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(02/15/06 5:03am)
A new plan to make leaders out of IU professors is intended to help the University avoid another controversy about senior leadership, officials said Tuesday.\n"Universities are not good at succession planning, so I believe this program fills a real and important need" to train future University leaders, said University Chancellor Ken Gros Louis.\nAbout 30 professors will participate in the IU LeaD program. They will attend two leadership and management seminars each month. The professors, who represent all eight IU campuses, will start the 12-month training program this month.\n"We have an obligation to identify and develop IU's next generation of both academic and administrative leaders," IU President Adam Herbert said in a Feb. 3 press release. "Through this program we will provide an opportunity for outstanding colleagues to develop the expanded knowledge base and skill sets needed as they assume expanded leadership responsibilities throughout the University."\nIU suffered a leadership crisis last fall, when several IU administrators announced they would leave IU and professors questioned Herbert's leadership in a mass meeting. With the new program, IU will always have a pool of capable leaders, officials said.\nGros Louis said the program was "very much" intended to help avoid such a leadership crisis.\nHowever, some participants cautioned that IU should not use LeaD as the only path to administrative positions.\n"We should be careful not to limit our choices by declaring, a priori, that LeaD training is an express lane to leadership jobs in IU administration," said Director of Undergraduate Programs of School of Public and Environmental Affairs Matthew Auer. "It might be useful for LeaD participants and trainers to think of the endeavor of 'leading' in (a) broad sense."\nAuer was one of the administrators selected for the inaugural LeaD program. \nParticipants also said the program will be helpful in simple day-to-day operations of the University.\nBusiness law professor Arlen Langvardt said the program "should enhance (participants') awareness of the importance of focusing on meaningful long-term objectives in decision-making instead of opting for convenient short-term 'solutions' that are likely to cause problems down the road."\nIU is currently searching for a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and will also conduct searches for a provost, College of Arts and Sciences associate dean and IU president. \nCOAS Dean Kumble Subbaswamy was named provost at the University of Kentucky. COAS Associate Dean Joseph Steinmetz will become College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean at the University of Kansas, and Herbert announced he will not seek to renew his contract after it expires in 2008.
(02/14/06 6:25am)
Congressman Mike Sodrel barely squeaked by in the last election, but he's hedging his bets this year by enlisting the help of IU students.\n"My 49 percent was bigger than his 49 percent," said Sodrel (R-New Albany), reflecting on the close election in 2004 that put him into political office for the first time. "I think it was by 1,487 votes."\nSodrel, a self-described truck driver turned politician, spoke with about 30 members of the IU College Republicans Monday night at the Indiana Memorial Union in hopes that the students will work for his re-election campaign in the fall. The campaign is already expected to be one of the closest congressional races in the country.\n"A lot of people talk about money in politics," Sodrel said in an interview before the meeting, "and it's important to raise money in politics, with television time or radio time to get your message out, but there's so much that needs to be done on a volunteer basis" that many campaigns enlist the help of college students.\nStudents who attended the meeting said they not only hoped to learn about Sodrel's political \nphilosophies but also to meet the man they plan on working for.\n"This is a huge election coming up in the fall," said IU College Republicans Chairman Shane Kennedy. "A lot of our members are new, and I wanted them to meet the man in person so when it's time to do the footwork ... they're going to be motivated to do (it) because they've met the congressman and seen the sincere gentleman that he is."\nSodrel spoke about his experience as a first-year \ncongressman. He talked about life in Washington, as well as his views on conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, taxes, social security and the economy.\nSodrel said he is a supporter of the "Fair Tax," an initiative that seeks to replace income taxes with substantial sales taxes on goods. Sodrel said the taxes would be about 23 percent and would be built into most products on the market.\nHe also commented on recent visits to Iraq and Afghanistan. Sodrel, an Army veteran, visited his former unit in Afghanistan earlier this year.\nSome of the students in attendance said they were at the meeting just to be a part of the political process.\n"There are (thousands of) people on this campus, and everyone should have a voice in what's going on politically," said freshman Kyle Glenn. "This gives us a better understanding of (Sodrel's) views and how he thinks he can help the students."\nAfter the meeting, IU College Republicans officers said they thought most, if not all, of the members in attendance would work for Sodrel's campaign in the fall.\n"People are excited to have the opportunity (to work for the congressman)," Kennedy said. "Every campaign, there are (college students working). It's huge"
(02/13/06 9:30pm)
Problems with IU's leadership structure prompted the largest set of administrative changes in IU history last month. Last week, IU President Adam Herbert took another step in fixing leadership problems.\nHerbert announced Feb. 3 the IU Leadership Development Project -- or "LeaD" for short -- a program aimed at training potential academic and administrative leaders. Thirty participants, including professors from all eight IU campuses, will attend two full-day sessions each month and learn about leadership and management techniques.\n"LeaD really shows the University's serious commitment to leadership development," said participant Matthew Auer, professor and director of Undergraduate Programs at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. "Whether we are talking about faculty, staff or students, we can't expect leaders to emerge spontaneously. Formal leadership development is a no-brainer."\nThe leadership seminars will cover a wide range of topics, including financial policy and management, dispute resolution, marketing, branding and other management strategies.\nAnother participant, SPEA professor and editor at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management David Reingold, said the program is a good way for future leaders to network.\n"The content of the professional development training will be useful for those who have not had much experience running large public organizations," he said. "They will get a chance to understand the challenges and dilemmas leaders face when trying to oversee large and complex organizations."\nHerbert said in an IU press release he hopes the program can help identify and develop IU's future leaders. He added that the program's participants all have leadership potential and should take the program as an opportunity to better their management skills.\nThe seminar program was designed by a group of management specialists and IU leaders. There is also an "oversight group" made up of former IU senior officials who will advise the project.\nThough the program is intended to develop IU's future leaders, Reingold said IU will need to actually use those receiving training in leadership positions.\n"For this effort to be successful and taken seriously by participants, the administration needs to make sure that this training is tied to actual opportunities to assume leadership positions in the University," Reingold said. "Leadership development is a worthy goal for any organization, but participants will take it much more seriously if the administration actually starts to populate leadership positions across IU with those that have been through this training."\nHerbert proposed the project to the IU board of trustees in September 2005. Deans of some of IU's colleges and schools nominated professors for the special training, which is scheduled to begin this month and will continue through the end of 2006.
