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New business building gets $300K gift
KELLY CORDINGLY
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Wichita accounting and advisory firm BKD, along with 11 of its employees, will donate a total of $300,000 toward the construction of KU's new business school building. Managing partner at BKD's Wichita office Bill Pickert led the fundraising efforts.
"We were impressed with the leadership of the dean of the School of Business," Pickert said. "We had an opportunity to reflect our appreciation for
our own experiences at the School of Business."
The contributing employees, all of whom are KU business school graduates, raised the majority of funds. The firm has a policy of matching employee contributions to a maximum of $500. Since the firm recruits KU business school graduates, Pickert said it was even more important to contribute to the new building.
"They're very supportive," said Austin Falley, the communications director for the business school. "It's good
to see them all supporting the next 50 years of Jayhawks."
The project was originally estimated to cost $65.7 million, but has since risen to $70 million. The opening of the building is still set for fall 2016, Falley said. Pickert said the new building will usher in a new phase of education.
"It's a new, state-of-the-art facility that has the potential for outstanding faculty to come teach and top-notch students from the Midwest and certainly Kansas to come," Pickert said. "This project
has the potential to build the School of Business to be even better in years to come"
More specifically, Falley said the openness of the building will be conducive to a better learning environment. "They're building a sense of community in a building," he said. "The massive atrium is a big thing. It'll be a place for students to engage with both students and faculty. Summerfield [Hall] currently has nothing like that. You learn so much from community experiences. The new sense of community will
the most important aspect." Pickert said his time at the University was crucial to the success he's had in his personal and professional life "I met my wife at KU, so that is an important part of my life," he said. "Additionally, the opportunities I was given as a student to learn what I needed to be successful and the networks I built with faculty and students were so important. I have fond memories of my time in Lawrence."
- Edited l;y Paige Lytle
University names new social welfare dean
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK
After months of searching and interviews, the University has found the new dean of the School of Social Welfare.
Paul Smokowski will begin his position July 1. Smokowski is a distinguished foundation professor in child and adolescent resilience in the Arizona State University School of Social Work, as well as a research professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Kansan spoke with Smokowski about the job and what's to come.
KANSAN: What made you interested in taking the job at KU?
SMOKOWSKI: KU's School of Social Welfare has a great reputation nationally. I thought it would be an honor to provide leadership with such a strong faculty and contribute to both the school as well as the profession of social work. Also, the research I've done has focused on addressing community-based problems with effective solutions, and that's what they're doing at KU.
SMOKOWSKI: Building on the successes that the school has had over the past years with the prior deans. The school has increased its research capacity, international focus and more.
KANSAN: What are you most looking forward to as dean?
I'm also looking forward to helping the school get engaged scholarships and broaden curriculum interdisciplinary subjects.
KANSAN: How do you plan to maintain the MSW program in western Kansas?
These are really exciting initiatives, and I'm ready to take leadership in expanding them further.
SMOKOWSKI: One of the mandates of the program is to produce social workers for the state in order to improve social services, and that's an important aspect of the School of Social Welfare. We have to work across the entire state, and to support that, I want to try and balance resources. Most importantly, I need to make sure we are meeting every student's needs.
KANSAN: Is there anything about the department you want to change?
SMOKOWSKI: Once I'm in the position, I'll bring the faculty together and ask them that question. I already spoke to some of them during the interview process, and they would like to see some fundraising for a new building. We'll look at things like that and chart direction for the school in its years to come. We have to make these changes together, though. I wouldn't do anything that the faculty wouldn't be able to stomach.
KANSAN: What do you think the biggest difference will be between KU and your previous schools?
SMOKOWSKI: Well, one has to do with what I've seen at KU just in my visits and in talking with the faculty: an incredible sense of community. There's a kindness, togetherness that's just really extraordinary and something that I will value greatly as I join the faculty. The reason I say that's different is because many high functioning schools have very competitive staff; whether it's trying to get more funds or publications than the next person, the faculty members are just fighting. I don't find that atmosphere from my interactions at KU. There's a cooperation and community that really serve the school well.
- Edited by Casey Hutchins
Student Senate works on general upkeep over break
ALANA FLINN
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Student Senate executive staff was back in office for some of winter break completing housekeeping tasks to ensure everything is in place for the upcoming semester.
One new addition at the end of last semester is the director of diversity and inclusion position.
"This is the position with the most applicants in senate's history," said Morgan Said, student body president. "It's a huge undertaking that will pay off pretty immediately, we'll see immense results once the position is launched and debuted."
Over break, approximately 14 applications were submitted, said Miranda Wagner, student body vice president, and applications for the position will be accepted through Jan.22.
In the upcoming month, members of the senate committee will choose the best candidate to fill the position.
Fee reviews, where Student
Senate will allocate funds to student groups on campus and determine how much students pay in their campus fee,will also take place in February.
"We basically want to make sure, in the whole grand scheme of things, we're serving students needs to the best of our ability," Jacquinot said.
Said said the staff will be "allocating $24 million in about 24 days"
Mitchell Cota, Student Senate chief of staff, said this upcoming spring semester will be different from previous years.
For Patrick Jacquinot, the Student Senate outreach director, the most crucial aspect of what he's been working on during break is ensuring students are being served in the best way possible. To do this, a Student Climate Survey will be disseminated to students, which will include questions of how Student Senate can continue to improve student life.
"In past years, the second semester has been known
Looking at last semester, Wagner said Student Senate succeeded at handling difficult situations, which will help form the mold of how Senate should handle situations this upcoming semester.
"Not just Student Senate, but also the University experienced one of the most tumultuous semesters I've seen," Wagner said. "Between the election craziness and the sexual assault and the discussion of race issues on campus, it was unprecedented everything was going to happen. We certainly handled the situations with grace. I think that's an example of how hard our senators are willing to work to make students feel safe. I think it's going to set the stage for what we need to do moving forward."
Edited by Miranda Davis
as the lame duck season just because the election process can be so long and strenuous," Cota said. "Now, since the election code is in the second year, we have an extended period to focus on senate stuff."
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