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GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Wide range of options available for new graduates
BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com
As some seniors are preparing for jobs and planning their lives after school,some students are experiencing a different scenario the end of college time.
er. One opportunity that enables students to make that happen is through Teach for America. Teach For America is a program that allows recent college graduates to teach in public schools in low-income communities. The assignment lasts for two years.
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a way to prolong having to find a job, but rather look at it as a way to find new opportunities and new ways for students to use their passions. She said a lot of politicians who now work in Congress were in the program and are now fighting for education rights.
Wiechman spent his two years in Saint Lucia doing community development. He helped a farmers' cooperative develop a grant proposal to get funding for a composting project from the United Nations and also taught reading and music at a school.
The Peace Corps was an attract-
ation for Wichman because
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Two new deans bring changes to school
BY BRITTANY NELSON
bnelson@kansan.com
A year ago, the University of Kansas School of Business was warding off accusations that the student differential fund was not being spent properly. In 2004, Dean Fuerst appointed a differential funding fee of $102 in course fees for undergraduates and $186 for graduates. In total, business school students spent $31 million dollars on differential funding to "represent an opportunity to invest in their own intellectual capital," yet students were wary of where the money was going. After much investigation, it was settled that the money was spent appropriately, and now the School of Business is looking forward to better communication and understanding with two new deans. Neeli Bendapudi,dean starting August 1,is currently a marketing pro-
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fessor at Ohio State University. Doug Houston is the associate dean who took office July 1.
An experienced KU faculty member, Houston has been at the KU Business School since 1981 and has been the director of the Finance, Economics and Decision Sciences area of the School of Business since 2004. Houston explains the new energetic direction that the School of Business will take.
Is the business school still dealing with the differential funding situation that occurred a couple of years ago?
There was a question to where the increased differential tuition spending was going.
The major concern that was raised at that time was that we didn't have complete oversight. There was supposed to be a committee that was in place all the time throughout the academic year that reviewed the spending and that started and then it lapsed for awhile, and so that was an issue. But, in terms of spending, how the money was spent that was audited, there was an external audit done on that, and basically the arguments that were presented was that we had spent the money appropriately. There was a few small discrepancies, but the asked amount of that money was used for exactly what it was intended to be used for and with the students who were involved with the differential tuition and reasons for many years back, 2005 I believe, what they intended was what the money was spent for. Going forward, our new administration is very much going to make sure actively and persistently, that it is going to be spent well intended. We will have faculty and student committee that are willing to address that.
What are your goals for this school year?
The No.1 objective is that students come out of here with good jobs at the end of it. When they've spent the time, they've engaged and done well in the programs, students should have good job prospects. That means paying attention
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