"CONTENTdm"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2020-04-24"@en . "1998-10-14"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/senmin/items/1.0390203/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nVancouver Senate Secretariat\nSenate and Curriculum Services\nEnrolment Services\n2016-1874 East Mall\nVancouver, BC V6T 1Z1\nwww.senate.ubc.ca\nVANCOUVER SENATE\nMINUTES OF OCTOBER 14, 1998\nAttendance\nPresent: President M. C. Piper (Chair), Vice-President B. C. McBride, Dean F. S. Abbott,\nDr. P. Adebar, Acting Dean D. R. Atkins, Mr. M. Beese, Dr. I. Benbasat, Dr. J. D. Berger,\nDean J. Blom, Dr. G. W. Bluman, Mr. P. T. Brady, Dr. P. C. Burns, Mr. P. T. Burns,\nDean J. A. Cairns, Ms. A. Cheema, Mr. A. Chui, Ms. L. Chui, Mr. M. Edwards, Dr. V.\nFroese, Dr. J. H. V. Gilbert, Mr. C. L. Gorman, Mr. H. D. Gray, Rev. J. Hanrahan, Dr. P.\nG. Harrison, Dean M. Isaacson, Dr. M. R. Ito, Mr. J. Ko, Mr. J. Kondopulos, Mr. O. C.\nW. Lau, Mr. D. K. Leung, Mr. B. Liu, Mr. T. P. T. Lo, Dr. D. M. Lyster, Dr. D. J.\nMacDougall, Dr. M. MacEntee, Dr. P. L. Marshall, Dr. K. May, Acting Dean J. A.\nMcLean, Dr. W. R. McMaster, Mr. W. McMichael, Mr. W. B. McNulty, Dean pro tem\nD. F. Measday, Mr. A. Mitchell, Dean S. Neuman, Mr. V. Pacradouni, Mr. R. L. de\nPfyffer, Dr. W. J. Phillips, Mr. G. Podersky-Cannon, Dr. D. P. Rolfsen, Dr. H. J.\nRosengarten, Dr. R. W. Schutz, Dean N. Sheehan, Dr. C. E. Slonecker, Ms. K. Sonik, Dr.\nJ. R. Thompson, Dr. S. Thorne, Dr. W. Uegama, Dr. J. Vanderstoep, Mr. D. R. Verma,\nDr. D. Ll. Williams, Dr. W. C. Wright, Jr., Mr. A. Zuniga.\nRegrets: Chancellor W. L. Sauder, Mr. R. Appoo, Mr. W. Cheung, Dr. V. Gomel, Dean F.\nGranot, Dr. A. G. Hannam, Dr. F. G. Herring, Mr. J. Keng, Dr. V. J. Kirkness, Dr. S. B.\nKnight, Dr. M. Levine, Prof. P. T. K. Lin, Mr. R. W. Lowe, Mr. R. Morin, Dean M.\nQuayle, Ms. C. Quinlan, Prof. J. A. Rice, Mr. A. H. Soroka, Ms. L.M. Sparrow, Dr. M.\nThompson, Dr. P. A. Vertinsky, Dr. R. A. Yaworsky, Dean E. H. K. Yen.\nSenate Membership\nThe Chair welcomed new and returning members to the first Senate meeting of the 1998-\n99 academic year. New members are Mr. Rustom Appoo, student representative of the\nFaculty of Dentistry, appointed by the Alma Mater Society, and Dr. John McLean, Acting\nDean, Faculty of Forestry. The Chair also offered a warm welcome to Ms. Lisa Collins,\nManager, Secretariat Services, who will record the minutes.\n11929\n Vancouver Senate 11930\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nMinutes of the Previous Meeting\nMinutes of the Previous Meeting\nMr. Verma l That the minutes of the ninth regular meeting\nMr. Brady i of Senate for the Session 1997-98, having been\ncirculated, be taken and read as adopted.\nCarried.\nFrom the Board of Governors\nNotification of approval in principle of Senate recommendations - subject, where\napplicable, to the proviso that none of the programs be implemented without formal\nreference to the President, and that the Deans and Heads concerned with new\nprograms be asked to indicate the space requirements, if any, of such new programs.\ni. Enrolment quotas, (pp. 11877-8 & 11881)\nii. Curriculum proposals from the Faculties of Applied Science, Education and\nScience, (pp. 11879 & 11882-3)\niii. New awards, (pp. 11916-7 & 11924-8)\niv. Curriculum proposals from the Faculties of Arts, Graduate Studies and\nPharmaceutical Sciences, (pp. 11906-9 & 11919-23)\nv. Hongkong Bank Chair in Asian Commerce changed to two professorships and\none visiting chair, (pp. 11891-2)\nvi. Establishment of a Centre for International Health, (p. 11891)\nvii. Establishment of an Institute of Aboriginal Health, (pp. 11900-1)\nChair's remarks and related questions\nIMAGINE UBC 1998\nThe President gave a brief report on Imagine UBC, which took place on September 8,\n1998, the day before the first day of classes. The event was a tremendous success. Dr.\nPiper acknowledged the hard work of everyone involved in organizing the event, and\nnoted in particular Ms. Allison Dunnet and Dr. Neil Guppy, whose efforts have ensured\nthat UBC is welcoming first-year students in a very positive manner. Given the number of\nstudents present in the War Memorial Gymnasium, it was evident that there was almost\n100% participation in Imagine activities. The President also spoke of her recent\n Vancouver Senate 11931\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nChair's REMARKS AND RELATED QUESTIONS\nexperience of hosting a dinner party for 12 students who were winners of an Imagine\nUBC draw. The students were thrilled with the welcome they had received at UBC.\nGIFT TO UBC\nThe President shared background information regarding the recent gift of $50 million\nfrom UBC alumnus Dr. Stewart Blusson. Dr. Blusson graduated from UBC in 1960 with a\nBachelor of Science degree in geology, and later completed a Ph.D. in geology from the\nUniversity of California at Berkeley in 1964.\nThe gift was described as extraordinary in both its size and in the fact that it has little\ndirection attached. As generosity by one individual at this level has not been previously\nexperienced in Canada, this is a historic gift for UBC and for all Canadian institutions.\nDr. Blusson is very committed to research, and would prefer that a large portion of this\ngift be used to supplement the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The gift is not\ndirected to any particular area of research, as the donor believes very strongly that the\nUniversity should be free to make decisions as it sees fit. Dr. Blusson hopes that this gift\nwill encourage others to join him in supporting the CFI and research infrastructure in\nCanada. The Vice-President Research will be working with the UBC/CFI Advisory\nCommittee to make decisions about allocation of this new resource.\nThe President acknowledged the hard work of the many people involved in coordinating\nthe gift, including the Office of the Vice-President, Academic, the Development Office and\nthe Office of the Acting Vice-President, External Affairs, the Office of the Vice-President,\nFinance and Administration, and the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic and\nLegal Affairs. Dr. Piper added that the entire UBC community should take pride in the\n Vancouver Senate 11932\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nAcademic PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE\nconfidence of Dr. Blusson, which has resulted from the 83 years of outstanding research\ndone at UBC.