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Daily Egyptian TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Student Health Center faces some immunity in budget crisis

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Sculpting salukis in the craft shop

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Jordan Duncan | @jordanduncanDE Cody Dawkins, a senior from Flora studying art, shapes a plaster cast saluki Monday at the Student Center Craft Shop. As part of his undergraduate assistantship, Dawkins said he gets to redesign a more precise mold. “I’m definitely trying to go for something a little more greyhound-ish. I’m trying to make it more anatomically correct than these are. A little less caricature-ish.”

William Bradley Colwell to return from Bowling Green

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William Bradley Colwell may have just moved into town, but he’s no stranger to SIUC. Colwell officially starts his new job as the university’s interim chancellor Thursday, an appointment effective through June 30, 2017. He will make $295,000 annually without benefits. But for Colwell, being interim chancellor of SIUC is about more than a promotion and a pay increase. “I couldn’t be more excited,” he said on the phone Sunday morning, as he drove a 26-foot rental truck toward Carbondale with all of his worldly possessions in tow. “This is coming home.” Colwell hails from Bluford, a town of 700 residents nestled in the eastern ridge of Jefferson County. His family roots in the area span three generations. Education is a part of the Colwell family backbone. His father taught at Webber Township High School for 49 years, where he was known for exemplary skills in basketball

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In a budget cut sickness that affects all of SIUC campus, services at the Student Health Center may only be facing a few symptoms. Jim Hunsaker, associate director of the Student Health Center, said the only cut — $72,000 — will come from the Counseling Center. Because the Counseling Center is state-funded, Hunsaker said the $8.5 million in revenue from student fees the Health Center receives will remain unchanged. The $72,000 cut is roughly equal to the salary of one psychologist. Although no staff members will be cut, the Health Center is will use student fees and leave unfilled staff positions vacant to cover the cost of running the Counseling Center. The Counseling Center’s cut is recurring, so it will continue to receive a 10 percent cut each year. Despite this, Hunsaker does not expect the cost of student fees to rise. In fact, he said fees have only increased once in the last few years to accommodate for medical cost inflation. Students are charged $219 per semester in fees that help fund the Health Center. Hunsaker also does not expect the $6 student visit fee to increase. “For the forseeable future, we don’t see those [numbers] changing,” Hunsaker said. “We’re not going to pass this cost onto our students.” Hunsaker said unfilled staff positions will be used to combat costs instead of cutting staff members. Additionally, some technological upgrades will be postponed. “We’ve anticipated these cuts coming,” Hunsaker said. “We’ve really tightened our belt on expenses other than salary … The counseling services are vital to our students, and there’s absolutely no way we could cut even one staff member and not have the students feel that.” Hunsaker said maintaining staff is important so students don’t have to wait for long periods of time to see counselors. Previously, SIU System President Randy Dunn said graduate students could receive some of the hardest hits from the budget cuts.

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and as a coach of the Trojans basketball team. His uncle served as the district’s superintendent. After graduating from Webber, Colwell enrolled in Anderson University, a Christian college

located about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis, where he received his bachelor’s degree in political science in 1990. He said the small liberal arts school was fitting for what he wanted from his undergraduate

student experience and education. Colwell gained his first leadership position in a higher education setting at Anderson, serving as the student body president for two years. Please see CHANCELLOR | 2


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