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Jan. 28,2005 www.guilfordian.com Personnel changes as Campus life staffers resign Continued from Page 1 events, "this is the most down time that (Moss's) job could have had." Moss's workload will be divided among other college employees until a permanent replacement is found. B WWW.GUILFORD.EDU Moss Associate n I QfruHont the s P rin 9 _ . events. eve opment, |_ UNC JQ U J ST resigned Jan. 21 wj || mana g e ee rest. Vance Ricks, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, also joins Campus Life by temporarily replacing Shelley Crisp. "(Crisp) took a lot of time to meet with me," Ricks said, and "answer my questions about what I was getting myself into." Crisp left for the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) in Decern ber after five years at Guilford. The CFNC helps prospective students Community meeting outlines proposed budget changes Continued from Page 1 Anthony Gurley, Associate Dean of Enrollment addressed the financial aid restructuring, emphasizing that financial aid available to students is larger in the new budget. "Very few students pay the advertised 'sticker price' for tuition at Guilford College since the discount rate averages 42% in institutional grant aid alone, not counting other sources of grants and loans," Chabotar said. The new financial aid plan allows for this to continue. "The proposed tuition rise of 5.9% for traditional students will be at or slightly below the expected national average increase for private schools of 6% and way below the 10%- 14% average increases in pub lic universities over the last five years," said Chabotar. 'The strategy is to keep Guilford tuition in the middle of the pack," said Johnson. The proposed tuition increase search and pay for higher education. "For my own personal satisfaction, I needed to move on," said Crisp. "The work I did at Guilford is going to help me work with the student population and anticipate their questions." She began her new job on Jan. 18. Crisp was the point person for first- year students. She worked with Moss on Avanti and CHAOS, as well as FYE and the mentoring program now known as CHAOS Continues. Crisp selected faculty for FYE classes and helped first-years in academic difficul- ty. Ernest McCoy, Director of Counseling Services, will cover stu dent con cerns. Tammy Alt, an outside consultant, will come in March to "She developed a special relationship with not only the students but the first-year faculty as well," said Lundquist. Crisp's greatest j°y was t0 work with FYE faculty, helping them "re- imagine their roles and rein- vigorate their connections to teaching." Crisp still has her mind on Guilford. The greatest chal- lenge she left undone was creating an FYE lab. This lab would integrate activities like going to Quaker meetings and taking library tours that FYE faculty must otherwise cover dur- ing class. Crisp believed this would make FYE more "user friendly." By bridging FYE will allow for several budgetary changes to occur, including a possible increase in salary for college employees. The goal is for faculty salaries to reach the fiftieth per centile of the American Association of University Professors for private and inde pendent schools (AAUP MB) by 2010," said Johnson. This would call for a 7.2% yearly increase in tuition. More recent figures show that the salary will increase slower, to reach the forty-fifth percentile in 2010. This increase calls for a 3.5% yearly tuition increase. "The average yearly salary increases for both faculty and staff is under review and will be adjusted as soon as data is available," said Johnson. One strategy of reaching a balanced budget includes adhering to the May 1 deadline of deposits for incoming stu dents. In the past Guilford has continued to accept deposits after this deadline. NEWS and CHAOS Continued into a cohe sive whole, "there will be one program as opposed to two or three that are satellites to FYE." Ricks has taught FYE in the past and serves on the evaluation commit tee for FYE curricular review. Ricks will not teach this semester so he has extra time to devote to the position. "I'm glad that I could serve in a tem porary role until the college hires someone to do this job full time," Ricks said, "I think philosophy faculty (mem bers) have always been very support- >9 WWW.GUILFORD.EDU ive of FYE and their needs as they get accli mated to Guilford," Crisp said. Crisp sees the three resignations as an opportunity, not a prob lem: "It's easier some times to do readjust ments without continuing personnel." This is an opportunity to bring in new people who can Lundquist, Dean for make positive changes Campus Life, will for Campus Life. leave in May Campus Life created a new position when Crisp left, called Coordinator of New Student Programs, for which they are now accepting applications. However the office is waiting for Lundquist's Exhibit 1 Progress Toward Financial Equilibrium (S in thousands) ($20,ooo) -•' ™—■ i 1 FISCAL YEAR lUGain (Loss) fioin Operations H Totil Qin (Lossll COURTESEY RAYMOND JOHNSON The goal of the budget changes and tuition increases are to increase faculty salaries and end fiscal year 'O6 with a balanced budget "Last year we made the class by May first and we continued to accept students," said Vice President for Enrollment and Campus Life, Randy Doss. The goal this year is to have 380 incom ing students by May 1. "It is agreed that we do not want to go over 380," said Doss. At the end of the meeting, sopho more Adam Waxman said, • "These meetings are hard, deci sions have already been made and there is little traditional stu dents can do to impact it." "There were fewer students in attendance than I had hoped, but they had some very good questions about the budget," said junior Dana Di Maio. "The explanation addressed many of the hot-button issues here, like increases in tuition for CCE stu dents versus, traditional stu- Greensboro. N.C. resignation to replace Moss and Ricks. "The plan at this moment is that the col lege will hire the new Dean first and let that Dean hire their _ . Associate Cr,s P' former D,rector Dean .. of the First-Year Lundquist Program, left in said. December Lundquist has planned to leave since before she knew about the departures of Crisp and Moss., has planned to leave since November, Lundquist, has worked at Guilford since 2002, follow ing a previous stint at Guilford from 1990 to 1998, wants to move west and make an upward career move to a slightly larger institution. Crisp, Moss and Lundquist share optimism for these changes and feel that students will not notice a signifi cant change. Moss, who leaves for Colorado on Jan. 29, wants to reas sure students, staff and faculty; "I don't foresee any problems. dents, and how the college would be able to balance the budget with minimal negative impact on students, faculty, and staff."3€ Page 3
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