At the senate
Price urges faculty and staff support for the Rutgers Campaign
Archived article from Oct 26, 2001
By Douglas Frank
"Ahead of us are months of extraordinary work that must engage the attention and the support of the entire university community," the chair of the faculty-staff component of the Rutgers Campaign told the University Senate Oct. 19.
Clement Price, professor of history on the Newark campus, is heading the campaign faculty-staff committee, which consists of vice chairs Barry Qualls, Charlotte Bunch and Wise Young in New Brunswick; Sallie Kasper in Newark; Cal Maradonna in Camden; and Todd Hunt and Eugene Young representing the retired faculty and staff, respectively.
The public phase of the university's $500 million fund-raising campaign was approved by the Board of Governors April 12, and more than $342 million has been raised as of the end of September to support strategic-planning initiatives and provide funds for student scholarships and financial aid.
"The Rutgers Campaign: Creating the Future Today," Price said, "is gaining momentum at a time when the progress of the university is taking us all into what is arguably an unknown and uncertain future. And yet we know that in the face of uncertainties the university must, more than ever, marshal the generosity of its known and prospective benefactors."
Price said President Francis L. Lawrence has given development a "much higher profile" at the university, and this, in turn, is "creating a fascin-ating and encouraging quest for new sources of support for research, student scholarships, capital projects and service to the communities that surround the university."
The campaign's major fund-raising priorities include attracting and supporting top students; ensuring a superior academic program; recruiting and retaining top faculty; advancing the potential of discovery; and enriching the campus and community environments.
"The campaign is driven by a singular vision of the university's strengthened position among the nation's elite public research universities," asserted Price. "But the campaign also acknowledges the strengths found within the variegated character of Rutgers -- three campuses forming a corridor of educational opportunity, research and service to one of the world's most dynamic regions."
Speaking of the role of his committee, Price noted, "Over the months ahead, our efforts will take us across the breadth of the university, speaking to our faculty and staff colleagues about the campaign and the important role they can play in helping it to succeed."
In its other business, the senate conducted an open forum on a proposal to establish a new academic unit, the College of Applied and Professional Studies (CAPS), and on a report from the senate's advisory committee on the matter. CAPS would address the off-campus delivery of professional and technical educational programs for adult learners.
While senators expressed both pro and con views on the proposal, the item was not slated for action at this meeting. Senate chair Kathleen Scott said a vote on the measure would be taken later in the year.
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