UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 6, Page 13
October 6, 1994
Faculty urged to become more involved in student recruitment

     Although the number of University undergraduates has remained
stable over the past five years, President David Roselle told the
semiannual General Faculty Meeting Monday he would like to see the
undergraduate student body grow in terms of quality.
     Toward that end, Roselle told the faculty that University support
for student scholarships has more than doubled, and he added that
recruitment has expanded beyond the traditional Mid-Atlantic area to
include California, Florida, North Carolina and Texas.
     After passing out the new University viewbook, the president
suggested that faculty help in  student recruitment by representing
their departments at recruitment events; volunteering to be a reader
for scholarship applications; calling admitted students to encourage
them to attend; stopping to speak to families who are obviously
visiting the campus; making contributions to the scholarship fund; and
by letting the Office of Admissions know if they are willing to meet
with prospective students.
     More than 7,000 persons attended the six Delaware Preview Days
held over the summer, Roselle said.
     Models of the new student center and parking garage and the
Colburn Laboratory addition were displayed at the meeting. Roselle
told the faculty that the parking garage should be open by next
semester, and the student center is expected to be completed by spring
1996. After the addition to Colburn is completed, he said, the
existing section will be renovated. That entire project is scheduled
to be completed in the spring of 1996.
     After summarizing other campus improvements, Roselle said that
following the Taylor gym renovations, work would begin on Recitation
Hall and Annex and Memorial Hall. He said the University has proposed
to the state that a new building composed solely of classrooms be
constructed  between Sharp Laboratory and Mitchell Hall.
     A brief University Faculty Senate meeting followed the
president's remarks. Because a mandatory retirement policy no longer
exists at the University, the old policy was removed from the Faculty
Handbook.
     Provost Melvyn Schiavelli told senators that he had asked for a
University-wide review of promotion and tenure procedures, after
learning that the College of Arts and Science was reviewing its
promotion document.
     Betty Paulanka, chairperson of the search committee for a new
vice president for student life, asked for internal nominations, and
University Secretary and Vice President Pete Hayward urged faculty
participation in the United Way campaign.
                                                        -Cornelia Weil