(02/06/06 5:35am)
Balancing a tray loaded with onion rings, a sandwich, soup, chocolate cake and a bottle of water, IU President Adam Herbert made his way through the food court, greeting students.\nHerbert, interim Provost Michael McRobbie and several members of the IU board of trustees ate lunch with a select group of students at Wright food court Friday.\nThe lunch was organized by Residential Programs and Services officials who hoped a meeting between students and administrators might help to foster discussion. \nHerbert discussed issues including asbestos in residence halls, and told students the University is working hard to make sure all students are safe in their dorms.\nStudents said they hoped to ask the trustees questions, and raise concerns they had about student life at IU.\n"I'm not really sure what (the trustees') concerns are," senior Brian Gallagher said, "but I feel like I'll be able to voice my opinions and see what they're \nworried about."\nSenior Jessica Rudy said she raised concerns over academics.\n"(The lunch) seemed like a good opportunity to talk about IU's campus," she said. "We talked about academic standards, (and) we talked about how the campus has changed over the years."\nThe lunch was Herbert's first public appearance since the Jan. 14 board of trustees meeting where he pledged to be more visible in public.\nHerbert said the lunch was about more than just hearing concerns.\n"I wanted ... to meet some of our students, and get a feel for the kind of environment in which they are living and eating, and to learn about some of the ideas and feelings they have on their minds," he said.\nMcRobbie said the lunch was "very useful" to learn about students.\nVice Chancellor for Auxiliary Services Bruce Jacobs said the lunch put "students and the trustees together so that trustees (could) get it firsthand from students what their experience (at IU) is like"
(02/03/06 5:45am)
The IU board of trustees on Thursday approved a plan to charge dorm residents a $100 fee in addition to regular room and board costs to help cover housing repair costs.\nUnder the plan, starting in fall 2006, all students living in residence halls will pay the one-time fee. After that semester, all students moving into the residence halls for the first time will pay the fee. In the fall, it is expected to raise about $700,000 for Residential Programs and Services. \nVice Chancellor for Auxiliary Services and Programs Bruce Jacobs said the one-time fee replaces an old RPS housing fee.\n"There is an existing fee right now, and there is a 1 percent surcharge on (residence hall) rooms that pays for repair and restoration," he said.\nThe extra money will go toward repair and restoration of residence halls and Residential Programs and Services facilities.\nJacobs said he spoke with Residence Hall Association and IU Student Association representatives, who approved of the plan. Several student representatives assisted in Jacobs' presentation of the plan.\nIUSA President Alex Shortle said students might not like the fee, but it is important to keep the dorms in shape.\n"It's a necessity," he said. "There's a lot of work to do on those dorms. It's like a user fee. It's not going to be digested well, but no fee is."\nIU has suffered from a lack of funding for building repairs for several years. As state appropriations have declined, so has the amount allotted for upkeep of University buildings.\nRestoring and remodeling buildings can be expensive. Jacobs said a recent renovation of Eigenmann Hall cost about $12 million and recent renovations to Campus View Apartments cost about $22 million.\nThough state appropriations have increased in terms of actual dollars over the past five years, the percentage of total IU funding coming from the state has decreased, and the amount of money per student has decreased, according to the 2004-2005 IU Factbook.\nTrustees could not be reached by press time.
