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The Campus Chronicle

Vol. XVII, Issue 36

for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts

June 14, 2002

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			Kathy Godek, clerk V in the Provost's Office, pins a flower on the jacket of Sarah Boy, associate to the vice chancellor for Student Affairs, during a campuswide reception for retiring faculty and staff on June 6. Boy, who has worked on campus for 28 years, is among as many as 600 staff and faculty who could leave the University through a state-sponsored early retirement program. More than 150 employees attended last week's celebration, which was sponsored by interim Chancellor Marcellette G. Williams and the administration. (Stan Sherer photo)

	Senate opens debate on $23.2b budget The Senate opened debate this week on a proposed $23.2 billion fiscal 2003 budget that called for level-funding the University system at $460.6 million - $11.5 million more than the $449 million approved last month by the House. Former student indicted in newborn’s death A former University student, the mother of an infant found dead in a campus dumpster May 2, faces charges of murder and removing or conveying a dead body, according to Renee Steese, a deputy first assistant in the Northwestern District Attorney's office. Vanin, Hatch appointed to interim posts; units shifted The transition to a new campus administration moved forward last week as interim Chancellor Marcellette G. Williams announced several administrative appointments and organizational changes in preparation for the arrival of the new chancellor, John V. Lombardi, on July 1. Admissions numbers dip, but rebound anticipated After receiving just under 21,000 applications, the most in a year for a decade, the Admissions Office is finding a smaller than expected number of incoming students has signed up for the fall. Soccer star dies in crash Stephanie Santos, 19, an undergraduate soccer star, died June 9 when the car she was riding in struck a utility pole in Granby. O'Connor sworn in as police chief The last few years have not been happy ones for UMass Police officers. Protracted contract problems and the death last year of Lt. Mike Grabiec cast a pall over the department. University Club seeks historic designation The members of the University Club recently approved a plan to explore having the structure placed on the National Register of Historic Places. $1.2m Five College African Scholars program launched Last week marked the inauguration on campus of the Five College African Scholars Program. Marching Band featured on fund-raising CDs for charity The Minuteman Marching Band is helping to raise funds for the Salvation Army as part of a benefit project conceived in the aftermath of the events of Sept. 11. Campus post office shuts down The Lincoln Campus Center eliminated two services May 31 when it gave up its postal substation, Campus Sender, and closed the Campus Copy print shop.



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