% m " BBfe ■Bpr 9 ? W r j -Mmmfr J \ N 'i Hi.. ®S |&. ; wjm ' dmm Jgk A - J II H '; " *B' J| ft f jH I f SHMraHBraHUKHBi ■ ■ ■ w*> H Wf,. IWil i'W"" IHilli> llf.llfc I SRpMHwj r ■!■ paf J kyjM Student Life radically restructured Casey Creel ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR A new position called the Dean of Campus Life will combine respon sibilities of both the Dean of Stu dent Life (Mona Olds), and the Di rector of Residential Life (Joanne Toby), and the old positions have been eliminated. The Dean of Campus Life, a posiUon that may be tilled by Anne Lundquist, former Assistant Dean for Retention & First Year Program and currently Dean of Students at Greensboro College, will report di rectly to Randy Doss, whose new title is Vice President for Enrollment and Student Life. The deadline to apply for the deanship was Fri., April 26. "My engagement comes from an enrollment management posi tion," Doss said. "I will oversee the whole student life program." Doss will take on most of the planning and oversight functions of GTHE ■■ mmmm mmmmmm mmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmm mm ml Hap UILFORDIAN Greensboro, NC May 3, 2002 the eliminated positions, and the day-to-day decisions will be handled by the Dean of Campus Life, accord ing to Mona Olds, whose contract with Guilford ends June 30. Additionally, three Assistant Deans of Student Life, a step up from the current three Residence Life Coordinators, will relieve the Dean of Campus Life of most low end responsibilities of student life and residence life. David Heggie and Patty Burgoon, the two remaining Residence Life Coordinators for this year, have both chosen not to apply for the new positions and will leave Guilford this spring. Adam Crisp, Residence Life Coordinator for Binford, Shore, and Maiy Hobbs dorms, left earlier this semester. "We have had low-paid resi dence directors and have not been able to attract a quality pool," Doss said. The new positions will be paid more than the ones they were de- signed from, and will require a Master's Degree, with two years of post-Master's residential life expe rience preferred, according to the job description. "The design of the three assis tants is not just a glorification of residence coordination; these are intended to be administrators with substantial expectations and will be held accountable to those," said Executive Vice President Jerry Godard. The Operations Planning Group subcommittee of the Strate gic Long Range Planning commit tee (SLRP), both chaired by Associ ate Academic Dean Jim Hood, ere ated the new Dean of Campus Life position, to be paid less than the former Dean of Student Life, last month in their efforts to save money by "reducing non-instructional staffing," according to Doss. "I don't think any of it was dis satisfaction with my performance," Olds said. "The redesign allows for there to be savings." Olds has worked at Guilford since 1993. Olds, who served on the sub committee, presented alternatives to the restructuring that would have saved money but kept the basic present structure intact, and with See Student Life, p. 4

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