Wednesday, September 22, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Grad School dean to retire in July
By Chris Barniger
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Graduate students will lose an administrator when Andrew Debicki, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs, retires next summer.
Debicki's retirement will be effective July 30, 2000. A university distinguished professor, he will continue teaching and researching in the Spanish and Portuguese and Humanities and Western Civilization departments.
"I feel very fortunate to have had such a long career at KU," Debicki said. "I've been able to develop my teaching and research career at a school where the atmosphere was just right for me."
A native of Cuba, Debicki earned
his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1960. He came to the University of Kansas as a professor in Spanish
a n d
Portuguese in
1968. He has
written eight
books and
received
Guggenheim,
National
Endowment
for the
Humanities
and National
Humanities
Center fellowships.
In addition to his current
Debicki: Will continue teaching and researching at the University.
position, he has been director of the Hall Center for the Humanities
and vice chancellor of Research and Graduate Studies.
Debicki, 65, said he wanted more time to spend with his family and to continue at the University in a lesser capacity.
John Scarfe, director of communications for the Kansas University Endowment Association, said Debicki's contributions as a teacher and benefactor showed his commitment to the University and its students.
"I'm getting a little old to work 70 hours a week," he said. "It's an overwhelming job, but I've accomplished most of what I want to accomplish."
"I think that as an individual, he cares not only about his programs, he cares about the access students have to a good education," Scarffa said.
Provost David Shulenburger said he expected to announce a committee to search for Debicki's replacement within the next few weeks.
Partha Mazumdar, executive director of the Graduate and Professional Association, said he was extremely saddened by Debicki's pending retirement. Debicki acted as adviser to the association.
"I'm quite crushed, to be perfectly frank," Mazumdar said. "No matter who replaces him, it's a loss for the University. Sometimes you replace a Joe DiMaggio with a Mickey Mantle. Then again, Mickey Mantle was replaced by Joe Pepitone."
Who's Joe Peptone?
"Exactly." Mazumda said.
Edited by Chris Hopkins
Yellow tag spaces added this summer
By Erinn R. Barcomb Special to the Kansan
Students with yellow parking permits gained 232 new parking spaces in lot 90 behind Robinson Center this summer.
"It was something we needed to get done quickly," said Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking. "It was so important to get it done before school started."
Room for the new spaces was created by expanding, resurfacing and restriping parts of the lot. "It looked like somewhere we had some spaces," she said. "It's been our policy to see what we have existing, and see what we can do with that."
Hultine said the parking department's intention was to work on the entire lot, but the expense was too great. The 232 new spaces cost $404,800.
The lot was expanded to the east by removing a row of trees that bordered the lot.
The trees that were removed were approaching senescence, meaning they were at the end of their lives, said Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations.
Hultine said the poor condition of the trees contributed to the appeal of adding to lot 90.
To accommodate lighting for the addition, another group of trees was removed.
"Esthetics aside, the primary reason was because the installation of new lights meant that they would have to be trimmed so severely they wouldn't have been safe." Richardson said. "They couldn't have staved up."
Because of the angles at which the spaces were painted, part of the lot used to be a fire lane for Watkins Memorial Health Center. The new 90 degree angle spaces give fire trucks room to get through, but allow for more parking spaces.
Despite the new spaces, a shortage of yellow zone parking spots still exists. This year, 5,508 yellow permits have been sold for 5,276 yellow zone spaces, Hultine said. She said construction on the new education building and the stadium had affected the number of spaces available.
Edited by Allan Davis
Watkins to sponsor fair
Students will get chance to know center, staff
By Amber Steuerw
writer@kansan.com
Kansas st writer
Watkins Memorial Health Center will extend its services out of the examination rooms and labs to the sidewalk at its 12th annual health fair today and tomorrow.
The fair, which has a "Tune into Your Health" theme, will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days on the west side of Watkins. There will be 18 booths sponsored by Watkins staff members from the lab, pharmacy, x-ray department, Counseling and Psychological Services and other University staff members.
"We're getting the employees out there working in a different capacity," said Julie Francis, Watkins health educator. "It's a great opportunity for them to get out and meet students in a positive, upbeat atmosphere."
Francis said that in the past the most popular booths had been the food and beverage table, the station featuring body fat analysis and a station sponsored by CAPS where students could make stress balls.
Students also can get nutrition profiles and have blood pressure and cholesterol levels checked. At another station they can see the world through the eyes of a drunken person with a blood alcohol level
ror who: All students, faculty and staff.
What: Kwats Memorial Health
Center's 12th annual Health Fair,
"June to Your Health."
WATKINS HEALTH FAIR
When: From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and tomorrow
Where: At the west entrance to Watkins
Why: To interact with Watkins staff, get freebies, win door prizes and see what services that Watkins has to offer
Cost: free
Also, Robinson Center will offer kickboxing demonstrations.
of .08 or .2.
The theme is incorporated by naming the booths with song titles. The CAPS booth will be called "Take it easy," and the immunization table will be called "Hit me with your best shot."
Students will be eligible to receive door prizes if they visit nine "song tracts," have a CD label initialized at each station and complete an evaluation of the fair.
Carol Seager, Watkins director, said the main purpose of the fair was to get students to Watkins to become acquainted with the center and the staff.
Francis said they usually saw 800 to 2,000 students at the fair, depending on the weather. Last year, 1,200 attended the fair.
The fair is free to all students, faculty and staff.
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