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President updates faculty on initiatives 4:32 p.m., Oct. 14, 2005--“I’ve been thinking forward and looking backward,” President David P. Roselle said Monday as he reviewed progress toward three major goals he set for his administration in 1990. Speaking at the semiannual General Faculty Meeting on Oct. 10, Roselle said that his goals included making the compensation of the faculty competitive with that at other Carnegie doctoral/research universities, increasing scholarship and fellowship aid and providing appropriate living and learning environments. As examples, he said, “Scholarship aid administered by the University has more than tripled, and we have added 1.7 million square feet to the physical plant, as well as establishing a regular maintenance schedule.” “On the other hand,” he said, “we have tried to limit growth in the undergraduate population. And, as our applicant pool has grown, we have become more selective about choosing our students.” Recognizing the contributions of Public Relations Director Mary J. Hempel, who died Sept. 30, Roselle said she was a driving force behind the University’s acquisition of the Paul Jones Collection of African American Art. Her initiatives included everything from posters to videos to desk calendars to placing stories in the national media. “Mary was responsive to institutional goals,” he said. “She saw that the collection would be a reason for minority students to take pride in their institution.” Roselle also provided the faculty with a construction update, including photographs of the George Read Residence Hall that opened this fall, the new fountain in Magnolia Circle, ongoing improvements to the front and north wing of Brown Laboratory and the new $7.5 million Elbert N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown. He told the faculty that the new $48 million Center for the Arts is expected to be completed in the spring of 2006, with performance spaces for music and theatre, a room large enough for the 350-member UD Marching Band and a number of smaller practice rooms. The former parking lot between the center and the Amy du Pont Music building will be landscaped with trees, grass and perennials. Roselle said when the new foreign languages and literatures building is completed, it will house 62 faculty offices, conference space, language labs and graduate students and adjuncts. The Smith Hall vacancies left by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will be renovated and occupied by members of the Department of Computer Sciences. Also at the meeting, memorial tributes were read for A. LeRoy Bennett, professor emeritus of political science and international relations; Patrick Chang, retired professor of political science and international relations; Irwin G. Greenfield, Unidel Professor Emeritus and former dean of the College of Engineering; Harry D. Hutchinson, professor emeritus of economics; and Ib A. Svendsen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ocean Engineering. Article by Cornelia Weil To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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