UD trustees hold semiannual meeting

At the Board of Trustees meeting, several students and faculty members are recognized for their achievements.

7:10 p.m., May 25, 2005--Naming the University of Delaware’s new $18.6 million research vessel, renaming one of the University’s seven colleges and reorganizing of departments were some of the actions approved by UD’s Board of Trustees at its semiannual meeting May 25 in the Trabant University Center.

The new 146-foot research vessel, now under construction in Anacortes, Wash., will be named the R/V Hugh R. Sharp. Mr. Sharp served on UD’s Board of Trustees from 1969-88 and was a long-time supporter of the College of Marine Studies. He played a leadership role in helping the University acquire the R/V Cape Henlopen, which the new ship will replace, and he was the founding president of the Marine Associates, a group of individuals interested in helping UD develop one of the nation’s leading marine programs.

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The trustees also approved a name change for the College of Health and Nursing Sciences, which will become the College of Health Sciences. Its Department of Nursing will be renamed as the School of Nursing.

In the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, the undergraduate major and minor in leadership will be moved from the Department of Consumer Studies to the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, and the Department of Consumer Studies will change its name to the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies.

All these changes will take effect July 1.

In the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Bartol Research Institute will merge into a single unit under the name Department of Physics and Astronomy, effective July 1.

In other action, the board approved resolutions that:

increased dining plan rates by an average of 3.9 percent (Cost of the most comprehensive 19-meals-a-week plan will increase $110 to $2,900 for the year) and raised residence hall rates by an average of 7 percent (A traditional multiple residence hall room will increase by $256 to $3,924 for the year);
raised the Student Health Service fee by $12 per semester to $193, by $3 to $52 for Winter Session and by $4 to $70 for summer session;
increased the Comprehensive Fee by $5 to $69 per semester and increased the Student Center Fee by $10 to $90 per semester;
authorized the use of 2004-5 income from the Morris Special Projects Endowment, from the estate of Judge Hugh M. Morris, for renovations on the second floor of the Hugh M. Morris Library;
authorized the administration to proceed with several construction projects, including renovations to Brown Laboratory and the Rodney Dining Hall and a fountain/landscaping project at Magnolia Circle, all subject to available source of funds; and
expressed gratitude for a number of major gifts to the University, most in the form of bequests.

Two new trustees were elected to the board. Chelina Tirrell, who will graduate from the University on May 28, was elected to a one-year term as the recent graduate trustee. She replaces Bryan J. Townsend, who completed his term this year. Christopher H. Schell, president of Schell Brothers, a construction company that specializes in custom residential and commercial construction, was elected to a six-year term.

Howard Cosgrove was re-elected to a six-year term, and the board’s officers--Cosgrove as chairman, Robert A. Fischer Jr. and Robert W. Gore, both vice chairman, and Joan Thompson-Mobley, secretary-treasurer--were re-elected for another year.

At the meeting, UD President David P. Roselle presented a report on current campus construction projects and the Early Learning Center; Provost Dan Rich reported on recent faculty and student honors; and Louis Hirsh, director of admissions, reported on the incoming freshman class.

Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson

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