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lily Frank Isley Ikcws Editor I Dr, Warren L. Board, provost [ Kalamazoo College in izoo, Michigan, has been vice president for nic and student affairs at 0 College, rd succeds Dr. Chris , who is leaving Elon to president of Gardner- 6College in Boiling Springs, I Board will assume his resjKin- piies when his appointment Ks effective July 1. "Dr. Board was our first e for this extremely impor- ■position." said Elon College lent Fred Young. “We are •ate to attract a person of his iifications, background and ’ y who has experience at an *itution as prestigious as 1200 College.” i was selected through a il search carried out by a nittee composed of the col- fiieans and selected faculty Jtnibers. |teording to Bob Anderson, “>t to the president and I to the search commit- f committee advertised in p(lrtwic/e of Higher Educa- and received 327 PPlications. I We personally reviewed ap- ®tely 150 applications and ■^tely 30 were further in- Wed by telephone,” said lhat number, 13 were ^ off campus at locations the country and four ts’ were brought to Elon JJfflerviews with the commit- ■M other members of the y and administration,” he |J**^''er, before the final deci- "'as made. Young visited Dr. Warren Board two of the fmalists personally and selected Board, he said. Anderson said the whole pro cess took almost three months and the committee was involved at all stages and consulted often by Young. “It was the most thorough search for a faculty member or administrator I’ve ever taken part in,” said Anderson. The quality of the applicants was extremely high, which show ed a tremendous amount of respect for Elon nationally, he said. “We probably couldn’t have chosen a better person than Board,” Anderson said. “He is well qualified and has a great amount of personality and en thusiasm. Board has been provost at Kalamazoo since 1978 and was assistant provost prior to that time. As chief academic officer, the provost has responsibility for the entire educational program of the college, the faculty, and all in structional support services and personnel. The Pendulum Thursday, April 17, 1986 Volume XII, No. 25 oung appoints iew vice president See Board, page 7 Suicide prevention Crisis Line helps troubled people cope p. Photo by Brian E. Batchelor Greek games Members of Tau Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Sigma fraternities square off during volleyball competition Tuesday night. Greek Week official ly began Wednesday night with the dance competition. Fund established to honor Brittain Members of the Elon College faculty have begun a fund for the Department of Literature, Languages and Communications in the memory of Dr, Mary G. Brittain, who died last year of cancer. Brittain, who was popular with both students and faculty, was an assistant professor of English at Elon for 10 years before her deadi. The fund will be used to enhance academic excellence in the area of literature, language and communications. Faculty members and friends have contributed over $6,000 to Elon College to begin the fund, which will be administered by a faculty committee, and Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority, of which Dr. Brittain was faculty advisor, has pledged additional support. Dr Brittain remmed to college after her children were grown, ear ning bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. , . . , She joined the Elon faculty on apart time basis in 1976 and also served as advisor of Phi Psi Chi, the Elon College yearbook. World TV conference scheduled Students and special guests at Elon College will join leading journalists around the world on April 26 in an international videoconference on world issues and media responsibility. The videoconference, spon sored by the The Christian Science Monitor, will provide a forum for seasoned journalists at three international sites to share their experiences with journalists of the future. Elon is one of more than 150 colleges and universities participating in the United States, Canada, Egypt and the United Kingdom. Conferences participants wUl be able to submit questions to panelists by dialing a toll-free number. The discussions will be transmitted live by satellite to Elon’s receiving dish atop the Mooney Building. The program will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in Mooney Theater. A discussion of the day’s events will follow, led by Bob Nowell, assis tant professor of journalism and mass communication. Panelists at each site will focus on a different topic. In London they will discuss international ter rorism. In Vienna they will ex plore relationships between the United States and the Soviet Union. Sharing technology and understanding foreign cultures will be the topic in Vienna. Boston, the headquarters of the sponsoring newspaper, will serve as videoconference hub. Among those scheduled to appear are NBC News correspon dent Edwin Newman, CBS News correspondent Richard C. Hot- telet and ABC News Paris bureau chief Pierre Salinger. Record breakers Track team setting new goals p. 6
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