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2000
Campus Chronicle
Daniel Fitzgibbons, Editor
205 Munson Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003
5 Suspended in Crackdown
on Student Misbehavior
Campus administrators went on the offensive against student misbehavior
this week, suspending five undergraduates who face court charges in two
separate incidents, including a late night campus disturbance during a
power outage last weekend.
Billie
Jean King to Address Graduating Class
Billie Jean King, one of the most celebrated tennis players in history
and a long-time champion for social change, will deliver the main address
at the 130th Commencement to be held Sunday, May 21 in Warren P. McGuirk
Alumni Stadium.
Seven
Honorary Degrees to be Awarded
Undergraduate Commencement speaker Billie Jean King and six others, including
four alumni, will receive honorary degrees during graduation ceremonies
on May 21-22.
New
Search Opens for Vice Chancellor
for Research
Almost two years after Chancellor David Scott canceled a search for a
permanent vice chancellor for Research, a new hiring process is underway.
Complaints
Prompt Professor to Remove Sex Material on Web
Last week English professor Richard Burt voluntarily took down parts of
his Web site after administration officials received complaints about
the sexually explicit material.
3
Students Charged with Rape
Three University students have been charged with raping a 15-year-old
Amherst girl in a campus residence hall and at an off-campus apartment
in February.
Two
Named Carnegie Scholars
Communication Disorders professor Jane A. Baran and Deirdre A. Royster,
assistant professor of sociology, have been named Carnegie Scholars in
the Pew National Fellowship Program.
A
Picture Worth Many Thousand Words
Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Double Portrait, painted in 1434, has been on
Art History professor Craig Harbison's mind for more than a quarter of
a century.
Health
Services' HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Effort Rated Among Top 8 in
US
University Health Services (UHS) has one of the eight best campus HIV/AIDS
education and prevention efforts in the country, according to a recent
report by the Health Education and Leadership Program of the National
Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).
Matthews
Facilitates Growth of Philosophy Education in Europe
Philosophy professor Gareth Matthews is helping to teach people to think
- before they get to a university.
Thompson
Honored by ACPA
Dawn M. Thompson, associate director of Housing Services for Residential
Life, has won the Outstanding Experienced Professional Award from the
American College Personnel Association (ACPA).
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April 14, 2000