(02/02/06 6:15am)
A penny for your thoughts? \nFilippo Menczer got $50,000 for his.\nMenczer, an IU informatics and computer science professor, was named a runner-up in the Since Sliced Bread contest. His idea to link minimum wage to the cost of living index was voted one of the three best ideas out of an original 20,000-plus submissions.\n"The contest gave us a fun soap box for sharing and discussing our ideas; I have learned a lot from others' comments about the issues surrounding my idea on the minimum wage," Menczer told an audience at the Feb. 1 awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., according to a press release. \n"I am excited that the other finalists' ideas address important needs like sustainable resources, health care -- and in this case -- the working poor."\nThe contest was run through the Web site www.SinceSlicedBread.com and was sponsored by the Service Employees International Union, a group that advocates for blue-collar employees.\nSEIU President Andy Stern told the audience at the awards ceremony he was happy with the results of the contest.\n"We're here this morning to talk about what Americans think will improve their lives," Stern said. "Through the Since Sliced Bread contest, SEIU asked the public to tell us what will help the U.S. compete in the global economy and make work pay. The response was remarkable. We received more than 22,000 ideas, from people in every state and every congressional district."\nIn a Jan. 23 interview, Menczer told the Indiana Daily Student that his idea came from observing the debates that surface every few years surrounding minimum wage. He noted that the minimum wage, for many workers, is not enough to support the cost of living. The connection was easy -- Menczer thought minimum wage should be directly tied to the cost of living index.\nThe idea of the contest was to foster discussion of ideas that could improve life for working-class \nAmericans.\nAccording to its Web site, the contest is "a call for ideas that will strengthen our economy and improve the day-to-day lives of working men and women and their families."\nMenczer has repeatedly said the contest is about more than winners and that there are many important issues that need to be addressed.\nMenczer was announced as one of seven finalists for the award on Jan. 9. The public was allowed to vote for its favorite ideas, and Menczer was selected as a winner.\nMenczer was unavailable for comment as of press time Wednesday.
(02/01/06 5:54am)
A recent report on incoming college freshmen found that college culture is slowly changing.\nWhile students are becoming more involved in volunteer activities and politics, they are becoming less involved in religious activities.\nThe report is based on an annual survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA.\nThe institute surveyed 263,000 students at 385 four-year colleges and universities nationwide. Students were asked to answer several hundred questions about their social values, habits, politics and family and financial situations.\nAccording to the report, more than 66 percent of incoming college freshmen think it is important to "help others in difficulty." More than 83 percent of students said they participated in community service activities as a high school senior and more than 67 percent of students said they intended to participate in some kind of service activity in college.\nJohn Pryor, director of the survey, said a higher percentage of students involved in community service could be because of recent environmental disasters.\n"The Indian Ocean tsunami occurred during (the surveyed students') high school senior year, and Hurricane Katrina hit the southern Gulf Region in August, as many students began college," he said in a press release. "This widespread rise in student attitudes reflecting social concerns and civic responsibility could be a reaction to the worst global and national disasters witnessed in their lifetime."\nIU students responded to the disasters through service groups. The Campus Crusade for Christ group sent about 40 students to New Orleans in December 2005 to help at supply camps and homes. Other student groups sent supplies and workers to the Gulf region.\nThe survey found that the number of students active in religious groups has declined over the last several years.\nAccording to the survey, fewer than 80 percent of students attended religious services frequently in high school, down from more than 85 percent in 1997. It also found that more than 17 percent of students don't have a religious preference -- a figure that has more than doubled since 1978.\nAlso, fewer students reported drinking beer on a regular basis than before, according to the survey. In high school 43.4 percent of students said they drank beer at least occasionally, although more men said they drank beer than women -- 49.1 percent of men said they sometimes drank beer, while only 38.8 percent of women said they sometimes drank beer.\nPryor cautioned that a decrease in high school drinking is not indicative of a change in college culture, though.\n"(It is clear that) college drinking is not on the decline," he said.
(01/31/06 5:12am)
When Joseph Steinmetz leaves IU this summer, he will leave behind 19 years of progress and leadership.\nThe executive associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who first came to IU in 1987, will leave July 1, when he goes to the University of Kansas to assume his duties as dean of KU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.\nCOAS Dean Kumble Subbaswamy said Steinmetz is a good faculty leader who functions well in an administrative role.\n"Dr. Steinmetz is what I would consider to be an ideal faculty member," Subbaswamy said. "He is a natural leader: visionary, unselfish, even-handed and decisive. It is no wonder his departmental colleagues wanted him to be their leader three terms in a row."\nSteinmetz, who is a psychology professor and department chair, said he is excited to continue his work at KU.\n"KU is strikingly similar to IU in many respects, and this is a major reason I accepted the dean position there," he said. "I hope to build on existing strengths in the liberal arts and humanities (at KU)."\nSteinmetz was hired as a professor in 1987 and was tenured in 1991. He was promoted to department chair in 1995 and became a COAS administrator in 2005.\nAs a psychology professor, Steinmetz works with undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students in his laboratory. His research focuses on learning and memory processes in mammals.\n"I have been fortunate to have outstanding students who have worked with me over the years, and it has always been very rewarding to see their careers blossom after leaving IU," he said.\nSteinmetz is second-in-command in his position in COAS.\n"He is a part of the leadership team that helps draw up plans and priorities and translate them into budget allocations," Subbaswamy said. "He oversees faculty hiring, promotion and merit evaluation processes. He also represents the College (of Arts and Sciences) at campus and University levels."\nWhen he moves to KU in July, Steinmetz will lead one of the university's largest colleges. Rather than immediately making major changes, he hopes to improve the existing programs.\n"My end goal is to maintain a strong and balanced college that provides students with a high-quality arts and sciences experience built on high-quality faculty research and scholarship," Steinmetz said.\nSubbaswamy and Steinmetz agreed that a replacement COAS official will require strong leadership qualities and the ability to work well with a large faculty.\n"Associate deans need to understand the complexities that exist in the College, which is a very large and complicated academic unit," Steinmetz said. "This requires that an associate dean have good working relationships with department chairs and program directors, since progress in the College is largely determined by chairs and deans working together."\nSteinmetz and Subbaswamy will both leave IU on July 1. Subbaswamy will become provost at the University of Kentucky.
