Seven members of the Presidential Search Committee held a town hall meeting on Monday night for students to express their views and opinions about the upcoming search for a new University president.
Fran Drolette, the current vice president of Budget and Planning, has been appointed to the position of vice president and chief financial officer and University treasurer, according to an e-mail sent this Tuesday to the University faculty and staff by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Apfel.The responsibilities of the vice president and chief financial officer and University treasurer include overseeing the treasury, controls and accounting, financial services and financial systems areas, wrote Drolette in an e-mail to the Justice.Drolette wrote that she had enjoyed serving as acting vice president of financial affairs and was particularly interested in the consolidation of that position with vice president of Budget and Planning."Since the change seemed right for the University and right for me, I hoped that that we would stay on this path," she wrote.Drolette has been serving as acting vice president for finance and University treasurer since the former vice president for financial affairs, Maureen Murphy, left the position last September.According to Apfel's e-mail to the faculty, Drolette will also continue in her current position as vice president of budget and planning.
Medical EmergencyNov. 24-A female was reported to have had an allergic reaction off campus. BEMCo and the University Police responded.
Cholmondeley's, the student lounge and eatery, has changed its system of handling cash as a result of a series of thefts, the most recent of which occurred in October, said Tal Zaken '11, the financial manager of Chum's.Alissa Cherry '10, the events manager for Chum's, said in an interview that two years ago, the Chum's staff noticed that people were stealing money out of the safe.
Student Union President Andy Hogan '11 spoke during his State of the Union address last Thursday about ways to combat the adverse effects of an increased student body and the Student Union's goals for the spring 2010 semester, one of which is the opening of a new dining facility in Gluck Lobby.Hogan explained that in response to the University's decision to increase enrollment by 400 students in an attempt to alleviate its budget crisis, the Union will advocate that the University increase student services, and that in an effort to do so, the Union is currently addressing ways to advocate change in housing, dining and academics.
The Health Center has received its first dosages of the H1N1 vaccinations from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which have been distributed to University emergency and health care personnel, said Rick Sawyer, the dean of student life, in an interview with the Justice.
Prof. Shulamit Reinharz (SOC), Fine Arts undergraduate departmental representatives and students involved in the controversy over the "Save the Rose" buttons at the museum's reopening last week attended a confidential meeting last Thursday, according to Tara Metal '10, a Fine Arts major who works at the Rose Art Museum and was one of the students Reinharz asked to remove her button.Metal, who said her encounter with Reinharz at the Rose made her visibly upset, explained that the meeting was confidential because both parties wanted to create an open forum for discussion without any press.
Provost Marty Krauss said in an interview with the Justice that she is currently working on a plan to increase staffing at the Rose in an effort to implement the recommendations in the Committee on the Future of the Rose Art Museum's final report.
Students and faculty members have made claims that Prof. Shula Reinharz (SOC), wife of University President Jehuda Reinharz, requested that people remove their "Save the Rose" buttons at the opening of the Rose exhibit last Wednesday.Emily Leifer '11, the undergraduate departmental representative for the Fine Arts department, said in an interview with the Justice that she and the other UDRs, Beccah Ulm '11, Anne Carver '10, Amy Tsao '10 and Catherine McConnell '10, convened prior to the Rose opening.
The University is drafting a stipulation for the Rose Art Museum lawsuit, an agreement between attorneys that simplifies or shortens the lawsuit, according to Thomas Reilly, the University's lawyer for the lawsuit.Reilly said that the stipulation reflects what occurred at that hearing, explaining that as a result of the judge's decision to impose a limited preliminary injunction, the case is now limited to the plaintiffs' ability to control their own donations or those of their ancestors to the Rose.
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