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The financial-aid car policy, which reduces the amount of aid received by students who want to have cars on campus, has been a target of criticism since it was developed about 17 years ago.
At its first meeting of the academic year Thursday, members of the Academic Council unanimously approved proposed revisions to the tenure selection process as well as the merger of the geology department with the Nicholas School of the Environment-both of which had been under consideration by the council since last year (see related story, p. 1).
"Once upon a time in a land far away" drifts through pop culture's collective imagination and conjures up the landscape of childhood fairy tales and dreams of fantastic adventures. For some, it is the land where Jack climbs giant beanstalks or where a beautiful princess lies sleeping in a magically enchanted castle. For others, it is the land of mammoth space stations and time travel...
After examining a review conducted during the last academic year, the Undergraduate Judicial Review Committee suggested several changes to the judicial code at the meeting of the Arts and Sciences Council Thursday afternoon.
After reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of the Faculty Associates Program continuously throughout its first year, its coordinators are working toward making it a more efficient interactive force on campus, primarily by creating a more developed infrastructure.
In her address to an audience of faculty members, administrators, families and both old and new students, President Nan Keohane welcomed the members of the Class of 2000 and urged them to take advantage of the time they will spend at the University during the course of the next four years.
Since the appointments of Sandra Ogburn as interim director of community affairs and William Bell as University consultant, the two have worked to improve the relationship between the Durham community and the University appreciably.
Administrators recently eliminated the DukeCard office in the Allen Building and transferred its responsibilities to the office located in the West Union building under the Cambridge Inn.
The University will be distributing newly designed, more durable DukeCards to this year's incoming freshmen.
Despite recent political tensions between the United States and Cuba, University administrators are in the initial stages of planning a Duke in Havana program for students interested in studying abroad in the Latin American country for a semester.
The University has appointed two new assistant deans of student development, each of whom will begin their terms this fall: Debbie LoBiando, former director of residential life at the University of Evansville in Indiana, and Carmen Tillery, associate director of housing and residence life at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University.
Bruce Cunningham, current registrar at St. Louis University, will become the University's first full-time registrar Aug. 1, succeeding Albert Eldridge, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, who will be stepping down from the part-time position after having held it for eight years.
David Ferriero, assistant director for public service at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will replace Jerry Campbell as University librarian and vice provost for library affairs Oct. 1.
In response to questions surrounding the University's new latin honors guidelines-which make it more difficult for a student to graduate with honors-administrators at several graduate schools agree that the more rigid requirements will not put University graduates at a disadvantage during consideration for graduate programs.
Despite the fact that the University offers the Angier B. Duke Scholarship to top prospective freshmen, a number of these students continue to decline the offer in order to attend other universities such as Harvard, Emory and Wake Forest, who offer more money.
In a May 10 address to the Students Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, immediate-past president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council Michael Tino, fourth-year graduate student in cell biology, defined graduate and professional students as teachers, researchers, students and University community members, and pinpointed the challenges they encounter in these roles.
Taking advantage of the low student population in the summer months, parking services is currently repaving the Edens Quad parking lot.
Bruce Kuniholm will fill the University's position of vice provost for academic and international affairs Aug. 1.
For the second consecutive year, 11 prospective students have turned down the Angier B. Duke Scholarship, an award that grants its recipients full tuition for four years at the University.
This is the final installment in a four-part series examining Duke Dining Services' options in lowering food prices while maintaining high food quality, service and menu flexibility.
