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5A ADMINISTRATION Chancellor creates task forces to improve KU Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little addresses members of the University community Tuesday afternoon at the Adams Alumni Center. These individuals make up three task forces brought together by the Chancellor for a planning process called "Charting the Future." The task forces will study issues concerning retention and graduation rates, admission standards, and research engagement, and each will report back to the Chancellor in the spring. BY JESSE RANGEL irangel@kansan.com Launching her biggest initiative yet, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little brought together deans, professors, administrators and students yesterday to address how she would achieve the goals she outlined upon taking over the position of chancellor. Gray-Little said she planned to address her goals of increasing retention and graduation rates, increasing the scholarly and research profile of the University and fundraising by starting three commissions that would address these issues. She spoke to the members of the three committees yesterday at the Adams Alumni Center before the groups met to start their work. She said she wanted reports from the three committees by sometime in the spring of 2010. She said the task forces should focus on what specific policies the University should implement to work on the "I think there are too many students who start here that don't make it to commencement." goals she has already established instead of finding new goals. "I'm going to ask you to focus on strategies and tactics for achieving those goals." Gray-Little said to the members of the three task forces Tuesday. "What are the specific achievable things we need to do on a day-by-day basis to move us forward." Gray-Little named Chris Haulfer, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology, as the chairman of the student retention and graduation rates committee. Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success, will be the chairwoman of the admissions requirements committee and Steve Warren, vice provost for research and graduate studies, will act as chairman for the task force in charge of scholarly and research activities. Gray-Little said it was important to start a retention committee to raise the University's rankings in national polls. She said the University ranked 33rd out of 34 institutions in the Association of American Universities. The University graduates 60 percent of its students in six years and BERNADETTE GRAY-LITTLE University chancellor Gray-Little said all of the University's academic units had a commitment to support research productivity at the University. your students never becomes a sophomore. retains 80 percent of its students from freshman to sophomore year. Ruben Flores, associate professor of American studies who will serve on the committee, said he wanted to study the policies at the University of California-Berkley to draw ideas. He said he thought the school had done a good job implementing policies that fostered student retention and graduation while he was a graduate student there. "I think there are too many students who start here that don't make it to commencement," Gray-Little said. "One in five first-year students never "I know that most of you involved are involved in departments, and you know a major factor in recruiting the graduate students that you want is the scholarly profile of the faculty," Gray-Little said to the three committees. "I was so impressed with the outreach efforts of the university to bring into the university fold so many first-generation kids who otherwise would not have been there, and then went on and became successful graduates," Flores said. Deb Teeter, director of institutional research and planning, said Gray-Little was an expert on the topic of retention and graduation, and led groups at the University of North Carolina on the issue. "She is extraordinarily knowledgeable," Teeter said. "This was really interesting to talk to someone who was so informed." Iowa, graduate student, said he was asked to serve on the scholarly and research activities committee. He said he came to the school as a Madison and Lila Self fellowship student to study medicinal chemistry, so he understood the importance of research to the University. Adam Duerfeldt, Urbandale, "Being at a state school where research is a focus makes it pretty easy for students to get involved," Durfelt said. Tuesday. Scotland Yard said the 51-year-old was arrested after officers were called aboard United Airlines Flight 949, due to fly from London's Heathrow Airport to Chicago, around noon on Monday. Edited by Tim Burgess Associated Press NATIONAL Campaign tries to stop human trafficking ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Fourteen cities are being targeted in a new campaign aimed at alerting people about human trafficking, federal immigration officials have announced. The "Hidden in Plain Sight" initiative, sponsored by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, features billboards highlighting "the horrors and the prevalence of human trafficking", which the agency says is equivalent to "modern-day slavery." The words "Hidden in Plain Sight" are displayed on the advertisements with a toll-free number people can call to report situations where they believe people are being sexually exploited or forced to work against their will Among cities included in the new campaign are Atlanta; Boston; Dallas; Detroit; Los Angeles; Miami; Philadelphiia; Newark, N.J.; New Orleans; New York; St. Paul, Minn.; San Antonio and Tampa, Fla. Bruce Foucart, an ICE special agent in charge of New England, said officials hope the billboards persuade residents to report suspected cases to ICE or local law enforcement. "It's difficult to identify victims and it's difficult for them to tell their stories," said Foucourt. NATIONAL Associated Press Victims' family members, along with President Obama, attend a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, for the victims of the Fort Hood shootings on Tuesday. Twelve soldiers and one civilian were killed at Fort Hood last week About 800,000 men, women and children are trafficked each year around the world and about 17,500 of them end up in the United States, according to ICE. Immigration officials say the victims are lured from their homes with false promises of well-paying jobs but are trafficked into the commercial sex trade, domestic servitude or forced labor. President honors victims at Fort Hood memorial BY BEN FELLER Associated Press FORT HOOD, Texas — One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths. "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favor," Obama told the crowd on a steamy Texas afternoon. "And for what he has done, we know that the killer will be met with justice — in this world and the next." As for the victims and the soldiers who rushed to help them, Obama said, "We need not look to the past for greatness, because it is before our very eyes." He spoke at a memorial service before a crowd estimated at 15,000 on this enormous Army post. He did not name Maj. Nidal Hasan, the military psychiatrist accused of the killings. INTERNATIONAL Airline pilot arrested on suspicion of drunkenness — in this world and the next." The president and first lady Michelle Obama began an afternoon of consolation by meeting privately with family members of those killed last week and with those wounded in the attack and their families. Obama used his public remarks to put a human face on those who perished, victims ranging in age from 19 to 62. He also used his platform to speak indirectly to questions about whether the alleged shooter had ties to extremist Islamic ideology. LONDON — A United Airlines pilot was pulled from a plane and arrested shortly before takeoff after a co-worker suspected him of being drunk, police and air officials said Thousands upon thousands of people, many of them soldiers dressed in camouflage, gathered to pay their respects and hear the president. The shooting killed 12 soldiers and 1 civilian, injured 29 others and left a nation stunned and searching for answers. U. S. officials said a Pentagon worker on a terrorism task force had looked into Hasan's background months ago and had concluded he did not merit further investigation. Even as Obama honored the dead, there was government finger-pointing over what had been known about Hasan and whether he should have been investigated further. one woman nearly collapsing with grief. was a somber tribute to the fallen — 13 pairs of combat boots, each with an inverted rifle topped with a helmet. A picture of each person rested below the boots. After the ceremony, Obama walked solemnly along the row of boots, placing a commander in chief's coin next to each victim's photo in tribute. Below the stage BARACK OBAMA President "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts." Below the stage where Obama spoke Then soldiers and loved ones traced the same path to remember those lost and give a final salute, Two officials said the group had been notified of communications between Hasan and a radical Islamic imam overseas and the information had been turned over to a Defense Criminal The two spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation. The revelation provided fresh evidence the military had been keeping an eye on the Army psychiatrist before the shooting rampage. Investigative Service employee assigned to the task force. KU Independent Study offers more than 150 KU credit courses online and through distance learning. Class Closed? Enroll any time! 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