\nFUNDING FOR OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF SPACE\nDr. Piper announced that the Provincial Government has allocated on a one-time basis an\nadditional $1.9 million for minor capital improvements at UBC. These funds will be used\nprimarily to fund the improvements to classrooms and laboratories that have been\nrecognized as necessary for some time. As UBC's usual minor capital budget is\napproximately $8 million, receiving an additional $1.9 million is a great achievement.\nFIRST UBC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING\nThe President invited all members of Senate to attend the first UBC Annual General\nMeeting, to be held at Robson Square Conference Centre on October 22, 1998 at 10:30\na.m. This meeting will be open to the public, and it is hoped that many people will come\nto hear about UBC and to have their questions answered. The same presentation will be\ngiven at a similar meeting to be held on campus on November 3, 1998, and senators are\nwelcome and encouraged to attend both sessions.\nAcademic Plan Advisory Committee\nThe Vice-President, Academic and Provost gave an update on the Academic Plan. A\ncommittee has been struck whose mandate it will be to operationalize the vision as\noutlined in Trek 2000. The committee will make recommendations regarding priorities\nfor resource allocation and criteria for decision-making. Dr. McBride emphasized that this\nwill\n Vancouver Senate 11933\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nContinuing STUDIES COMMITTEE\nbe a set of criteria that all members of the UBC community can understand and use, once\nadopted by Senate. The committee has met twice, and Dr. Michael A. Goldberg was\nappointed as Chair. A small steering committee consists of Ms. Jo-Ann Archibald, Dr.\nGeorge B. Spiegelman, Dr. Brian Ellis and Dr. Richard Cavell. The larger working\ncommittee is comprised of approximately 30 individuals from a variety of backgrounds\nand disciplines: faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students. The role of the deans\nwill be to evaluate and consolidate the work of the working group and they will also\nparticipate in drafting the final report. The committee will divide into four subcommittees\nto evaluate:\nThe University in Society\nStudent-centred Learning and Teaching\nFaculty-centred Learning and Research\nRunning the Academic Enterprise.\nA draft report will be ready for discussion in the broader community by January 1999,\nfollowed by a revised draft to be brought to Senate in April 1999 for discussion and again\nfor proposed ratification in May 1999.\nContinuing Studies Committee\nDIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING\nDr. John Vanderstoep, Chair of the committee, presented a proposal to establish a\nDiploma in Accounting. Dr. Vanderstoep explained that this program has operated for\nsome time in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration in conjunction with\nthe Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Senate Approval was\nrequested in order to regularize the program under the purview of Senate and to provide\ngraduates of this program with a slightly higher level of accreditation. The Diploma will\nalso add to the credibility of the accountancy profession and its agencies and will help to\ncement links between the profession and the Faculty of Commerce and Business\nAdministration. The\n Vancouver Senate 11934\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nCurriculum COMMITTEE\nproposed diploma complies with Senate guidelines for diploma programs and Dr. J. D.\nBerger has reviewed the proposal in the capacity of Chair of the Senate Curriculum\nCommittee. Dr. Vanderstoep noted that the courses comprising the diploma are similar in\ndepth and coverage to courses in the Bachelor of Commerce degree program, but\napplicants to the two programs will have different credentials. Applicants to the Diploma\nin Accounting program will require an undergraduate degree and relevant work\nexperience, but will not require the same business and accounting background as Bachelor\nof Commerce applicants. Admission to the program will be governed by a joint committee\ncomprised of faculty members and representatives from the Institute of Chartered\nAccountants of British Columbia. The diploma program is expected to have no negative\nbudgetary implications for the University, and may have positive budgetary implications.\nDr. Vanderstoep l That Senate approve the proposal for a\nMr. Brady J Diploma Program in Accounting.\nDr. Harrison drew attention to the fact that the proposal includes the use of the Language\nProficiency Index as an entrance examination when it is intended to be a placement\nexamination. It was agreed that this intended use of the LPI should be further\ninvestigated.\nThe motion was\nput and carried.\nCurriculum Committee\nSee Appendix A: Course and Curriculum Proposals.\nDr. J. D. Berger, Chair of the committee, recommended approval of a curriculum\nproposal for a Co-operative Education Program within the Faculty of Arts. The structure\nof this program is similar to that of co-operative education programs in other faculties.\nThe program will include four work placement periods, and four new courses are\n Vancouver Senate 11935\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nCurriculum COMMITTEE\nthus included in the proposal. The program will require 5 years of study for completion of\na Bachelor of Arts degree.\nDr. Berger l That the proposal from the Faculty of Arts for\nDean Neuman J a Co-operative Education Program be\napproved.\nIn response to a query concerning the proposed prerequisite completion of the four Arts\nbreadth requirements, Dean Neuman stated that admission will be necessarily\ncompetitive, and that the definition of a \"good student\" includes completion of basic Arts\nrequirements before the second term of the third year. Dean Neuman further explained\nthat the Faculty of Arts would be reluctant to place students in business or the public\nsector prior to the completion of these requirements, given feedback that employers value\nthe broad education provided to Arts students.