(01/30/06 5:49am)
There were no sit-ins or demonstrations in the streets. But since the beginning of this school year, the faculty -- perhaps an unlikely agent for change in the view of students -- has brought about near-revolution at IU.\nUnder pressure from professors unhappy about the leadership of President Adam Herbert and other issues, IU has seen sweeping changes in its administrative structure, personnel and faculty-administration relations. And Herbert has announced he will step down in two years when his contract is finished. \nThe trustees and administration chose to make a large number of changes in some of IU's most important leadership positions, whose job descriptions were brought into question.\nKen Gros Louis, who will leave his post as Bloomington chancellor to become IU's second University chancellor Wednesday, said, "What is made clear is that the president is the president of the Bloomington campus, as well as the president of the University. Candidates (for a new president) will know that they will have some responsibilities in Bloomington, and since Bloomington is the flagship campus, I think that will make it an attractive job."\nHe added that the provost position will also be attractive, because it has very defined responsibilities.\nFaculty members, including those who spearheaded the effort to hold a special review of Herbert, appear content with the changes made by the trustees.\nBloomington Faculty Council President Ted Miller said most faculty members were satisfied.\n"If you had asked me two months ago whether the trustees were going to be able to satisfy the faculty, I would have said no way," he said after the Jan. 14 meeting. "But after the meetings we've had, I believe the Bloomington faculty will see what the trustees have done as effectively addressing the concerns that have been raised."\nStudents, on the other hand, will see few immediate changes, Gros Louis said.\n"I don't think students are going to notice much of anything," he said. "The one thing that might affect them is the president's push for general education requirements."\nBut that doesn't mean that all the personnel changes will not have a substantial impact on IU in the long run -- and ultimately, students as well as faculty could feel the impact of the changes.\nGros Louis said that more changes are coming at IU, because the trustees will need to find a president to replace Herbert in 2008, before finding a permanent provost.\n"My guess is that Michael (McRobbie) will be in place for at least 18 months," he said.\nHow it began: Oct. 31, 2005\nOut of sight, some long-simmering tension was building to a boil. A 10-month chancellor search had produced three finalists, including College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kumble Subbaswamy, a faculty favorite. But Herbert deemed none of the candidates right for the job, and said the search would go on.\nFour days after the announcement that the chancellor search would be started from scratch, members of the Bloomington faculty held an emergency meeting -- the first in 34 years. The emergency meeting would spark a series of accusations and complaints about Herbert, and would send the University into an unprecedented period of turmoil.\nThe resolutions: Nov. 15, 2005\nSome 1,060 members of the Bloomington faculty voted on two resolutions to be sent to the IU board of trustees.\nOne resolution asked for a comprehensive review of Herbert's performance as president. Faculty members listed several allegations about Herbert in the resolution, stating that he had not been visible enough on campus, had dealt poorly with donors and had taken too long to find a permanent Bloomington chancellor and senior vice president for academic affairs.\nThe other resolution asked for Bloomington considerations to be paramount in selecting a new chancellor.\nThe changes: Jan. 14, 2006\nThe trustees had to act. The University was bleeding some of its top academic and management talent, including Subbaswamy and COAS Associate Dean Joseph Steinmetz, who will move to other universities next year.\nThe board of trustees on Jan. 14 approved a set of changes in IU's leadership that would change the job descriptions of the University's senior leaders.\nThe position of IUB chancellor was eliminated, and the position of provost was created.\nThe trustees -- saying they didn't want to add to the "animated state" of the University -- decided against a special review of Herbert, in part because of Herbert's announcement that he would step down in 2008. Herbert urged the trustees to begin searching for a new IU president as soon as feasible.
