May
23 , 2003
Quidnunc
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Audry
Longo '05 |
In the Forefront
Sophomore Audry Longo represented MHC at the 2003 NCAA
Division III Golf Championships May 13–16 in Greenlake,
Wisconsin. She was one of ten individual Division III golfers
chosen to compete at the event. Longo was also selected to participate
in the 2003 NCAA Leadership Conference, which will take place
in Florida May 25–29. Colleges and universities from across
the country nominated 1,172 student-athletes for the conference,
and 302 were selected to attend.
Trustee News
The College's board of trustees met May 2 and 3
for a series of productive meetings. The board unanimously approved
The Plan for Mount Holyoke 2010 (see article in this issue) and
applauded President Joanne V. Creighton and the College's
senior staff for their leadership. The board approved the operating
budget for fiscal year 2003–2004, degree candidates, and
recommendations for department chairs, sabbaticals, and leaves.
The board reviewed the operating budget projection for the current
fiscal year, noting with pleasure that the College is projecting
a modest surplus in addition to meeting all the conditions of
"fiscal equilibrium" set as a goal in The Plan for
Mount Holyoke 2003. Recognizing the severity of the budget challenges
of the current economy, the board commended the cost reduction
and containment measures undertaken by the administration to develop
a balanced budget. Faculty and staff base salaries will increase
by 2 percent across the board, plus equity and promotional adjustments,
beginning January 1, 2004. The board also approved the capital
budget for 2003–2004, which included a $1 million capital
allocation for Mount Holyoke's share of the cost of the
proposed Five College fiber-optic network. Trustees toured the
Blanchard construction site and heard a presentation by architect
Julie Moir Messervy on the proposed landscape designs for the
Blanchard/Lower Lake area. While urging President Creighton to
move the process forward expeditiously, the board endorsed the
continuation of community review of this project. The board also
conferred emeritus status on Angelo Mazzocco, professor of Spanish
and Italian. Trustees enjoyed dinner with a large group of students
who have received major awards for scholarship, research, or service
to the community over the past year. Trustees also celebrated
five colleagues who have completed their terms of service or retired
from the board: Alicia I. Barela '65, Linda Maria Yu Bien
'75, Karen M. Hendricks '76, Astrid E. Merget '67,
and Avery B. Ouellette '98. They welcomed Jesse H. Lytle
as the new secretary of the College and thanked Stephanie Hull,
W. Rochelle Calhoun '83, and Sally J. Lemaire '68
for their service to the College. Trustees also enjoyed a lunch
with a group of faculty members, an event hosted by the Faculty
Conference Committee.
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Lisa
Rodriguez-Ross |
Kudos
Frances Perkins Scholar and political science major Lisa Rodriguez-Ross,
who was named a Bill Gates Millennium Scholar in 2000, has now
received the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award, an annual
stipend of $10,000 for a graduating college senior to pursue public
service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to
engage in a meaningful public service activity for up to one year
before proceeding on to graduate school or a career. Rodriguez-Ross
will use her award to create a lay advocate program in the Springfield
Hampden Housing Court. The program will offer assistance to tenants
who do not have legal representation. Rodriguez-Ross has been
a leader in combating drugs and gang violence in her Jarvis Heights
Apartments community in Holyoke. Despite early struggles as a
teen mother, she became a rental agent, then the assistant manager
for her apartment building, and was later promoted to property
manager. She has served on the board of Holyoke's Neighborhood
Network Center and was a member of the nominating committee for
the Western Massachusetts Girl Scouts. Rodriguez-Ross plans to
attend law school and is considering a career in immigration law.
Samuel Huntington, former president and chief executive officer
of the New England Electric System, was deeply interested in public
service. Following his graduation from college, Huntington taught
in Nigeria. The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award was established
by his friends to allow other students to realize similar experiences
and to provide public service.
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