/ 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 panic.
Four years of classes and one degree later, so
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 attractive option for Wichman because
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.
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.
Gina Littlejohn, the campus
PEACE CORPS
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LOCAL BRIEFS
CAMPUS
Air conditioning should cool campus all summer
All buildings on campus will have air conditioning throughout the summer between 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Brett Edwards, HVAC supervisor, said.
Occupied rooms should maintain a temperature of 76 degrees. Unoccupied should maintain a temperature of 85 degrees. Most research facilities are an exception to this rule and the maximum temperature is 74 degrees year around.
After April 1, air conditioning systems are controlled by outside air temperatures above 60 degrees.
During after hours or on the weekends, special events that are being held in any building should contact 785-864-4770 to request air conditioning for the specific times the building is being occupied. The call will go to a dispatcher who will then put them in contact with the HVAC person on call.
WORRIED ABOUT NOT HAVING AIR CONDITIONING?
Here is a complete list of rooms with no classes scheduled for summer that should have air conditioning off:
Robinson 154,155,156,159 Budig 120,130 (110 Budig will be in use this summer)
MS 104,105,106,107
Strong Hall 307, 309, 335, 337,
339 342, 356 358
Smith 7,100,107,108,206,208
Summerfield 401,403,426,427,
428,501,503,505,507
Laura Erdall
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011
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THE ARTS Play promises plenty of laughs and charm
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The Kansas Summer Theatre will present "Dirty Work at the Crossroads," or also titled "Tempted, Tried and True," a comic melodrama by Bill Johnson. Performances are at 7-30 p.m. July 1-10 at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.
The play is directed by Kip Niven, a 1968 graduate. The play is a classic good versus evil story. The characters include Nellie Lovelace, an innocent country girl; Adam Oakhart, the stalwart and blacksmith's son and Munro Murgatroyd, the villain. Munro is a married man but pursues an affair with innocent Nellie. Munro displays his evilness when he poisons Nellie's mother, drives Adam to drink and blackmails other citizens.
Monisha Bruner
Tickets are $10 for students, faculty, staff and senior citizens, $12 for the public and $5 for K- 12 students. Tickets can be purchased at the Lied Center Box Office, 785-864-2787, online at www.kutheatre.com and through Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.com. On the night of performances tickets can be purchased at Liberty Hall, one hour before showtime.
The play "is very over-the-top." Niven said, according to a University media release. "I think the audiences will have a terrific time hissing the villains, laughing at the comic sidekick, weeping along with the heroine and cherring the hero and heirine as justice triumphs over evil."
CAMPUS
Hefty tuition increase will start fall semester
The Board of Regents approved a $26 million tuition increase on Thursday, June 16, on all public state universities, including the University.
Starting this fall, in-state tuition will increase by 5.5 percent to $222 per credit hour and in-state first-time tuition for incoming freshmen will increase by 5.6 percent to $245, where it will stay for four years.
schools in Kansas per credit hour is $1,418 for in-state tuition.
The combined total for all state
Those students already in a tuition compact will not see increases this fall.
Jack Martin, deputy director of University Communications, said that state budget cuts, dropped classes and an increased cost of health insurance and utilities are the main culprit. He also said increases are required to keep up teaching quality.
"We need to retain talented faculty and staff members," Martin said.
Brittany Nelson
ADMINISTRATION Grad dean to become new vice-provost
University officials named Sara Rosen, dean of graduate studies and professor of linguistics, as the new senior vice provost for academic affairs, starting July 25. Rosen will replace Barbara Romzek, who served as an interim for the position since August 2009. Rosen was selected by an internal search process and chosen by Provost Vitter and a team of administrators, said Jack Martin, director of university communications.
"She was the best fit for the position." Martin said.
According to the office of the provost website, Rosen will be responsible for academic and administrative policies and budgets, developing and tracking performance indicators, establishment
of goals, reporting to the Kansas Board of Regents and for a variety of academic programs to enhance the academic mission. As senior vice provost for academic affairs Rosen will report to the provost.
Joshua Rosenbloom, associate vice chancellor for research, will become interim dean of graduate studies while the university begins the search for the dean of graduate studies, Martin said.
There are six vice provosts who work directly under the provost.
Christy Nutt
Businesses attempt to plan for power losses
A recent power outage left more than 5,000 Lawrence residents without electricity and forced local businesses to close for more than three hours.
The outage, which occurred Friday, June 10, was caused by a switch failure at a Westar Energy substation located at 6th and Kentucky St.
"Friday afternoons are a busy time for us," Steve Prososki, owner of the Yacht Club Sports Bar and Grill, said. "So that is lost business."
The restaurant, which uses a gaspowered fryer and grill, stopped serving food during the outage.
Cork and Barrel, a liquor store located at 9th and Mississippi St., was able to remain open because they had a plan in place in case of a power outage.
"We have manual credit card machines," manager Brendan Dowle said. "In case something like this happens, we don't want to lose business."
In 2009, the average Westar customer experienced 1.3 outages lasting an average of 118 minutes. This month, Lawrence residents have experienced three power outages.
"You can't really plan when this kind of thing is going to happen." Dowble said. "Businesses can't control it, so the need to have a plan in place or they are going to lose money."
— Meg Lowry