University Daily Kansan/Monday, November 18, 1991
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Search for executive vice chancellor begins
Committee will look for candidates throughout nation; administration wants position filled by July
By Alexander Bloemhof
Kenyan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The search for a new executive vice chancellor has begun.
Jim Scaly, assistant to Chancellor Gene Budig, said Friday that an advertisement for the position was sent to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The deadline for applications will be Jan. 20. The new executive vice chancellor will replace Del Shankel, who has been acting in the interim position since Judith Ramaley left in August 1990. Ramaley left the University of Kansas to become president of Portland State University in Oregon.
The executive vice chancellor serves as an information link between the chancellor, vice chancellors, administrators, faculty members and students.
The responsibilities include directing and managing the internal affairs of the Lawrence campus.
Applicants must have a doctorate and experience as a teacher and administrator at a university.
Scally said the job description, prepared by Budig, had to be approved by the office of affirmative action before the advertisement could be placed. That approval came last week.
The office of affirmative action determines whether job descriptions comply with equal
opportunity and affirmative action guidelines and University policies against discrimination.
The search will be conducted by a committee that was appointed Sept. 30.
Frances Ingemann, professor of linguistics who heads the search committee, said that the committee had met to establish deadlines but that it was not involved in the preparation of the job description.
"The committee did not discuss the job description," Ingemann said. "The committee only met this one time for the chancellor to be able to communicate his wishes.
"This is a person who is obviously the chancellor's main representation on campus. He
has pretty much in mind what kind of person he is looking for."
She said the search would be nationwide but open to KU faculty. Applicants will be interviewed by the committee, which will recommend candidates to the chancellor in a short, ranked list by March 30.
The strongest candidates will be invited to the University for more interviews, Ingemann said.
The administration wants to have the post filled by July.
He was executive vice chancellor from 1974 to 1980 and interim executive vice chancellor in 1987 before Ramaley was appointed. He also served as acting chancellor in 1980 and 1981.
"I've found a lot of pleasure in teaching, and I've found a lot of pleasure in administration," Shankel said.
He said he would do some teaching after the new executive vice chancellor had started working. "I'll continue working at KU," Shankel said. "I have no plans of moving elsewhere. Microbiology is my home department, and I'll probably teach freshman biology again."
Black leadership program targets high school students
By Rochelle Olson
Kansan staff writer
African-American high school students applaud a motivational speech.
Minority scholars often fail to realize what the college experience is about, said Sherwood Thompson, of the office of minority affairs.
On Friday, 370 gifted and talented minority students from Kansas high schools came to the University of Kansas to learn about career opportunities at the seventh annual Black Leadership Symposium.
The symposium was sponsored by the KU Institute for Black Leadership Development and Research and the Division of Continuing Education.
Thompson said the program showed the high school students that the University had been successful.
"In nurturing the talent of high cali-
tner students, it takes a lot of concern
and perseverance."
The high school students heard speeches about building healthy relationships, the power of positive thinking and career preparation.
"My message to you todays that you are limited only by your own disbelief"
Wait, is it "limited" or "limited only"? It looks like "limited only".
Let me re-read the whole text.
"My message to you todays that you are limited only by your own disbelief"
Yes, it's "limited only".
Veda Monday, Kansas City, Kan,
counselperson, told 11th- and 12th-
graders that they did not have the right
to not succeed.
"If you ever start thinking about the price that those before you paid, it will bring you to tears." she said.
Monday told the students to decide what they wanted to be, form and work through a plan, and not get sidetracked.
"It's very simple," she said. "You have been afforded all that you need. All you have to determine is how you are going to get there."
Jacob Gordon, director of the Institute for Black Leadership, Development and Research, said that many universities later decided to attend KU.
When the program started in 1984, barely 100 students attended. Last
year there were 240, and the number grew to 370 this year, Gordon said.
"What that means to me is our pro-
gram is stimulating scholarship," he said.
Melvin Rande, Wichita South High sophomore, said he learned about African-American history at the symposium.
He also said he received some tips, such as having a positive mental attitude, that would help him throughout life.
Rande has not started thinking about college but said he thought KU was a pretty nice place.
Space group sets future goals
KU programs to receive $20,000 of NASA grant to consortium
By Mauricio Rios Kansan staff writer
Members of the Kansas Space Grant Consortium met Friday at the Adams Alumni Center to review the group's first-year program activities and set future goals.
The University of Kansas, along with five other Kansas institutions, received a four-year grant from NASA last March.
The grant of $150,000 a year provides $50,000 for scholarships. The rest is divided among the five institutions for which grants have been received about $20,000 for its programs.
David Downing, professor and chairperson of aerospace engineering, spoke to about 50 people from the University about the future goals of the consortium.
Downing said the consortium was
The courses, all related to aerospace engineering, will be offered next year during January and May at the various camps, he said.
developing short, intensive courses for high school teachers.
They will expose students to unique expertise that does not exist at every campus, he said.
"We are looking at industry sponsors and state agencies for more funding," he said. "We are looking for interested parties to join the consortium."
Downing said he wanted the consortium to continue encouraging cooperators.
Another goal of the consortium is to expand its membership.
Those institutions include Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Kansas State University, Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas and Wichita State University.
Ron Barrett, a Kansas City, Mo. graduate student who attended the meeting, received one of the nine fellowships offered for research.
Downing said that one of the goals of the program was to support students with scholarships and fellowships.
"Getting paid to go to school is great," he said. "I am grateful I have it for a year."
Alan Krause, Overland Park graduate student, said he would teach one of the courses next year.
Krause, a teaching assistant for introduction to aerospace engineering, said the space grant reflected the national interest in improving the science skills of the youth.
He said the program would help improve the math and science level of U.S. students because they were not as well educated as foreign students.
At war
Representatives from the Fourth Missouri Cavalry Unit (above) fire their pistols while re-enacting a typical Civil War charge. Jerry Isei1 of Abilene (right) demonstrates a bugle call that was used to direct the troops. Isei said he had been involved in the Civil War re-enactments for about four years. The events were part of a Civil War Encampment sponsored this weekend by the Kansas State Historical Society. The re-enactment was on the grounds of the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka.
Photos by Wendi Groves
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