(01/26/06 6:02am)
The University Architect's Office announced recently that the University will demolish a historic fraternity house. Some members of the greek community say the demolition of the house formerly used by Kappa Sigma is only part of a larger campus problem -- IU's lack of greek housing.\nWhile many fraternities and sororities have housing on Jordan Avenue or Third Street, others have had trouble finding a home.\n"Over a year ago, we tried to buy a building near the (Indiana Memorial Union) that has been vacant for some time," said Greg McBride, president of Phi Kappa Tau. "We were just told that it was going to be used for education, which is great, but it still hasn't been touched."\nPhi Kappa Tau is one of several greek organizations without houses. Other groups include Kappa Delta Rho and Phi Delta Theta.\nIU-Bloomington Dean of Students Richard McKaig said he believes there is a shortage of Greek housing on campus, but said there isn't any land available.\n"The University has a master plan for development, and under the current plan, there are no properties available," he said.\nIU officials said there are not currently any plans for the land occupied by the former fraternity house at 1503 E. Third St. -- a house Kappa Sigma used from the 1920s through 1964, when the University bought the house.\nThe house is listed on the city's historic survey. It was visited by IU law graduate and jazz icon Hoagy Carmichael, who was a member of Kappa Sigma before the fraternity moved into the house in 1926.\nSome members of the greek community said they believe having more greek housing would be a benefit.\n"There are too many fraternities off-campus right now," said Phi Kappa Tau member Jordan Loeb, "and it would strengthen the greek system to put the houses on campus."\nMcKaig said he also thinks there are advantages to housing greek groups on campus.\n"It puts them in less conflict with other housing in the community, and it gives them the chance to interact with other groups on campus," he said. McKaig added that it also makes it easier for fraternities and sororities to meet together and act as a group if all of the members live in one house.\nHe said there are several empty houses on campus, but said smaller fraternities, like some without houses, don't have the financial support to remodel a house. McKaig said the empty houses on campus are not in any condition to be lived in.\nLoeb added that letting fraternities use on-campus housing would make fraternity life safer. He said living in on-campus fraternity housing can help keep party-goers safer because the Interfraternity Council can keep closer tabs on illegal activity.\nMcBride said he doesn't understand why fraternities can't use existing empty housing on campus.\n"Off the top of my head, there are three abandoned houses around campus that need to be claimed, bought or rebuilt," he said. "The problem is getting the OK from IU to do that"
(01/24/06 6:11am)
Filippo Menczer may have come up with the best idea since sliced bread. \nMenczer had no idea his entry in the "Since Sliced Bread" contest would get so far in the competition. But on Jan. 9, the Informatics and Computer Science Professor was named one of seven finalists for his idea to link minimum wage with the cost of living. If he wins the contest, Menczer will win a $100,000 prize. If he finishes in second or third place, he will win $50,000.\nThe contest, run through the Web site www.sinceslicedbread.com, asked entrants to submit an idea, and in 175 words or less describe the issue or problem, how they would fix it, and how fixing it would benefit working men and women.\n"The idea came about by noting how every few years there is a political debate on the necessity to increase the minimum wage, given that the increase in the cost of living has made it insufficient to live on minimum wage," Menczer said.\nThe contest had about 22,000 entries. Of those, a panel of judges selected 21 to move on to a second round. Then, visitors to the Web site were able to vote for their favorite entry, and the seven entries receiving the most votes were named finalists. The public was then allowed to vote in a final round, and the top three entries will be declared winners. The panel of judges will select the winner from the top three ideas and announce the winner on the Web site the morning after President George W. Bush delivers his State of the Union address on Jan. 31.\nMenczer said he thinks minimum wage should be linked to the cost of living index so that minimum wage workers always have the same purchasing power, and so that every worker can meet the cost of living.\n"It seems silly to have the very same debate every few years (over minimum wage increases)," Menczer said. "And most importantly, it seems unfair to hard-code into the system a devaluation of the minimum wage by setting a fixed dollar amount. We may debate whether a minimum wage is a good idea, but as long as it is law, it should be fair."\nThe contest is run by the Service Employees International Union, a group that advocates for the working class. The union has about 1.8 million members, including employees in health care, home care, building cleaning and security.\nMenczer said his idea didn't come from any personal experiences, but observations he has made of the American political system.\nThe other six final ideas concern similar social and political issues. One suggests that the government should create a "civil works corps" to work on government construction projects. Another suggests a flat tax for Social Security. Other ideas concern health care, education and labor laws.\nMenczer said he might win, but the real point of the contest is to find ideas to help the working class and American society.\n"Statistically, there is a 43 percent chance (of winning) at this stage, so it is a real possibility," he said. "But the most important thing is to stimulate a discussion around the important issues that all of the seven finalist ideas embody"
(01/20/06 4:52am)
In a country where an estimated 4 million women are beaten each year, there is an emerging support structure for domestic abuse victims.\nAt IU, and throughout the Bloomington community, people who need protective orders have a place to turn. The Protective Order Project, a group run by IU-Bloomington law students, works to assist people who need protective orders.\nThe project has about 40 volunteers and four board members. Many of the volunteers work in other public service groups, like women's shelters, mental health facilities and advocacy groups.\nPOP works with clients who need a protective order by interviewing them and finding them volunteer attorneys who can work with the local legal system to stop abuse and represent them in court.\nPOP faculty adviser and law lecturer Seth Lahn said finding attorneys can be important for victims.\n"A volunteer attorney can be particularly important when the respondent (the abuser or stalker) tries to block the order, or have it rescinded, or where the petitioner and respondent shared a home or have children together -- in all of which cases a contested court hearing may be necessary," Lahn said.\nA protective order is a court order that states the abuser must not "abuse, harass or disturb the peace of the victim" and must not enter the victim's property, destroy any of the victim's property or contact any member of the victim's household.\nPOP assistant director Peter Wozniak said the group works closely "with the local judges, police, prosecutor, sheriff, probation office (and) legal services organizations." He added that "the local legal system -- from the judges to the clerks to the prosecutor to our volunteer attorneys -- has been very supportive and helpful."\nUsing the POP has several benefits. Use of the project's services is free, so victims of abuse who cannot afford legal representation can get free assistance. POP also claims to have a very fast response time and tries to get clients emergency protective orders within 24 hours.\n"People assume that domestic violence or stalking is something that doesn't happen to college students," Wozniak said. "This is simply not true. Victims of domestic violence come from every demographic group."\nWozniak said the group has had fewer and fewer clients within the last few years. He is worried that, without an increased caseload, the group might be forced to shut down.\nThe lack of clients, however, is not indicative of less abuse. Statistics show that domestic abuse is still very prevalent throughout the United States. According to the American Bar Association, "nearly 1 in 3 adult women experience at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood."\nWozniak said often, abuse goes unreported because the victim is either afraid to report the abuse or is physically unable to report it.\nHe said the key to helping people is getting the word out that help is available.\n"This semester, we are planning to increase the amount of community outreach we are doing, and we plan to go around campus and the community talking to various groups," he said.\nLahn said "POP is funded entirely through contributions, chiefly from the annual fundraising done by the Women's Law Caucus at the law school."\nWozniak added the group has enough funding to get by but always accepts donations.
