6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN NEWS MONDAY, MAY 4, 2009 TIMELINE OF CHANCELLOR HEMENWAY June 1, 1995 Hemenway officially begins his tenure as the University's 16th chancellor. Aug. 21, 1995 Hemenway speaks at Faculty and Staff Convocation, where he outlines goals and lists 10 steps to improve the University of Kansas. The steps include recruiting more minority faculty and students, increasing research funding, attracting more National Merit Scholars and providing more international studying and teaching opportunities. November - December 1995 Shortly after the men's football team finds out it will play against UCLA in the Aloha Bowl, Glen Mason announces that he will leave the University and coach at the University of Georgia. The day before the football team plays in the Aloha Bowl on Dec. 25, Mason has a change of heart and asks Hemenway to let him return. Hemenway agrees. A year later, Mason leaves after the disappointing 1996 football season to coach at the University of Minnesota. Feb.11,1996 Feb.11, 1936 Hemenway is inaugurated as the University's 16th chancellor at the Lied Center. Although the inauguration festivities are praised for being more open to students, they are criticized for costing $27,500 during a time of budget cuts. Sept. 9,1998 Hemenway outlines new goals for the University at the Faculty and Staff Convocation. The goals are a result of the Initiative 2001 task force and include and include improvements such as Internet upgrades, building electronic communication systems on campus and enabling students to send electronic documents. Oct.1.1998 The University of Kansas Hospital separates from the Medical Center, transitioning from being owned by the University to being a separate hospital authority. Before the separation, the hospital was losing money. Afterward, it becomes a top medical center. Oct.6.1998 Hemenway and 25 other Kansas universities and community colleges present their blueprints for a Task Force on High Education Structure for Excellence, which includes the need for a new governing body to focus on issues that the Kansas Board of Regents cannot govern. Sept.27,1999 Hemenway defends the University's seal featuring Moses and the burning bush and says it is not an endorsement of religion. The defense comes in response to a letter by the KU chapter for the American Civil Liberties Union, which challenges whether the seal is appropriate for a public university. Oct.26,1999 During the tumultuous evolution debate in Kansas, "The Chronicle of Higher Education" publishes an article by Hemenway criticizing the Kansas Board of Education's removal of evolution, the Big Bang and all references to Earth being billions of years old from the state's science education standards. Hemenway remains a prominent figure throughout the evolution debate in defense of teaching evolution. March 2001 The men's swimming and diving and men's tennis programs are eliminated to save the Athletics Department $600,000. Students and athletes sign petitions and protest the eliminations, including a march in front of Hemenway's home. Hemenway meets with protestors to discuss the eliminations, but the eliminations stay in place. HEMENWAY decision to step down, he seemed comfortable with his legacy. "You reach a point when you feel like you've done a lot and you've been quite successful," he said. "But you also want to leave open the possibility that a new leader will be able to accomplish more." (CONTINUED FROM 1A) ACADEMICS When Hemenway arrived from the University of Kentucky in 1995 and took the reins from Del Shankel, he was hailed as an intellect with a commitment to better education, a dedication to the advancement of minorities and an openness with students. One was to provide more international study and teaching opportunities, an effort that has become a badge of honor for faculty and students. In 2008, the University was ranked 11th in the nation by the Institution for International Education for study abroad participation. Soon, he outlined his goals Hemenway was also determined to make the campus more diverse. Under his leadership, the number of minority faculty grew from 217 to 397, which now accounts for 16 percent of the entire faculty. At the same time, the minority student population increased by approximately 1,200 students per year and now comprises 13 percent of the student body. "He has focused aggressively on making available opportunities for people who traditionally in academia have not been given opportunities in the same degree that white males have," said Provost Richard Lariviere, who is also leaving the University and will become president of the University of Oregon. A third major goal of Hemenway's was to raise and spend more dollars on research, and he made good on the promise. Research funding increased from $124 million in 1995 to nearly $300 million this year. Some, such as Sebelius, think the research emphasis is just what Kansas needs. "Great research universities are the economic engines of the future," she said. THE UNIVERSITY THEN AND NOW "More than I can ever remember before, the University is a corporation for big business" said Timothy Miller, a professor of religious studies who has been at the University for more than 30 years. "It seems to me that is emphasized more and more, and it is emphasized at the expense of other things." Others question whether the demand for research and scholarship by faculty is pulling too many good teachers out of the classroom.
