Thursday, October 1, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
Radio station sends signals of change
KANU finances stabilize; station casts net for director
By Chad Bettes
Kansas staff writer
Public radio station KANU-FM is in good financial health today. But one year and eight months after a management shakeup, KANU is still without a permanent station director.
KANU, which is based at and financially supported by the University of Kansas, was in financial trouble in the Winter 1997. Howard Hill, station director at the time, transferred out of the station into a different University position, and Janet Campbell, the associate station director, was named interim director. Campbell remains the interim director.
Theresa Klinkenberg, director of administration for the University, said it was not uncommon for the University to leave unclassified, professional staff positions vacant until an appropriate search could take place. She also said the station's financial problems had to be worked out first.
"We were giving the station time to get back on its feet." Klinkenberg said.
on its feet. Kinnelberg said.
She said the cautious strategy had worked.
Klinkenberg credited KANU's great product and Campbell's leadership for the station's financial solvency.
Klinkenberg said a national search for a permanent director could start next spring and would probably last for two months. She said Campbell would be encouraged to apply.
Campbell said that she had enjoyed her time at the helm of KANU, and that administration had been supportive of her efforts at the station. She thought the University's reticence to name a permanent director was a vote of confidence in her work.
As interim director, Campbell has led budget-balancing efforts that eliminated the equivalent of six full-time employees. Other outs in operations also were made.
The station's budget for fiscal year 1999 is $1.1 million, down from $1.2 million when Campbell took her current position.
National Public Radio dues take up more than $258,000 of the station's budget.
Revenues from private and public sources are meeting expectations and covering expenses, and ratings for the station are up by more than 13,000 listeners per week from last year. Campbell said.
In January, Campbell will have been with KANU for 20 years. In addition to her duties as interim director, Campbell also continues
"We were giving the station time to get back on its feet."
Theresa Klinkenberg
Director of university administration
to direct the station's Audio-Reader department. She said she had tentative plans to apply for the permanent director's position.
Nick Haines, news director of KANU, said he would love to see Campbell named to the post. He said the previous director had been more focused on public relations than in managing the station.
"Janet Campbell is far more interested in the details of running the radio station's operations." Haines said.
He said that it was not a foregone conclusion that she would get the job. Haines said Chancellor Robert Hemenway had contracted with outgoing NPR chief Delano Louis to consult with the University in its national director search.
Haines said he and other KANU staff members would meet with the chancellor this month to share their goals for the station and to report on the status of various departments.
Faculty advise each other,not just students
By Carolyn Mollett Kansan staff writer
Students may think they are the only people at universities who are being graded and corrected on their performance.
But University of Kansas faculty doesn't limit its constructive criticism to students. Faculty has a forum in which it offers one
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another critiques and advice on its research, as well.
The Hall Center for the Humanities sponsors these faculty seminars, most of which have had the first meeting of the semester. Janet Crow, executive director of the Hall Center, said the seminars were a chance for professors, graduate students and occasionally undergraduate students to discuss the research of a faculty member and provide feedback.
"It's like a chance for faculty to be in class again — or in graduate school again," said Ann Cudd who is a co-organizer of this year's Gender Seminar.
Crow said the process of peer evaluation was important because it increased the possibility that a faculty member could have their work published, which is essential for professors who want to tenure.
"There's a lot of great feedback because there's an opportunity to get feedback right here on campus," said Jonathan Mayhee.
"It's like a chance for faculty to be in class again or in graduate school again."
organizer of the Poetics Seminar.
co-organizer of the faculty Gender Seminar
Most of the faculty who volunteer to present their research at seminars are in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Crow said. But faculty from all parts of campus and other universities have been featured.
"It's always a good idea to be able to share ideas with people who are not from your home university," Crow said.
Crow said anyone who was doing humanistic research was eligible to present papers. It is a chance for faculty to have interdisciplinary discussions, she said.
The featured faculty member distributes a paper ahead of time that tells about their research, and
those who attend the seminar are free to discuss the paper and provide input.
"It's one of the most important things we do," said Roberta Johnson, director of the Hall Center.
She said new faculty had commented that the Hall Center's activities, such as faculty seminars, had been a huge draw to the University.
Most seminars meet three to four times during the semester in the Hall Center.
The University has held the faculty seminars in some form for more than 15 years. There are seven seminars in existence right now, and the Hall Center is developing more.
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