(01/17/06 6:50am)
IU Vice President Michael McRobbie was announced as IU-Bloomington's interim provost Saturday after a special meeting of the IU board of trustees yielded sweeping changes in the structure of IUB's leadership.\n"What I'm really looking to do is to give major academic leadership to the campus," McRobbie said in an interview after the meeting.\nMcRobbie told the Indiana Daily Student he will focus on improving IU's profile and national standing.\n"In my view, the biggest single impediment holding us back from reaching our full potential as a research university is lack of research space," he said, "and that problem is particularly severe on this campus."\nThe provost position was created Saturday following a recommendation from IU President Adam Herbert as part of a major overhaul of University leadership. The position of chancellor was eliminated and provost was created in its stead. A new permanent provost will serve as the Bloomington campus' chief academic officer.\n"We need a very effective organizational planner and change agent for this leadership position, who is decisive (and) strategically focused," Herbert said at the meeting. "We need someone who is prepared to work with faculty colleagues in a collaborative manner. It is my belief that Vice President Michael McRobbie demonstrates these skills."\nMcRobbie will serve as interim provost until a search committee submits candidates for a permanent provost to Herbert and the trustees. He was approved unanimously by the trustees, who were eager to leave behind a tumultuous fall semester that included a faculty uprising and a failed chancellor search.\nMcRobbie has been at IU since 1997, after leaving the Australian National University.\nIUB has not had a permanent chief academic officer since Sharon Brehm resigned as chancellor in October 2003.\nMcRobbie, who has a daughter at IU, said he also wants to improve the quality of student life for undergraduates.\n"We have to be offering the best environment for students," he said. "I was struck by the fact that when (my daughter) moved into the dorm room when she was a freshman, that the dorm room I moved into in 1968 was a better dorm room than she had. This indicates to me that we haven't been giving enough attention to the quality of student life on this campus."\nMcRobbie said he has a lot of work to do to transition into his new job. With a background in information technology, McRobbie is not familiar with all aspects of the provost position.\n"(Former IUB Chancellor) Ken Gros Louis and I have known each other for over 10 years, and we'll work together on a whole range of problems," he said.\nMcRobbie served as University-wide vice president for research, vice president for information technology and chief information officer. His new job is set to begin Feb. 1.\nBrehm considered creating a provost position in addition to chancellor during her tenure as IUB chancellor, but Herbert vetoed the idea.
(01/12/06 5:10am)
The Kelley School of Business moved up in several national rankings recently, prompting professors to praise students and coworkers.\nThe new rankings are from Public Accounting Report. The report issued its 24th Annual Professors Survey Jan. 10.\nSchool of Business graduate programs moved up to sixth in the nation, from eighth last year. \nThe undergraduate program moved to ninth, up from eleventh.\nThe doctoral accounting program was ranked at eighth in the nation.\n"We have one of the top accounting programs in the country," said Joseph Fisher, chair of the accounting department. "The department delivers a high quality product in both teaching and research. Employers have also validated our programs; our placement rates exceed 90 percent."\nFaculty members said the new, improved rankings can be attributed to excellent teaching and students.\n"The faculty has been very productive in research and teaching," Fisher said. "Employers have aggressively pursued our students and are attempting to hire more. We have great faculty, students and school support. This combination seems to be working"
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The already troubled hunt for a new IU-Bloomington chancellor and senior vice president for academic affairs took a turn for the worse Monday when IU President Adam Herbert put the search committee on hold until after Saturday's special board of trustees meeting. Members said they are concerned the committee might soon be dissolved.\nCommittee members and trustees confirmed that there is still some question about the structure of the chancellor position and whether to create a separate job for a senior vice president for academic affairs.\nFormer School of Journalism Dean and committee chair Trevor Brown said Herbert told the group to put the search on hold at Monday's committee meeting.\nCommittee member and School of Public and Environmental Affairs professor Robert Kravchuk said he is worried that a long, drawn-out search might alienate some candidates.\n"I am concerned that the University will be embarrassed by a lack of follow-through, with respect to (the candidates recruited by the search committee). These are well-known individuals, of national caliber," he said.\nKravchuk said the search has not progressed very far since Herbert rejected three final candidates Oct. 31, 2005.\n"The president apparently told the search firm (hired to help evaluate potential candidates) to stop supporting our efforts a month ago," he said. \nHe added that the committee has been operating under the assumption that they should still be recruiting candidates. \nThe committee members recruited candidates on an individual basis during winter break. Kravchuk said the committee found 17 to 20 possible candidates, but of those only six to nine were interested.\nHowever, the job description for chancellor might change after Saturday's trustee meeting.\nThe trustees plan to hold several executive sessions to discuss the chancellor search and two resolutions approved by members of the IUB faculty. Some committee members said they believe the trustees might vote to split the positions of IUB chancellor and senior vice president for academic affairs.\n"The campus faculty expressed a concern that the position (should be) split among two possibly conflicting functions. They wanted to see that there was a Bloomington-focused position," Kravchuk said.\nInterim IUB Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said he believes "the trustees are considering some restructuring, particularly in the position of chancellor."\nCommittee members said that because there might be two separate positions to fill, the original search committee might be dissolved.\n"The (current) committee has no plans to meet again," said Kravchuk.\nBrown cautioned that no decision about the search will be made until Saturday's trustee meeting, but said, "I don't know whether as a committee we will be asked to continue."\nHerbert has already been criticized for taking too much time in appointing a chancellor search committee. IUB has been without a permanent chancellor since Sharon Brehm resigned in October, 2003. The search committee did not start meeting until January 2005.\nThe board of trustees is expected to make a decision about the structure of the IUB leadership at Saturday's meeting, as well as deciding on a response to a faculty resolution asking for a comprehensive review of Herbert.\nIU spokesman Larry MacIntyre said Herbert has no comment on the issue.
