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TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2006
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Rogtr Standi
Hometown Rocky Mount
Put Experience
* B.A. in politics from Wake
Forest University, 1971
► M.P.A from UNC Chapel Hill,
1982
* 1980-1992: Administrative
assistant to the city manager in
Fayetteville
* 1992-1997: Fayetteville depu
ty city manager
► 1997-2006: Fayetteville city
manager
* Managed an annexation plan
that overcame the city's inability
to annex from 1959-1983.
Q: What do you think you
learned in your last job that will
help you when you get here?
A: “The University here has
a major affect on life and the
town and what happens. ... (In)
Fayetteville, the same is true with
the army and the air force, and so
learning how to work together with
an entity that can be independent
is useful.
“Another thing that’s very simi
lar is in Fayetteville we have a very
stable population that’s been there
forever, and then on top of that we
have a population of people related
to the military who are in and out
all the time. And the same is true in
Chapel Hi 11.... So that means you
have to really work hard at com
municating, educating and inform
ing.”
Q: What is a day in the life of a
manager like?
A: “Different. I’ve been in this
business for 30 years, and I don’t
know that I’ve ever had the same
day in that time.
“Especially in Chapel Hill, my
first weeks and months will really
be a lot of listening because my job
is to help facilitate the process by
which the community achieves its
vision, so I’ve got to spend a lot of
time understanding what that is.”
Q: What are your primary job
responsibilities?
A: “My view is that I have two
significant responsibilities.
“One is to work with the town
council, make sure they are getting
the best information and most pro
fessional advice they can get from
their staff as they make decisions
about the town and its future.
“Then the other part of my job
is the responsibility for being the
chief executive or the key admin
istrator of the town.”
Q: Why should students know
you?
A:“lt’s another way to learn
about this community and learn
about what’s happening here and
why it might be happening and to
have some input.”
Q: How should students be
involved in town government?
A: “My experience in local gov
ernment is that the power of one
is pretty awesome. People can have
more effect than they even imag
ined on public decisions, just by
making a telephone call or sending
a letter or an e-mail or whatever.”
Q: Why should someone who’s
only here for four years bother
voicing their opinion?
A: “I think although the popula
tion is always changing... I would
again imagine that the interests
and concerns are pretty much con
sistent, just different faces.
“So therefore, if you get involved,
you’re not only representing you,
but you’re representing the stu
dents who were here before and
who come after.”
Q: What are you looking for
ward to most?
A: “living in Chapel Hill, being
a part of taking something great
and making it greater that’s as
good as it gets.”
Compiled by Jessica
Schonberg
County searching for
perfect manager fit
BY JESSICA SCHONBERG
CITY EDITOR
The search for anew Orange
County manager is running a bit
behind schedule.
Manager John Link is set to
retire from the post Aug. 31, after
an 18-year stint.
And assistant Orange County
Manager Rod Visser, who has been
appointed to the manager job in
the interim, has his own plans for
retirement at the end of the year.
Still, county officials say the
manager search is moving for
ward.
Barry Jacobs, chairman of
the Orange County Board of
Commissioners, said the commis
sioners will meet today to narrow
down the applicant pool.
The search, which is being
handled by consulting firm The
Mercer Group Inc., drew about 90
applications from across the coun
try, Jacobs said.
The commissioners plan to
select finalists this week and
invite the finalists for interviews
in September.
Ideally, Jacobs said they would
like to make an offer by early
October to give the new manager
time to put in notice with his or her
previous employer and to negoti
Namo: Kathy Hotelling
Title: Director of Counseling and
Wellness Services
L**t Job: Director of the
counseling and student develop
ment center at Northern Illinois
University
Replaced: John Edgerly
Impact: will oversee the inte
gration of counseling and psycho
logical services and the Center for
Healthy Student Behavior
CAMPUS CHANGE
FROM PAGE 1A
Hotelling, director of Counseling and
Wellness Services.
Folkerts said bringing an outside per
spective to UNC has its advantages.
“You bring ideas from other places
and other experiences,” she said. “You
see more than one way of doing things.”
Gray-Little also cited knowledge
of the campus culture and history as
advantages of climbing the University
ladder.
But she said there are downsides.
“It is probably less well received
if you make bold moves that change
things and change people, and you
run the risk of being in the mold that
doesn’t allow you to see things that
need change,” she said.
Road to the top
Gray-Little previously served as
dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
and, before that, as executive associ
ate provost. She still expresses surprise
over her new post —a national search
was bypassed in favor of her immedi
ate appointment.
“It was a fairly short amount of time
to make a decision about whether to do
News
ate a contract.
Out of the hundreds of county
positions, the county manager is
one of only three that the commis
sioners appoint.
Jacobs said it’s important to
understand the impact the county
manager has on the community.