\nIn response to a query concerning budgetary implications, Dean Neuman replied that\nthere would be a cost involved, but noted that the costs will be phased in along with the\nprogram. New costs include mounting the four new work experience courses and hiring a\ndirector for the program. Dean pro tem Measday agreed that there will be costs\nassociated with this program but emphasized the importance of cooperative education,\ngiven that the number of students in co-operative education in the Faculty of Science has\ntripled in the last few years. In the Faculty of Applied Science, the numbers have\nquadrupled.\nDean Neuman stated that the proposal was the result of a large curriculum council\nexercise that involved many students. Students were hugely enthusiastic about the\nproposal for co-operative education.\nThe motion was\nput and carried.\n1\n Vancouver Senate 11936\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nNominating COMMITTEE\nNominating Committee\nDr. Williams, as Chair of the committee, presented the following report.\nVACANCIES ON SENATE COMMITTEES\nThe committee recommends approval of the following nominations to fill vacancies on\nSenate committees:\nContinuing Studies\nActing Dean J. A. McLean - replacing Dr. H. B. Richer\nLiaison with Post-Secondary Institutions\nActing Dean J. A. McLean - replacing Dean C. S. Binkley\nLibrary\nDr. H. J. Rosengarten - replacing Dean S. Neuman\nStudent Appeals on Academic Discipline\nMr. R. W. Lowe - replacing Dr. H. J. Rosengarten\nTributes\nDr. D. Ll. Williams - replacing Dean C. S. Binkley\nAD HOC COMMITTEE ON AFFILIATION OF CAREY THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE\nThe committee recommends approval of the following nominations to fill vacancies on\nthe committee:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. D. Danielson (non-member of Senate) - replacing Dr. R. C. Harris (non-\nmember of Senate)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dean pro tem D. Measday - replacing Dr. P. G. Mosca (non-member of Senate)\nEX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP ON THE SENATE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE\nThe committee recommends approval of a request from the Senate Admissions Committee\nto change ex officio membership from Director, Student Resources Centre, to Director,\nStudent Recruitment.\n Vancouver Senate 11937\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS COMMITTEE\nPRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE SELECTION OF A REGISTRAR\nThe committee presented for information the following replacement:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. I Benbasat - replacing Dean S. Neuman\nDr. Williams l That the nominations of the Nominating\nMr. Gorman J Committee be approved.\nCarried.\nStudent Awards Committee\nREPORT TO SENATE ON THE OUTSTANDING STUDENT INITIATIVE\nDr. Bluman, Chair of the committee, presented the following report on the Outstanding\nStudent Initiative (OSI) program:\nBackground\nAn Outstanding Student Initiative (OSI) Advisory Committee was established by Dr.\nMaria M. Klawe, Vice-President, Student and Academic Services, in May, 1997. The\nmandate of the Committee was to provide advice on the following aspects of the OSI:\n1. Its effectiveness as a recruiting tool.\n2. The award criteria, particularly the level of cut-off for making offers.\n3. The renewal criteria.\nThe Advisory Committee's report was considered by the Senate Committee on Student\nAwards and a report with recommendations was forwarded to Senate for approval in\nMarch 1998. The report was tabled by Senate with the understanding that due to the\nlate\n Vancouver Senate 11938\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS COMMITTEE\ndate, the submitted report was to be the policy for students entering in 1998/99. The\nSenate Committee on Student Awards was advised to report back by the November\n1998 Senate meeting. The following questions were raised at the March 1998 Senate\nmeeting:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 How effective is the OSI as a recruitment tool? Would not money be better spent\nelsewhere instead?\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Could there be better criteria for obtaining the award?\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Situation at other universities in Canada?\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Data on number qualifying under new criteria for initial entry, transfers and\ncontinuing students?\nThe present report is presented for approval.\nProgram History\nThe OSI was established in 1990/91, in order to help attract to UBC excellent students\nfrom the secondary school system both within British Columbia and from other\nprovinces. It has subsequently been reviewed, and modified. A brief history of the\nprogram is attached as Appendix 1.\nDiscussion\nThe Advisory Committee's review was commissioned at a time of considerable\nfinancial difficulty for the University. The projected increases in the cost of the OSI\nwere considered to be unacceptably high. As a result of discussions within the\nCommittee of Deans, an additional instruction to the OSI Advisory Committee, which\nthe recommendations given below try to address, was that the annual budget for the\nUniversity for the OSI program must be capped at $5 million. (It must be recognized\nthat until 2002/2003, because of students already in the system, cost overruns will\nhave to be accommodated).