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The loss of College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kumble Subbaswamy may mean more than just a new administrator for IU-Bloomington. Some faculty members say Subbaswamy, known for his aggressive pursuit of research grants, will be hard to replace.\n"The administration will have to work very hard to find someone who can pick up where (Subbaswamy) has left off," said physics professor James Glazier. "(He) has been unusual in that he is perceived by all as completely fair -- who puts the interests of the university above all else."\nGlazier directs the IU biocomplexity institute, which directly benefited from research money Subbaswamy helped to bring in.\n"(Subbaswamy) has raised our scientific profile enormously," he said. "I have no doubt that he has really improved both the funding success in the University, the quality of our faculty and the vitality of our research programs."\nInterim IU-Bloomington Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said a search committee will be formed to find a replacement for Subbaswamy. He added that an interim dean will be appointed if a new one is not found before July 1.\nGros Louis said the college will be able to function without a permanent dean.\n"The last five COAS deans have moved on to higher administrative positions, so this is not unusual. There are always competent people to carry on the important work of the college," he said.\nIU spokesman Larry MacIntyre said IU President Adam Herbert would not comment on the effects of losing Subbaswamy but said Herbert wishes the COAS dean "the best of luck."\nSome faculty members thought Subbaswamy should have been named IUB chancellor last fall.\n"I think he was an absolutely fantastic dean and I'm sorry not to see him as chancellor," said Mark Kaplan, chair of the philosophy department.\nSeveral University sources confirmed to the Indiana Daily Student that Subbaswamy was one of the final three candidates for chancellor in October, but Herbert has never acknowledged the candidacy.\nHerbert's Oct. 31 decision to reject the final three chancellor candidates prompted members of the faculty to gather in several special sessions, and the faculty eventually approved a resolution to the IU board of trustees asking for a special review of Herbert. The resolution cited Herbert's failure to appoint a chancellor search committee for more than two years, and his failure to find a final candidate for IUB chancellor after a 10-month nationwide search.\nAnother COAS administrator, Joseph Steinmetz, will become dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas on July 1.\n-- Senior Writer Adam Aasen contributed to this story.
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Joseph Steinmetz, executive associate dean of the IU College of Arts and Sciences and psychology professor, was named dean of Kansas University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on Dec. 24, 2005.\n"I'm delighted that Joseph Steinmetz has agreed to lead KU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and I'm very confident he will be an outstanding leader for the university," KU Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger said in a press release. "Dr. Steinmetz generated a remarkable degree of enthusiasm among the KU faculty within the college."\nMabel Rice, KU professor and chairwoman of the CLAS dean search committee, said Steinmetz has an impressive leadership record. \n"He has proven academic leadership at a major research university and is widely regarded as a dynamic leader with clear vision," she said.\nKU Chancellor Robert Hemenway said several other universities were considering Steinmetz for positions. Hemenway said he also was "delighted" that Steinmetz chose KU.\nA psychology professor at IU since 1987, Steinmetz was the psychology department head from 1995 to 2005. He became a COAS administrator in 2005.\nHe will officially begin work at KU on July 1.\nSteinmetz isn't the only COAS administrator to leave IU after this academic year. On Friday, COAS Dean Kumble Subbaswamy was named provost at the University of Kentucky.\nSteinmetz reportedly visited KU on Dec. 8 to meet with faculty and interview for the position.
