Eric Ley, president of the Inter-Professional Council, presented the I-QUE (Inter-Professional Quality of University Experience) survey results to the Ohio State Board of Trustees at its Nov. 5 meeting.

Surveys were collected from 649 students from all five professional colleges on campus -- the colleges of Medicine and Public Health, Law, Optometry, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry, Ley said. Students were asked to rank each item's quality and importance on a scale from 1 to 5.

"The surveys show that overall, most professional students are happy with their experience at Ohio State," Ley said. "They indicated the level of instruction from many faculty members is excellent.

"But there are some problems. Students would like to see more effort put into keeping their colleges clean. They also want more time to study for boards, additional parking spaces on campus, more accessible child care services, and better health insurance that would include dental and optical coverage."

Ley said IPC's next step is to formulate the results into a report that will be presented to trustees and other University officials.

Trustees name campus facilities

The Ohio State University Hospitals Clinic became The Henry G. Cramblett Hall following the board's vote Nov. 5. Cramblett was instrumental in the 1974 opening of the clinic, which is adjacent to University Hospitals. Cramblett was dean of Ohio State's College of Medicine from 1973 to 1980, and served as vice president for health sciences from 1980 to 1982.

Trustees approved naming the Center for Emerging Technologies, to be built on the campus of Ohio State University-Newark and the Central Ohio Technical College, The John Gilbert Reese Center. The naming honors Reese, one of the original members of the community group that helped establish the Newark campus, who remains an active civic leader in Newark and Licking County. Reese served as honorary governor of the campaign for the new center, putting together a $4 million challenge gift.

Trustees named the College of Law library in Drinko Hall The Michael E. Moritz Law Library in honor of Moritz, an Ohio State alumnus who has had a long and distinguished career as an attorney in Columbus. He continues to serve the University through volunteer leadership to the Fisher College of Business and the College of Law through his directorship on the OSU Foundation Board.

Board accepts eight endowed funds

Trustees heard a report from Jerry A. May, vice president for development, on fund-raising efforts, including the establishment of The Joseph M. Ryan, M.D. Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine with gifts of $1.52 million. Income will provide for a chair position to support the advancement of knowledge in both basic and clinical cardiovascular research and shall be held by a nationally eminent faculty member in the College of Medicine and Public Health's Division of Cardiology.

May reported on the establishment of six other funds and a professorship.

• The Joanne Wharton Murphy/Class of '65 Professorship of Law, $250,000.

• The Sunder H. Advani Memorial in Applied Mechanics Fund, $25,273.

• The Richard K. Selvage Athletic Scholarship Fund, $100,000.

• The Ford Undergraduate Scholarships Endowment Fund, $100,000, supporting program and scholarship support to the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

• The Milton H. and Karen L. Hendricks Scholarship Fund, $40,800, for students majoring in chemical engineering.

• The India Boyer '30 Fund, $32,319, providing program support for the Knowlton School of Architecture.

• The Ohler Family Athletic Scholarship Fund, $25,000.

University accounts found satisfactory

Trustees voted to accept the audit of University financial statements conducted by Deloitte and Touche LLP. The accounting firm examined the University's accounts and records for fiscal year 1998-99, found them to be in satisfactory condition and issued an unqualified audit opinion.

Greta Russell, University controller, told trustees that Ohio State's overall financial condition is stable.

The report showed that, for the year ending June 30, the University had revenues of $2.1 billion and expenditures of $1.9 billion, excluding capital expenditures and principal payments on long-term debt. The University had assets worth $4.7 billion, an equity balance of $4 billion and long-term debt of $309 million.

Of the $1.16 billion for education and general expenses for the year, 41 percent was spent on instruction, 18 percent on research, 8 percent on public service, 8 percent on academic support, 7 percent on scholarships and fellowships, and 4 percent on student services. The remaining 14 percent was spent on other support costs and mandatory transfers.