This week's feature stories:
Applications
Running at Last
Year's Pace
Undergraduate applications for admission are running at or ahead of
last year's pace and could top 1999's total of 19,915, according to
Joseph Marshall, assistant vice chancellor for Enrollment Services and
acting director of Admissions.
Scott
Reiterates Need to Plan for
Less State Funding
A lengthy discussion of the budget dominated the Faculty senate meeting
on Feb. 17 as Chancellor David Scott tried to clarify confusion about
his call for precautionary budget cuts.
Campus
Helps Town Buy Second
Thermal-Imaging Device
The University has arranged for the purchase at a reduced cost of a
$21,500 thermal-imaging camera to be used by the Amherst Fire Department
and for education and training on campus.
Graduate
School Applications
Also Appear on Rise
The numbers are also looking good over at the Graduate Admissions Office,
though it's too early to tell how the number of applications will stack
up against last year's, according to graduate registrar Bob Swasey.
Need
Wheels? Be Ready to Pay
For some, the free ride at Fleet Services ends July 1, when users of
the motor pool's sedans and vans will be billed for mileage.
Lanza
Elected Fellow by Honorary Branch of Scholarly Organization
Microbiologist Guy R. Lanza, who heads the Environmental Sciences Program,
has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM),
the honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology
(ASM).
Forum
on Future Use
of Old Chapel Planned
A public forum to discuss the re-use of the Old Chapel is being held
Monday, Feb. 28, 4-6 p.m. in 165-69 Lincoln Campus Center. The discussion
is open to the campus community.
Renaissance
Center Acquires Papers of Oxford Scholar Harriett Hawkins
The professional papers, correspondence, publications and memorabilia
of literary scholar Harriett Hawkins have been added to the collections
of the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies.
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