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College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kumble Subbaswamy was named as a final candidate for provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Dec. 21, 2005, just three weeks after being named a finalist for provost at the University of Kentucky.\nThe new UW provost will replace Peter Spear, who retired in November.\nSubbaswamy is one of three final candidates announced after a seven-month search.\n"At a highly complex institution like UW-Madison, the provost serves the essential role of providing leadership and establishing long-term direction across all of our schools and colleges," said UW Chancellor John Wiley in a press release.\nAccording to the release, Subbaswamy will visit Madison's campus early in the spring semester.\nSubbaswamy visited Kentucky on Dec. 12, 2005, according to a UK press release.\nSubbaswamy was a finalist for the position of IU-Bloomington chancellor and senior vice president for academic affairs but was not selected by IU President Adam Herbert on Oct. 31, 2005.\nLike many University officials passed over for upper-level University jobs, Subbaswamy is a popular candidate for leadership positions at other universities and is expected to leave IU.\nInterim IU-Bloomington Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said there is a very real possibility Subbaswamy might leave IU.\n"If he is offered the job at Kentucky, I say it's 50-50. If he's offered the Madison job, I'd say it's 100 percent likely he'll leave," he said.\nIU spokesman Larry MacIntyre said Herbert has no comment on personnel changes at IU or other universities. Herbert has never acknowledged that Subbaswamy was a candidate for IUB chancellor.\nThe other candidates for UW-Madison provost are Patrick Farrell, executive associate dean of the UW-Madison College of Engineering and Sue Rosser, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\nThe provost position at UW is similar to that of IUB chancellor and UK provost.\nSubbaswamy, a physics professor, earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree in India and his doctorate at IU. He has been a professor at IU since 2000.
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Members of the chancellor search committee said they still have significant work to do before selecting final candidates for the IU Bloomington chancellor and senior vice president for academic affairs position.\nSearch committee member and School of Public and Environmental Affairs professor Robert Kravchuk said he believes it is unrealistic to expect the committee to name candidates by the unofficial Jan. 1 deadline the IU board of trustees set. The committee hopes to select a candidate early in the spring semester.\n"The formal message from the trustees to the committee was that it should seek to complete its task by early in spring semester. The committee is trying to meet that deadline," said Trevor Brown, former dean of the School of Journalism and chair of the search committee.\nThe search involves a very specific set of criteria.\n"It's like looking for a spouse," Kravchuk said. "We need the perfect fit."\nThe search will be further delayed because of possible changes in the job description. IU board of trustees President Stephen Ferguson said the board might consider a split of the two jobs and have separate candidates for the IUB chancellor and the senior vice president for academic affairs.\n"Should there be a separation ... I think it will have an impact on the candidates interested in the job and on the qualifications of the job," Ferguson said. "I think that (decision) needs to be (made) immediately before we can finish the search."\nThe search committee is looking at candidates on a national scale.\nKravchuk said the committee will return to its original "long list." He said it will consider candidates whose personal circumstances -- which didn't permit them to be candidates during the first search -- might have changed. The executive search consultant has been asked to look at candidates who might not have been able to apply for the job the first time.\nKravchuk also said search committee members are putting forth their own nominations for candidates.\nThe question of splitting the chancellor and vice presidential duties into two separate positions arose when some faculty members began to criticize the leadership structure of the University last month. Some professors said a chancellor cannot be effective as an IUB chancellor if he or she also has University-wide responsibilities. Some professors at other IU campuses said they worry a senior vice president for academic affairs might be too focused upon Bloomington.\nThe search committee was forced to continue the search after IU President Adam Herbert rejected three final candidates Oct. 31. The committee, formed in early 2005, spent 10 months evaluating candidates with the help of an executive search firm.
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IU President Adam Herbert will face a new kind of scrutiny today when the IU board of trustees meets with several faculty groups. The board will listen to complaints and allegations about Herbert's performance as president, and get input from the groups about a faculty resolution asking for a special midterm review of Herbert.\n"At this point we'll hear from various groups, and based upon what we hear, we may take (the resolution) under advisement," said board of trustees President Stephen Ferguson.\nThe trustees are also expected to discuss and review two resolutions Friday from the Bloomington faculty. One asks for the review of Herbert, and the second asks for Bloomington considerations to be paramount in the selection of a new Bloomington chancellor and University-wide senior vice president for academic affairs.\nThe board will hold closed-door meetings with University Faculty Council members, Bloomington Faculty Council members, Black Faculty and Staff Council members and the Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors today.\n"It's an opportunity for the faculty to have access to the board," Ferguson said.\nMembers of the BFC discussed the lack of a chancellor at their meeting Tuesday. Some professors voiced their hopes for a quick decision about a review of Herbert. Others said they hope to have a new IU-Bloomington chancellor soon, and asked whether it is possible for the board of trustees to select and approve a new IUB chancellor without going through the usual search process.\n"The trustees could do that, but it would be very unusual," said interim IUB Chancellor Ken Gros Louis at the meeting.\nThe board of trustees selected and approved IUB President John Ryan without a search and screen process in 1971.\n"The trustees felt that there was something of a crisis (in 1971)," Gros Louis said. "I'm not sure the trustees feel there is a crisis at this time."\nMembers of the Bloomington faculty organized after Herbert decided to continue the chancellor search Oct. 31. Their criticisms included Herbert's delayed appointment of a chancellor search committee and his "profound lack of visibility" in public situations.\nFaculty members were also angry at the length of time IUB has been without a permanent chancellor. IUB has not had one since Sharon Brehm stepped down in 2003.