The Campus Chronicle
Vol. XVII, Issue 26
for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
March 29, 2002

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Graduate student Lesleigh Anderson (left) and Geosciences Department head Raymond Bradley Graduate student Lesleigh Anderson (left) and Geosciences Department head Raymond Bradley look through their survival kit during a polar safety workshop on March 15. About 20 students and faculty members from UMass and other schools participated in the training session conducted by staff of LTR Training Systems in Anchorage, Alaska. The Polar Safety Training Course was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and VECO Corp., an NSF contractor that provides logistics, construction and operations services in polar areas of Alaska, Canada and Russia. (Stan Sherer photo)
   
  3 finalists for chancellor to visit campus next week
The three finalists for the chancellor's post will visit campus next week for meetings with administrators, deans, faculty, alumni and students.

Bulger leading system-wide appeal for private support
For the first time, a system-wide fund-raising appeal is underway, targeting the University's 300,000 alumni as well as key corporate and business leaders in Massachusetts.

Swift appoints 3 new trustees
Alumni of the Boston and Dartmouth campuses have been appointed by Acting Gov. Jane Swift to fill three vacancies on the 22-member Board of Trustees.

Academic planning, Athletics dominate senate discussions
Nearly an hour after the Faculty Senate convened its March 14 meeting, the group considered the original item on the top of its agenda.

Grant- and trust-funded staff win shot at early retirement
An early retirement program aimed at trimming the state workforce has been extended to employees paid through grants, contracts, capital accounts and other non-state funds.

University declines to negotiate with resident assistants
Campus officials this week notified the union representing resident assistants that the University will not participate in collective bargaining, a move that opens the door for a court challenge to the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission ruling that undergraduates can unionize.

Librarians, faculty to confer on acquisitions
Campus librarians plan to meet with all academic departments in March and April to evaluate how best to meet the information needs of students and faculty with a significantly reduced acquisitions budget.

Search begins for new women's basketball coach
A national search for a new women's basketball coach is underway, according to athletic director Bob Marcum, who appointed a three-member search committee before spring break

 
 
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