Collins says goodbye to administrator

Approximately 100 people celebrated the career of Dr. Iris Yob in the Edmondson Formal Lounge at the Collins Living-Learning Center on Valentine's Day in a farewell function that began at 5 p.m.\nYob, 58, served for six years as the academic coordinator, a job whose functions include serving as the faculty adviser and a virtual department chairwoman of the LLC's Board of Education Programming. \nLLC and student government officials, residents and Collins alumni attended the event.\nYob, in her function as academic coordinator, was credited by some as having revolutionized the position, contributed largely to the successes of the LLC during her tenure.\n"Iris was amazing to Collins," said John Schlafer, co-chair of BOEP. "She did quite a bit for the board. Her leadership was wonderful. She was always there to help us when we needed it, and to stand back and let us do our own thing … She was truly dedicated to this mission."\nThe Collins LLC is complex in make-up because its function is so closely intertwined with IU's Residential Programs and Services. It might be imagined that installing two administrative systems to run one program might not work, but that was not the case under Yob's leadership.\n"She has always been administratively sound and we were able to compliment each other in terms of helping students and working on programs," said Residence Manager Sara Ivey-Lucas, a Collins alumna.\nYob is leaving IU for a number of reasons, which includes a desire to fully utilize her credentials. She earned an Ed.D. in 1990 from Harvard University studying the philosophy of education. Following IU she will become chair of doctoral studies in education at Walden University, a distance learning university that occupies several floors of a high rise in Minneapolis, Minn. \n"I certainly appreciate having had the opportunity to be with Iris for six and a half years," said Collins Director Carl Ziegler. "We need someone who sorts out the good from the bad (programs). Iris' total approach is 'let's make it work.'"\nDuring his comments to the crowd, Ziegler joked about the size of Yob's massive workload for the previous six years. He said they would have to meet for six hours Saturday morning so Yob could brief him on all the work and projects Ziegler had delegated to her.\nWhen realizing the turnout and sentiments during the events, Yob said, "It kind of makes you wonder why you're crazy enough to leave"