Volume 90 • Issue 22
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April 15, 2022
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Courtesy of Courtney Doherty (Back row from left) Cheerleaders Alex Connor, Sophia Damore, Jonathan Dailey, Reymi Vargas, Juliana Therrien, Amanda DeAngelis, Julia Taliaferro, (Front row from left) Sophia Cameron, Kristina Giordano, Danielle Achin, Hayley Shulman posing on Daytona beach with the National Cheerleaders Association Small Coed Division III 2022 trophy. [Editor’s Note: Danielle Achin is a Sports Editor for The Gatepost.]
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Although a search committee was formed to select a new vice president for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (DICE), in January of this year, the search has been delayed, according to University President F. Javier Cevallos. The delay occurred due to the logistical difficulty of conducting this search and that for a new provost, said Cevallos. When the search consultant, WittKieffer, was hired, Cevallos said they met with both search committees and their chairs - explaining that running the two searches at the same time was going to be “complicated. “The search consultant recommended delaying the [vice president
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By Ryan O’Connell Asst. Arts & Features Editor
of DICE] search until the beginning of the fall,” he said. Cevallos said another reason for the delay in the search was his obligation to wait for incoming President Nancy Niemi’s appointment. “We could have launched the search in the fall - have somebody appointed before the new president was appointed,” he said. “A vice president works directly with the president. That is a part of the team. It is important that the next president has a say on who is going to be part of that team.” Cevallos said he takes full responsibility for not having an interim vice president of DICE in place. “I tried to recruit somebody to be an interim, but that conversation didn’t move forward, unfortunately. That actually delayed, a little bit, my
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By Emma Lyons Design Editor The Henry Whittemore Library held a series of events for National Library Week from April 4 to April 8. This year’s theme encouraged communities to connect with their libraries. National Library Week, usually the second week of April, is celebrated nationwide in support of libraries every year. This week is a celebration of the services libraries provide to their communities beyond books, according to Kathleen Barnard, student engagement
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coordinator. Millie González, dean of the library, said, “The mission of National Library Week is to celebrate libraries, the patrons that frequent our libraries, and the people that work in the libraries.” González was appointed as dean of the Henry Whittemore Library this month. She has been working in the library at FSU since 2006. She said the events of library week were geared toward student engagement. “April is an extremely busy time for students,” she said. “We don’t want it to be event heavy. We want it to be light, enjoyable - not intrusive.” With that in mind, the staff decided to begin the week by handing out cake to students and staff who entered the
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work in this area.” He said if he were to appoint an interim, the person selected would have to be somebody who understands the position and is committed to anti-racism work. “If we are lucky enough to find somebody over the next few months … I would be delighted to appoint that person, but at the moment, we don’t have any potential candidates, so we will keep looking,” he added. Ann McDonald, chief of staff and general counsel, said the WittKieffer firm informed her and the search committees that finding a candidate for provost would be faster given a wider pool of candidates for the position and a “tight” pool of candidates for the vice president of DICE position.
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News ‘HOLA FSU’ pg. 3 FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR PROGRAMS pg. 5
Opinions
SEARCH FOR A VP OF DICE pg. 7 HALEY’S COMIC pg. 9
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library. On Thursday, the library also hosted its annual cake decorating contest. “It was just really sweet seeing students pass by and giving them slices of cake and things like that. We’re very thankful, even though they’re really very busy,” she said. The Gatepost Archives González said her favorite event from the week was when the children BASEBALL pg. 12 from the Child Development Lab on campus visited the library. They were read to by Samatha Westall, one of the curriculum librarians. “Seeing the little kids come up the FRESH CHECK pg. 15 stairs and up to the curriculum library - just sitting there and listening to Sam EGG HUNT pg. 17
Arts & Features
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