of

students advised about scholarships and financial aid.

• McGregor has entered a new arena in terms of its marketing activities; it hosted four screenings

for cable productions, and there are two others slated for later this summer. McGregor will shut

down at the end of June through the first week of August for major repairs.

• The Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis is undertaking for the first time a very

comprehensive analysis of enrollment trends for the University.

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND CAMPUS LIFE REPORT

Vice President Carter highlighted certain sections of his report.

• • King-Chavez-Parks College Day Program 1999 Mentorship Activity was held on campus April

13 and May 4 with 1200 eighth graders from ten target middle schools.


• A list of Student Council Program Board events.

• Athletic Hall of Fame Induction on April 24.

• William Wilkinson has been selected as the new head coach for men's hockey; he was

previously at Western Michigan University.

• Student Council Elections were held April 7 and 8, and 17 candidates ran for 12 at-large

positions. Two referenda concerning the continuation of the Omnibus Fee and the availability

of WSU 24-hour parking facilities were on the ballot.

• The Michigan Collegiate Job Fair was held on March 26, 1999, in Livonia at the Burton Manor.

It is a joint venture by Wayne State and Eastern Michigan University. There were over 1280

students at that fair, along with 170 employers.

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS, 1999-2000

The following schedule of meetings was suggested to the Board for next year. The Board

will be asked to vote on that list or a revised list at the July Board meeting.

Standing Committee Meetings (beginning at 3:00 p.m.)

September 8, 1999 November 3, 1999 January 26, 2000 March 8, 2000 May 3, 2000 June 7, 2000 July 19, 2000

Board of Governors Meetings (beginning at 3:00 p.m.)


Executive Committee

Meetings of the Executive Committee would be held prior to or at the conclusion of standing committee sessions on the following dates for purposes permitted by the Open Meetings Act, P.A. 267, 1976:


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PUBLIC COMMENTS

Union Representation of Graduate Students

Glen Bessemer, Graduate Research Assistant, History Department

President Reid and the Board of Governors, my name is Glen Bessemer; I am

actually in the History Department, a graduate student, and I have been involved in the

Graduate Employee's Organizing Committee since its beginning and have helped to bring

together a wide cross-section of graduate students who have otherwise been isolated in

their own departments, as it was when I started graduate school here at Wayne. Now

American students and international students, students who live on campus, older

commuting students with families, single mothers with children, students from the sciences

and liberal arts - they are all now collaborating on how to improve working conditions,

teaching, and an urban university education for themselves and future graduate students.

This is an exciting thing to be part of, and that the University has a vested interest

in supporting to promote a stable and cooperative working environment and productive

classrooms. Remember, just two weeks ago, the MFT, the Michigan Federation of

Teachers, and the University both were at the State hearings testifying for increased

funding for University education. And on Tuesday, this last Tuesday, the GEOG went to

Wayne's graduation to congratulate the graduates, their friends and families, and we

passed out hundreds of flyers and were well received.

I have also helped the undergraduates on the Student Labor Solidarity Committee

collect hundreds of signatures from people to support our effort to have all 900 T As and

RAs recognized in the bargaining unit. In both cases the Wayne community was

overwhelmingly supportive of graduate employees' need and desire to have a just

contract that protects all employees. People understood that the work we do is just that -

work- and it should be recognized as such. Two weeks ago, the GEOG held a rally in

the middle of exams in the middle of the high exam period, outside the bargaining session.

We mobilized our members to show that we are going to be here in the summer and the

fall, making sure that we get a just contract that includes all TAs and RAs. We also had

supporters from the faculty union, University of Michigan Graduate Employee organization,

and many metro Detroit unions who understood our moral desire for all employees to be

covered by a contract.

We are happy that the University has been negotiating in good faith and that we

both made quite a bit of progress in what can be a very complicated process. However,

there comes a time when this issue needs to be settled in a timely fashion. The


University's current proposal for unit definition is clearly unacceptable to us. It basically

does not make sense. It denies the reality that employees are indeed employees, and

makes it impossible to recognize the fact that TAs and RAs do work.

I have been both a TA and an RA. As a TA I attended the professor's classes, I

prepared discussions, graded essays, exams, tests, prepared quizzes, and lectured. In

short, I taught and graded students in three or four sections, and I received a paycheck.

As an RA, I worked for a professor whose research was related to my academic field.

However, the research I did had nothing to do with my dissertation. In both cases, when I

was working and receiving a paycheck, it was time that I did not work on my dissertation,

by definition. And under the current definition, probably I would not be covered. In fact, I

would probably be switched back and forth. Although I am not a manager, I can see how

this can be really an organizational or administrative nightmare, trying to figure out who is

classified and who is not every semester, since it changes so frequently.

But I did work for the University, and I think that work should be recognized as

such. So we have to ask ourselves, what is the problem here. Graduate employees

deserve a just contract which recognizes all 900 TAs and RAs. I ask you, President Reid

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so that we can begin the fall semester on the right foot.

President Reid thanked Mr. Bessemer for pointing out that at a recent hearing before the

Appropriations Committee, AAUP and GEOC representatives provided testimony and support for

the University's position for additional funds.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Climetene McClain Secretary to the Board of Governors

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