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tenure in June, he will face challenges including lower enrollment, a potential censure by the American Association of University Professors and a community that is still recovering from the closure of Malcolm Price Laboratory school and program and faculty cuts. During the press conference, Ruud said he wants to try and repair relationships on campus by holding open conversations with the UNI administration, faculty and staff, and he emphasized the importance of listening. “You have two eyes, two ears and one mouth. Use them proportionately,” Ruud said.
Facing UNI’s challenges
When asked about avoiding future cuts to faculty and staff, Ruud said that he is “not sure whether you can ever avoid cuts” but believes increasing enrollment and promoting fundraising will help assist the university. In addition, he also said that collaboration with the BOR, legislature and the other two regents institutions will provide more opportunities and assist UNI. Ruud’s plan to increase enrollment includes better collaboration between the office of the registrar, admissions and financial aid. He also said increasing enrollment is a collaborative effort. “We need to understand that enrollment management is not just the responsibility of the (offices of the registrar, admissions and financial aid), but it’s the responsibility of every staff members, every faulty member, every student and every alumni,” Ruud said. Full efficiency of finan-
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cial aid is also imperative in increasing student enrollment, Ruud said. While potential students may be intimidated by the price of higher education, Ruud said, “We at (UNI) need to make sure we can manage each and every student that wants to come.” To achieve more funding at UNI, Ruud said that donors need to feel like partners, rather than just people writing a paycheck. He said that there should be no need to ask for money if donors are on board and engaged in the programming occurring at the university. Ruud also addressed other issues at the university, including funding and the potential censure in July by the American Association of United Professors. “It will be simple. I will want to work with the UNI family and have a good conversation, look at the procedures policies and the activities that we have engaged in,” Ruud said. “If we are censured, I want to find solutions to get us off the censure as soon as possible.”
Board of Regents’ decision
Regent Bruce Rastetter said a number of things were appealing about Ruud as the next president, including his current presidential experience at Shippensburg and his expressed enthusiasm about working at UNI. “He (shows) interest in UNI as the comprehensive university in the state of Iowa and that we should embrace that. I think that’s one of the first times we really thought of it that way, and we should,” Rastetter said. Rastetter also said the BOR announcement was held in Des Moines instead
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William Ruud answers questions at the Sheraton Hotel in West Des Moines. Ruud was announced as the 10th president of UNI Feb. 7.
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of Cedar Falls because the regents already had a two-day meeting there and were not sure about the schedule of the announcement. Moussavi said he believes the BOR made a good appointment. “(Ruud) brings years of successful presidential experience to UNI and he received unanimous endorsement by the search commitment to advance his name to the (BOR), and he received favorable feedback from the campus and from the community when he visited the campus,” Moussavi said. His previous experience and personality were reasons why the search committee were first interested in Ruud as a candidate. “The fact that he had several years of successful presidency set him aside. He had done this and he had done it very well, so that’s a quality that we appreciated in him, so that was the initial reason the search committee was interested,” Moussavi said. “He is a person with whom people will feel at ease and with whom they’ll interact with comfortably, and that’s a big quality to have.”
Moving forward
UNI State Relations Officer Jeneane Beck said that Ruud understands the importance of speaking with the legislature and promoting UNI. “Sometimes it’s hard for legislatures to understand, ‘Well you’re not in my district, so what’s your value?’ You need a president who can explain that value for all 99 counties, and the fact that he already knew we had 99 counties gives me great hope, so hopefully he can do that,” Beck said. Julee Jacobson, office coordinator of the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services, as well as member of the presidential search committee, said that she is pleased with the BOR’s decision. “The basic thing is to heal the rift that has occurred between the faculty and the administration, and the staff and the students,” Jacobson said. “I believe Dr. Ruud, through our conversations with him, has demonstrated that that is a real priority for him: to really listen to him, meet people across the different parts of our family at the university.” In addition to Ruud’s $340,000 annual salary, he will receive a deferred compensation plan equal to $50,000 a year, life insurance coverage < See RUUD, page 3
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TUESDAY
HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE BIBLE: IT’S COMPLICATED Elm Room, Maucker Union 7-9 p.m. Professor of philosophy and world religions Susan Hill will discuss various interpretations of homosexuality in the Bible. MOVIE: QUANTAM HOOPS Great Hall, GBPAC 7 p.m. “Quantam Hoops” is a documentary that follows a basketball team looking for that one single win. UNI PROUD: MARDIS GRAS PARTY The Wesley Foundation 7 p.m. UNI Proud will host a Mardi Gras party with food, music and dancing.
WEDNESDAY
POLITICAL SCIENCE GUEST LECTURE Room 2, Sabin Hall 6:30 p.m. Egypt in Transition: Politics and Experiences of the Uprising and Transition Period will be presented by Hillery Roach, UNI alumna and graduate student at American University, Cairo. MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CREIGHTON McLeod Center 7 p.m.
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