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Invitation to Commencement To the Penn Community: Penn's Commencement is a wonderful opportunity to gather together in celebration of the impressive accomplishments of our students. On behalf of the Trustees, Officers, and Deans and their faculties, we would like to invite all members of the Penn community to attend the University's 245th Commencement on Monday, May 21, 2001. We are very fortunate to have Senator John S. McCain as our Commencement speaker this year (Almanac, March 27, 2001). Led by flag bearers and bagpipers, the Academic Procession steps forth from the Annenberg Center at 9 a.m., then pauses for approximately 45 minutes in front of College Hall to applaud the graduating students as they pass through our ranks. The procession then proceeds to Franklin Field where the ceremony begins at 10:15 a.m. If you wish to attend the festivities, please seek advance approval from your supervisor to assure that the business needs of your department will continue to be met. Whether you wish to join the festivities around Locust Walk and College Green, or come to the ceremony itself (tickets are not necessary), we very much hope that you will join us in this University-wide culmination of the academic year.  Judith Rodin, President  Robert Barchi, Provost Leslie Laird Kruhly, Secretary

Faculty Club Meeting: May 10

The Annual Meeting of the Faculty Club will be held on Thursday, May 10, at 4 p.m. in the Faculty Club. In addition to annual reports, a proposed By Law change and the Nominating Committee's list of nominees for new Board members will be presented, to be voted upon by the Members.

Nominees to the Board of Governors:

Elijah Anderson, Sociology

Michael Cohen, Physics

Susan Croll, Medicine

Mark Devlin, Physics

Beverly Edwards, Human Resources

Peter Freyd, Math

Edward Shils, Wharton

Albert Stunkard, Psychiatry

Please attend to support the Board of Governors who act on your behalf. We would be pleased to have members join the Board for light refreshments after the meeting.

--Elsa L. Ramsden, President of the Board

Upcoming May Meetings

• Trustees: Executive Committee Stated Meeting; Thursday, May 17; Inn At Penn; 3-3:30 p.m. Info.: (215) 898-0412.
• A-3 General Assembly: Annual Elections Meeting; Friday, May 18; noon-1:30 p.m., location is yet undetermined. Voting will be by secret ballot and the results will be published in a future issue of Almanac. Info.: (215) 898-1788.
• PPSA: Annual Elections Meeting; Tuesday, May 24, noon-1:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall. Members are encouraged to consider nominating a co-worker or themselves. Info.: ppsa@pobox.upenn.edu.

Correction: When the following table appeared in last week's Government Affairs Update (Almanac, April 24) it was missing four rows of information that were obscured by the gray bands intended to increase readability. We regret the omissions. -- Ed.

Federal Relations

President George W. Bush presented his detailed budget proposal for FY2002 on April 9. The President is proposing to increase discretionary spending by $25.7 billion, or 4 percent, to $660.7 billion. Departments and agencies of importance to the University of Pennsylvania are slated to be funded at the following levels:

Program	Proposed Funding Level for FY2002	Change from FY2001
Department of Defense Research Programs1	$1.345 billion for basic research; $3.741 billion for applied research	+2 percent
Department of Education	$44.5 billion	+11.5 percent
Department of Energy Science Programs	$3.2 billion	level funding
National Institutes of Health2	$23.1 billion	+13.5 percent
NASA	$14.5 billion	+2 percent
National Endowment for the Arts	$105 million	level funding
National Endowment for the Humanities	$120 million	level funding
Corporation for National Service	$733.3 million	-4.3 percent
National Science Foundation	$4.47 billion	+1.3 percent

1 The President's budget request for Defense research may change as a result of the top-to-bottom review of the Department of Defense being undertaken by Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. 2 This continues on the path to doubling the NIH budget over five years.

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Almanac, Vol. 47, No. 32, May 1, 2001

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