Tuesday, April 27, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Student goes 'behind the scenes' as chancellor-for-a-day
By Jamie Knodel
jknodel@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
Managing the University of Kansas takes a lot of time and planning, and one KU student realized firsthand what it takes to make this school run.
Yesterday, Julie McGill,
Elmhurst, Ill., sophomore, sat
in Chancellor Robert Hemenway's office and conducted business.
"Running the University is like running a big business," she said. "There's a lot that is involved."
McGill was the winner of the Lambda Sigma "Hemenway-for-a-day" raffle. Lambda Sigma is an honor society.
So, while McGill sat in on the Chancellor's meetings and appointments, Hemenway attended McGill's classes.
Throughout the morning
McGill met with University employees who work closely with the Chancellor, including Mary Burg, his executive assistant and Reggie Robinson, his special counsel.
McGill said that during the day she became familiar with several different issues, including campus construction, new legislation that would affect the way members of the Board of Regents were selected and commencement activities.
"It's really amazing how planned out the commencement activities have to be," she said. "From minute to minute, they know how everything is going to go."
topics that the chancellor deals with on a daily basis," he said.
Robinson said that the swap was a good opportunity for McGill to experience a day in Hemenway's shoes.
"This was a nice little window for her to see the range of
One of McGill's duties as the chancellor was to serve as the chairwoman for the Academic Administration Council. Her duties included calling the meeting to order, deciding who would speak and adiurning the meeting.
"Everyone was very receptive to me," she said. "They treated me like they treat the chancellor. They just had to lead me along more than they do him."
McGill said that she really enjoyed her day and that she was amazed at how much planning it takes to run the University.
"It's really overwhelming," she said. "It was a good opportunity to realize how much goes on behind the scenes and just how intricate everything is."
McGill said that meeting administrators and other University officials was a highlight of the day and that she respected all the effort that they took to keep the University running.
"The administration is on top of most of the issues that students have concerns about," she said.
At the end of the day, McGill was back to being a student. She and Hemenway discussed the day's events, and Hemenway gave McGill the notes from her lecture classes.
About $200 was raised from the raffle and all proceeds went to the Jubilee Cafe, a Lawrence soup kitchen, Ann Stueve, Lambda Sigma president, said.
"I'm really pleased with the way the event took place, and I hope it becomes an annual event." Stueve said.
- Edited by Tara Hinkhouse
Julie McGill, Elmhurst, Ill., sophomore, sits at Chancellor Hemway's desk while he spends his day as a student. McGill won the chance to switch places with the chancellor in a raffle and went to his meetings yesterday while he attended her classes. Photo by Rebecca Marta Orr/Kansan.
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