THE GUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, NC
Guilford instates hiring freeze
♦Students and faculty in five departments await recommendations of the task forces
BY ELLEN YUTZY
World Editor
The effects of the impending
changes at Guilford College are al
ready being felt. As part of the
effort to make the college more
financially stable, five depart
ments which requested new fac
ulty positions last year will have
to wait. When faculty members
leave at the end of the year, their
positions will either be left vacant
or temporary faculty members
will fill their positions.
President Don McNemar an
nounced a hiring freeze on the
positions over the summer. The
clerks' committee had reviewed
and recommended that each
department's request be granted.
McNemar had agreed to okay the
proposal last spring, but, as
Martha Cooley, academic dean,
said, "Over the summer, we
learned that we had budgetary is
sues to be addressed...the presi
dent requested that positions be
frozen."
It seemed logical to freeze the
hiring process for professors not
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yet hired before thinking about
laying off professors who were
already part of the Guilford
community. The freeze is not
permanent, and Adele
Wayman, clerk and Hege pro
fessor of art, said that in the
short term, "where there is
need there will be temporary
positions."
The outcome of the hiring
also depends in large part on
the recommendations of the
task forces, especially of the
curriculum task force. Until it
is clear oxactly how the core
courses and classes will be
changed for the future, it is
hard to predict which depart
ments may actually need more
faculty.
Some speculate that one
change will be more classes
which cross department lines.
That means that professors
could teach courses in depart
ments other than their own. The
task forces expect to turn in their
reports in early December. .
Despite the fact that most of
the requested positions were re-
Owens announces resignation
♦Many students teel Guilford needs a full-time director of multicultural affairs
BY MARJORIE HALL
News Editor
Rob Owens, coordinator of
African-American students pro
grams and assistant director of
students activities and events
planning, announced his resigna
tion on Wednesday, October 29.
In response, many white and mi
nority students to ask that the
school change Rob's position to
full-time.
Owens' job is described as
one-third African-American pro
grams, two-thirds activities and
events planning. "I took the job
with the expectation that after a
year, it would be made into a full
time position," said Owens. "That
didn't happen."
A year and a half ago, the
Cultural Pluralism committee de
cided that African-American stu
dents needed professional sup
Since 1914, but never quite like this
Professors vacating their offices at the end ot the year may not be replaced. '
placements for faculty who have
not yet left Guilford, many stu
dents are concerned. Fewer fac
ulty would mean larger classes
and fewer options for students in
that major. Jessica Templeton, a
port. Since the budget did not al
low them to hire someone full-time,
"We want a full-time director
of African-American
activities or multicultural
affairs. '--Cassandra Penn
they added the coordination of
African-American activities to an
existing job.
Since Owens and Dawn
Watkins, director of student activi
ties, have had no secretarial sup
port, much of their work has been
clerical.
When someone is hired to re
place Owens, his or her job descrip
tion will be changed from one-third
and two-thirds to half and half,
made possible in part by recently
November 7, 1997
senior political science major,
believes that it's good Guilford is
not jumping into anything, but
said, "Certain departments are
please see FREEZE on pg. 2
hired secretarial support.
Many students say that this
is not enough. "We want a full
time director of African-American
activities or of multicultural af
fairs," said Cassandra Penn, sopho
more. "There are 77 African-
American students on the main
campus and 30 off campus. There
are full-time positions that deal
with less students than that."
"I do not feel like a part of the
greater Guilford community," said
Michelle Otis, first-year student.
"That hinders me in getting in
volved in the school. It would help
if we had someone like Rob here
full-time. He was just not avail
able enough."
Mona Olds, dean of student
Life, says that the school wants to
eventually make Rob's position
full-time. The Cultural Pluralism
please see OWENS on pg. 2