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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014
Lindkvist appointed Dean Souba will not serve Title IX coordinator second term leading Geisel By Laura Weiss The Dartmouth Staff
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Heather Lindkvist, the Title IX officer and an anthropology professor at Bates College, will begin serving as Dartmouth’s Title IX coordinator and Clery Act compliance officer in August, the College announced earlier this month. In the role, Lindkvist will ensure College compliance with the Clery Act and Title IX standards, which prohibit sex-based discrimination at institutions that receive federal funding. General counsel and search committee chair Robert Donin said Lindkvist will develop policy, train colleagues, oversee cases and
monitor compliance with the Clery Act, all of which Lindkvist has experience with from Bates. Lindkvist said Title IX coordinators on college campuses have a depth of knowledge on the statute and can pay attention to larger issues around discrimination and harassment. The role will include addressing discrimination based on gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, she said. Adding that she will be a “centralizing structure” for prevention, education and outreach to ensure the proper handling of policy and specific cases. She said that the position will SEE TITLE IX PAGE 2
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Souba served for four years as dean of the Geisel School of Medicine.
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Board of Trustees sees changing membership By josh koenig The Dartmouth Staff
Following Commencement on June 8, Trevor Rees-Jones ’73 retired from the College’s Board of Trustees, replaced by Gregory Maffei ’82. Rees-Jones, elected to the Board by the trustees in 2010, served one of two possible four-year ter ms. Rees-Jones was unavailable for comment, but College spokesperson Justin
Anderson said Rees-Jones’s decision not to stand for a second term was neither unusual nor unexpected. “Obviously we hope service on the Board is fulfilling, but two terms is eight years and that is a long time,” he said. “Trustees are highly involved and busy people, and we are grateful for all of the time they give us.” SEE TRUSTEES PAGE 3
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Geisel School of Medicine dean Wiley “Chip” Souba will not seek reappointment to a second term, College President Phil Hanlon announced Wednesday. Souba served as Geisel’s dean for one four-year term. Though Souba, who is currently traveling, was unavailable for comment, he will as a member of the medical school faculty continue his work on nationally expanding his interests in the future of medical education, according to Hanlon’s statement. College spokesperson Justin Anderson said that Souba’s decision was per-
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sonal decision. “It’s a big commitment,” Anderson said. “He served one full term and has decided he wants to focus on Geisel in other ways.” But citing criticism over his decision to cancel Gesiel’s M.D./Ph.D. program and budget shortfalls, three professors at Geisel said that they were not surprised that Souba would not serve a second term. Several others declined to comment. This past February, Souba announced that Geisel would end its M.D./Ph.D. program. The decision was reversed later that month after widespread criticism. An online petition received about 1,000 signatures from faculty, students and alumni.
The decision to cut the program, Geisel professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology Alexandra Howell said, upset many Geisel faculty. Geisel professor of medicine and vice president for research affairs Richard Enelow said that there was “widespread shock” among Geisel’s faculty when Souba announced the program’s suspension. He said that the faculty felt the decision signaled a failure to appreciate the importance of the program. Enelow, who has been at Dartmouth for several years, said faculty members SEE SOUBA PAGE 2
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Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis has begun to settle into the position after his first two weeks as department head. He said he plans to use his 28 years of experience in law enforcement to strengthen the
relationship between the town and the College. Dennis said he plans to meet with police officers and department staff over the next 90 days to understand the direction in which the department should move. “It’s about building relationships and partnerships,”
he said. “Every community is a little different, but the common denominator is human beings.” Town manager Julia Griffin, who oversaw the search that selected Dennis, said that the committee was drawn to SEE POLICE PAGE 5