Clifford Brown and Linda Stanhope were elected on Tuesday to three-year terms as chair
and secretary, respectively, of the Faculty Executive Committee. President Roger
Hull praised the work of Tom Werner and Steve Leavitt, chair and secretary for
the past three years.
In other elections at the general faculty meeting, Kristen
Fox and Chad Orzel were elected to three-year terms as FEC representatives on
the Student Affairs Committee. Megan Ferry was elected at-large junior member of
the Faculty Review Board.
The faculty approved
the granting of degrees to 494 undergraduate day students and 125 students in
graduate and continuing studies at Commencement on June 15.
In other action, Werner announced an FEC recommendation that
the administration share a financial analysis of a change to a semester system.
The proposal is slated for discussion at the June 3 meeting. After the meeting,
the faculty will vote on whether to lift a five-year moratorium on
reconsidering a semester calendar.
Three years ago, the faculty voted to retain a
three-term calendar, and the president promised the issue would not be
reconsidered for five years, Werner explained. Since that vote, some faculty,
including some who had opposed semesters, have said they would like to re-visit the calendar issue to see if a change to semesters would bring the College
significant annual savings, Werner said.