Three administrators, Lori Tenser, Rich Graves and Shawn McGuirk, took jobs at other universities this summer. Tenser, formerly an assistant dean of student life, will begin her term as dean of first-year students this semester at Wellesley College. Tenser said that the training she received here over the past 16 years has allowed her make the move."Brandeis has been my home, and its students and my colleagues have been, in so many ways, my family for 16 years," Tenser said. Her decision to leave comes "because of the support and development Brandeis has provided to me that I feel prepared for this new step."

Rich Graves, the former information technology administrator, worked for UNet for seven years before he left Brandeis this summer to join the technology staff at Carleton College in Minnesota.

In an e-mail to the Justice, Graves wrote that his new position as a senior Unix administrator at Carleton will resemble his job at Brandeis. He said he accepted the position there in order to be closer to his relatives.

"My wife is from Minnesota, my brother also lives in Minnesota, and we'd been looking to move for a while," he said. "I'm sorry to miss one more Opening Sunday and one more incoming class, but it had to happen sooner or later, and Carleton is a fine place."

Former Director of Student Development and Conduct Shawn McGuirk returns this semester to his alma mater, Fitchburg State College, to serve as the Director of Judicial Affairs, Mediation and Education.

McGuirk said he made his decision mainly to be closer to his family.

"It was not an easy decision to make, but ultimately I had to put my family first," Mcguirk said. "I have a great deal of respect for people like [Dean of Student Life] Rick Sawyer and folks in that division."

Sawyer, who worked with Tenser for her entire term here, said that her enthusiasm and talent contributed significantly to the efforts of the Department of Student Life.

"The change will be that starting the day after Lori leaves, our community in general, and our workplace specifically, will be losing a role model of ethical decision making, a guardian of standards that really mean something, a mentor to our newer staff members and a dean who listens carefully to students non-judgmentally and with an air of equality rather than importance," Sawyer said.

Sawyer is currently looking for a replacement for Tenser.