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Convocation welcomes new students
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VOLUME 49, ISSUE 1
New president envisions Columbia’s future
TYLER EAGLE Campus Editor IN HIS FIRST two months in office,
President Kwang-Wu Kim has already spearheaded an offensive against some of Columbia’s most pressing problems. He helped settle a 3-year contract battle between the college’s part-time faculty union and the administration, initiated a search for Columbia’s next provost and updated Columbia’s slogan from “create change” to “redefining greatness.” Though he tackled various tasks during the summer, Kim still found time to set goals for the college. Kim has made clear his plans to increase transparency, stabalize enrollment and enhance student-administration-relations. TRANSPARENCY In an interview with The Chronicle, Kim said his plans include
a more open administration on campus. To achieve that, he said he will spend this year listening to the college community and building a plan to improve the college. A major piece of Kim’s plan is launching a new website that will allow him to more effectively communicate with the college community and redesigning his presidential suite in the 600 S. Michigan Ave. Building. “We should be a community that builds trust because we talk to each other,” Kim said. “I intend to do a lot more talking to people and listening to people. There has to be a lot more written communication from this office to the school.” According to Dayle Matchett, Kim’s chief of staff, renovation plans for the presidential suite include the installation of glass panels, the removal of the office’s keypad entry system and a gallery
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President Kwang-Wu Kim interacts with students Aug. 30 at Convocation, Columbia’s welcoming event for incoming freshmen. Kim said he hopes to be more visible on campus, promote transparency and set the college on the road to greatness.
Kim fast tracks provost search
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NEW PRESIDENT KWANG-WU Kim
Kwang-Wu Kim
Kim said finding a provost is one of his highest priorities. “It’s important that when I’m not here there is a clear indication of who is in charge, and I want that to be the [provost],” he said. According to the email, finalists will visit the campus during either January or February 2014. Louise Love, who has been interim provost and vice president of Academic Affairs since 2011, said she plans to retire after the provost is selected. “It’s the president’s prerogative … to want to choose his own provost because they are going to be working so closely together,” Love said. “It’s been assumed that when I took over as provost that the college would be doing a search when a new president was hired.” The new provost will assume control of current structures of the
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Ken Daley
President and CEO Co-chair of Provost Search Committee
Chair of English Department
Onye Ozuzu
Chief of Staff
Chair of Dance Department and co-chair of Provost Search Committee
Sheryl Ash
Vice president and director of Isaacson, Miller
Benjamin Tobin
Senior associate of Isaacson, Miller
Robin Bargar Dean of School of Media Arts
Dayle Matchett Murphy Monroe Executive director of Admissions
Niki Nolin
Associate professor of Interactive Arts and Media
Ross Sawyers
Assistant professor in Photography Department
Jeff Schiff
English professor
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Safe Passage hits rocky road KAITLIN LOUNSBERRY
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David Valadez
Assistant vice president for Budget Management
Diana Vallera
P-Fac president and Adjunct faculty of Photography
Sharon Wilson-Taylor Associate vice president and dean of students
Jessica Young
Associate professor of Creative Arts Therapies
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kick-started the search for Columbia’s next provost, the soon-to-be second highest position at the college, by appointing a 16-member search committee on Aug. 20. The committee members, including co-chairs Kim and Onye Ozuzu, chair of the Dance Department, have signed confidentiality agreements, according to Kim. Members were chosen by various faculty representative organizations including the Chair’s Council, Faculty Senate and P-Fac, Columbia’s part-time faculty union, according to an Aug. 28 administrative email. The committee will be working with Isaacson, Miller, the same executive search firm that assisted the college during the presidential search process, the email stated.
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Open source experiments on rise • page 19
YELLOW SIGNS, NEON vests and a heavy police presence line the paths to many Chicago Public School buildings amid community concerns about the newly expanded Safe Passage program. This year, CPS has expanded Safe Passage, which was introduced last year to 35 high schools and four elementary schools, to keep students safe as they pass through dangerous areas on their journey to and from school. Some say the routes still aren’t safe enough. An additional 53 routes and 600 workers have been added this year as a result of 50 school closings, according to Molly Poppe, CPS deputy press secretary. “[Safe Passage workers] are our eyes and ears on the safe passage route, so they are the ones who can help those kids if they notice a
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