\nIn the course of the Advisory Committee's meetings, a number of other issues were\nidentified, though not all of these are reflected in the recommendations. These include\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 geographic representation\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 distribution of awards among faculties\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 non-uniform grading in the secondary schools\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 OSI renewals, inclusion of outstanding continuing students and incoming transfer\nstudents\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 offers made on the basis of interim and/or final grades\n Vancouver Senate 11939\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS COMMITTEE\nThe OSI as a recruitment tool: In a 1997/98 survey of First-Year Students which\nincluded UBC and 18 other Canadian universities, 52% of UBC students had a\nscholarship compared to 36% for all; 36% of UBC students said that being offered\nfinancial assistance or a scholarship was very important compared to 19% for all. The\naverages of entering UBC students have increased substantially in recent years: from\n1994/95 to 1997/98 the average English 12 and Math 12 marks for entering students\nhave changed as follows in Arts, Science and Applied Science:\nEnglish 12: Arts 77%->80%, Science 79%->84%, Applied Science 77%->78%\nMath 12: Arts 75%->78%, Science 83%->89%, Applied Science 85%->90%\nBetter criteria for obtaining an award: The recommended criteria are deemed to be an\nimprovement over previous criteria for obtaining OSI and University Scholarship\nProgram (USP) awards. In particular the number of registered students qualifying for\nan OSI on entry to first year should decline from about 1600 in 1997/98 and 1100 in\n1998/99 to 425 in 1999/00. Under the recommended criteria, an expected 100 transfer\nstudents will qualify as well as about 300 continuing students in each of second, third\nand fourth years annually. The proposed criteria are excellent for recruitment as well:\nStudents who do well at UBC will be rewarded-it will be not as serious a mistake to\nmiss an award upon entry or lose eligibility for an award in a given year. Moreover\nUBC should be able to attract more outstanding transfer students.\nSituation at other universities in Canada\nAlberta has unlimited awards (non-renewable) at lesser amounts requiring lower\naverages available only to students in Science (90%) and Engineering (87%).\nCarleton has unlimited awards (non-renewable) at much lesser amounts for averages\nbelow 89%, unlimited awards (renewable, $2000 per annum) for 89%-94.9% and\nunlimited awards (renewable, $3200 per annum) for 95%.\nDalhousie has unlimited awards (non-renewable) @$500 for 80%, @$1000 for 90%.\nManitoba has unlimited awards (non-renewable) @$600 for 85%, @$900 for 87.5%,\n@$1200 for 90%, @$1800 for 95%.\nOttawa has unlimited awards (non-renewable) @$500-$1400 for 82%-89.5%,\n@$1800 for 90% (renewable).\nWestern has unlimited awards (non-renewable) @$750 for 80%, @$1000 for 85%,\n@$2000 for 90%.\nAll other universities appear to have only limited awards. Source: The Maclean's\nGuide to Canadian Universities 98.\nFurther data\nBased on the recommended criteria the estimated number of registered OSI scholarship\nwinners in each year and percentage distribution by faculties would be:\n Vancouver Senate 11940\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS COMMITTEE\nHigh school entrants to Year 1 in 1998/99: [425 winners] Arts 19%, Science 65%,\nApplied Science 13%, other programs 3% (based on High School marks)\nEnd of Year 1 in 1997/98: [300 winners] Arts 25%, Science 58%, Applied Science\n11%, other programs 6% (based on 1st year UBC marks)\nEnd of Year 2 in 1997/98: [300 winners] Arts 19%, Science 37%, Applied Science\n15%, other programs 29% (based on 2nd year UBC marks)\nEnd of Year 3 in 1997/98: [300 winners] Arts 20%, Science 38%, Applied Science\n11%, other programs 31% (based on 3rd year UBC marks)\nRecommendations\nRecommendation 1: GPO funds budgeted for scholarships other than OSI (University\nScholarship Program (USP)), with a budget of about $1.5 million, will be merged with\nthe OSI program for entering and continuing students.\nIt should be noted that USP awards have been $1880 for the top 2% of students and\n$1570 for the next 2%. This recommendation then implies that the USP values will\neffectively increase to $2500. Moreover\na) Students are eligible for four years of funding through the OSI program. If\nstudents transfer to a post-baccalaureate program at UBC after three years of\nan undergraduate program, they are eligible for one more year of funding\nthrough the OSI. Students enrolled in co-operative education programs would\nnot be eligible for the OSI during their work terms, but would be eligible for\nthe equivalent of four years of funding during their UBC terms.\nb) The use of GPO funding to provide scholarships for students in post-\nbaccalaureate professional programs such as Medicine, Law, Dentistry,\nEducation was discontinued effective 1998/99 except as specified in (a).\nRecommendation 2: UBC will continue to base eligibility for the OSI on the admission\naverage.\nRecommendation 3: Effective 1999/00, any student with an admission average of at\nleast 95.00% based on interim grades will be offered an OSI award which includes an\nOSI scholarship of $2500. Effective 1999/00, any student with an admission average\nof at least 92.00% based on interim grades will be offered the non-scholarship\ncomponents of an OSI award. An OSI scholarship award of $2500 will be offered to\nany student with an admission average of at least 92.00% based on final grades.\nRecommendation 4: Transfers from the BC Community Colleges, University Colleges,\nother BC universities and out-of-province universities will be eligible for the OSI\nscholarship award of $2500, on a similar basis as for continuing UBC students. In\nparticular, transfers from the Community Colleges and University Colleges will\nrequire an admission GPA of at least 3.8.\n Vancouver Senate 11941\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS COMMITTEE\nRecommendation 5: UBC must give at least one year's notice of any major changes to\nthese entrance scholarship criteria.\nRecommendation 6: An OSI scholarship award of $2500 will be offered to any\ncontinuing UBC undergraduate student who achieves an average of at least 85.00%\non their best 27 credits.\nRecommendation 7: The OSI regulations in place for the 1998/99 academic year\nconcerning renewal of the OSI will apply to all students already enrolled at UBC.