University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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.. blue-sky thinking.. What do I do? Oftentimes, at the end of a day, I really wonder! The work of all University administrators (contrary to much popular belief) is simply to make every effort to facilitate the all important work of teaching and research. When you reduce this to action, it means helping to ' make go ' an enterprise which can only move forward in proportion to the desire and effectiveness of all those people involved in that enterprise. And so, people problems absorb much of my time. The remainder is spent trying to coordinate a wide variety of support services to help various segments of the Santa Clara Community ' do their thing ' - that is to discover, share and impart wisdom. Blue-sky thinking for our long range planning; concern that Santa Clara projects an honest image to its publics; keeping in touch with students and trying to relate their needs to the goals of education; persuading a questioning public that Santa Clara is worth supporting; these and other duties comprise a potpourri of activities that makes the days seem short. William B. Perkins, S.J. Executive Vice-President

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..a kick somewhere or other... Part of my job is to work with the Deans of the five Schools and Colleges in general matters of curriculum and academic budget. Another part - and the one to which I give most of my time - could be called ' faculty and student relations. ' People for whom the rest of the system is not working right often come to me and we try to see if a kick some- where or other will get the machinery going again. The kick could come from a student, a faculty member, a depart ment chairman, a dean or other administrator, or on occasion from me. James Albertson, S.J. Academic Vice-President