UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 15, Page 1
December 16, 1993
Board gives go-ahead to several new projects

     The University of Delaware's Board of Trustees approved several
capital projects, approved a reorganization of the College of Nursing and
granted permanent status to two degree programs at its regular semiannual
meeting Dec. 14 in Clayton Hal.
     The board confirmed the University's request to the state for $7
million in capital funds for F.Y. 1995 and authorized the administration to
proceed with an addition and renovation of Colburn Laboratory, home of the
world-renowned Department of Chemical Engineering, which is a primary
source of external research support at the University.
     Budgeted at $22 million, the Colburn Lab project will include
renovations of the current building and will add approximately 40,000 gross
square feet to the existing building, which was built in 1965. The addition
will wrap on both the south and east sides of the existing building, which
is located on Academy Street. The F.Y. '95 capital request includes $4
million for this project.
     Trustees also approved several other construction projects, including
the new student center parking garage; an agricultural classroom and
pavilion; design of an agricultural biotechnology center; and renovation of
the George Evans House, on the corner of West Main Street and South College
Avenue, and a major classroom in Smith Hall.
     The board approved a reorganization of the structure of the College of
Nursing that dissolves the existing departments of Advanced Nursing Science
and Nursing  Science.
     The college will now have a Department of Nursing and a Division of
Special Programs, which better reflect programmatic changes that have
occurred in the college.
     Two popular degree programs-the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
(MALS) and the Bachelor of Science in Human Resources in Hotel, Restaurant
and Institutional Management-were granted permanent status, both on the
recommendation of external review teams.
     Also approved were special long-term lease agreements with the Newark
Senior Center that makes available for $1 per year through the year 2065 up
to three acres of land off White Chapel Road for the center's new facility;
and with Delaware Special Olympics, which leases at $1 per year for no more
than 40 years a half acre of land on the south side of the Delaware Field
House for construction of a facility to be used by Delaware Special
Olympics, building on a long-standing partnership between the University
and that organization. The board also approved a policy for entering into
such long-term leasing agreements in the future.
     In other action, the board affirmed the creation of the Office of the
Vice President for Information Technologies, with Susan Foster, associate
vice president for computing and network services, promoted to that office,
effective Jan. 1.
     In addition, the board set the all-inclusive tuition for the new
Executive Master's of Business Administration (EMBA) at $29,400. This new,
19-month program, which will begin next fall, has been specially designed
to provide an exclusive, accelerated and nationally accredited program for
executives and professionals who have already demonstrated the ability to
achieve success in their careers. Classes will be scheduled on Friday
evenings and Saturdays in Arsht Hall in Wilmington.
     The Board of Trustees also approved the naming of the University's
campus in Lewes as the Hugh R. Sharp Jr. Campus, in honor of the former
trustee and staunch supporter of the College of Marine Studies; saluted the
1993 football team and Coach Tubby Raymond on their successful season; and
authorized the president to confer degrees at the Winter Commencement on
Jan. 8.
     In other action, the board honored two trustees and a former
University vice president:

        * Werner C. Brown of Greenville, who is retiring as a trustee after
          serving on the board since 1970, was honored with the
          designation, trustee emeritus. Brown chaired the Trustee
          Committee on Finance from 1972 to 1993. During his tenure as
          chairman of the Investment Committee, the average annual total
          return on investments was 9.6 percent. He also has served on the
          Trustee Committee on Grounds and Buildings, the Trustee Committee
          on Public Affairs and Advancement and the Compensation Committee,
          and he chaired the successful capital campaign to raise $7.4
          million in private funds to support the expansion of the Morris
          Library and to endow the President's Achievement Awards
          Scholarship program.
        * Charles C. Allen III of Seaford, who stepped down from the board
          earlier, was cited for his "outstanding service to the Board of
          Trutees and the University of Delaware." Allen, a Delaware
          alumnus, had served on the board since 1987.
        * G. Arno Loessner, former University vice president and secretary,
          was honored for "outstanding service to the board and the
          University of Delaware over many years." Loessner has returned to
          the faculty in the College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.