1987-01-19; Central Michigan Life

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BY MOQCR MORGeMTERN
UF£ Copy Editor  -:~"-'~/-" '•'   ' ■ - ■
' Two top-ranking CUU adminlstratora ara among
three finalist* for the provost position at Western
Michigan University.
*   Myron Henry, dean of the college of Arts and
-Sciences, and Acting Provost Janice Reynolds are
two of throe finalists competing fcr the WMU
provost post, said Joe Gagie, Western's executive
director of Governmental Relations sad CommtuuV
- Gagie said a provost search committee harrowed
the •■approximately 100-candidate field to three
shortly before the school's winter break. The third
finalist is George M. Dennison, an associate
academic vice president at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo.    - •»•-..-',
The position was advertised in late spring! The'
committee has been meeting since June.
Gagie said H is unusual to have two people from
the same university vying for the same Job.
Reynolds confirmed Friday afternoon she is a
Reyfiolds, Henry among trio of search finalists
It boils
down   to   the
individuals
finalist for the position, but declined further
comment.  ■ ' ■  • v - v
President Arthur Ellis said Sunday he was happy
for Henry and Reynolds, acting provost since
August.  ■.
- "We should be very pleased and proud," EUis said.
He added he wrote letters to the search committee
for both of them.
If either Henry or Reynolds got the WMU position,
replacing them would not be a major chore, Ellis
. ^It's not demeaning to them, though, People have
a right to further their careers," EUis said.
Henry, dean of Arts and Sciences since 1980, said
he applied for the position last spring after a
colleague nominated him. Henry would not
comment further on the coUeague'a identity.
He said he met with search committee members
in December, shortly after he was named a finalist.
Last week he was at the Kalamazoo campus.
meeting with (acuity members and student groups.
Reynolds' visit is scheduled today.
Gagie said WMU President Diether Heenkke.
following each candidate's on-campus visit and
consultation with campus eonstitutenta, will select
one person for the Job and bring that' name before
WMlTs Board of Trustees for their approval
The WMU board's next meeting is March 6.
Haenkke said Sunday he does not plan to call a
special meeting. He will reach his decision "within
two weeks," and make it public before having the
board vote.
"The board will select the candidate I select."
Haenkke said.
Haenkke added he is pleased with the candidates
"AD three of the candidates are extremely highly
qualified. Each would make a great contribution to
Western," he said.
Gagie said Haenkke and the new provost will
work out a starting date.
OagJaesid.
Henry called
the Job opening
"an interesting
HENRY
REYNOLDS
and challenging position." -
If he is chosen and accepts the Job, he said he will
miss CMU and the expansion being done in the
college of Arts and Sciences, including plana for a
new science facility and industrial engineering and
technology building.
"My «*w— are one in three. If I do leave, I will
leave behind some exciting things," Henry said.
Henry said he would not comment on the
possibility of applying for CMlTs permanent provost
position.
A search for a CMU provost would begin after a
new president is selected, possibly in March 1988.
He also said he would not comment if he is
pursuing sny other job offerings.
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Proposed program would
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BY MARY FRANCIS
LIFE Editor
Faculty, section
shortage cause
drop/add chaos
BY JACKIE BRAUN
LIFE Copy Editor
Added enrollment sdded
headaches to those in long lines
at dronfedd last week. •
An estimated 15.700
students are enrolled for winter
semester, approximately 600
more than during the winter
semester 1986, adding to the
long lines at last week's
drop/add sessions. Associate
Registrar Ron Pinch said
Sunday.
Finch said 15,611 students
were enrolled before Friday,
with one day of late registration left. The official figures
will not be available for about
one week.
The lines at drop/add ranged
from a three-hour wait
Wednesday to about a two-hour
wait Thursday and an hour
wait Friday. Finch said.
Finch said the lines became
shorter toward the end of the
k  because most students
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On the bottom
CMU perennially ranks dismal in per-student dollars
University employees hurt on
the job may not have to leave
campus for rehabilitative services,
if the Board of Trustees accepts a
$450,000 proposal Friday.
The proposal involves an
in-house rehabilitation/fitness
program for employees injured at
work implemented by Athletic
Training Services (ATS), 2266
Enterprise Drive. It also includes
a dual-use building to house both
the "Healthletics" program and
Physical Plant crews.
The program's purpose would be
to reduce work-related injuries
and. in turn, decrease the amount
of money the University is
spending for workers' compensation payments, said Terry Stoner,
assistant vice president for
Human Resources.
ATS also would provide less-
expensive rehabilitative services
for injured workers than outside
medical agencies, he said.
ATS, owned by two former CMU
athletic trainers, provides a
consulting service for implementing programs of this type. It
also serves as a placement agency
for athletic training personnel.
The Healthletics program
would    cost    the    University
BY WAYNE KAMIDOI
LIFE Managing Ettto*
When it comes to the amount of per-student state funding.
University officials aren't shooting to be the best on the block.
If CMU could get comparable appropriations of the Average Joe, it
would suit those officials just fine.
The 1987-88 state budget request — approved by the Board of
Trustees at its December meeting — sets its top sight on receiving
$100-less-than-the-average per student state appropriation based on
projections. ______________________
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Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan State University and Wayne State
University, in 1986-87. (See accompanying chart).
Central received $2,784 per fiscal-year equated student
(FYES) — $2,559 less than top-ranked Northern Michigan University
and $841 less than the average.
Finding itself on the bottom is nothing new. The University
perennially has received significantly less in FYES appropriations
than other institutions, said Richard Miller, executive assistant to the
president for governmental relations.
CMU, he said, cannot attain its academic goals — and remain a
good buy — if the state continues its sub-par appropriations.
It's halftime and the team is down four touchdowns. That's how
Trustee William Odykirk described the funding situation. And. he
added, it's time for an onaide kick.
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program that would prevent
Injury and reduce workers'
compensation payments would
be beneficial, , University
Health Services and health
education and science
employees are unhappy with a
proposal that will go before the
Board of Trustees Friday.
A proposed $450,000
program, contracted through
Athletic Training Services
(ATS), 2266 Enterprise Drive,
would provide in-house
rehabilitation and fitness
programs for University
employees injured on the job.
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S 190.266 for equipment, supplies I 	
and one year's salary for one certified athletic trainer. And those costs
would be paid back within 14 months, the proposal states.
The new $242,384 building is proposed to be south of Rose Center.
Of that total. $100,000 would be spent for offices and quarters for
Physical Plant grounds, moving and parage crews. The Healthletics
area makes up the remaining $142,384.
Stage I of the proposal also calls for Healthletics to be housed in a
$17,350 temporary double-wide trailer adjacent to the current Motor
Poo) building.
Jon MacLeod, assistant vice president for Physical Plant, said a
building was planned before the proposed Healthletics facility.
Approval of this Healthletics proposal, however, would initiate
construction sooner and involve a larger facility. The proposal states
the building would be ready for use by September.
Healthletics is expected to provide the University a net savings of
$409,737 in workers' compensations within four years, according to an
ATS feasibility study.
ATS President Ken Kopke and Vice President Ron Sendre will be
hired part-time by the University to help with training projects in the
athletic department this spring, said Sendre, former professor of
physical education.
Kopke and Sendre are on leave without pay from the University,
and both will be re-employed regardless of the outcome of the proposal,
he said.
But if the trustees pass the proposal, their part-time salary also will
pay for their work as consultants with the Healthletics program.
Although ATS is a private company. Sendre said CMU will not pay
he and Kopke twice, if hired part-time. If they were not hired as
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