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Students dance night away at IUS Volume 67 | Issue 04
Advisers round up students for wild week
IUS students lassoed into advising sessions By CLAIRE MUNN Senior Editor clamunn@umail.iu.edu
As the schedule of classes became available for spring semester, advisers saddled up and reined in students during the Wild, Wild Week of Advising. The third annual Advising Week took place from Sept. 24-27 and featured a western appearance, where students were able to find out information about classes, when registration appointments started and the importance of advising. Christina Thompson, academic adviser for the Advising Center for Exploratory Students, said advisers are the best resources and advocates on campus for students. “Our advisers are very outgoing and energetic people and have no problems stopping students on their way out of class or on their way to class,” Thompson said. One of the main events throughout the week included the Showdown at the IU Southeast Corral, which was set up in McCullough Plaza during the lunch hour. Students spun a wheel of four different categories with questions pertaining to advising, including people, places, policies and procedures. If they answered the question correctly, they won a free prize and lunch. Shane Thomas, adviser for ACES, who played the role of “Cowboy Justice,” and Jay McTyier, program analyst for the Registrar, who performed as “Snidely Whiplash,” manned the game show booth. Thomas said the western theme was chosen based off a consensus from the Advising Week Planning Committee. “Advising can get pretty wild at times, and your future can be pretty wild if you don’t see them about it,” Thomas said. Some of the other events included group advising sessions and a panel of students who discussed how they chose their majors. Thompson said the number of appointments scheduled increased during the week. Katie McMillin, business senior, said she thought this year’s theme was fun because it caught her at-
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Jay McTyier, program analyst for the Registrar, performs the role of “Snidely Whiplash,” while Shane Thomas, adviser for the Advising Center for Exploratory Students, acts as “Cowboy Justice,” during the Wild, Wild Week of Advising on Sept. 27. McTyier and Thomas worked a game show booth where students had to answer questions related to advising.
Kenyonna Wright, criminal justice freshman, answers an advising question from Jay McTyier, program analyst for the Registrar, during the Showdown at the IU Southeast Corral. Advising Week took place from Sept. 24-27.
Jay McTyier, program analyst for the Registrar, and Shane Thomas, adviser for the Advising Center for Exploratory Students, rope up Morgan Fleming and Robyn Stumler, business freshmen, during the Wild, Wild Week of Advising.
tention. She also said advising is important in order to make sure students are taking the classes they need. “I’ve changed my major a lot, so advising has helped me because I don’t really know what classes I had to take when I changed my major,” McMillin said. Capricia Grady, undecided sophomore, also participated in the Showdown event and said advising
helps students go in the right direction. “They basically pick my classes for me,” she said. “I don’t know how to do it, so they really have done a lot and told me what I should take and what I shouldn’t.” Due to reforms on education with retention and persistence, one advising change involved advisSee WEEK OF ADVISING, page 2
Vice chancellor wishes fond farewell By JEREMY EILER Staff jreiler@ius.edu
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Gilbert Atnip, former vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, greets former students during his retirement party on Sept. 24. Atnip worked at IU Southeast for 37 years.
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Gilbert Atnip, former vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, retired on Sept. 30 after working 37 years at IU Southeast. Atnip held the vice chancellor position for 22 years. “I decided to retire as soon as I became eligible,” Atnip said. Chancellor Sandra PattersonRandles said Atnip’s position made him second in command. She also said Atnip’s temporary replacement will be Curt Peters, former dean of the School of Arts and Letters, who officially started Oct. 1. “It is a tough job,” Patterson-
Randles said. Atnip said the process of finding a new vice chancellor is also lengthy. IU Southeast has to set up a committee of faculty from each school with five or more fulltime faculty. “There will be 10 or 11 people on the committee,” PattersonRandles said. The committee looks through all the applicants who apply for the position and narrow it down to three candidates. Once the choices are submitted, the chancellor has the final approval. “They need to be experienced, tenured, appointed and have the respect of the faculty,” PattersonRandles said. Patterson-Randles said she
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hopes to have a new vice chancellor of Academic Affairs to replace Atnip permanently by July 1, 2013. Patterson-Randles also said Atnip helped her out a great deal when she first came to IU Southeast as the new chancellor. “He understood higher education, and he understood IU,” she said. “We will miss this man.” Atnip started at IU Southeast in August 1975 as an assistant professor of psychology. “I came here because they were just starting the psychology program,” Atnip said. Bernardo Carducci, professor of psychology, said he became
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