\nRecommendation 8: The Senate Student Awards Committee will report to Senate on\nOSI awards on an annual basis. The Committee will assess periodically the\neffectiveness of the OSI program and recommend, if considered necessary, changes to\ntheir structure and eligibility criteria. The Committee may also adjust program criteria\nto meet financial constraints.\nRecommendation 9: The OSI program be re-named the UBC Undergraduate Scholar\nprogram.\nThe re-naming is intended to:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 signal that there have been substantive changes to the previous program such that\na name change is warranted\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 enhance UBC's recruiting efforts\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 facilitate fund raising in support of the program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 recognize historically and for the Senate record that UBC combined the previous\nOSI and USP programs in 1998-99\nAppendix 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Outstanding Student Initiative\nProgram History\nThe Outstanding Student Initiative was an outcome of a Presidential Task Force on\nRecruiting, Liaison and Admission. It is a recruiting program intended to attract\nexcellent students from the secondary school system both within British Columbia and\nfrom other provincial jurisdictions to UBC. The components of the program initially\nincluded:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 early notification of unconditional admission\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 early access to telephone registration\n Vancouver Senate 11942\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS COMMITTEE\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 one year scholarship approximately equivalent to tuition for one year in Arts or\nScience\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 guaranteed space in university operated undergraduate residences\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 invitation to participate in a campus tour\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 congratulatory and welcoming letter from the President\nIn some, but not all faculties which admit directly from secondary school, the program\nalso included a personal contact from a faculty member. Generally this involved a\ntelephone call to the student which was congratulatory as well as welcoming.\nThe program is cooperatively managed by:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Registrar's Office (Admissions, Records and Registration)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Awards and Financial Aid Office\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Housing and Conferences\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Student Recruitment Office\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 President's Office\nThe Ad Hoc Program Review in 1994/95 resulted in the following changes to the\ninitial program components. These changes were implemented for 1995196:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 offer of renewable scholarship valued at $10,000 payable at $2500 per year for\nfour years for students who maintained eligibility at end of year 1\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 elimination of the invitation to participate in a campus tour\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 addition of an opportunity to by-pass the lottery system to obtain parking space in\nUBC Parkades\nThe other initial program components were retained. The one faculty that previously\nhad not implemented the personal contact with students by faculty members,\nundertook to include this component for 1995196.\nDr. Bluman i That the nine recommendations of the Student\nDr. Berger J Awards Committee on the Outstanding\nStudent Initiative be approved.\nThere was extensive discussion regarding the percentage of students from the Faculty of\nArts who are able to receive and maintain the OSI award as compared to students in\nother faculties. Mr. Gray expressed concern that the criteria used to award the OSI could\nnot be fair and equitable given only 19% of the Year 1 winners are from the Faculty of\nArts. Dr.\n Vancouver Senate 11943\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS COMMITTEE\nPeter Burns agreed, stating that the distribution of OSI awards among Arts, Science,\nApplied Science and other programs seemed intrinsically unfair. Dean Cairns suggested\nthat because it may be more difficult to maintain a high average in arts subjects compared\nto science subjects, that a percentile ranking or ranking in relation to class would be more\nequitable.\nIn response to a query regarding the distribution of awards at Simon Fraser University,\nDean Neuman stated that Simon Fraser University calculates averages over a full range of\ngrade 12 subjects, rather than only over provincially examinable courses. Dean Neuman\nexpressed concern that the Student Awards Committee had decided last year to consider\nan average over a full range of subjects, but that this decision had been later reversed.\nReferring to Recommendation 6, Ms. Chui pointed out that grading standards vary by\nfaculty and that an absolute percentage of 85% may therefore put certain students at a\ndisadvantage.\nActing Dean Atkins reminded members of Senate that the original target of the OSI\nbudget had been $10 million but that it had been capped at $5 million due to the absence\nof analysis on the effectiveness of the OSI as a recruiting tool. Acting Dean Atkins further\nstated that concerns regarding this absence of data that he expressed at the March 1998\nmeeting of Senate were still in place, as the report presented still did not address this issue.\nDr. Bluman responded that 36% of students surveyed entering UBC last year identified\nthe OSI as a very important reason for choosing UBC. The proposed change in name as\noutlined in Recommendation 9 emphasizes that the program is based on merit. Dr.\nBluman added that it would be possible to define the OSI as both a recruiting tool and a\nmerit-based program.\n Vancouver Senate 11944\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nTributes COMMITTEE\nDr. Williams pointed out that, although legitimate concerns had been raised, a decision\nwas necessary so that high schools could be advised in a timely manner. As budget over-\nexpenditures precluded the possibility of leaving the program unchanged while the\nconcerns were investigated, Dr. Williams proposed that the recommendations be regarded\nas steps in the right direction.