Vol.XCl.No.110

Establlshqd 1894

University of Kentucky, Lexington. Kentucky

widopondont since 1971

WOWV. March 4. 1987

 

By F R \N STE. W “(T
F ditor in (‘hief

'l‘he lll-iiiember search committee
considered 111.3 candidates. met 31?)
times and logged about 1,000 hours
in its search for a new l'niversity
president. said Robert 'I‘ Mct‘owan.
lllt committee's chairman

The committee. said panel mem—
ber Wilbur lr‘ryc. was looking for
two things a leader with a proven
'rack record or a rising star

lie ll1llll\' we found a rising star.“
liesaid

l)Li\l(l l’ Roselle. provost of \'ir
ginia Polytechnic Institute and State
l'niy ersi'y . is that stellar standout

\eslei'day. 23 members of the
toard of Trustees. including the
sewn new members appointed by
law .\lartha Layne ('ollins and
three of their predecessors. named
Roselle t'K‘s ninth president His
appointment will become effective
July 1

The unanimous decision rep
resented a vote of confidence con
titience iii Roselles vision and his
ability to lead the l‘niversity into
the future

“tine, l suppose. should be a little
bit speechless." Roselle. 47. said
after the announcement was fol»
lowed by a standing ovation from
the trustees and about 90 adminis
tralors. faculty and students attend
mg yesterday‘s monthly meeting

‘l‘in delighted 'l‘he 1'niversity of
Kentucky presidency is a very 1111*
portant leadership role. ‘ he said

"ll really is a very attraclue posi
tion .\ow what we haye to do is
make it all work ”

Roselle and his wife. Louise. made
a guest appearance at the board
meeting yesterday to accept the ap7
pointinent

"The vote of confidence implicit in
such an election is awesome.“
he said “I will work my best to
bear oiil the confidence that has
been placed in me "

“This is a great day at the l'niver»
sity of Kentucky." said Mct‘owan.
who also serves as chairman of the
lelllt’nllx’l‘ board “David Roselle
has the ability and talent to move it
into the limos and carry this 1‘niver-
sily to greater heights in the hi
ture "

The announcement. which was not
iinevtwcted. came after the board
i-merged from an executive session
last ing more than an hour

The search committee recom-
mended Roselle to the board as suc-
cessor to t'K President ()tis A 5111*
gletary. who will step down June 30
after 18 years in the top spot

(‘harles ’1‘ Wethington .lr.. chan

 

lIUK President Otis A. Sin-
gletary yesterday announced
the new policy regarding for-
eign teaching assistants. See
Page 3.

1 .‘Students will be faced with
higher tuition next year follow-
ing a tuition hike approved by
the Board of Trustees yester-
day. See Page 3.

cellor for UK‘s statewide commu-
nity college system. was also a fi-
nalist for the position,

\t’ethington yesterday pledged his
continued support for the University
and his support for the new presi-
(Ii-tit

.\lc(‘owan said numerous presi-
dents and chancellors of major uni-
versities had applied for the UK pre-
sident-y After reviewing all the
nominations and applications. he
said. "ihe two most outstanding can-
didates were the two we brought to
~\Ull .

Search committee members said
Roselle's candidacy was attractive
because of his background on the
teaching. research and administra~
tive levels

Also appealing was the fact that
Rose le has served at three land-
granl institutions similar to UK.

“I think they picked a superb fel-
low." Singletary said of his succes-
sor “He has my warmest welcome.
As we congratulate him. we have
every reason to congratulate our-
selves ‘

Roselle received a doctorate de-
gree in mathematics from Duke
l'niversity in 1965. The Vandergrift.
l’a. native received his bachelor's
degree from West Chester State Col-
lege in Pennsylvania in 1961.

He served as a mathematics pro‘
lessor and researcher at the Univer«
sit). of Maryland and Louisiana
Slale l iilversity before going to VP]
iii 11974

Al \‘l’l. Roselle served as dean of
the graduate school and dean of re
search and graduate studies In
loan. he assumed the role of provost

chief academic officer and No. 2
administrator for the 22.000~stu-
dent institution.

Roselle's record as teacher. re-
searcher and administrator “re-
lieves any apprehension one might
have." Frye said.

In considering Roselle's lobbying
abilities in Kentucky's political
arena. Frye said he sees no difficul-
ties t'or the new president.

