Betsy Bockman, a graduate student in Educational Studies, said the Commission's Student Concerns Committee would like to survey women students on their feelings about campus climate issues, especially the influence of gender on classroom interaction. Bockman also said the committee wants to find out more about the difficulties that pregnancy presents for graduate students and the "lack of access to child care" for graduate students.

PCSW Chair-elect Martha Talbot of the Staff Concerns Committee said that committee has discussed the possibility of surveying women staff members, but no specific topics have been identified yet. Pat Hudgins suggested that establishing an exit interview process for women staff who leave the University could be much more informative than a traditional survey. In addition, Bockman said that such an exit interview for women students who leave before completing their degrees is also an idea worth considering.

Leslie Taylor of the Faculty Concerns Committee announced that the committee will sponsor "Surviving and Thriving at Emory University: The Second Annual Conference on Strategies for Success for Women Faculty" on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 8:45 a.m.- 3 p.m. Taylor said the event will include three panel discussions on: 1) "Appointment, Promotion, Tenure and Gender"; 2) "Balancing Professional and Personal Lives"; and 3) "Teaching and Research." The committee will distribute registration information for the conference in the next few weeks.

--Dan Treadaway

University Senate
"I see no real limits to the way in which faculty, staff and students can share in the essential governance of the institution," said President Bill Chace in his welcoming remarks at the Sept. 5 University Senate meeting. Chace said that some presidents worry about governing groups such as the Senate, but that his experience has taught him that those worries are groundless.

Chace did request that the Senate set up a "committee on committees" to recommend people to serve on important groups such as search committees. "At times we [in the administration] feel that we are insufficiently aware of the full range of talent at Emory."

Rick Letz, associate professor in the School of Public Health and president of the Senate, proposed "A Sense of Place: A Place of Sense" as the theme for this year's Senate work. "Those of us who are new, as well as those of us who have been here a while, are in search for a sense of place," said Letz.

Luther Smith, past president, reviewed five items that had been approved last year and asked University Secretary Gary Hauk to provide an update on their status.

*Benefits for domestic partners: Hauk said that the executive committee of the trustees had authorized the president to establish procedures for which Human Resources would register employees. "Those procedures are still being developed by Human Resources," said Hauk. Employees will be able to register as of Nov. 1 for 1996 benefits.

*Parking fee structure: The original proposal increased all fees by $42; the recommendation from Senate was that faculty, principals and physicians could afford more. The new structure increases rates for those groups by $66 and for staff and students by $36. Hauk said that another increase would be coming next year because of the new parking deck being built behind the 1525 Clifton Road Building.

* Hepatitis B immunization program: Hauk said that a survey of all OSHA representatives was completed to find out what is currently being done and that the administration is attempting to make sure that all schools, divisions and programs are funding these immunizations. The issue of student immunizations is still being addressed.

*Library access: A committee under the leadership of Joan Gotwals, vice provost and director of University Libraries, is currently working on this issue.

*Forest use and water use: The Senate's recommendations have been forwarded to the trustee committee on real estate, buildings and grounds, and that committee is discussing the development of a policy.

Committee chairs provided an overview of the issues they expect their committees to address in the coming year.

--Nancy M. Spitler