8 Thursday. October 30, 1975 University Dally Kansan Self-confidence propels Calgaard By GREG HAC Staff Writer Ron Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs, is a man with "self-confidence." Always smartly dressed, he moves surely and swiftly through a mountain of work every day, knowing he is making the right decisions. But perhaps he has overlooked the important climbed the administrative ladder at the University of Kansas in five short years. Today, he holds more power than any administrator at KU, with the exceptions of Chancellor Archie R. Dykes and Del Shankel, executive vice chancellor. His constant motion is never wasted. He always works toward an objective. He is similar to an atomic reactor—an explosion under control. Since becoming vice chancellor last May, he has overseen the budgets of the College Profile of Liberal Arts and Sciences, all professional schools, all libraries and the museum of art, which make up 85-90 percent of the University's academic budget. In addition to academic policies, faculty appointments and resource allocations of about $30 million. "I never planned on being an administrator," he said recently. "But about six years ago I decided to try it and see I must have liked it. HE IS ALSO CHAIRMAN of the Committee of Chief Academic Officers and an ex officio member of the Sabatical Leave and Promotion and Tenure committees. "It has its rewards and frustrations, but the rewards outweigh the unpleasant aspects. Some of the work is very mundane and tiresome, and it is frustrating when you don't have the resources you need to run programs as well as you would like to." However he said he was satisfied with improvements in the general operating procedures at KU and with being able to contribute to the development of new programs. "ONE OF THE REWARDS of my job is that, when I see a problem or an opportunity, I'm in a position to do something good," she said. "We can average influence at the university." Calgaard, born 38 years ago in Joice, Iowa, has a life story of constant competition and achievement. He received his B.A. in economics at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, in 1969 and was appointed a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He received his Ph.D. in economics in 1963, both at the University of Iowa. "I've always had a greater than average intellectual curiosity," he said. "I read almost voracious when I was young. I'm not sure I read very many classics then, but I knew everything about baseball when I was 12. "SCHOOL WAS ALWAYS interesting and extremely competitive for me." Calgaud said he has also been helped by axtremely retrospective memory—almost photographed memories of intellectual interests, including cultural交际 affairs and his first local political experience. He was an instructor in economics at Iowa from 1960 to 1983, when he came to KU as an assistant professor of economics. He was a professor in 1967 and a full professor in 1972. "I enjoyed and do enJOKE, teaching," he said. "I like to teach because of the contact with you." "I'm not teaching now, but I'm going to try again next semester when I might have more time. You need to have time to work outside of class for teaching to be personally rewarding for faculty and academically rewarding for students." he was appointed associate dean of the Society of French Languages and director of Oliver College in 1974. WHILE HE WAS AN associate professor, He was also a member of the University Council and SenEx, serving as SenEx chairman in the 1972-73 school year. He was also a member of committee that appointed Dykes in 1973. One of Dykes' first actions was to expand off-campus courses, and Calgaard was appointed vice chancellor for the Outreach program in May 1974. "With the Chancellor's encouragement, we have put more quality and quantity into the Outreach program," he said. "The University has a long history of off-campus courses. For 10 years we have offered courses in government credit and continuing education." A SHIFT IN POLICY by the Board of Regiments two years ago removed restrictions on earning degrees through off-campus education and made it possible UU to expand off-campus courses, he said. Under Calgaard's guidance, the program expanded rapidly. More than 130 courses are now offered, 25 per cent more than last year. About 75 of the classes meet in Johnson and Wyandotte county areas and most of the other classes meet in Leavenworth. In summer when knuckle "I've enjoyed working with Outreach very much," he said. "It's a significant change, although not an entirely new one. We have opened the University's resources up to a wide variety of areas especially in math and science." "It's a University education any other way." HE SAID THE PROGRAM will continue to grow and a master of business administration program probably would be added so in the Kansas City Kan. area. "We may branch out into fine arts, journalism and other professional areas," he said. It really depends on the reality of opportunities, funding, faculty and staff. Expansions in non-credit offerings such as conferences, institutes and professional career education were also possible, he said. His work with the Outreach program appears to have been more than satisfactory, because he was chosen vice chancellor for academic affairs in May 1975 over a large field of applicants when Ambrose Sarjacks left that position. Sankel said, "Dr. Calgard has provided imaginative and vigorous leadership in the program. He will be held at the University. The Chancellor and I are sure that he will continue to provide this leadership. We are sure that he will continue to be enhanced under his guidance." CALGAARD'S AVERAGE WORK day begins at 8 a.m. and goes past 5 p.m. after dinner he rests until 9 or 10 p.m. and then works at the office morning, too, at the office Saturday morning, too. "I would guess I work about 80 hours a week," he said. "It is difficult to estimate, though, because so much of my social life is tied to my work. I attend a lot of functions that are classified as both social affairs and work." Jerry Hutchison, assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs, said, "An awful lot of what Dr. Calgaard and myself do is plain, day-to-day operational work. His job is the closest of any job to the everyday operation of the University. There are high-quality instructors, the university keeps the academic side of the University going." Hutchison said the transition from Saricks to Calgaard had been a smooth one. because Calgaard already had the basic knowledge needed. Ron Calgaard "There really wasn't that much dif- ferent," she said. "I other, and I think that's good," he said. But Calgaard is more than an administrative machine. He enjoys his leisure time, which is usually spent with his family, and he has dreams and aspirations. Calgaard said he had no reservations about the career choices he had made, although he said one dream had been left behind. "I have wondered why I went to graduate school, rather than law school," he said. "You know, I think I would make a better courtroom lawyer than most I've seen." "It's not likely that I would leave KU," he said. "Right now I would rather be in Lawrence than any other place. I have very deep roots here and I see some excellent opportunities for the future here in my job. My family likes it here, too." But he couldn't quite say he wouldn't consider it. "At some point you make the decision on how high you want to go," he said. 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