Kuder named
vice chancellor

By 5(01‘1‘ W U“)
3‘21 inaging r ditor

To hear James Kudcr's friends
and colleagues tell it. (‘olorado State
1 inversity‘s great loss will be a sub
stanlial gain for (K,

Kuder. 43. the director of student
relations services at the Fort t'olA
ims l‘olo, land-grant university of
it: two students. was named the new
\ ll't‘ chancellor for student affairs at
yesterday 's Board of 'l‘i‘ustces meet
mg The appointment will become
effective July 1

“Its going to be difficult to re
place l11111_ obviously." said an eiiio
initial lleanie Kelly. who has worked
as Kiiders assistant at (‘81‘ for 13
years She said Kuder has been a

mentor" to her. and without him.
'1 am going to feel very lost "

Rut Kelly said she is happy for
Kiider in his new endeavor and said
his 17 years of experience in student
affairs at (‘olorado State is a strong
.isset he “1“ be bringing to the [K
\it't‘t‘liaut'cllei‘}

"He is primed for this new chal-
lenge and will take it on with
gusto." she said,

it was his experience both aca-
demic and practical in the world
of teaching and student affairs that
search committee members cited as
a primary factor in Kuder's high
recommendation

.-\.\'1dt‘ from the positions he has
held at (‘Slfl he received his doctor
ate in college student personnel ad-
ministration from ()regon State l'nl'
versity in 1969 the first person to
receive such a doctorate at Oregon
State

Kuder. who received (‘Sl"s Distin-
guished Service Award as an out
slanding administrator in 1980411.
twssesses “excellent communication
skills. a wealth of experience in stu
dent affairs randt outstanding sur
pervisory relations." said Larry
('rouch. who was chairman of the

eight member vice chancellor
seat ch c ommitlee.

Last semester. the committee nar-
rowed a field of 131 applicants down
to live finalists. who all came to
campus to meet with students. fac-
ulty and administrators.

The committee then recommended
three candidates _. UK Dean of Stu-
dents .loseph Burch. University of
Delaware Dean of Students Timothy
Brooks and Kuder V to Art Gallah-
er. chancellor for the Lexington
campus

Kuder received the top recommen-
dation

(iallaher submitted Kuder‘s name
to the Board of Trustees. which
unanimously approved him on a
voice vote after little discussion.

(;.i|lalier said Kuder's strong rec-
ommendation from the search com-
mittee weighed heavily in his deci-
sion to bring Kuder before the
board

(‘rouch and Gallaher both said
narrowing the number of finalists
was a difficult process.

‘ All five lfinalistst interviewed
here were strong candidates. any
one of whom would probably have
done the job very well," Gallaher
said

Burch. who said he will remain on
as dean of students and work under
Kuder. said. “1 look forward to a
very productive working relation-
ship with him 1 think he‘ll em-
phasize student affairs on this cam-
pus in a way that students will be
very happy with.

Which is precisely Kuder's goal.

In a phone interview yesterday.
Kiider said he hopes “to build a na-
tional reputation for the University
of Kentucky student affairs divi-
sion." like UK has with its basket-
ball program and Medical Center.
"There are the people and the pro
grams to do that,"

Althoughhehasmtdevelopeda

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UK names Roselle as newpr

esident

ALAN LESS“! Kernel Sta”

Robert McCowan. chairman of the Board of Trustees, congratulates UK President-select David Roselle and his wife. Louise.

“When he talks to people. sub-
stance is niorc impressive than the
manner in which he speaks.“ he
said. ”I feel comfortable he will do a
good job."

Larry l-‘orgy. one of the newly ap-
pointed trustees who was attending
his first board meeting. said he
talked to Roselle for several hours
and talked to some of his friends in
Virginia,

“Rose le has the utidetsiaiiding of
higher education as well as the
firmness to lake the helm of the Uni»
versity." he said. “1 have been in
the political areita a little bit and 1
can tell you Without equivocation
that he can function in la politicali
environment “

"He certainly has a good grasp of
politics in Virginia and that is indi-
cated by the amount of funding he
has brought in." said Constance P,
Wilson. a faculty representative on
the board

Roselle clearly was the candidate
for student interests. said Donna
Greenwell. Student Government As-
sociation president and the student

representative on the search com-
mittee.

JAMES KUDER

Birth Date .June 8 1941

Hometown Beltinoton Wash

Wife Joan ‘11

Children Jennifer 21 an anthropology
senior at Colorado State Universrty Mr
chael 20 a CSU business mariaoenient
sophomore

Education Doctorate in college student
personnel administration Oregon State
Umversrty. 1969. master 3 in education.
Western Washington Universny 1964:
bachelor s in somal studies and psycholo-
gy Western Washington UI‘I‘J‘VSliy
1962

Protonlonal experience CSU director
of student relations serVices assocrate
professor of education director of grad»
uate programs in college student person»
nel assrstant dean of students assistant
director of student relations sen/ices

specific plan of action for UK.
Kuder said the aim of student af-
fairs is not only to provide services
to the students and the University;
he also wants to ensure that all edu-
cational opportunities are fully de-
veloped,

For instance financial aid can
provide an opportunity to teach
money management and residence
halls can be a place to teach lead-
ership skills and ways to relate with
other people.

