2008 Woodie Awards
Chancellor candidates gain attention at Q & A session
Andrew Whitman
Issue date: 5/7/08 Section: Opinion
Money, student out reach and diversity were some of the highlighted major concerns during the five days of chancellor forums that ended last week.
The search and screen Committee is meeting with the UW Board of Regents today to propose the candidate they picked.
Those of us fortunate enough to sit down with each candidate learned something about why the winner was chosen.
When the floor was opened up for questions, the audience was hesitant but slowly the questions trickled out. Although it took a few questions to get to, money was the issue.
The faculty at UW-Whitewater gets paid less and judging from forums has a heavier course-load than other institutions. People wanted to know which candidate would help raise the most money, retain the most faculty while working with the State to get more public funding.
Although diversity was also a big issue, several people I talked to said the university is doing quite a bit to bring in a variety of students as it is.
The candidates at the forums who got my attention were Dr. Borland and Dr. Telfer. They both had a great deal of experience and commitment. Both were sincere and made the effort to talk to everyone in the audience. To learn their specifics please go to the search and screen Web site but I think both have a strong desire to reach out to the students, raise money and make the campus as diverse as anyone would like it.
All the candidates would bring something to the campus, and none of them would make this institution any worse for the wear. Let's just hope they stick around a little longer this time.
The search and screen Committee is meeting with the UW Board of Regents today to propose the candidate they picked.
Those of us fortunate enough to sit down with each candidate learned something about why the winner was chosen.
When the floor was opened up for questions, the audience was hesitant but slowly the questions trickled out. Although it took a few questions to get to, money was the issue.
The faculty at UW-Whitewater gets paid less and judging from forums has a heavier course-load than other institutions. People wanted to know which candidate would help raise the most money, retain the most faculty while working with the State to get more public funding.
Although diversity was also a big issue, several people I talked to said the university is doing quite a bit to bring in a variety of students as it is.
The candidates at the forums who got my attention were Dr. Borland and Dr. Telfer. They both had a great deal of experience and commitment. Both were sincere and made the effort to talk to everyone in the audience. To learn their specifics please go to the search and screen Web site but I think both have a strong desire to reach out to the students, raise money and make the campus as diverse as anyone would like it.
All the candidates would bring something to the campus, and none of them would make this institution any worse for the wear. Let's just hope they stick around a little longer this time.
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