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Thursday, November 21, 2013
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Student turns passion for monogramming into business by Nicole Caporaso News Reporter
An Appalachian State University apparel design and merchandising major has started her own business she named ASU Like It Monogramming. Lanie Crawford, a junior, said she started her business in September when she could not find a job that would work with her class schedule. Her solution: Monogramming. “I had been doing monogramming for myself, my friends and [sorority] sisters,” Crawford said. “My mom told me I could really sell this stuff and I decided to give it a chance.” Crawford’s website, asulikeitmonogramming. com, features her products, which range from $5-$22 and includes monogrammed buttons, embroidery add-ons, pocket T-shirts and Greek letter tees. Crawford said she believes about 50 percent of the orders that are placed are from people she knows, but not all of her shipments are local. “I’ve had about 50 orders so far,” Crawford said. “We’ve shipped as far as Michigan and Florida.” The money Crawford has made is more than she expected. She said she originally had low expec-
Maggie Cozens | The Appalachian
Junior apparel design and merchandising major Lanie Crawford started her own monogram business this fall. Her company takes custom orders and has shipped products as far away as Michigan and Florida.
tations. “The money varies on a weekly basis, but the most I have made in a week is $400 off of a big group order,” Crawford said. To keep her business running, Crawford said
she spends at least 10 hours a week monogramming, but it varies based on the shipment orders she has to fulfill. “To make a letter shirt it takes about two hours and that is probably
the lengthiest process,” Crawford said. “Pocket T-shirts take around an hour to make.” Although the business is solely Crawford’s, she credits Kelsey Stryker, her roommate and Delta
Zeta sorority sister, for helping out. “If I have a lot to do, Kelsey will pick up some stuff for me and I’ll pay her for her work,” Crawford said. Crawford plans to ex-
pand and add new items for sale. “Right now we’re working on hair bows and monogrammed stockings for Christmas,” Crawford said. “Those are supposed to be up next week.”
Search committee decides on chancellor candidate requirements by Nicole Bellamy News Reporter
The Chancellor Search Committee finalized and published the Chancellor Search Leadership statement Nov. 13, which lists requirements for potential candidates. The document, which can be found on the official website of the Chancellor Search Committee, gives a description of the role of Appalachian State University’s chancellor, a summary of the university’s makeup and a list of specific candidate requirements.
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ate professor in the Department of History, said she thinks if there was more involvement, the program prioritization would look much different. “It is sad when a university that began as a school to train teachers now lists education programs at the bottom of their priorities,” she said. “I think that reflects the opinions of those who administer faculty more than the people who actually do the teaching, who actually think about how to educate the population, who actually have to stand in front of the classroom and strive to get students to think for themselves and to learn what they will need to be productive and responsible members of society.” Deans’ response Neva Specht, the associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, said with this situation, there is always room for more people to be involved. Each department completed prioritization reports, and Specht said almost every department had faculty involvement in that stage. “We have over 600 faculty members in the college, and I think we have to sometimes use representatives to make things work,” she
“This is an exceptional opportunity for an outstanding chief executive officer to elevate a unique, successful institution to even greater levels of accomplishment and service,” according to the statement. Michael Steinback, committee spokesman, said that the finalized list of requirements was made after executive search firm Baker and Associates LLC and the committee narrowed down common recommendations made by the committee and those who participated in a survey solicited through the chancellor search
said. “We also had a very short timeline, so it was important that we tried to reach out as much as we could, and that process may have varied within different departments, but we left that up to the chairs.” Specht said she hoped everybody would be able to have input at some point in the process. “We certainly have tried to be as open and as transparent as possible, and we certainly appreciate faculty input,” she said. Program prioritization history Program prioritization was first mentioned to faculty senate in December 2011, when Gonzalez presented a slideshow titled, “What higher education leaders are saying about program prioritization,” according to the minutes. Over the next months, various meetings were held by the provost, deans and the Board of Trustees, according to irap.appstate.edu. The tiers began being implemented in fall 2012. During that time, each college and department used various methods to start the program prioritization. For example, in the Department of Communication, which is in the College of Fine and Applied Arts, each
website. “We feel we did a very transparent, comprehensive development and understanding of what [the committee] felt were their priorities and what was most important,” Steinback said. Steinback said the search committee is made up of 21 members including faculty, students, staff, administration, trustees, alumni and the community. “It was very much a shared exercise,” Steinback said. The statement, which took months to develop, lists re-
concentration wrote a statement that justified and elaborated on the program, Gates said. At the Oct. 14 faculty senate meeting, Gregory Reck, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, proposed a resolution, which asked that any changes with the curriculum be done with consolidation to faculty involved, according to the faculty senate meeting minutes. The resolution also asked any changes to the curriculum be submitted for approval by the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee, according to the laws in the Faculty Handbook. “After a proposal for curricular or structural change has been acted upon by a college or school and after the dean of that college or school has submitted the proposal to all other necessary groups, the dean will then present the proposal to the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee,” according to the handbook. The AP&P Committee typically gives the provost, vice chancellor and chancellor the final recommendations for these changes, according to the handbook. The resolution was passed by faculty senate unanimously, Reck said. “Faculty control of curriculum is long-honored tradition, not just at Appalachian,” he said. “If that resolution is ignored, I think it would lower faculty morale significantly.”
quirements such as strong leadership skills, proven fundraising skills, the demonstration of skills to live and work in a small university town and a forward and innovative thinker. Steinback said that the description would help the committee screen prospective candidates accordingly, but that the statement was not just for the committee’s use. “[Candidates] have access to this leadership statement,” Steinback said. “They can also begin to understand what the expectations are.”
Steinback said the university went public with advertising and promoting the position about three weeks ago and the committee is under a general timeline. “Our expectation is the search committee will meet Dec. 17 and at that time will review a grave number of candidate resumes and will work together to narrow that down to somewhere between eight and 12 candidates, at which time we will conduct interviews off campus with those eight to 12 candidates the third week of January,” Steinbeck said.
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