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Six people were confirmed or appointed to new cabinet positions in Student Association and are sharing their goals for the spring semester. Page 3
Freshman Jordan Roney models to pay for his college tuition and is building a portfolio. He appears in a recent issue of Seventeen magazine. Page 9
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SU women’s basketball head coach Quentin Hillsman’s coaching style is a product of his playing career and the coaching stops he made on the way to SU. Page 16
Lentz becomes interim chief of DPS, learns from past experiences
Syverud talks with workgroup By Lydia Wilson asst. news editor
The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy met Tuesday with Chancellor Kent Syverud to discuss the group’s findings, including the possibility of creating a central hub on campus for sexual assault response services. In the wake of the decision to realign sexual assault services, Syverud created and appointed 13 people to a workgroup on sexual violence prevention, education and advocacy. The workgroup was tasked with creating a report identifying areas that could be improved in campus and community culture
13 JILL LENTZ, who is now the interim chief of the Department of Public Safety, has used years of experience to prepare for her new role. She is serving after former chief Tony Callisto was promoted to head of the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services. margaret lin web developer By Alfred Ng staff writer
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he interim Department of Public Safety chief has always seen herself as a student. Since taking a job with Syracuse University as a residential aide in 1999, Jill Lentz has been constantly learning. In that time, she’s learned how to become a supervisor, a sergeant, a lieutenant and an associate chief. Since former chief Tony Callisto was promoted to head the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services, Lentz is now learning how to be an interim chief. For Lentz, that means applying a more student-focused community policing model to DPS, raising the department’s standards and finding a replacement chief that the university
deserves by fall. Lentz turned down the opportunity to become the permanent chief, she said, because she enjoyed her position as associate chief, overseeing the department’s training and recruitment and working with student affairs. She is playing a key role in finding the department’s new leader, with Callisto putting her in charge of the search committee. Lentz said she wants to bring in a chief that understands SU’s culture and her community policing model, along with a passion for growth and development. “It’s really important to me that we get another innovative person in here that’s just forward-thinking and keeps moving us along so we can grow and do things better,” she said. Callisto said he feels the department is in good hands with Lentz searching
for the new chief, but was also disappointed it wasn’t going to be her. “She brings with her not only the
“If you’ve got an officer coming to her for advice or information, she understands, because she’s been there. Andrea Stagnari dps’s grant and accreditation manager
experience here at DPS, but also a great experience that she had at Wegmans, which is one of the top grocery chains in the country,” he said. “The customer service focus that she brought from Wegmans to DPS, to the university, in
addition to the skill sets she built here, really combine to make her a really good leader.” Lentz’s first job, at 16, was in customer service at Wegmans in 1986. After earning her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, she joined SU’s staff, taking a position as security for residence halls in 1999. She took on the late-night hours she was already used to from working at Wegmans. “The schedule didn’t matter to me, I just thought this seemed like a really interesting thing to do. And I loved it,” Lentz said. “When I worked for the students for community safety program, I just remembered thinking, ‘Boy this is the best job ever.’” Lentz said she liked meeting and interacting with students and, more importantly, learning from them.
see lentz page 6
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF THE WORKGROUP THAT MET WITH SYVERUD.
regarding sexual and relationship violence. The group submitted its final report on Dec. 17, 2014, and met with Syverud on Tuesday to discuss its recommendations. The meeting began with the co-chairs of the workgroup presenting a short power-point version of the report, issues and recommendations while the chancellor listened carefully, said Catherine Gerard, director of the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration. “The Chancellor asked a number of very good questions that led to deeper discussion and opened the space for further clarification,” Gerard said. The workgroup was composed of various members of the Syracuse University community, with students, faculty and staff from different areas of focus including the LGBT Resource Center, Mentors in Violence Prevention and Students
see workgroup page 8