The Campus Chronicle
Vol. XVI, Issue 7
for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
Oct. 13, 2000

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Photo: Chantal Hodge

Student Chantal Hodge uses a copy of the Massachusetts Daily Collegian as a makeshift rain hat during a recent downpour. (Stan Sherer photo)

   
 

Research VC search brings prospects to campus
Beginning next week, the first of several candidates for the post of vice chancellor for Research will visit campus for meetings with administrators, faculty, staff and students.

Open meetings set with candidates
Vice chancellor for Research candidates will visit campus Mon., Oct. 13 and Mon., Oct. 23. The first candidate is Richard K. Koehn, professor of biology and former vice president for research at the University of Utah. The second candidate is P. Michael Conn, associate director and senior scientist at the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center and special assistant to the president and professor of physiology and pharmacology at Oregon Health Sciences University.

Rosenberg wary of ballot questions
State Senator Stanley Rosenberg (D-Amherst) encouraged members of the Faculty Senate and others attending the Oct. 5 senate meeting to vote against propositions 4 and 6 on the November ballot because of the adverse affect they would have on the state's income.

Campaign on track to finish a year early
Campaign UMass will be completed one year ahead of schedule, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Royster Hedgepeth told the Faculty Senate at its Oct. 5 meeting.

Board of Higher Ed. chancellor fondly recalls UMass days,
looks to the state system's future

Thirty years into a career in higher education, Board of Higher Education Chancellor
Judith I. Gill, '72, still remembers the events that got her interested in her career...

SPHHS readies for visiting re-accreditation team
A six-member team from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) is scheduled to visit the School of Public Health and Health Sciences Oct. 16-18 as part of a re-accreditation review. The school was last re-accredited five years ago.

Nieto discusses how teachers persevere amid challenges
A talk by Education professor Sonia Nieto will open the 2000-2001 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Nieto's talk is titled "What Keeps Teachers Going in Spite of Everything?" The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception.

Professor, alumni collaborate on new production of 'The Misanthrope'
Amherst theater-goers will have a rare opportunity next week to see a commissioned play before it makes its professional debut in San Francisco. The local production of the new English verse version of Moliere's "The Misanthrope" by alumna Constance Congdon, '82G, is being directed by Theater professor Virginia Scott, stars alumnus Robert Wu, '97, and runs Oct. 18-21 in the Curtain Theater.

 
 
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