WMU Board of Trustee Minutes 1969
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MINUTES WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1969 MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD TABLE OF CONTENTS MINUTES APPENDIX A - HONORARY DEGREES AND AWARDS APPENDIX B - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES April, 1969 August, 1969 December, 1969 INDEX MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Terms expire on December 31 of years indicated) Fred W. Adams, Grosse Pointe 1970 Charles H. Ludlow, Kalamazoo 1970 Dorothy Upjohn Dalton, Kalamazoo 1972 John R. Dykema, Grosse Pointe Farms 1972 Julius Franks, Jr., D.D.S., Grand Rapids 1974 Philip N. Watterson, Ada 1974 Mildred Swanson Johnson, Muskegon 1976 Robert D. Caine, Hickory Corners 1976 OFFICERS James W. Miller, Ex-Officio, Chairman Fred w. Adams, Vice Chairman Peter R. Ellis, Secretary Robert B. Wetnight, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary Robert W. Beecher, Assistant Treasurer TABLE OF CONTENTS Meeting Date January 17, 1969 Acceptance of theAgenda 601 Minutes 601 Election of Officers 601 Academic Personnel Report 601 Recommendation Re: Future Status of the University Elementary School 601 Center for Children's Court Services 601 Plans for ParkingFacility No. 1 601 Gifts and Grants Report 602 Opening of Depository Accounts 602 Opening of Imprest Checking Account for the Auditorium 602 Standards for Student Communications Media 602 February 21, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 602 Minutes 602 Academic Personnel Report 602 Non-Academic Personnel Report 604 Honorary Degrees 604 Recommendation Re: Campus School 604 Recommendation Re: Open Visitation 604 Gifts and Grants Report 604 Resolution Re: Supplement No. 1 toTrust Indenture 605 Shuver Land Contract 605 Authority to Exercise Option 605 Progress Report on Instructional Facility No. 1 606 Announcements 606 March 21, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 606 Minutes 606 Academic Personnel Report 606 Non-Academic Personnel Report 609 Authority to Confer Degrees 609 Refunding Plan on Construction Loan for MarriedStudent Apartments 609 Financing Plan for Total Parking Program 612 Gifts and Grants 612 Exchange of Land with Lutheran Student Center for Parking Structure 612 Resolution to Designate Depositories andAuthorized Signatures 614 Data ProcessingEvaluation Survey 614 Approval of Bids for Parking Structure No, 1 614 Meeting Date Page April 18, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 615 Minutes 615 Academic Personnel Report 615 Non-Academic Personnel Report 618 Change in Sabbatical Leave Policy 618 Amendments to the Faculty Constitution 618 Financing Plan for Total Parking Program 618 Gifts and Grants Report 618 Resolution Re: $3,400,000 Housing Revenue Bonds Dated May 1, 1969 618 Approval of Bids for Parking Structure No. 1 622 Appointment of Architect for Cooling and Ventilation System in Sangren Hall 622 Progress Report on Campus Building Program 622 May 16, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 623 Minutes 623 Academic Personnel Report 623 Non-Academic Personnel Report 625 Gifts and Grants Report 625 Student Fee Proposal 1969-70 625 Traffic, Parking, and Pedestrian Ordinance 625 Residence Classification for Special Ability Students 636 Purchase of Property 636 Change in Regular Meeting Date 636 Report on the Annual Meeting of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities 636 Progress Report on Instructional Facility No. 1 636 June 13, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 637 Minutes 637 Academic Personnel Report 637 Non-Academic Personnel Report 638 Dividing of Department of School Services into Department of Educational Leadership and Department of Counseling and Personnel 638 Distinguished Service Award 639 Authorization to Grant Degrees for August Commencement 639 Gifts and Grants Report 639 Student �ee Schedule 639 Financing Plan for Total Parking Program 639 Year-end Allotment �djustments, 1968-69 General Fund Budget 649 Change in Regular Meeting Date 651 Continuation of University Fiscal Operation 651 Meeting Date July 18, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 651 Minutes 651 Academic Personnel Report 652 Non-Academic Personnel Report 653 Disposition of Campus School Instructional Materials Center 654 1969-70 General Fund Budget 654 Service Staff Wage and Salary Schedule 657 Gifts and Grants Report 659 Modification in TIAA Retirement Plan 659 Purchase of Property 659 Designation of Legal Representative for Federal Surplus