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St. Andrews Presbyterian College
November 2,1995
Burris Gets New Director
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Cynthia Newberry
Stepping in as the
Director of Health and
Rehabilitative Services,
Cynthia Newberry is the
latest addition to St. An
drews staff.
With an exhaustive
background in physical
and mental disability
services, Newberry is
looking forward to the
challenge of revamping
the Burris Center.
“I’m still getting my feet wet,”
said Newberry, but she seems to
already have a good sense of what
needs to be done.
Newberry wants to, with stu
dent input, develop a pro-active
health care system. “One that stu
dents feel good about utilizing,”
she explained. The improved sys
tem would emphasize prevention
with more on-site medical atten
tion to reduce the levels of refer
rals out of the college.
“There are many opportimi-
ties in a lot of areas in which we
can expand so that students will
feel comfortable in accessing our
services; not just when they’re
sick or injured,” Newberry ex
plained. She hopes that a
Wellness Education program can
be established in a combined ef
fort with PATHWAYS.
“Students have a role in de
signing their services,” she said,
“but it’s got to be a joint effort by
everyone.”
SACS And Trustees Visit: The Aftermath
BY REBECCA STACY
It’s sort of instinctual the way
the atmosphere of St. Andrews
has relaxed now that both SACS
and the Trustees have left our
“territory” and headed off for big
ger and better things. The threat
. has gone, we no longer have to
I avoid cursing profusely in the
halls, making sure the toilets are
flushed and generally being on
our best behavior. So what’s the
net result of our week of stress
(weeks for the administration and
staff)?
There are two immediate pos-
I abilities. The first, and most ap
pealing, is that SACS will say,
“Hey, you guys are doing a great
job at stabilizing the college’s fi
nancial status and we don’t think
we*need to check on you for the
next five years.” We’ll be re
toned to our regular status, per
se, and continue working and re-
envisioning until we’re the per
fect institution that we aspire to
be.
The second option is that
we’ll be put on probation which
is SACS saying, “Hey, guys, you
really need to get your act together
and while we think you’re trying
hard, we want to monitor your ac
tivities for a while.”
Of course, we won’t find out
what’s going to happen until Janu
ary (for those of you who didn’t
read the memo from President
Board). We’re just going to have
to speculate and grind our teeth for
a few more weeks.
What happens if we do wind
up on probation? Number one,
we’re still accredited. Probation
is, essentially, a way for SACS to
emphasize to us that we really
have two major problems loom
ing over us that we’ve yet to con
quer.
President Board, in a recent
interview, said, “SACS is telling
us things that we already know.”
Unfortunately, he explained, we
need to prove to SACS that we
can effectively deal with financial
instability and enrollment prob
lems.
Of course, if we go on proba
tion, won’t this be a giant blot on
the institution and make attract
ing students and ftmds even more
difficult? Not so, said Board,
“From a marketing point of view,
it is not a critical issue.” We sim
ply need to recruit students and
consistently operate within the
black, he said.
This is an improvement from
last year. St. Andrews has man
aged to whack down the list so
that our focus is on only two ma
jor problems.
We were praised by SACS for
the quality of our institution’s aca
demic program and refiisal to let
academic quality suffer because
of our financial problems. Yet
there remains much work ahead
of us. We’re still not meeting
SACS standards.
(continued on page 3)
What’s Inside
p. 2 Academy Student Rebuts
p. 4 IssuesForum
p. 5 Students Drink in Belk
p. 6 Foreign Perspective
p. 6 Serve-A-Thon Madness
p. 8 Sports News