University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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I4 Hemenway receives a KU sweatshirt at his first news conference. lO SF ll CII F0lL'0I.I l'ION.' After Gene Budig Iefttbe Universityfor basebalI's American League, the Search began Robert I-lernenvvayvvastne ansvver. ANUARY WAS Nor ONLY the start of a new increase from 12 to 82 and the jump in Q year, it was the start of a new era. average ACT scores from 23.9 to 24.8. At that point, Del Shankel, interim chan- VITAL VITAE cellor and professor of microbiology, was Heme halfway through his term. Shankel filled in for Gene A. Budig, who became president of baseball's American League in July. The chancellor search committee reduced the candidate pool to five, and on Ian. 7, The University of Kansas was introduced to its 16th chan- cellor. Robert Hemenway would lead KU into the 21st century. THE NEWEST IAYHAWK I'll be very honest with you, Hemenway said at the inaugural news conference. I consider this the best job in the country. KU is a magnificent university with a strong faculty, hard-working staff and a student body whose excellence is widely acknowl- edged. The 53-year-old Hemenway had great expectations to meet, but he was no stranger to college life or the Midwest. Hemenway served the past six years as chancellor at the Uni- versity of Kentucky. Colleagues there have described him as a dy- namo committed to education, the advancement of minorities and openness with students. Hemenway has been credited with Kentucky's Merit Scholars' BY DEEDRA Artisan - WHAT I SEE IIAPPENING IN 'l'IIE UNIVEIKSITY IS A CUMING 'l'0GE'l'IIEIl 0F CULLEC- 'l'IVE ENERGY, IN'l'ELLI- GENCE AND ENTIIUSIASM 'I'0 MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOCIE'l'Y. - Il0BEIl'l' IIEMENWAY, NEWLY SEI.EC'I'ElD CIIANCELLUII I I l l l nway earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1963 and went on to earn a doctorate in English from Kent State three years later, at the age of 24. Hemenway, the author, also is well-respected. His biography of Zora Neale Hurston, a Black author, folklorist and anthro- pologist, was listed among the Best Books of 1978 by The New York Times. The research for that book, Hemenway has said, led to his increased sensitivity to minorities and multiculturalism. At Kentucky, he was instrumen- tal in hiring 48 tenure-track Black faculty and 101 women faculty. Hemenway began his career in education as an assis- tant professor of English at Kentucky from 1966 to 1968. He left to be an assistant and associate professor of American Studies at the University of Wyoming, where he stayed until 1973. Hemenway returned to Kentucky and taught until 1981 as an associate professor and professor of English. He then moved to an administra- tive role and chaired the depart- ment of English at Kentucky for the next five years. Before the chancellorship at Kentucky, Hemenway was the Dean of K Q Tw L. l a d

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3. X., .,,, f 1 In her room in Oliver Hall, Iarnie Carden, Olathe freshman, a self-described shopaholic, shows off the new clothes she bought with part of her lottery winnings. Most students, like Alex Yau, Hong Kong sophomore, aren't as lucky as Carden. .1 rl' ffq lf, x f f 1 Alex Yau buys a scratch ticket at the Immediately after his purchase, Yau EZ Shop at Alabama and 23rd streets. carefully scratches his lottery ticket. Unfortunately, Yau's ticket Was not a winning one. Photo Illustration by Leo Chan

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Arts and Sciences at the University of Gklahoma. I was a faculty member for a long time, Hemenway has said. I under- stand the faculty culture and the balance between teaching and research. What I see happening in the Lmiversity is a coming together of collective energy, intelligence and enthusiasm to make a difference in society. At a major research university like KU, faculty can make a difference whenever they enter the class- room and whenever they publish a new discovery. The new chancellor wasn't the first Hemenway at KU. Robin Hemenway, his daughter, came here in Fall 1993 as an American Studies gradu- ate student. She said that before her father was in the running for the position, and provost at Arizona State University, Robert Gerald Turner, chancellor of the University of Mississippi, and Adam W. Herbert, president of the University of North Florida. Herbert, however, with- drew his name from consideration before the Board of Regents released the final- ists' names. PROBLEMS IN THE PRocEss During the search, a campus debate gained some attention. The Board of Regents search committee of 17 had only three students. Students voiced concerns that the thoughts of a large campus couldn't be repre- sented by a trio of students. Iennifer Ford, Lawrence senior, Sherman Reeves, student body president, and Garrett White, a student at the University of Kansas Medical Center, repre- sented the inter- ests of more than he recom- fgt0001:tuldients. mended KU Robert Hemenway, and his wife, Leah, are welcomed D Er IIC .e when She was by the University community. Hemenway was named Y es eft m 1980' Choosing a chancellor Ian. 7. He wrote a column in the Kansan there were f0UI' asking for suggestions. Hemenway attended a meeting Students On 3 program. . . , Feb. 25 with student leaders before watching the men s Selection Comrmt, FINDING A FIT basketball team take on the University of Missouri. tee of 12. The search committee, which consisted of alumni, faculty, University staff and three students, recommended Hemenway from this list of candidates: Lois B. DeFleur, president of the State University of New York at Binghampton, Milton D. Glick, senior vice president Carey Stucky and Mark Galus, student senators, co-sponsored a Student Senate resolution that called for more student involvement in the search for the chan- cellor. Their goal wasn't to add more students to the existing committee but to alert administrators that the student Nov. 18 - June 8 1994 June 1994 JUI12 30, 1994 Dec. 4, 1994 The American Baseball Del Shankel is named A 17-member Search The Committee narrows League announces Gene interim chancellor for the committee is appointed the list from more than Budig will be their presi- 1994-95 school year. to look for Budig's 100 to 16 semifinalists dent starting Aug. 1, 1994. replacement. and interviews them in Kansas City, Mo.