With interim vice president of academic affairs’s (VPAA) two-year contract coming to a close, four candidates are in the running for the position.
They are: Dr. Arthur Goldstein, Dr. Sheying Chen, Dr. William W. Durgin and Dr. Guiyou Huang
President Richard Schneider, a selection committee and an outside consulting firm worked on the selections.
“Untimely it’s the president choice but in higher education we use a system of search committees; we have a system of shared governance,” said Schneider.
The committee is made up of faculty and staff, selected based on their status in their department.
“We worked for probably about a month putting together a job description and began working with a search firm to help us identify quality candidates,” said Stewart Robertson, chair of the selection committee and professor of Spanish.
“We received a number of responses from a number of possible candidates and narrowed the selection down to eight semi finalists.”
Frank Vanachek has been serving as the interim vice president since the Wolf Yiegh left on short notice for a job at another university.
The Selection Committee is looking for a candidate who works well with students, has a degree in higher education and is a right fit for Norwich, according to Schneider.
“My ideal candidate would be an incredibly wonderful and powerful teacher; somebody that is a well-seasoned and powerful administrator; not a researcher, more of a scholar,” Schneider said.
All candidates have visited or will be visiting campus. Goldstein, Huang and Chen were here this week; Durgin will be on campus May 10 and 11.
“Indoc basically separates the men from the boys.” said Richard Williams, a 20-year-old studies of war and peace major from Brigdewater, Mass., as he described just the beginning of the very long and grueling process of becoming a Norwich Ranger.
Loses nationals, but ranks fourth in country
After not being eligible to attend USA Rugby nationals last year, the Norwich women’s rugby team was determined to go this year. Their determination paid off. The Cadets made it to the Final Four of the USA Rugby National Championships, held last weekend in Palo Alto, Calif.
Richard Macris
Always with a positive attitude and a smile on her face, Rosemary Sprague has been working at Sodexo as an employee for eight years. Over this time she has enjoyed swiping cards and making students smile every day. But Rosemary was recently diagnosed with cancer and students ran a fundraiser to raise money for her treatment.
Alicia Hood
While the majority of Norwich students packed their bags to head home for the weeklong spring break, three Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) students and one NROTC staff member packed their bags and headed to the Burlington airport with work on their minds.
“I really thought this year was an amazing year for it. I saw a lot of heart, I saw a lot of people dig deep and I saw a lot of character being built out there,” said Capt. Todd Tedeschi as he recalls the extreme effort put forth by all of this year’s Recon Challenge competitors.
Their season was filled with high expectations and some doubt from people outside of the locker room. And after the buzzer sounded, they stood on the ice with their heads held high as if it were just another game. “We played as hard as we could.
Norwich hockey player Katie Leupp started her career at Norwich when the team was still a club team. She has watched the team grow over the years into a competitive varsity hockey team. “Being a senior, it’s amazing to see how far the program has come, seeing as though it was only a club team my freshman year,” said Leupp, a senior psychology major from Burlington, Vt.
Over the past few years, people have been growing more aware of the effects of global warming and the many issues involving the environment. Just last year, a group of Norwich architecture students came together and formed a group to spread the ideas of being environmentally conscious.
At Norwich University, the nation’s oldest private military college, wearing uniforms is an important part of everyday life. But there have been issues on campus regarding how faculty members should wear their uniforms. All faculty members should wear the uniform on campus and have a neat, clean appearance, according to President Richard W.
As Tom Roberge sees it, the Special Olympics are “a great opportunity for the kids to get out and play.” Roberge, a physical education professor and coordinator of the Special Olympics at Norwich University, took over the event four years ago.
Going out on top is every athlete’s dream, from the NBA to the Women’s Football League. And for the five Norwich seniors on the women’s basketball team, this was their final test – to go out on top and have something no one can ever take from them.
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