Fall 1995(FY 1996)Fall 2008(FY 2009)
Overall enrollment27,63930,102
Minority enrollment2,5923,809
Minority faculty217397
Women faculty6311,010
Tuition for undergraduate in-state student(Two semesters—tuition only)AY1996-$1,766AY2009-$6,195
Total research expenditures(Most recent year available)FY1996-$124,003,641FY2008-$297,428,103
Total faculty2,0842,458
Photo courtesy of Spencer Research Library KATHLEEN SEBELIUS Former Kansas governor "The debate about athletics vs. education will go on and KU will continue to show they can be focused on both of those areas." Nancy Kinnersley, president of the Faculty Senate, acknowledged the debate. Chancellor Hemenway waves to the crowd at the 1998 commencement ceremony. Hemenway became well-known for wearing his straw hat to commencement and outdoor activities throughout the years. In 1995, tuition for two semesters at the University cost an undergraduate in-state student $1,766. This year, the price tag is $6,195. Still, the University had a record enrollment of more than 30,000 in Fall 2008. Tuition increases during Hemenway's time have also raised eyebrows. "There are as many opinions on that as faculty members," she said. "He will state his position and he'll try and convince you," Shank said. "He respects where you end up." THE MEDICAL CENTER Hemenway agreed the increases were not ideal but defended them by pointing to higher rates at other universities. He also lauded the 2007 approval of the Four-Year Tuition Compact, designed to keep tuition rates flat for students during the four Hemenway have sometimes disagreed on the need for the increases. But Shank praised Hemenway's desire to improve the University and how he handled himself during discussions. Donna Shank, chairwoman of the Kansas Board of Regents, said she and "You try not to be in a situation where you're raising tuition, but you make sure it's legitimate by making things better for students," Hemenwaa said. Issues involving the University of Kansas Medical Center have brought Hemenway some of his heaviest praise and criticism. years they attend the University. The Med Center is a biomedical research center in Kansas City, Kan., that offers more than 30 academic programs in allied health, medicine and nursing professions. More than 3,000 students are enrolled there this semester. Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellor of the Med Center, said Hemenway has improved the center in three areas: separating the University of Kansas Hospital from the Med Center in 1998, which staved off financial losses and allowed it to thrive; revising and modernizing the medical school and its curriculum; and making the cancer program the University's top research priority. The local community has responded to the Med Center's success. Johnson County residents voted in November to approve a 0.125 percent sales tax increase to raise $15 million for a research triangle that involves a KU Cancer Clinical Research Center and additions to the Edwards Campus. Under Hemenway, the University has created partnerships with clinics and businesses to develop cancer drugs and build new research space, all in an effort to earn a prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in the next few years. The Med Center has added 250 new faculty positions since Hemenway arrived. One area of controversy, however, has been the partnership between the Med Center and St. Luke's Hospital. Both institutions have invested money so that the Med Center could train more students to be doctors and serve residencies at St. Luke's. partnership. Simons declined to be interviewed for this story. The St. Luke's situation is something the new chancellor will continue to deal with, as are larger issues about preparing the next generation of doctors and other workers. "There is still a Dolph C. Simons, Jr., editor of the Lawrence Journal-World, has huge need for the kind of specialized education that KU is so good at doing," Atkinson said. "I think figuring out how to balance all that while continuing to move ahead as a research university is a challenge for the new chancellor" In 2008, the University became only the second school in the country to win a BCS football bowl game and the national basketball championship in the same year. ATHLETICS If there is one area of widespread agreement, it's that the University has had huge success with athletics during Hemenway's tenure. Hemenway is a big sports fan and he and his wife, Leah, attend as many athletic events as they can. Hememway finds athletics so intriguing that after retiring in June, he plans to write a book about the value of intercollegiate athletics to a university. "I'm very interested in the way that a university assimilates athletics into the enterprise of the University," Hemenway said. "I think that KU, for example, gets a great deal of success and a great deal of its academic success because our educational experience and our athletics experience are really tied together." CHANCELLOR HEMENWAY "I think it's time for me to step down from the chancellor's position and to get the pleasure of reading and writing." Athletics have come a long way since Hemenway arrived in 1995, right around the time that the Big 8 Conference became the Big 12. "That was a dramatic change for the University of Kansas and for all the Big 8 institutions to suddenly have Texas and Texas A & M," said Bob Frederick, athletics director from 1987 to 2001. "Suddenly the playing field changed dramatically." Shortly after his arrival, Hemenway became the chairman of the Big 12 Board of Directors, and later became chairman of the board of directors of the NCAA, which governs college sports. There have been rough spots during Hemenway's tenure, such as the announced departure and then rehiring of football coach Glen Mason in 1995. Many fans and alumni felt Hemenway should not have allowed him to return, especially because Mason left the following year. In 2001, Hemenway came under fire for abolishing the men's swimming and tennis programs to PRESENTATION A review of the effectiveness of homeopathy as a treatment for cancer. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial compared 149 patients with cancer to 70 controls. The results were significantly better in the controls than in the patients. No significant differences were found between the groups at pre-treatment and post-treatment. the Athletics Department $600,000 per year. The move prompted petitions and protests from alumni as well as students, but the eliminations stayed in place. Hemenway has surgery to remove a tumor in his prostate. Roy Williams within a short time period also brought criticism. But the vacancies opened the way for two well-known faces in KU Athletics: Athletics Director Lew Perkins and basketball coach Bill Self. "I feel like whenever there's been a decision between looking out for the interests of students versus looking out for the interests of the Athletics Department, I feel that he has chosen the Athletics Department instead," said Eric Foss, Overland Park law student and member of the Student Senate finance committee. The 2003 firing of then-athletics director Al Bohl and the departure of basketball coach The balance between athletics and academics has been a rollercoaster ride during Hemenway's tenure. Aua. 8.2001 Jerry Wang/KANSAN Yet others, such as Drue Jennings, Hemenway enjoys a dinner conversation with Joseph Swisher, left, Oga City freshman, and Ryan King, Lawrence sophomore, at Pearson Scholarship Hall on March 30. The event was part of Pearson's Meet-A-Professor event organized by the hall. 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