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Attucks board chair: ‘Resources are there’ to revive Hayes Center
LAUREN LEONE Daily Egyptian Chancellor Rita Cheng said she reassigned former head of enrollment management Victoria Valle because of the university’s poor enrollment numbers, which have been steadily decreasing for two decades. “Our enrollment and retention numbers were not acceptable to me, and that’s why I put a new person in charge,� Cheng said. In 2007, the university attempted to reverse the decline in enrollment by hiring Valle as assistant provost for enrollment management based on her experience as head of enrollment at other universities. Valle entered the position while enrollment — which has dropped every year since 2005 — was already in decline, and at the time, she said the task would be “anything but easy.� Valle served in this position for three years before she was reassigned June 10. Cheng said her decision to reassign Valle was one of many other changes made in the enrollment area. “We’ve made changes in financial aid, admissions, registrar and really restructured the whole area, not just head of enrollment,� she said. When Cheng first took office as chancellor, she said one of her two main issues to tackle was the enrollment crisis, and replacing Valle was the first step in analyzing the entire department. Please see VALLE | 3
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HARD HITS DON’T HINDER PLAYERS Jarion Weston, 7, of Carbondale, works on his spelling homework Wednesday at the Eurma C. Hayes Center in Carbondale. The city has funded several after-school NICK JOHNSON Daily Egyptian Despite dwindling city coffers and the economic climate, James Scales said there are enough resources in the Carbondale community to turn the Eurma C. Hayes Center into the comprehensive social services facility it once was. Bidding for the Center at 441 East Willow St. ends today. It was built in
1973 with funds from the federal Model Cities Program. Though at one time it was home to a dozen social service programs, it now has five lessees, including after-school youth programs Attucks Community Services and I Can Read of southern Illinois. Scales, chairman of the board of directors for Attucks Community Services, submitted a bid Wednesday to purchase the Center. The city put
programs while paying the building’s rent. However, because of budget cuts, the city can no longer afford to pay for both and has been forced to put the building up for sale, which means programs the property, which is appraised at $460,000, up for sale Aug. 3, according to the city's bid request form. "Regardless of the economic situation, people are going to to continue having problems. They're going to have needs and concerns that need to be met," Scales said. "We're really looking at a comprehensive social service plan that would ... bring in programs and services that would meet the needs
of the community." As of Tuesday, Scales and his committee have surveyed more than 300 residents from all over Carbondale to determine what kind of services the Center should offer, as well as gauge how much volunteer time and financial support the services would receive, he said. Please see EURMA | 7
Hiring freeze leaves little room for much-needed staff MICHARA CANTY Daily Egyptian While the need for faculty, staff and research profiles continues to grow, SIUC administrators have been cautious with department hiring. University administrators practice limited hiring in order to stabilize cash flow and provide essential candidates for faculty and administrative vacancies, said interim provost Don Rice. He said former Chancellor Walter Wendler, who served from 2001 to 2006, enacted a "strategic hiring mission" that allowed
the university to save $1 million per year for several years to hire people who would have a significant role in the various departments and college. The idea was that each college would submit a proposal for prospects that would make a great difference to a particular department or might be able to work across departments to help them coincide, Rice said. "We will try to make strategic decisions in the case of giving people or colleges the most important thing to them up to a point when we can no longer afford searches because we want to save
resources," he said. "This is how we are approaching the faculty hiring." He said 18 people were hired in fiscal year 2010. In a normal fiscal year, Rice said the university would hire between 50 to 55 new personnel or faculty. "We did not authorize many searches," he said. "As as result, we did not hire as many people, but we saved salary money that was not spent which was made available to cover financial shortfalls due to the state’s deficit.The hiring freeze is an initiative to postpone hiring in order to accumulate funds that may help with the fiscal bills instead of going
towards salary wages." He said Chancellor Rita Cheng will continue the hiring freeze. He said Cheng expects deans of the colleges to provide a recruitment proposal that entails the faculty's requirements and specialties the colleges cannot go without. She wants their plans justified by the position needed, the student demand for particular courses and what will be taught, Rice said. While the hiring freeze is still enacted, Rice said some departments, like the academic and student affairs and the geographical information systems,
received authorization to begin associate dean searches. John McIntyre, interim associate dean for academic and student affairs, said it is important to have someone for the permanent dean position. "There are a lot of students dealing with re-entering the university after suspension and probation," McIntyre said. "We look at a lot of accreditation reports for programs, new programs and help returning students." Please see HIRING | 7