University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Rev. John E. Walsh, C.S.C. Vice-President for Academic Affairs Thomas E. Stewart Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs I 19

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Bro. Raphael Wilson, C.S.C. Director of Admissions Rev. John E. Walsh, Notre Dame ' s new vice- president for academic affairs is now only two doors from his old office the Notre Dame Foundation. His experience in fund raising and in educational philosophy (He holds a Ph.D. in education from Yale.) are among the equip- ment he brought to his new position. Part of the responsibility he shares with Dr. Thomas E. Stewart, former head of the Depart- ment of Mathematics, whom he named as his associate vice-president. Dr. Stewart has been especially involved in directing Notre Dame ' s two foreign studies programs. Expansion to other areas possibly the East and South Amer- icais anticipated within the next five years. Father Walsh hopes that within the next five years there will be a major reshuffling of aca- demic facilities. The plan calls for the build- ing of a new Life Sciences Building, at which time the present Biology Department would be moved into the new building, and the Psychol- ogy Department would move to the present Bi- ology Building. It might also house some of the other social sciences. Growth in the graduate school is anticipated; undergraduate enrollment will remain as con- stant as possible. The University hopes to offer a full doctoral program in all of its departments within five years, with about twelve hundred graduate students. One of the chief responsibilities of the vice- president for academic affairs is the decision on faculty promotion and granting of tenure. Ordinarily a man has to be here three years even with the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor before he gets tenure. The cri- teria used in this determination are the quality of his classroom instruction; his own research fresh and alive with the recent developments in his own field ; participation in the strength- ening of the academic program; the availability of the teacher to direct and open contact with individual students. Such contact can be almost as valuable as the classroom contact itself and this element is considered in faculty promotion. Brother Raphael Wilson, a biologist, was appointed as Director of Admissions in the summer of 1965. His major innovations are the increased use of recent alumni as interviewers, and a rewritten series of brochures explaining the University to applicants. 18

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Rev. Joseph B. Simons, C.S.C. Dean of Students Rev. Daniel J. O ' Neil, C.S.C. Assistant Vice-President for Student Activities Rev. Joseph Hoffman, C.S.C. University Chaplain