Board of Governors Agenda and Summary of Items:
January 29, 1998

1. Adoption of Agenda - Open Session

2. Minutes of the Meetings of November 27 and December 10, 1997

3. Report of the President - Appendix I
   • Minister Eves' Funding Announcement: December 15, 1997
     
   • Tuition Fees
     
   • Team Canada Mission to Latin America
     
   • Annual Report on Research

4. Reports of Committees:
   • Property & Finance Committee - Appendix II
   • Senior Operations Committee - Appendix III

5. Items Referred by Senate - Appendix IV

6. Questions from Members

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SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEMS

Report of the President

FOR INFORMATION

• Minister Eves' Funding Announcement, December 15, 1997
  
• Tuition Fees
  
• Team Canada Mission to Latin America

Property & Finance Committee

FOR ACTION

1. New Residence: Project, Budget and Design Approval
   
2. Guarantee for the Bank of Nova Scotia re Spencer Hall
   
3. Renewal of the Lease of the Graphics Building to the Weldon Academy

FOR INFORMATION

1. Preferred Corporate Travel Agencies
   
2. Report on Investments
   
3. Environmental and Safety Incidents
   
   • Fire in Althouse College, December 3, 1997
     
   • Fire in the Chemistry Building, January 16, 1998
4. Report on Scholarships

Senior Operations Committee

FOR ACTION

1. Appointment of Board Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs for 1999
   
2. Appointment of members to Committees of the Board
   
3. Board and Committee meeting dates for 1999

FOR INFORMATION

• Appointments to other committees and boards

Items Referred by Senate

FOR ACTION

1. The Institute for Advanced Research
   
2. Appointments Procedures - Amendments:
   
   • Sec. C - Rules for the Operation of Selection Committee (timing of establishment of a selection committee)
     
   • Sec. D - Study Leave (delete reference to SUBA; replace with SCUP)
     
   • Sec. K - Dean of Graduate Studies (reduce term of appointment to five years)*
     
   • Sec. L - Deans of Other Faculties (reduce term of appointment to five years)*

FOR INFORMATION

1. Convocation Dates - June 1999
   
2. New Programs to be introduced:
   
   • Integrated Engineering Program
     
   • BA in Honors Business Administration - BESc Concurrent Degree Programs
     
   • Combined Honors Program in International and Comparative Studies - Huron College
     
   • Combined Honors Program in Anthropology and French Linguistics
     
   • Faculty of Law - Extended Time LLB Program
     
   • Concurrent BESc/LLB Programs in
     1. Law and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
     2. Law and Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Questions from Members