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Ping to assume Ohio U. presidency
Colleagues sorry he's leaving
by LORETTA PIZZO
LIFE Copy Editor
Teacher preparation, general education, campus
beautification. All are things Provost Charles J. Ping
played an instrumental role in developing during his six
years at Central.
Ping, named the next president of Ohio University
Tuesday, will assume his new duties Sept. 1.
HIS COLLEAGUES commented Tuesday on his
appointment.
"Obviously, we are sorry to lose Dr. Ping," Lloyd M.
"Cofer, Board of Trustees chairperson said. "He has been
part of an administration that has made this University a
progressive institution."
The Board is determined now to develop a new
administration that has made this University a
progressive institution,"
"The Board is determined now to develop, a new
administration that will maintain the momentum we
have generated in recent years," Cofer added.
With Ping's appointment to the presidency at Ohio
and President William B. Boyd leaving for the
presidency of the University of Oregon, the top two
administrative posts at Central are up for grabs.
Echoing general sentiment was Donald W.
Kilbourn, chairperson of the now defunct presidential
search committee. Kilbourn said, "Ohio University is
getting a singularly competent administrator."
He would make no comment however, on the effect
Ping!s appointment might have on the search for a new
president at Central. Ping's name was on the list of the
final six candidates from which the Board of Trustees
would choose Boyd's successor.
"I am delighted for Charlie Ping and Ohio
University, but saddened for CMU," Boyd said Tuesday,
"Dr. Ping, almost uniquely among contemporary administrators, possesses the values and skills required for
a university president."
BOYD outlined Ping's qualifications, saying, "He
has academic values and a commitment to the University
as a center for scholarship and for human development—
and he has the newer management skills needed if a
university is to flourish during austere times."
While at Central Ping initiated the five-year
planning process, convened summer seminars on teacher
preparation and general education and implemented a
variety of changes in landscaping.
•Not all of his attempts were widely popular or
completely successful. Both the teacher preparation
recommendations and' general education proposal were
the subject of extensive criticism and extended debate.
Teacher preparation made it through Academic'Senate
in a watered down fashion, while general education is
still an issue two years after its initial introduction.
Ping will be remembered for these things, for being
a planner and philosopher and for being "willing to make .
time to talk about things important to Senate whenever
it was neccessary," according to Caiman Levich, former
Academic Senate chairperson. »
Summing up reaction of Ping's colleagues, Arthur
E. Ellis, vice president of public affairs, said, "Every
one of us is happy for Charlie."
PRIOR TO joining the CMU administration, Ping
was vice president and dean of faculty at Tusculum
College in Tennesse. He joined the Tusculum faculty as a
professor of philosophy (a position he also has at CMU) in
1966, became dean of faculty and vice president in 1967,
and was named acting Tusculum president in 1968.
Ping was a member of the faculty at Alma College
from 1958-66 and served as director of Alma's senior
program his last four years there. For a short time Ping
also served as a line coach for the college's football
squad.
Charles J. Ping
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Volume 55 No. 83
Wednesday, April 30, 1975
Provost
faces new
challenge
by LORRIE LYNCH
LIFE Editor in Chief
After what he terms an "exhilerating weekend" on
the campus of Ohio University, CMU's Provost Charles '
J. Ping took time,Tuesday to reflect on his decision to '
accept the presidency there effective Sept. 1.
Ping, who currently is on leave of absence, was in
Mt. Pleasant Tuesday before leaving again for the
Harvard School of Business, where he is participating in
an Institute for Education Management.
THOUGH HIS weekend at Ohio U. was exciting,
Ping, who will be Ohio U.'s 18th president, admits he
feels a "bit depressed in. the wake of the decision.
However, he looks at the Ohio U. presidency as a
challenge.
"It (Ohio U.) is an institution that has gone through
some difficult times," Ping says, citing "declining
enrollment and diminishing levels of support" as
problems.
"It is a campus with a rich history," he says, noting it
was founded in 1804. "It is a mature and broad-based
university."
He says he will find facing the "realities of higher
education," such as enrollment and budget problems
(See "Ping faces . . . ", page 5)
Programs, services must be cut
No layoffs included in new budget
by SANDRA L. DICKEY
LIFE News Editor
A new target budget, in which the guiding principle
is no layoffs, was presented by President William B.
Boyd to Academic Senate at a special meeting Monday
afternoon.
In order to reduce the base budget by 4 per cent, or
abput $700,000, without layoffs, several possible areas of
reduction were outlined in a memo (see related story)
prepared by Neil Bucklew-, vice president for administration; Arthur Ellis, vice president of public af-*
fairs and Jerry Tubbs, vice president of business and
finance.
HOWEVER, not all of the reductions will be implemented, Boyd said. Therefore, he asked Senate
members to consult with their departments in the next
LIFE
earns
top
honor
For the fifth consecutive semester, CM LIFE was awarded an Ail-
American rating in national competition by the Associate Collegiate
Press (ACP) Association.
The rating is the highest given by ACP, which conducts a semiannual evaluation of the nation's collegiate press. To be awarded the
honor a newspaper must receive top marks in four of the five rating
categories.
CM LIFE received marks of distinction in all five categories:
coverage and content, writing and editing, editorial leadership,
physical appearance and photography.
Judges said LIFE reflected a "mature approach to editorial topics",
and showed special "insight" to writing and makeup.
