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By GENE WARREN Director of Public Information GOOD AND BAD NEWS IS NOTED BY PSU CHANCELLOR IN REMARKS AT FACULTY MEEIING Chancellor Jospeh Oxendine welcomed the FVmbro ke State University faculty back to the campus Monday in the first general faculty meeting of the 1991-92 academic year and them (hem of "good and bad news." The good news is that PSU will receive $80,000 a year for the next four years in incentive scholarships in a program approved by the UNC Board of Governors and N.C. General Assembly. This amounts to a $320,000 total. To qualify for the scholarships, Oxendine explained that students must be in the top SO percent of their high school graduating class, be admissible to PSU, and agree to 6-8 hours weekly of public service. "This program is bee of color or financial requirements," Oxendine said. "There is no need to show financial need. I am, of course, interested in ethnic diversity at PSU. And to qualify for the scholarships, teh students must be North Carolini ans." Oxendine also said PSU is in the second phase of planning a major capital fund-raising campaign. "We are interviewing important people around the state concern ing this," he said. "We hope to be able to announce this campaign along with our target figure before the end of this academic year." Questioned by the faculty about the enrollment outlook, the PSU chancellor responded: "We're hopeful about that Our application figures are a little bit down, but last year they were down from the previous year-but we still had an increase in students last year. Our retention of students was better last year." (PSUs enrollment last year was 8,121.) Speaking of "bad news," the chancellor noted the 6 percent decrease in state funding, translating into three faculty positions, 2.3 EPA (exempt from the personnel act), and mroe than five SPA (subject to the personnel act) positions. "There were no funds made available for capital improvements within the UNC system," Oxendine said, "and we need to build a new Administration Building and an Economic Forum Conference Center. We did receive a little money for improvements and renovations." Turning to faculty salaries, the chancellor said there were no salary increases. "I have never in my professional career gone from one year to teh next without an increase in pay until now," Oxendine said. "However, this is a new year and a new time. The state budget is in such a terrible situation. The University has not been treated all that well, but it has been treated quite fairly when one looks at the amount of money to be spent We have our jobs and have each other. I feel badly for all of you concerning no salary increases. But that is the way it is. I ask for your good will and best efforts." Good news that has helped balance some of the baid, said Oxendine, is the fact that PSU gained a half million dollars because of an increase last year is enrollment "Because of this, we have reclaimed some of the faculty positions. In fact we have slightly, mote, faculty than, last year. The total faculty did not diminish (190). The enrollment increase helped us a lot" he said. ^^j>eakingoMhe^Urtj>^^ne^academic year, the chancellor said: "ft la stall aa exciting day each time I return for the start of a new year. It will be a sign to retire when I don't feel this excitement. Our opportunities are new thin year- and Tm glad to see yon back." Dr. Charles Jenkins, P8U vice chancellor for academic affairs, introduced 11 new faculty members in his rsmarks. He also announced that Frank Trapp, a member of the Mttieal Science Department, wflj be interim director of faculty grants in place of Dr. SusanPrugh, who in no longer with PSU. Jenkins said that on Nov. 17-20, an accreditation committee from NCATE (the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education) would be visiting PSU. Concerning PSU"s Master of Aria School Counseling and Bachelor of Setoace in Nursing programs, Jenkins said they have been held up because of "budget cutbacks," but added, "We hope to start the counseling program by January or next summer or no later than next fell. We are moving along on the nursing program and hlpe to start it by next summer or next fall." Befoiie the faculty meeting got underway, the entire faculty was naked to observe a moment of silence in remembrance of Dr. Robert F. Britt, who died July 15 after teaching at Pembroke State University for SI years. BILL MASON RETIREMENT COMES AS A SURPREE The biggest surprise at the opening of this academic year at PSU was the an nouncement that Wflliam & Mason, Jr., would retire Oct 81 as vice chancellor (or business attain. Mason, 63, has been in charge of business attain at Pembroke State University since February of 1968, serv ing under three chancellors and keeping an efficient eye on the rapid construction of buildings and other financial development of the institution in that time. Early to work and diligent u a steward OI every nnanciai aspect 01 tne university, Mason has kept PSlTs financial books above reproach. One of his sons. Bill, graduates from PSU in '80 aad is now employed by Duke R>wer Co., serving at the McGuiie Nuclear Plant at Lake Norman. The other son, Jim, graduates from UNC-Chapel Hill in '83 and is a CPA with the Arthur Andersen Accounting Firm of Charlotte. The shoes of William S. Mason, Jr., will be huge ones to fill. He has loved PSU and has made a great contribution to it Now he will have a chance, while stiH in good health, to do some of the things he has always u, jo W. BUI ?>. U?. William S. 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