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Guilford awards six with highest professional honor
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5 of the professors honored with "endowed chairs"
Associate Dean of Campus life Aaron Fetrow checks in
Carlos D'Agostino
Staff Writer
On Oct. 1 Aaron Fetrow
was appointed the new
Associate Dean of Campus
Life. He replaced Jodi Gill,
who resigned earlier this year.
His primary duty is to oversee
the functions of residential life
and judicial affairs, working
under Dean for Campus Life
Anne Lundquist.
"I think he has been a great
help to me on quickly learning
how to handle complicated
student issues," said
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Lundquist. "And my impres
sion so far is that students
that have met with him
respect the job he's doing."
Formerly employed as an
attorney in the Fort Wayne,
Indiana-based law firm of
Baker and Daniels, Fetrow
comes to Guilford with a doc
torate from the University of
Tennessee.
"Aaron is an enthusiastic
and effective addition to the
campus life staff," said
Associate Dean for Student
Development Leslie Moss.
"His past experience and pas-
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Courtney Hunter
Staff Writer
At a Nov. 17 faculty meeting,
Academic Dean Adrienne Israel
announced six new named positions,
known as endowed chairs.
The professors honored were: Frank.
P. Keegan, Raymond Binford Professor
of Biology; Jonathan W. Malino, John A.
Weissenfluh Professor of Ethics and
Religion; Kathrynn A. (Kathy) Adams,
Charles A. Dana Professor of
Psychology; Jeff Jeske, Charles A. Dana
Professor of English; Lynn J. Moseley,
Charles A. Dana Professor of Biology;
and Carolyn Beard Whitlow, Charles A.
Dana Professor of English.
An endowed chair is the highest honor
for a Guilford professor, according to
Israel. "It boosts that professor's salary
somewhat, but it also indicates a perma
nent commitment to that person and to
their work at the college."
sion for higher education will
make him a valued part of the
Guilford community."
Before being employed as a
lawyer, Fetrow studied art in
history at Truman State.
During that time, he made a
number of presentations on
student affairs issues and
served on a variety of univer
sity committees.
He met his wife, Jodi, in
1994 after receiving a B.S. in
history from Manchester
College. Together, they have
two sons, Jadon (age two)
and Zach (1 month).
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Aaron Fetrow
December 10, 2004
Professors chosen for this honor are
done so by nomination of the academic
dean. Those with current endowed
chairs also decide who to nominate and
the president confirms it.
Scholarship, professional growth,
service, advising, and teaching are crite
ria for choosing the nominees, according
to Israel.
"These people really represent the
best of our faculty although there are
other people who are excellent as well,
said Israel."l'm sure there are others
who are equally good - it was very hard
to pick."
Endowed chairs are made possible
through donations, usually from a foun
dation. The donations are kept in a fund
strictly for the professorships.
All universities and colleges have pro
fessors with endowed chairs.
Israel announced the news to the pro
fessors individually before making a
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Ms. Fetrow is a homemaker
with a master's degree in sci
ence education. Before the
birth of her first child, she
worked in economics develop
ment in Knoxville for four
years.
For as long as he can
remember, Fetrow enjoyed
playing baseball. Born
September 21, 1972, in
Rochester, Indiana, he spent
most of his childhood days
slugging home runs and
catching pop-flies in the sand
lot field of his neighborhood.
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