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Hannah Edeman/KANSAN Bill Funk, search executive, speaks at a public forum seeking opinions on qualities needed in the new chancellor.
Hannah Edelman/KANSAN is needed in the new chancellor.
What's next in the chancellor search
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The chancellor search committee has been picked and is starting to meet, but many members of the University are unsure what the committee will be looking for during the closed search. Before starting the search, the committee wants to keep the University as involved and represented as possible.
The 25 committee members were chosen by the Board of Regents after speaking with deans, different organizations on campus, community leaders in the Lawrence area and even current chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. The committee members were
Many members of the University have raised concerns about being properly represented while the search is closed, but David Dillon, chair of the search committee, feels the committee is large enough to represent all of the Uni-
The mumps virus
The nine students at the University who contracted mumps last month have been confirmed by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, and no new cases have been found. However, it is possible that new cases may develop.
"We think that there could be a chance that there could be more cases when students come back," said Mary Beverly, the epidemiology director for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department.
announced on Dec.14.
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Beverly said all nine individuals have recovered and are no longer contagious. They will return to campus for the spring semester along with the rest of the student body.
es students to wash their hands regularly, cover their mouths when coughing or sneezing and to avoid the share of food, drinks, cigarettes or other objects that involve the exchange of saliva.
If students experience mumps symptoms - fever, headache, muscle aches and fatigue followed by swelling of the cheeks and/or jaw - they are encouraged by both the Watkins Health Services and the
"[The virus] concentrates in the saliva, so we want students to keep their hands clean and cough into their sleeves," Beverly said. "But it's primarily going to be in the saliva, so the close contact activities is what we want to stress."
diately and contact a physician.
Only one of the nine students affected by the virus lives in on-campus housing.
Aramis Watson, the director of residence life for Student Housing, said Student Housing encourages its residents to follow the preventative guidelines disseminated by Watkins Health Services and the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, and that there is protocol in place for students who may need to isolate themselves in university housing.
A mumps outbreak also occurred at the University in April 2006, when 16 cases were recorded.
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