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Thursday, January 18, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Committee plans engineering merger
Members seek input from faculty, students
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
Forming a new department while preserving both academic quality and departmental identity is a primary goal of the committee working to develop the plan for merging the departments of aerospace and mechanical engineering.
The committee held its first meeting November 3. In its charter, Carl Locke, dean of engineering, engaged the committee to submit its recommendations by April 1.
Dennis Karpowitz, professor of psychology and committee chairman, said that the committee plans to hold open-forum hearings to solicit comments on the planned merger and gather input from faculty and students of the two departments.
One committee member, Mark
Ewing, associate professor of aerospace engineering, said the committee was told to develop a plan for making a combined department a reality. Based on the committee's progress to date, Ewing said that he thought they would likely hold public hearings in about a month.
In addition to faculty members, each department is represented by two student committee members.
Kerri Graunke, Prairie Village senior, and Bill Bluetthmann, Lawrence graduate student, represent the department of mechanical engineering. Tom Hermann, Lake Ozark, Mo., senior, and Mike Zyskowski, Hutchinson graduate student, represent the department of aerospace engineering.
Graunke said that each member of the committee has one vote, and committee proceedings have been devoid of the public controversy that has surrounded the merger since its announcement last semester.
"There's been no friction at all," Graunke said.
"I think that
aerospace engineering is strong enough
that the
always be excellent."
curriculum will
Kerri Graunke committee member
Yet, from the start, students and faculty have been vocal in their opposition to the merger. Jan Roskam, distinguished professor of aerospace engineering, said in
November that he would resign if the departments merge. Roskam declined to comment further, citing the sensitive nature of the issue. In the department of mechanical engineering, Graunke said professors had met with students and discussed the planned merger with them at an early stage. This helped lower apprehension among the students.
Graumke also said that she thought both programs would survive as independent programs within one combined department and that the committee wanted to keep the identity of both programs the same.
"I think that aerospace engineering is strong enough that the curriculum will always be excellent and outstanding." Granke said.
Ewing agreed, saying that he didn't think there was any question that the two departments could survive.
"We're going to recommend what we, as a committee, think needs to get done to make a combined department a productive department," Ewing said.
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Student Assistance Center will sponsor a Time Management and Reading Workshop at 7 tonight at 330 Strong Hall. For more information contact Student Assistance Center staff at 864-4064.
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A KU student's license plate valued at $5 was reported stolen, lost or mislaid Saturday, Lawrence police reported.
A KU student's radar detector, cassette tapes and leather coat were stolen Sunday from a vehicle on the 100 block of Pinecone Street, Lawrence police reported.
door frame damaged on the 1700 block of Kentucky Street sometime between Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, Lawrence police reported. The television was valued at $260, and the damage to the door frame was valued at $150.
A KU student's television was stolen and wooden
A vacuum cleaner valued at $500 was stolen from room 205 in Blake Hall between Jan. 12 and Jan. 16, KU police reported.
CORRECTION
A graphic in Tuesday's paper contained incorrect information. The Jayhawk Bookstore stocks all of the books listed in the graphic; however, the prices listed were for used books, not new books. The University Book Shop price listed for Statistical Thinking for Business 368 was for a new book. The prices listed for the other two stores were for the used book.
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