Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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Spring enrollment down from 2012 By Nell Tirone Staff Reporter
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Student enrollment at the University of Toledo is down 880 students from last spring to this semester, according to figures provided by Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough. Enrollment usually declines from fall to spring, but this
semester’s student count is also down from last spring, dropping from 20,675 to 19,675. Several plans were put in place in an effort to increase enrollment for the 2013 spring semester. One such initiative offered some transferring full-time students free housing for one semester.
Only eight students accepted the offer. “Obviously, the overall goal was to attract as many transfer students as we could,” Scarborough said. “It was driven by a desire to find innovative ways to attract qualified students in a generally slower time of year for recruiting.”
Scarborough said several other plans are in varying stages of progress that are designed to improve enrollment over a period of time. “There are many facets of our new strategic plan that are focused on helping to increase retention among current students,” Scarborough said. “Our goal is to have a
UT Medical Campus
Cancer center marks opening
By Lindsay Mahaney
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In brief Phi Kappa Phi accepting applications for Graduate Fellowship Award The University of Toledo Chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is seeking applicant for the National Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Award. The UT Chapter of PKP will nominate one student for the national competition and that student will compete for one of 51 national awards of $5,000 or one of 6 awards for $15,000. The competition is based upon scholastic achievement, standardized test scores, leadership and faculty recommendations. To be nominated, students must be active members of Phi Kappa Phi or have accepted membership in the society by June 30, 2013. Graduating seniors with outstanding academic records who are planning to attend graduate school are encouraged to apply. Students completing their fourth year of the UT Doctor of Pharmacy degree program are also eligible. The local deadline for applications is March 15. Due to the requirements, students are encouraged to begin the process early. For more information, and the application form, visit the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society website at www.phikappaphi.org/ Web/Awards/Fellowship.html.
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The University of Toledo’s Dana Cancer Center on the Health Science Campus held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house Friday, celebrating new care facilities that can treat cancer patients in one centralized location. Medical Campus Chancellor Jeff Gold said the center “brings together many of the specialists that deal with the prevention of and early diagnosis treatment of cancer.” “Through the ability to prevent and attend to it at very early stages and then to effectively treat different patients different ways, it’s possible now that the majority of people that are reaching diagnosis are survivors,” he said. The $7.5 million project houses different cancer treatments such as radiation, chemotherapy and surgery in one location. The hope is that patients can be treated faster and will have a better chance at survival. John Dana, husband of Eleanor Dana who the center was named for, said he is impressed with how the project turned out. Having the patient stay in one area for all their treatments is “so much better,” he said. “I think it’s great,” Dana said. “I’m just amazed with what they did with the structure. And from a patient standpoint to have everything here together is 100 percent better, I guarantee you that.” Changhu Chen, professor
Faculty members continued to raise concerns Jan. 24 at a public forum where the subject was an administrative plan to increase class sizes and reduce faculty numbers. With the university facing a projected $36 million deficit in the coming fiscal year, the talks took a fiscal turn. Faculty questioned the validity of increasing class sizes to save money, suggesting that there are better places to cut. “Given the spending pattern this administration has
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Changhu Chen, a professor and chair of the radiation oncology department, stands in front of a linear accelerater during the Dana Cancer Center opening ceremony. The machine is one of technological improvements part of the new cancer center.
and chair of radiation oncology, said the center’s new equipment is “state of the art” and will help diagnose cancer sooner. “We used to have others ways to find the cancer, but it was very primitive,” Chen said. “This is much more accurate.” Diagnostic and clerical manager Shirley Neese said the center is an improvement to UTMC and Toledo. “It’s long overdue in this city, in the area,” Neese said. “All the different services will be here in the building. It’s very advantageous for the patient.” In addition to aiding
cancer patients, Gold said the center provides learning opportunities for UT students. Gold said the Dana Cancer Center will work “handin-hand” with UT’s new Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center, often called the SIM Center. The $36 million project broke ground over the summer and will house a slew of immersive reality technology. Gold said because a lot of simulation technology is used to find tumors in cancer patients, students will be able to apply what they
learned in the SIM Center at the cancer center. He said plans are in place to start a residency program at the center, which he said will allow students to learn more about patient care. “It benefits our students tremendously because it is a wonderful place to teach the very best of high quality patient care,” Gold said. “Every residency program, every scholarship program helps medical students, nursing students, pharmacy students enhance the quality of their education. This is a win, win, win, all around.”
Bigger classes, faculty cuts continue to fuel debate Assistant News Editor
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Faculty
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more effective system of educational delivery, ultimately increasing enrollment figures among current and prospective students.” One such plan is Imagine 2017, which will ensure students a more cost-effective model while still following the
followed for the past five years, is this university ‘at risk’ financially?” asked Faculty Senate President Mike Dowd. Main Campus Provost Scott Scarborough said the current budget is not putting UT in serious financial trouble. “Are we in a bad financial situation? No,” Scarborough said. “But, if we don’t solve now the issue that has grown so large, the current number is at the magnitude and the number of options to nibble at are so few if any exist that Bob Taylor / IC
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Scott Scarborough, Main Campus provost, speaks during a forum Jan. 24 at Doermann Theatre.
An arbitrator ruled this month that the University of Toledo violated one of its labor agreements by failing to effectively consult with Faculty Senate before a 2010 reorganization of several colleges. The arbitrator did not order UT to reverse the reorganization that merged two colleges and created others. But he did direct the university to follow its contract with the American Association of University Professors when similar situations arise in the future. “We’re not going to undo what they did,” said Don Wedding, business professor and AAUP grievance chair. “But going forward this arbitrator decision can be used as to future reorganizations of the university.” At issue was a portion of the AAUP contract that says UT will “effectively consult with and seek the advice of the Faculty Senate on matters of institutional planning.” The university argued that it went through “an open process of providing information, gathering input, and meaningful engagement” through a series of discussions over about nine months, according to the ruling. But arbitrator William C. Heekin wrote that although the discussions before the plan was finalized may have been useful, they did not meet the requirements of the contract. He said the clause in question means both that UT must ask the Faculty Senate what it would recommend and that “a decision have not already been finalized or be near finalized at the time of consultation.” Heekin discussed UT President Lloyd Jacobs’ address to the Faculty Senate on Sept. 28, 2010, a few weeks before the board of trustees adopted the plan. He wrote that Jacobs’ appearance “mainly involved the taking of questions for about twenty minutes regarding a reorganization plan the virtual entirety of which he had already formulated.” The 2010 reorganization included splitting the former College of Arts and Sciences into three separate colleges, now the College of Mathematics and Science, the College of Visual and See Grievance / 7