Stetson Reporter

Jl - Wito.". a ulf' JH&7\. ns. rskfciraiiMawj^* iwnv* bww cr jmtc h«ifl4T&3B«wse!P^(iraierait,w,"»'i#*»'*ofci-ffliB jwt« o wiKEarxyaOtaF-ihUNAMa «u i; H ii ^ \-y*y Vs-. t H- ■■ S ; K '- ■ ^ ^-■?'^ "--v., $$">■"•-'■ • - . i-.rf.J^ . fl c-j-j-*.*. ., vty - „ - - J: tobon iiiwersity November 24y 1992 Volume 105, limber 1! TT ~^. "FT3. i • Editor wraps up semester, acids note to I Winter Term issue Page 2 • SGA outlines the final issues of the fall semester | m their weekly update Page? • Meet Liz Long, a member of the volleyball tearn5 in an in-depth, one- ©m-one interview. Page 10 The Searcl Is ov ei iessS Dr. Paul E. Daschcr, dean of the College of Business and Administration at Drexel University in Philadelphia, has been ap poi ntcd dean of the School of Business Administration, beginning with the ) 993-94 academic year. Stetson President H. Douglas Lee announced Daschcr will succeed Dr. William W. Wright, who announced his retirement as dean last June. Wnghl will continue to teach at Stetson as a member of the Business school facility. Dascher is excited about the new opportunities Stetson offers. "Drexci isa large, urban, cooperative education institution: I've spent 20 years there. 16 as dean. I know I can do the things it requires. "Stetson is different and tremendously appealing. Il has a rea! Administration responds to Winter Term In an effort to address student concerns about the fate of Winter Term. President H. Douglas Lee and Provost Lou F. Brakeman have recently announced that one. and ma} be more open forums will be held during the beginning ofthe ncw ycar In an open letter to the faculty, Brakeman expressed his concern that students had not been made full} aware of both sides ofthe issue. This forum w ill allow faculty, administrator and students to hear all sides of the debate. Lee hopes to resolve this issue which has set the students against the facull} members opposed to keeping Winter Term. focus in terms of it students; itcares about teaching. It will be interesting to be involved in a school where I know the students' names." said Dascher. He said innovative programs already in place-such as the Prince Enireprcricurship program, newly linked to the Small Business Institute, and the George Investments program-give Stetson real potential. He hopes to use tlicin to reach our more into the community. "There is a certain practicality lhat goes along with business education; it is reasonable for the school to be involved in the community," said Dascher Daschcr has led the college of business at Drexel since 1977, successfully achieving accreditation of the graduate programs for the MB.A. and Ph.D. degrees and nts new reaccrcdilation of the undergraduate programs. As dean, he administers a college witli 3.000 undergraduate and 1.500 graduate students and a full- time faculty of 95 He also holds an academic appointment as professor of accounting. His specialty is cost and managerial accounting and accounting s} stems. "Paul Dascher has been an exceptional dcanat Drexel," said Stetson Provost Lou F Brakeman. "We are looki ng for ward to working with him and to his leadership in building on the excellent program in the School of Business Administration." In keeping wilh Stetson's emphasis on practical business experience as well as excellence in teaching, Dascher has been a consultant and faculty fellow for Price Watcrhousc & Co. and a man agement services consultant for Andrews. Burkct & Co. He is a former member ofthe accounting facuEtv of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Uim crsi 1} and ofthe Pennsvh a- nia Stale Univcrsitv and was visiting professor in the Graduate School of Professional Accounting at Northeastern University. He earned the Ph.D.. master of science and bachelor of science degrees from Penn State The immediate past chair or the Accreditation Standards Committee for the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Busi ness, Daschcr is expected to be helpful as Stetson's business See Dean Page 5 RA candidates flock to interest sessions L it "*v t 4 •%'* Amy Radford, the Assistant Director ofthe West Area, led the Residential Life interest session held in Nemec Kal! on Wednesday, November 18. Approximately 30 people attended the session which included information on the application process, new training procedures, and a question and answer session with the present stndent staff. Applications are being accepted until December 11.