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Wednesday, June 8, 1994
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New dean of student life chosen
By Angie Dasbach Kansan staff writer
An associate down for the University of Nevada Las Vegas, home of the Runnin' Rebels, will be running the KU office of student life beginning July 15.
James Kitchen, associate dean of students and director of the student development center at UNLV, has been appointed KU's dean of student life. Kitchen said he took the position over an offer to be a student affairs officer at California State University San Marcos.
"I chose this job because it is challenging." Kitchen said "Coming into this position as dean of student life at a very established university enhances my professional career that much more."
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David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that kitchen was selected from 75 candidates. He said the new dean was chosen for his fresh ideas and leadership skills.
"He has a hands-on style that I like." Ambler said, "He's in touch with what the students are interested in, and he mixes well with students and student leaders."
As the dean of student life, Kitchen will be
responsible for the Student Assistance Center, Organizations and Activities Center, Office of Minority Affairs, Office of International Student Services and Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. He also will supervise Legal Services for Students and KU on Wheels, the campus bus system.
"Ive always thrived on building programs, and this fact tends to broaden my responsibilities," he said.
The responsibilities of his new position will be more extensive than his responsibilities at UNLV. Kitchen said.
He had no immediate plans to change or restructure existing programs, Kitchen said. However, he eventually plans to build on some current programs.
"There's nothing that's perfect," he said. "We need to look at what opportunities we have to make the programs better."
Before he became associate dean of students in 1984, Kitchen was director of affirmative action and interim director of student financial aid services at UNLV. He served as minority affairs director at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota from 1972 to 1976.
Acting dean Ann Eversole will return to her position as associate dean of student life and director of the Organizations and Activities Center.
Caryl Smith, former dean of student life, resigned from her position at the end of Fall 1993 to become vice president of student support services at the University of Akron.
By Geraldo Samor Special to the Kansan
After five years as KU's dean of law, Robert Jerry III will return to teaching and research as a professor under the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at Memphis State University.
Jerry will be the first permanent professor to fill the position.
"We wanted to get someone of stature to make it more attractive and establish the chair," said Robert Marczynski, assistant dean of law at Memphis State, which will be the University of Memphis as of July 1.
"One thing we were looking for was someone with a national reputation in the field," Marczynski said. "Dean Jerry had these attributes."
Jerry said he would work on the second edition of his book "Understanding Insurance Law." He will also devote time to health-insurance issues that interest him, such as the access that insurance companies may have to people's DNA in a near future.
Jerry said Memphis State offered additional advantages for his research.
"I was going back to faculty here next year, but Memphis State will be able to
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provide me with benefits that will help me on my research," he said.
Jerry said that his wife, Lisa, and his three children were "in the process of having our new house straightened away.
"We have never lived in the mid-South before, but Memphis has many cultural activities," he said. "We'll miss Lawrence, which is a great city, but we're looking forward to our new home."
Michael Hoeflich, dean of law at Syracuse University, will replace Jerry on July 1.
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