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Summer cuts to alter campus
Ways to use Reading Days effectively Two-day recess seeks to give students a break before final exams commence. Joshua Chappell Senior Staff Writer
For Wade Colburn, a sophomore in biomedical engineering, Reading Days are a time to relax and catch up on studying for finals. “Last semester, I relaxed, slept, and did some light studying,” Colburn said. “This semester, my reading days will be spent studying and sleeping.” Reading Days were established in 2008 after a request from the student body, according to Louis Hunt, university registrar and vice provost for enrollment management and services. “I supported that request and worked with the [Registration, Records, and Calendar] committee to modify the current academic calendars,” Hunt said. According to Hunt, Reading Days were added after the committee heard requests from students that they would be critical for academic success. He also said that the committee researched calendars from other institutions before implementing Reading Days in the fall 2009 academic calendar. The goals of Reading Days are multi-faceted, according to Hunt. “Reading days were intended to provide students time to prepare for final exam,” Hunt said. “This preparation might include attending faculty-led course review sessions, studying individually or in groups, or resting and decompressing after a busy semester,” Hunt said. Some institutions, like the Uni-
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Provost Warwick Arden answers questions about Chancellor Randy Woodson’s plan for dealing with University funding cuts from the state in the Technician office March 14.
Road to realignment to continue for years
When should things change
STORY BY JOHN WALL
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Departments to respond to reviews of low-enrolled courses and academic degree programs.
he 15.5 percent proposed budget reduction poses problems for University administrators. Although the wheels of the University resource realignment process are in motion, and cuts such as the one made to pre-law services have been made and confirmed, the overall realignment process will not happen overnight, according to high-ranking University administrators. Faculty-led task forces have been assembled at the behest of Provost Warwick Arden to address proposed recommendations for cuts. The realignment process was announced before the North Carolina legislature released its proposed 15.5 percent higher education budget reduction. Chancellor Randy Woodson and his colleagues, mainly Arden and Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Charles Leffler, made several recommendations in their University resource realignment plan.
JULY 1
Chancellor to merge the Offices of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and Inclusion to form the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity. Chancellor to reestablish the Administrative Process Review Committee.
2011-12 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chancellor to form council to develop strategy to create a new structure for academic planning. Review the administrative structure for academic science programs.
Recommendation: Merge the Offices of Equal Opportunity and Diversity and Inclusion to form a new Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity.
Recommendation: Elimination of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Extension, Engagement and Economic Development
“I may restructure some things a bit to more effectively and efficiently position us to do the equity and diversity work we have been charged with,” Joanne Woodard, current vice provost for equal opportunity and equity, said. Woodard was chosen to lead the newly realigned office that “has been historically located in student affairs,” according to Woodard. Stafford, who has been in charge of student affairs for decades, recently announced his retirement, effective as of July 1. No jobs were lost as a result of this realignment. A monetary savings could not be determined.
“Extension, engagement, and economic development, that unit, will no longer continue,” Michael Giancola, director of the center for leadership, ethics, and public service said. The extension office, currently headed by its vice chancellor James Zuiches, will be closed, but the services it provides will not diminish, according to Zuiches. Its services will be realigned and transferred under new leadership, which is in-line with the Chancellor’s overall plan of reducing administrative inefficiencies. The office will lose five administrators as a result of the cut.
Recommendation: Review the administrative structure for academic science “How are we positioned on campus with respect to our structure and our delivery, is the word being used, of science programs?” Margery Overton, Professor in construction and environmental engineering, said. Overton has been charged by the Provost to lead a task force meant to examine science delivery at the University. Deans from all University colleges have been asked by Arden to suggest names for task force representatives. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and the College of Natural Resources, three colleges that deliver “hard” sciences, are in the crosshairs for this particular realignment. This is evidenced by the fact that deans from the three colleges have been asked to name two to three task force representatives, while deans from all other University colleges have been asked to name only “one or two” representatives, according to Arden. The first task force meeting will occur in two weeks, according to Overton.
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Recommendation: Merge the Division of Student Affairs (SA) with the Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs (DUAP) to form a combined, coordinated Division of Undergraduate Student Programs within the Office of the Provost. “DUAP and Student Affairs will merge and continue under new leadership,” Tim Luckadoo, associate vice chancellor for student affairs, said. The leader of the newly combined DUAP and SA has not been decided. The process of hashing out how to merge the two units has recently been left up to two senior University officials: Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs, and John Ambrose, dean of undergraduate academic programs. They meet weekly, according to Luckadoo. Four administrators were cut from OASIS, a DUAP division, saving the University “$357,000 and change,” according to Ambrose.
DEC. 31
Chancellor to cut the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Extension, Engagement and Economic Development. Zuiches to retire.
JULY 1, 2012
Division of Student Affairs to merge with the Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs to form the Division of Undergraduate Student Programs complete.
SUMMER 2012
After the task force submits its report by the end of spring 2011, task force to review Summer Education.
2012-13 ACADEMIC YEAR
Chancellor to implement comprehensive review of identified programs.
FALL 2012
After the task force submits their report by the end of spring 2011, task force to review Distance Education SOURCE: CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
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