See KI lDFll. boclr page

(lreenwell said one of the things
she liked most about Roselle was his
active support of student involve—
ment in academic policy making.
When she first met him. she said
Roselle came up. shorik her hand
and said. "I was glad to see that
they had a student on the search
committee "

From that moment. Greenwell
was sold. 'l‘hat comment ”had an ev-
erlasting effect on me.” she said

Roselle also overwhelmingly has
had the support of the faculty. “Stu»
dents and faculty both will find he‘s
willing to listen and equally willing
to act on good ideas." said Raymond
Belts. a faculty representative on
the board.

Roselle's "sterling qualities“ are
his “open-inindedness. accessibility
and a keen interest in academic pro-
grams." Bells said. "1 think he is
the sort of person who will closely
analyze a situation. weigh the choic<
es and act decisively "

Information for this story was also
gathered by Assistant News Editor
Brod Cooper. Senior Stayf Writer
Dan Hassert and Managing Editor
Scott Ward

MARK ZEROF Kmne‘ Statt

David Roselle spoke to about 50 people yesterday at the faculty
club For a story about the opening of the club see Page 4

BOT designates law professor
as new academic ombudsman

By I). \V II. \SSERT
Senior Staff Writer

William 11. Fortune. a UK law pro-
fessor. was named the new academ—
ic ombudsman by the L'K Board of
Trustees yesterday.

Fortune was appointed by [K
President Otis A. Singletary to re-
place Charles N. Byers. an educa-
tion professor. who began his term
before the 1985-86 academic year.

Singletary said Fortune “has wide
experience in related areas. and we
are confident he will do a good job.”

“Fortune has an awful lot of expe-
rience working with students. an ex»
cellent personality . . and an excela
lent reputation as a professor.” said
.lack Kemp. who chaired the C0111
mittee to find Byers' replacement

The committee began collecting
names before Christmas. said
Kemp. a professor in animal sci-

 

 

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ences About wan names were gath-
ered by the four- member commit-
tee. which included Kemp. another
faculty representative. a graduate
student and an undergraduate std
dent

“There were a lot of excellent can-
didates.” Kemp said. “It was hard
to narrow down."

After interviews and screening by
the Senate Council. the number of
candidates was reduced to six. three
of whom the committee recommend.
ed to Singletary.

"We were looking for someone
who had a good academic back-
ground who was interested in stu-
dents. who had the type of personali-
t_v to deal with faculty and students
and who had the time and interest
lto do the jobl.“ Kemp said,

"iFortunel had a familiarity with
the system that was quite unusual."
said Karen Skeens. a student mem-
ber of the committee and executive
vice president of the Student Gov-
ernment Association.

“It takes a certain type of person-
ality to be an ombudsman." Kemp
said.

“iFortunet really impressed the
committee as being genuine and sin-
cere las well as the fact that he)
really wanted the job." Kemp said.
“He's somebody who can make stu-
dents feel at ease in his office.“

Skeens agreed. sayiru Fortune is
“a very likable person. He‘s ex-
tremely intelligent. but 1 don‘t think
that‘s a barrier."

Fortune‘s appointment begins July
1. and he said he wants to start pre-
paring now.

“1 really want to. over the balance
of this semester talk to a lot of
people — student leaders. associate
deans—totrytogetasemeofaca-
demic problems. “ Fortune said

Fortune said there are basically
two kinds of cases Wt before
the academic ombutbman. One in-
volves alleged Wmdolm on the
part of conduit: such as plagiarism

WILLIAM FORTUNE

and cheating. while the second in-
volves the area of student academic
rights. as in students thinking they
were graded unfairly.

By gaining an overall sense of
academic concerts and problems
Fortune said he wants to work with
students and teachers to reduce
problems in academics.

“1 don‘t want (the officel to be
just a reactionary thiig I‘d like to
be out and about as much as possi-
ble.“ Fortune said. "I ll certainly be
accessible.“

Fortune said one of students aca-
demic concerns is teaching assis-
tants who can't speak Emlish. an
issue that was addrased at yester-
day‘ a Board of ‘l‘nntees meetim. A
concernhehasisthelevelofteach-
mg in various departments

“1 thilk that times a lack of ex-
citement (1n the damn) "
said. "1‘here‘s’a My for teach-
erstoteadipilrely pudvety'

Fix-tum said his experience as

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