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Council Coverage At the October 17 University Council meeting, President Rodin pointed out that due to the "horrible events of September 11" Council did not meet last month, making this the first meeting of the semester. Dr. Rodin then announced the appointment of Council's new moderator, Dr. Larry Gross, who served as chair of the Faculty Senate and chair of the Council Steering Committee last year. Provost Robert Barchi thanked the UA for its efforts in helping to raise $25,000, which was recently presented to the Red Cross for its disaster relief fund. Dr. Barchi said he was "incredibly proud of the students." Christopher Leahy, chair of GAPSA, invited the University community to the October 19 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Graduate Student Center. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush presented a report on campus safety and security in which she noted a number of accomplishments from fiscal year 2001 including national accreditation and crime reduction. She also mentioned the upcoming information sessions to deal with handling suspicious packages safely, anthrax concerns and other timely topics on October 25 and 26. VPUL Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum presented a progress report on the implementation of the twelve recommendations concerning services to students with disabilities which were approved by the President and Provost as published in the Review Team's report (Almanac September 4). There were also two annual reports presented from last year's Council committees: Admissions and Financial Aid was given by committee chair Dr. Abba Krieger; followed by Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics which was given by Dr. Edward Lally. Both of their reports were previously published (Almanac September 11). Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 9, October 23, 2001 |
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