Board OKs honorary degrees, service awards

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-12-14

Summary:

"The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees this week voted to recognize a number of individuals with honorary degrees and distinguished service awards, approved renovation and improvement projects, and discussed the search for a permanent chancellor at SIU Carbondale.  The board met in regular session on the Carbondale campus. On Wednesday, Dec. 10, board members toured SIU Carbondale’s Greek Row and discussed various renovation and demolition options. They also toured University Museum.  The board continued its discussions about system planning, and agreed with SIU System President Randy Dunn’s recommendation to proceed with the search for a new chancellor at SIU Carbondale without an outside firm. Dunn said he plans to appoint a broad-based campus advisory committee to provide input during the search ... During its meeting today (Dec. 11), the board approved:  An Open Access Policy for Faculty Scholarship: Research Articles. The new policy, developed by a task force, complies with Illinois’ Open Access to Research Articles Act that states that 'the published research articles produced by faculty at public universities should be made as widely available as possible' ..."

Link:

http://news.siu.edu/2014/12/121114tew14021.php

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Date tagged:

12/14/2014, 09:55

Date published:

12/14/2014, 04:55