\nDr. Harrison suggested that it would not be prudent to make another major change until\nmore information is available regarding the fairness of the eligibility criteria, especially\ngiven that the minimum eligible high school average had already been raised this\nacademic year to 90% interim and 88% final. Dr. Bluman responded that the OSI budget\ncould not continue to support the program as it currently exists.\nThe motion was\nput and carried.\n1\nNote: see also motions following report of the Tributes Committee and under Other\nBusiness.\nTributes Committee\nDr. Slonecker read to Senate the following memorial minute that had been prepared in\naccordance with the custom of Senate.\nMEMORIAL MINUTE\nKay Aronstam Stockholder\nJuly 19, 1928-June 18, 1998\nKay Aronstam Stockholder was raised in Brooklyn and educated at Hunter College. It\nwas there where she fell in love with literature. After completing her BA, she worked\nas an editor of a trade magazine and taught for a brief period in a private school for\ngirls. She was determined to return to university and completed her MA at Columbia\nand her Ph.D. at the University of Washington. She developed a strong 'sense of self\nand an intellectual\n Vancouver Senate 11945\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nStudent AWARDS\ncompassion for the work of Freud and Shakespeare during her Ph.D. studies. She also\nmet Fred Stockholder, married and gave birth to the first of her three children in\nSeattle.\nIn 1962, she began her academic career in UBC's Faculty of Arts where she taught in\nthe Department of English and the Arts One Program. She had a passion for probing\nthe meaning of life.\nHer 1987 book, Dream Works, described Shakespeare's plays as a dream of its central\ncharacter, and 'was Kay Stockholder's way of probing life's meaning.'\nShe was devoted to the work of the BC Civil Liberties Association in recent years and\nserved as its president during the last three years of her life. She was an effective and\narticulate spokesperson in issues related to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.\nShe was a respected academic, literary critic, teacher and civil libertarian. Kay\nStockholder served on the UBC Senate from 1972-75, and was also active in affairs of\nthe Faculty Association. She was a vibrant colleague at UBC and intensely involved in\nissues of the University and the lives of her close friends.\nShe contributed a great deal to this University's community during her life. She will be\nmissed by her colleagues, students, family and friends.\nDr. Slonecker l That the memorial minute for Dr. Kay\nMr. Gray J Stockholder be recorded in the minutes of\nSenate.\nCarried.\nStudent Awards\nSee Appendix B: Student Awards Committee\nDr. Bluman, as Chair of the committee, presented the report.\nDr. Bluman i That the awards (listed in Appendix 'B') be\nDr. Burns J accepted and forwarded to the Board of\nGovernors for approval and that letters of\nthanks be sent to the donors.\nCarried.\n Vancouver Senate 11946\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nTrek 2000: A Vision for the 21st Century\nTrek 2000: A Vision for the 21st Century\nTwo documents had been circulated: Trek 2000: A Vision for the 21st Centuryand\nStrategies and Targets - Operational Timetable. President Piper updated members of\nSenate on the visioning process that began in December 1997 with a contextual document\nthat encouraged the community to think about UBC. The document was widely circulated\nand discussed, resulting in the publication of the Green Paper in March 1998 as an\nattempt to articulate a vision as well as strategies. Further circulation and consultation\nensued, and both the messages and the language of the\ndocument were fine-tuned. The current document is intended to represent a collectivity\nfrom a wide array of sources, narrowed down into what can be accomplished in the next\nfive years.\nStrategies and Targets - Operational Timetable is intended to be revised annually to\nensure that the goals outlined in Trek 2000 are accomplished within five years. The\nPresident proposed that this additional document be referred to the Senate Budget\nCommittee to focus on operationalization of the strategies, and to ensure that the\nappropriate resources are allocated.\nOnce Trek 2000: A Vision for the 21st Century has been approved by Senate, it will be\nforwarded to the Board of Governors for discussion and eventual approval.\nThe President acknowledged the outstanding work of Dr. Herbert Rosengarten in\ncompiling the document by translating community input into text.\nDr. Rosengarten i That Senate endorse Trek 2000: A Vision for\nDr. Williams i tbe 21st Century, as presented by President\nPiper.\nDr. Benbasat drew attention to the section entitled \"People\", Strategy 2, noting that there\nwas no mention of salary competitiveness in recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty.\nPresident Piper replied that this had not been raised as a major issue. Input to date had\nconfirmed that the salary resources are available, but that startup costs pose\n Vancouver Senate 11947\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nReport on Enrolment 1998-99\ndifficulties. Although it is necessary that UBC salaries be competitive over the long run,\nUBC also requires innovative and distinctive programs for research, partner and housing\nsupport. Dr. Measday commented that the Faculty of Science had been unsuccessful in\nrecruiting six to eight senior faculty members this year, mainly due to salary inadequacy.\nRev. Hanrahan spoke in support of the document as a whole, but suggested that the first\nsentence, page 3 be revised to read: \"The University of British Columbia sees itself as a\ncommunity of students, faculty, and staff.\"\nIt was agreed that the above motion implied an endorsement in principle. President Piper\nsuggested that specific suggestions for further changes should be forwarded to Dr.\nRosengarten, who will attempt to accommodate them in the final draft.