The Ail-American rating was based on editions published first
semester. '
The LIFE staff was headed first semester by Editor in Chief
Lorrie Lynch, Port Huron senior; Managing Editor Steve Morse,
Pinckney junior; News Editor Sandra Dickey, Grosse He senior; News
Editor Loretta Pizzo, Oscoda sophomore; Advertising Manager Jim
Campbell, Mt. Pleasant junior; Sports Editor Nick Edson, Mancelona
junior; Photography Editor Mary Jo Sariscsany, Howell senior.
Also on the LIFE staff were Assistant News Editors Sue
Reynolds, Alpena junior and Mitch Head, Redford sophomore;.
Assistant Sports Editor Hugh Conklin, Tecumseh junior and Copy
Editors Sheila Tomkowiak, St. Clair junior; Barb Caberto, Ionia
sophomore and Dale Maiewska, Dearborn senior.
two weeks and recommend changes which should be
made.
Boyd explained, "We have made allowance for a 6
per cent decrease; there are a wide range of
possibilities."
"We won't settle on this until we hear from you," he
auueu.
He requested faculty members send their reactions
to the proposed areas of reduction as well as submit their
own proposals to the administration.
• «e also said the Faculty Association, the bargaining
agent for the faculty, will be consulted. '"Every dollar
that we give to increase faculty compensation, will be
taken out of other things," Boyd said.
Boyd Said he hoped a tuition increase would not be
necessary. This could not solve the problem, he said,
because "we would have to raise it far too much."
In what he referred to as "one of the most important
messages I have spoken to this body," Boyd explained
the budget process to senators.
He said earlier this year, Gov. William G. Milliken
requested all universities prepare a base for next year
budget which would be 96 per cent of the current budget
or $19.6 million for CMU.
SINCE    THEN,   he    said,    several    reductions
amounting to about $700,000 have decreased that base
budget.   He  explained   this  would   not  be   the   final
allocation as several adjustments including money for«
compensation, utilities and enrollment, would be added. •
However, in working with this base, "we prepared a;
'Model A' budget which effected most of the savings by;
eliminating 42.5 positions," he said. This would mean;
layoffs for about 50 persons, none of whom would be,
faculty .teaching positions, he added.
Later, he said, 'Model B\ the new target budget,
was prepaTed in'which no layoffs would be Necessary.
"We hoped that it was all exercise and that it would
not come to anything," he said, referring to the 4 per
cent reduction. "But some thing is clearly going to come
of it," he continued.
He cited recession and unemployment, the loss of
revenue by dropping the sales tax and the decrease in
revenue in Michigan as reasons for the tight economic
situation.
"It is not going to go away and we have to deal with
the problem," Boyd said.
Earlier in the year, a freeze on all vacated positions
was implemented, causing a savings of about $300,000.
Boyd said this money could be used for next year.
Report outlines ways
to cut budget *800,000
by SANDRA L. DICKEY
LIFE News Editor
In order to reduce Central's
budget by 4 to 6 per cent, or $800,000
to $1.2 million, it will be necessary to
make substantial reductions in
several areas, according to President
William B. Boyd, who presented a
new   target  budget  to   Academic
Senate at a special meeting Monday
afternoon (see related story).
In a memo prepared by Neil
Bucklew, vice president for administration; Arthur Ellis, vice
president of public affairs and Jerry
Tubbs, vice president of business
and finance, three areas for possible
reuiiction were outiineu, including
programs and services, personal
service positions, and supplies,
materials and contractual services
(SMCS).
By reducing or eliminating
several programs and services (see
chart on page 3) $359,369 could be
saved, the report states.
AN ADDITIONAL $420,907
could be sSved by eliminating
several personal services positions
which have been vacated (see" chart
on page 3). These positions would
not be filled, Boyd explained. Also
included in this category is reduction
of $40,000 in grounds and maintenance services and a change in the
funding procedure for the Division of
Instructional Resources, which
would save $59,070.
In the area of SMCS, the 1974-75
base budget is $7,290,675. However,
$4,500,000 of this amount is not
available for economy reductions,
according to the memo. Items included in this category are facility
rental, financial aid, insurance, book
purchases, utilities, debt service and
computer rental.
Therefore, about $2,775,000 is
available in areas that may be
reduced. Two approaches/ could be
used for reduction, according to the
memo.
Using one approach, a series of
University-wide controls or
restrictions would be implemented.
This would result in savings in each
area or department under the
restriction the memo states.
Items which would come under
this type of restriction include:
—Travel—Out-of-state travel
could be restricted and a review
process set up for special exceptions.
Currently, about $300,000 is being
spent for travel that is not directly
related to carrying out basic
Programs, the memo states.
-MEALS AND EN-
■ TERTAINMENT-A series of rules
could be instituted such as requiring
that University facilities be used and
the number of personnel be limited,
according to the memo. The current
expenditure for meals and entertainment is $116,000.
— Dues and memberships--.
Currently $90,000 is being spent in
this category. The memo suggests
(See "Report shows ... . ", page 3|-
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CM LIFE PHOTO BY RICK MCKAY
MINORITY PROTEST^Members of the Chicanos Organized for
Progressive Action, Gay Liberation, Inc. and the Organization for
Blaqk Unity picket outside the University Center Monday in protest of
the single minority seat allocation on the Student Association's Board
of Directors (see related story page 14). The three groups are urging
students not to vote on the Student Association during student body
elections this week.
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