Property 659 Designation of Campus Street Names 659 Approval of Bids for Instructional Facility No, 1 660 Announcement 661 September 12, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 661 Minutes 661 Academic Personnel Report 661 Non-Academic Personnel Report 663 Renaming of Department of Business Education to Department of Business Education and Administrative Services 663 Gifts and Grants Report 663 Approval of Labor Contract 664 Changes in Personnel Policy 664 Purchase of Property 664 Additional Landscaping for University Health Center 664 Report on Fall Enrollment 664 October 17, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 665 Minutes 665 Academic Personnel Report 665 Change in Title of the Mathematics Program in Statistics 666 Gifts and Grants Report 666 Purchase of Property 666 Approval of Bids for Health Center Landscaping 666 Appoin_tment of Architect for Administration Building Elevator Contract 666 Call for Special Meeting on 1970-71 University Budget Requests 666 Report on Association of Governing Boards Meeting October 7, 8, 1969 666 Announcements 666 Student Self-Determination 666 October 24, 1969 Confirmation of the Call of the Special Meeting 667 1970-71 Budget Requests 667 Meeting Date November 21, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 668 1969 Annual Fund Report 668 Approval of the Minutes 668 Academic Personnel Report 668 Non-Academic Personnel Report 669 Center for Educational Research 669 Change in Nomenclature for the Instructional Units of the University 669 Honorary Degree 669 Authorization to Grant Degrees for December Commencement 670 Gifts and Grants Report 670 Financing for Student Services Building 670 Amendments to University Travel Regulations 673 Purchase of Property 673 Recommendation Re: Visitation Hours 674 Amendment to the Code of Student Life 674 Report on New Visitation Policy 675 December 19, 1969 Acceptance of the Agenda 675 Approval of the Minutes 675 Academic Personnel Report 675 Non-Academic Personnel Report 676 Changes in the School of Education 676 Amendments to the Faculty Constitution 676 Division of Instructional Communications 676 Statement on Student Academic· Rights: Policies and Procedures 676 Changes in and Amendment to University Policies and the Faculty 677 Gifts and Grants Report 677 Designation of Names for Buildings 677 Board of Trustees Western Michigan University Department of Social Science, Decem ANNUAL MEETING ber 9, 1968 (Winter Semester and Spring Session 1969) (Reappointment) January 17, 1969 Catherine C. Warne, Instructor in Eng lish, August 18, 1969 (Reappointment The Annual Meeting of the Western Michigan to April 1970) University Board of Trustees was held on January 17, 1969, in the Board of Trustees Room Constance Weaver, Assistant Professor of the University Student Center. of English, August 18, 1969 (Re appointment) The meeting was called to order at 1:54 p.m. by President James W. Miller, Chairman. Resignations Trustees present: Adams, Caine, Mrs. Dalton, Susanne B. Philp, Instructor in General Dr. Franks, Mrs. Johnson, Ludlow and Watterson. Business, effective January 10, 1969 Trustees absent: Dykema, Johannes Postma, Instructor in History, Also present were: Vice President Seibert, effective December 21, 1968 Vice President Griffeth, Vice President Coul ter, Secretary Ellis, Treasurer Wetnight, Retirement with Emeritus Status Arthur O'Connor, Thomas E. Coyne, and Counsel Henry Ford, Jr. Correction to Minutes of the December 20, 1968, Board of Trustees Meeting: Acceptance of the Agenda. The Trustees ac cepted and approved the Agenda as presented John W. Gill, Associate Director of for the meeting. Athletics and Associate Professor of Physical Education, Men, effec Minutes. The Minutes of the December 20, tive June 30, 1969, instead of 1968, Regular Meeting were approved as circu April 30, 1969 lated, Leave of Absence Election of Officers. This being the Annual Meeting, the following officers were elected: Gordon L. Harper, Assistant Professor of English, August 1969 to Janu Chairman James W. Miller ary 1970, without pay, to complete Vice Chairman Fred W. Adams work on Ph.D. dissertation at the Secretary Peter R. Ellis University of Chicago Treasurer Robert B. Wetnight Assistant Recoannendation Re: Future Status of the Uni Secretary Robert B. Wetnight versity Elementary School. The Trustees re Assistant ceived from the administration and the Dean of Treasurer Robert w. Beecher the School of Education the rationale behind the recoannendation that the Campus Elementary School Academic Personnel Report.