University Daily Kansan / Monday, September 9, 1991
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Vacancy at student life office lets Ballard take on new jobs
Goals are to help strapped department heads, stay involved with students
By Alexander Bloemhof
Kansan staff writer
Student life at the University of Kansas will be in different hands for the next two semesters.
Barbara Ballard was appointed last month to replace Carryl Smith as dean of student life for one year. Ballard has been associate dean of student life since 1982 and has served as the President, Taylor Women's Resource Center since 1980.
Smith has taken a one-year leave of absence to serve as interim vice president and dean of student services at Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
"It's a temporary position," said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs. "When we have a temporary vacancy, we always look internally. We had two associate deans and two assistants one with the longer tenure, she seemed to be the natural choice."
Ambler also said Ballard had a lot of credibility with students and was intimately familiar and familiar with issues facing them.
to work with different people. You get to see a different perspective."
"You get an opportunity to learn new experiences. You get to work with different people. You get to see a different perspective." - Narbara Ballard, temporary doctor of student life
Ballard said she accepted the position because it was a great challenge.
She said it was her responsibility to make sure that different units such as
"You get an opportunity to learn new experiences." Ballard said. "You get
the organizations and activities center, Legal Services for Students, the office of foreign student services and theofficeimmokaryaffairsgottallthe organizations that managed it.
"With the recent cutbacks in funding, the priority will be to maintain the quality of programs we have," Ballard said. "Because there is less money, you have to think how you can still
deliver the services students need.
"Where I see my job is to give assistance to people in charge of programs whenever they need it. I think I'm pretty creative and can give people ideas how they might do things."
hallard said she would continue to direct the women's resource center until she had finished some of the projects she had started there such as the sexual assault program.
"When I feel that those projects are off the ground, I'll appoint an acting director," she said. "But I didn't want to abandon them for my new position."
Two full-time jobs take up a lot of time, but Ballard said she would try to get in contact with students as much as possible.
"I don't want to just sit in
me," she said. "I work
very hard to get the adminis-
tration done. But I still want
to be actively involved with
students. I don't want to be
removed.
Smith, who is scheduled to come back to KU in September 1992, said she hoped to return with new ideas and contacts and a broader perspective on higher education.
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