\nThe motion was put and\ncarried unanimously.\nReport on Enrolment 1998-99\nEnrolment statistics for 1998-99 had been circulated for information. In response to a\nquery, the Registrar stated that total 1998-99 enrolment exceeds provincial government\nrequirements by 2.4% and UBC targets by 1.4%. Dr. McBride explained that the decision\nwas made to exceed government requirements because of significant potential loss in\nfunding that would result from under-enrolment. Dr. Spencer agreed, adding that it is\ndifficult to predict the exact percentage of new and returning students who will register\nfor courses; the number varies by about 2.5% each year. President Piper added that\nhaving one number as an enrolment target does not meet the needs of a very complex\nuniversity, and that a target range would be more appropriate.\n Vancouver Senate\nMinutes of October 14,15\n115\nOther BUSINESS\nOther business\nREPORT TO SENATE ON THE OUTSTANDING STUDENT INITIATIVE\nDr. MacEntee i\nDr. Berger\nThat the recommendations of the report to\nSenate on the Outstanding Student Initiative,\nwhich Senate has already approved, be referred\nto the Senate Admissions Committee to\nconsider the significance of the report for the\nadmissions policy and practices at UBC and\nthat the Senate Admissions Committee report\nto Senate in April, 1999.\nCarried.\nTributes Committee (in camera)\nEMERITUS STATUS\nThe committee recommended that the following people be offered emeritus status as of\nJune 30, 1998:\n1 Tributes Committee Recommendations for Emeritus Status 1\nDr. D. J. Albert\nProfessor Emeritus of Psychology\nDr. B.M. Alfred\nAssociate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Sociology\nDr. E.A. Allen\nClinical Professor Emeritus of Medicine\nDr. D. E. Allison\nAssociate Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Education\nDr. M. M. Ames\nProfessor Emeritus of Anthropology and Sociology\nDr. J. R. Auman\nProfessor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy\nDr. R. Blair\nProfessor Emeritus of Animal Science\nDr. B. Carter\nAssistant Professor Emerita of Social Work\nDr. R. Christensen\nClinical Professor Emeritus of Surgery\nDr. W. R. Cullen\nProfessor Emeritus of Chemistry\nDr. H. C. Davis\nProfessor Emeritus of Community and Regional Planning\nMrs. S. C. Dodson\nAdministrative Librarian Emerita\nDr. D. J. Donaldson\nProfessor Emeritus of Economics\nDr. H. C. Fibiger\nProfessor Emeritus of Psychiatry\nDr. R. Foreman\nAssociate Professor Emeritus of Botany\nMrs. A. M. Gomes\nSenior Instructor Emerita of Hispanic and Italian Studies\nMr. A. Gruft\nAssociate Professor Emeritus of Architecture\nDr. E. B. Hawbolt\nProfessor Emeritus of Metals and Materials Engineering\nDr. R. Howard\nAssociate Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy\nDr. G. C. Hughes\nProfessor Emeritus of Botany\n Vancouver Senate 11949\nMinutes of October 14,1998\nTributes COMMITTEE (IN CAMERA)\nDr. D. Kavanagh-\nGray\nClinical Professor Emerita of Medicine\nDr. J. W. Kehoe\nProfessor Emeritus of Curriculum Studies\nDr. G. T. Kelsey\nProfessor Emeritus of Educational Studies\nDr. J. G. Kelso\nSenior Instructor Emeritus of Human Kinetics\nDr. C. Laszlo\nProfessor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering\nDr. S. S. De\nProfessor Emeritus of Educational Psychology and Special Education\nMrs. P. Lysyk\nGeneral Librarian Emerita\nDr. P. Martin\nProfessor Emeritus of Physics\nMs. S. Mathew\nLibrarian Emerita\nDr. B. Morrison\nProfessor Emerita of Health Care and Epidemiology\nDr. R. Peterson\nAssociate Professor Emeritus of Animal Science\nDr. A. Podlecki\nProfessor Emeritus of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies\nDr. L. Pulos\nClinical Assistant Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry\nDr. M. C. Quick\nProfessor Emeritus of Civil Engineering\nMr. R. Rogers\nProfessor Emeritus of Music\nDr. J. Sams\nProfessor Emeritus of Chemistry\nDr. T. J. Shorthouse\nAdministrative Librarian Emeritus\nMr. P. A. Simmons\nProfessor Emeritus of Library, Archival and Information Studies\nDr. M. Smith\nProfessor Emeritus of Biochemistry\nDr. P. G. Stanwood\nProfessor Emeritus of English\nDr. M. C. Sutter\nProfessor Emeritus of Pharmacology and Therapeutics\nDr. D. Swanson\nLecturer Emerita of Teacher Education\nDr. I. Szasz\nClinical Associate Professor Emeritus of Radiology\nDr. M. Tait\nAssociate Professor Emeritus of Animal Science\nDr. D. W. Thompson\nProfessor Emeritus of Chemical and Bio-Resource Engineering\nDr. R. A. J. Warren\nProfessor Emeritus of Microbiology\nDr. G. F. Weetman\nProfessor Emeritus of Forest Sciences\nDr. R. Westwick\nProfessor Emeritus of Mathematics\nDr. J. Woodrow\nProfessor Emerita of Curriculum Studies\nDr. R. Young\nAssociate Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts\n Vancouver Senate\nMinutes of October 14,15\n11950\nAdjournment\nDr. Thorne\nMr. Gorman\nThat the recommendations of the Tributes\nCommittee concerning emeritus status be\napproved.\nCarried.\nAdjournment\nThe meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.\nNext meeting\nThe next regular meeting of Senate will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 1998.\n Vancouver Senate 11951\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nAppendix A: COURSE AND CURRICULUM PROPOSALS\nAppendix A: Course and Curriculum Proposals\nFACULTY OF ARTS\nNew Program: Co-operative Education Program\nNew Courses: ASTU 310 (3) Co-operative Work Placement I\nASTU 311 (3) Co-operative Work Placement II\nASTU 410 (3) Co-operative Work Placement III\nASTU 411 (3) Co-operative Work Placement IV\n Vancouver Senate 11952\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nAppendix B: Student Awards Committee\nAppendix B: Student Awards Committee\nAWARDS RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE BY SENATE COMMITTEE\nALMA Mater Society Student Aid Bursary-Bursaries totalling $300,000 are offered by the\nstudents of the University of British Columbia to students in any program and year of\nstudy. (Available 98W Session)\nJoseph J. ARVAY Bursary in Law-A $500 bursary has been endowed in honour of Joseph\nJ. Arvay by members of the Disenfranchised Widows Group for a third year student in the\nFaculty of Law. (Partial funding available 98W Session)\nJ. Keith BRIMACOMBE Memorial Scholarship-A $2,500 scholarship has been endowed\nby family, friends and colleagues in memory of Dr. J. Keith Brimacombe. The award is\nmade to a graduate student in Metals and Materials Engineering on the recommendation\nof the Department in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies. (Partial funding\navailable 98W Session)\nCANADIAN Purchasing Research Foundation Scholarship-Two scholarships of $2,500\neach are offered by the Canadian Purchasing Research Foundation for students in the\nTransportation and Logistics option in the Faculty of Commerce and Business\nAdministration. One scholarship is offered to a third year student, the other to a fourth\nyear student. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty. (Available\n98W Session)\nDAVIS & Company Prize in Alternative Dispute Resolution-A $500 prize is offered by\nDavis & Company, Barristers & Solicitors, to a law student who achieves high academic\nstanding in one of the following courses: Negotiations & Dispute Resolution (Law 477),\nAlternative Dispute Resolution (Law 478) or Mediation (Law 479). The award is made\non the recommendation of the Faculty of Law. (Available 98W Session)\nDAVIS & Company Prize in Appellate Advocacy-A $500 prize is offered by Davis &\nCompany, Barristers & Solicitors, to a law student for outstanding achievement in the\ncompetitive moot program. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of\nLaw. (Available 98W Session)\nDAVIS & Company Prize in Asian law-A $500 prize is offered by Davis & Company,\nBarristers & Solicitors, to a law student who achieves high academic standing in\nIntroduction to Asian Legal Systems (Law 334). The award is made on the\nrecommendation of the Faculty of Law. (Available 98W Session)\n Vancouver Senate 11953\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nAppendix B: Student Awards Committee\nDAVIS & Company Prize in Corporate Law-A $500 prize is offered by Davis &\nCompany, Barristers & Solicitors, to a law student who shows outstanding achievement\nin Corporate Transactions (Law 461). The award is made on the recommendation of the\nFaculty of Law. (Available 98W Session)\nDAVIS & Company Prize in First Nations Law-A $500 prize is offered by Davis &\nCompany, Barristers & Solicitors, to a law student who achieves high academic standing\nin Aboriginal and\nDAVIS & Company Prize in Natural Resources-A $500 prize is offered by Davis &\nCompany, Barristers & Solicitors, to a law student who achieves high academic standing\nin one of the following courses: Environmental Law (Law 387), Natural Resources (Law\n392), Forest Law (Law 395) or Fisheries Law (Law 396). The award is made on the\nrecommendation of the Faculty of Law. (Available 98W Session)\nDAVIS & Company Prize in Torts-A $500 prize is offered by Davis & Company,\nBarristers & Solicitors, to a law student who shows outstanding achievement in Torts\n(Law 207). The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Law. (Available\n98W Session)\nWilliam Gordon FLEET Bursary in Geography-A $400 bursary is offered through a\nbequest by William Gordon Fleet for an undergraduate student in geography. (Available\n98W Session)\nSamuel Stewart FOWLER Memorial Prize in Engineering-A $300 prize has been endowed\nthrough a bequest by Frances Tomlinson in memory of her father Samuel Stewart Fowler.\nThe award is offered to a student in the Department of Mining and Mineral Process\nEngineering and is made on the recommendation of the Head of the Department. (Partial\nfunding available 98W Session)\nRichard T. ISRAELS QC Memorial Prize in Advanced Criminal Law-A $1,000 prize is\noffered in memory of Richard T. Israels, Q.C, by his family, through the Jewish\nCommunity Foundation of Greater Vancouver. The prize is awarded to the top student in\nAdvanced Criminal Law (LAW 399) on the recommendation of the Faculty of Law.\n(Available 98W Session)\nElizabeth Young LACEY Scholarship in Psychology-Scholarships totalling $13,000 have\nbeen endowed through a bequest by Elizabeth Young Lacey for students in experimental\npsychology. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Department of\nPsychology and, in the case of graduate students, in consultation with the Faculty of\nGraduate Studies. (Partial funding available 98W Session)\n Vancouver Senate 11954\nMinutes of October 14,1998\t\nAppendix B: Student Awards Committee\nMike MACLEOD Football Award-Awards totaling $1,500 have been endowed by family\nand friends in memory of former UBC football player, Mike MacLeod. The awards are\noffered to students who exhibit leadership and other exemplary abilities both on and off\nthe football field and are made on the recommendation of the President's Athletic Awards\nCommittee. (Partial funding available 98W Session)\nMCAP Mortgage Corporation Prize in Urban Land Economics-A $750 prize is offered by\nthe MCAP Mortgage Corporation. It is awarded to a fourth year student in Urban Land\nEconomics in the Faculty of Commerce and is made on the recommendation of the\nFaculty. (Available 98W Session)\nDavid ZIVOT Memorial Bursary- As a memorial to David Zivot, and as a tribute to the\nesteem in which he was held, a bursary of $500 is offered by Mr. and Mrs. A. Kolberg. It\nis awarded to a student in any year and faculty who not only has satisfactory academic\nstanding but who has need of financial assistance.\nAWARDS FOR INFORMATION ONLY - TERMS HAVE CHANGED\n00515 Dr. Ira DILWORTH Prize in English-A $260 prize has been endowed by the late\nDr. Ira Dilworth and has been augmented by friends to honour his memory. The prize is\noffered to a senior student in Canadian Literature and is made on the recommendation of\nthe Department of English.\nApproved by Senate Committee on Student Awards\nSeptember 29, 1998\n"@en . "Periodicals"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "UBC_Senate_Minutes_1998_10_14"@en . "10.14288/1.0390203"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "[Vancouver : University of British Columbia Senate]"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the University of British Columbia Senate: http://senate.ubc.ca/"@en . 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