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Volume 100 Number 5
'Florida's Oldest Collegium Newspaper■'_
Sletson University DeLand, Florida
Stetson listed in US News & World Reports survey
% MARY HASTINGS
Associate Editor
Stetson University president
H. Dou^as Lee said last week
that part of his long-term goal
for Stetson is to have the university ranked in the top ten of
schools nationwide.
Stetson was listed in "U.S.
News and World Reports'" third
biennial survey of American
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to the &>uth and border states.
This proves we're moving on
to the national scene," Lee said.
The real key in moving up in the
survey is to understand that
we're strong enough now to
improve our status."
In the surrey of more than
1,000 college and university
presidents nationwide, which
appears in the Oct. 19 issue of
the magazine, Stetson University is ranked seventh with 35,4
percent of the respondents
naming it as one of the top institutions in the region. A total of
141 institutions were mentioned in this category.
Stetson is listed in the same
category as it was in the 1985
survey, bat other schools have
changed categoiy, making it
generally more competative.
Wake Forest, Richmond, and
Furman were in national or regional liberal aits categories to
1985. This year they moved to
the regional comprehensive
category.
Others listed in the category
are Wake Forest University,
North Carolina, ranking first;
Trinity University, Texas, second; Furman University, South
Carolina, third; James Madison
University, Virginia, and the
University of Richmond, also in
Virginia, tied for fourth.
Another Virginia school, George
Mason University, ranked fifth.
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Task force presents report
By MARY HASTINGS
Associate Editor
Stetson's Task Force on
Leadership Development presented a draft report to faculty
members this week. The report
will eventually be sent to the
provost.
Task force chairman Paul
Steeves says it took the group
10 monthst to develop the
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report . He gave copies to faculty members Tuesday.
Steeves said the faculty
members will discuss the report
to give further advice to the task
force. "In three weeks the final
form of the report will be sent to
provost Lou Brakeman. He will
then send his form to the faculty
for approval," he said.
, Steeves, who called this stage
"tentative," said that the
report's final form may be quite
different from that of the task
force's draft.
Stetson was given $1 million
for the development of a leadership program last February by
Publlx president and chairman
of Stetson's board of trustees.
Steeves said this gift will put
Stetson on on the "cutting edge"
of U.S. colleges developing leadership programs.
"More than 500 colleges have
made the, claim that they are
developing some leadership
program. Only a dozen or so
have actually put enough
money behind that goal to put it
to action," he said.
The report recommends the
creation of a Leadership Development Program. The program
would be guided by a council
that would be chaired by a
director. It would compromise a
broad range of curricular and
co-curricular element, stength-
ening existing programs which'
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Winter Park ranked eighth, and
Loyalo University, Louisiana,
and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte tied for ninth.
"The list is now much more
comprehensive and competative," said Lee. "I am delighted
that our peer to other institutions of higher learning think so
highly of Stetson University."
Lee's plans to help Stetson
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Improve its national ranking
include adding to the faculty,
improving the student body,
and doubling the siase of the
llbrasy.
"When you do these things,"
Lee said, *you generate your
own reputation. A school rea%
has to be the best to be ranked."
He said that his plan will add
to the size of the faculty, and
provide them with greater
resources for the development
of new classes and for research.
The president said he hoped
to "add a more cosmopolitan
tinge to the student body. He
said another goal is to raise the
average student SAT score to
1,200.
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Dean of Admissions accepts Alumni post
By GLENN KINDRED
Reporter Editor
Dean of Admissions Gaiy
Alonzo Meadows will be accepting a position as Executive
Director of Alumni Relations In
early June, according to Provost
Louis Brakeman.
Brakeman, who disclosed
this information during an
interview, stated that the reason for the job change was to
"allow the Uninlversity to make
much more of alumni affairs."
When asked who would replace
Meadows as Dean of Admissions Brakeman responded
that a "national search would be
conducted."
According to Meadows he
was first approached by President Doug Lee several months
ago about the job change. Meadows said that he "did not seri
ously consider the job" at that
time. Several months later Vice
President Mark Whittaker
approached him and discussed
the opportunity further, said
Meadows.
Meadows stated that he
accepted the position with
Meadows first came to Stetson in 1955 as a newly enrolled
Freshman, he was then graduated in 1959. While enrolled
as an undergraduate Meadows
served as President of the Student Government and was a
member of the Pi. Kappa Phi
Fraternity.
Meadows accepted a position
with Stetson as an admissions
counselor and began work the
day after his graduation ceremony. Meadows noted that at
that time the Department of
Admissions consisted of only
three employees. Today it
stands at five and enlists the
help of a music school representative. Kathryn Huffman.
Meadows stated that during
his time In the Admissions
Office he had also served for one
year as Director of Financial Aid
when the offices were combined. Five years ago Meadows
title changed from Director of
Admissions to Dean of Admissions and he was placed on the
Cabinet of President Pope
Duncan.
When asked why he decided
to accept the position Meadows
stated that is was the Intention
of Dr. Lee to elevate the post of
Executive Director of Alumni
Relations to a "first level admin-
stratlve position."
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