“If you have an animal, if you’ve
dealt with the health department,
(or) social services, if you drive
out in the country and would like
to see some open space, if you care
about the arts or what kind of
land use impacts there are all
those things are county functions,
and the manager is the one who’s
directly responsible for the daily
oversight of all of that,” Jacobs
said.
The manager also is responsible
for overseeing most of the county
staff and for carrying out decisions
made by the county commission
ers, the primary governing body in
the county.
The manager is heavily involved
in the development of the annual
budget and serves as a liaison
between county residents and
the various government depart
ments.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
NailW: Mary Covington
Title: Associate Vice Chancellor
for Campus Health Services
laH Job: Medical Director
Replaced: new position ;
Impact: Will oversee changes to
campus health, collaborate with
University departments and lead
student outreach efforts
it,” Gray-Little said. “I’m glad I made
the decision that I did, but certainly it
was not part of my plan at that point.”
But while Gray-little’s appointment
was an open-and-close case, it’s taken
the University longer to find leaders to
fill other top roles.
Folkerts and Boger both took over
after failed attempts by the University
to recruit new leaders.
Boger was an original member of the
search committee for the law school
dean, and he did not throw himself into
the running until Erwin Chemerinsky
declined in the position in early March,
citing a lack of adequate resources.
“Once I was in it, I wanted to do it,”
Boger said. “I thought, ‘I could do this
job now, and I care enough about it to
do it.’”
He said he received a message from
former Provost Robert Shelton while
vacationing in Scotland about the
opening and returned to Chapel Hill to
engage in contract negotiations.
Folkerts said the timing wasn’t right
the first time UNC searched for a jour
nalism dean. But after Gerald Baldasty
turned down the opening spring 2005.
and anew search began, she decided it
was time to take a chance.
She was offered the position in
February and took over July 1.
Name: Todd Boyette
Title: Director of the Morehead
Planetarium and Science Center
Ust Job: President and chief
executive officer of Asheville
museum The Health Adventure
Replaced: Holden Thorp
Impact: Will oversee efforts to
renovate the facility and fundraise
fttt
Name: Erskine Bowles
Title: President of the University
of North Carolina system
former Experience: white
House chief of staff for President
Clinton (1996-98); two-time
failed Senate candidate (2002,
2004); United Nations deputy
special envoy for tsunami-affect
ed countries (2005)
Replace* Molly Broad
Impact: Sets tuition policy and
otherwise oversees the 16 cam
puses of the UNC system, which
includes 180,000 students
Bringing home the bacon
Gray-Little now is in charge of hiring
key leaders, such as dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences and vice chancellor
for finance and administration.
When she conducts negotiations
she’ll be faced with offering potential
hires attractive job packages.
When Boger was hired UNC leaders
announced that they would provide the
School of Law with $2 million to increase
the number of tenure-track faculty, add
staff positions, fund financial aid and
study the school’s space needs.
And while University funds are
important, additional sources must be
sought to bulk up the school’s reserves,
Boger said.
“It’ll be enough for me to go on the
road and ask our alumni to step up,”
he said.
Folkerts said additional funding
sources are necessary to maintain the
tradition of excellence.
“If you just use state money you
can operate,” Folkerts said. “But we
offer a lot of enhancements that really
improve the quality of the school.”
Filling the gaps
With leadership in place, the schools
Title: Orange County Manager
Interim Leader: Rod Visser
Replacing: John Link
The March: 90 applicants from
across the U.S.
Impact: Carries out decisions
made by the board of commis
sioners, oversees county staff
*
Title: Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences
interim Leader;
Madeline
Levine
Replacing: Bernadette Gray-
Little
The March: National can
didates, invite three to six to
campus by January
Impact: Oversees the largest
academic unit at UNC and is
responsible for the general educa
tion curriculum for all first- and
second-year students, as well as
about 70 percent of upperclass
men majors
can move forward, officials said.
Boger said the law school has 43
professors —and there are about 15
more slots to fill, including open posi
tions and the promised additions.
“We really can fill lots of the needed
gaps in the curriculum,” Boger said. “It’s
important for what we can contribute to
the greater world.”
The law school also will undergo a
self-study this year as it preps for a review
by the American Bar Association.
Folkerts said she hopes to examine
the journalism school’s curriculum,
determine faculty needs and develop a
more focused international program.
The efforts will be part of the
school’s Vision Initiative, which will
help determine the direction of the
school in the coming years.
As for Gray-Little, she said she hopes
to continue to shape the University’s
evolution.
“I will say I didn’t come here intend
ing to stay here my entire professional
career,” she said.
“It’s something that I recognize is
the case, but that’s not where I started
out It’s just been the attraction of what
the possibilities are here.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu
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