Updated: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 1:37pm
Pointing to an increasing national and University focus on self-assessment, Yale College Dean Peter Salovey announced last week a new position within the Dean’s Office to be charged with coordinating all the University’s surveys. Judith Hackman has assumed the new position of Associate Dean of Assessment in addition to her current role as the director of the Teaching...
Dean of Freshman Affairs George Levesque will step down from his post at the end of this academic year in order to assume a new position as assistant dean for academic affairs, the Yale College Dean’s Office announced Monday. Levesque, who has held the freshman-affairs post since its creation in August 2005, will be responsible for overseeing academic issues related to...
Even deans can be rowdy during a cappella concerts. The student a cappella groups Shades and Magevet closed day one of the New England Deans’ Meeting — an annual gathering that was attended by nearly 80 deans from around the region representing 30 colleges and universities — on Thursday. The group met yesterday and will continue in sessions today to explore ways in...
The bracket-busting performance of scrappy Davidson College in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament surprised Gonzaga, Georgetown and Wisconsin. But not Dean of Student Affairs Marichal Gentry. And he should know: Over 20 years ago, Gentry was pounding the same Davidson court that three-point-dropping guard Stephen Curry now lights up — but as a member of...
In a move to ease the financial burden on this year’s Senior Class Council, the Yale College Dean’s Office notified SCC officials Sunday afternoon that it has agreed to pick up all of the Council’s estimated $27,000 in expenses for Senior Class Day, which is scheduled for May 25, SCC members told the News on Monday. The Dean’s Office had already agreed to foot...
If the administration accepts the Women’s Center’s latest demands in response to last month’s “We Love Yale Sluts” photograph, all the Zeta Psi-affiliated students involved in the incident will face disciplinary action before the University’s Executive Committee. In what would amount to a drastic change in current policies if implemented, the Center’s...
In 19 months, Elis taking their first walk through Phelps Gate will be inundated with sources of support. But one long-standing fixture of this network — the Ethnic Counselor — will be missing. Two weeks after Yale administrators announced that the freshman counseling program would undergo major changes in 2009 — including the merging of ethnic counselors into...
Many Yalies would call this a typical Tuesday: A 10:30 language class in William L. Harkness Hall, an 11:35 lecture at the Law School, lunch on the run and then a 1:30 seminar in the Hall of Graduate Studies. But if professors follow a recent recommendation from administrators regarding course scheduling, busy days like this one may become a rarity for the average...
Members of the Yale Women’s Center board of directors told the News over the weekend that they will push the University to change portions of the undergraduate regulations in order to address what they called “fraternity-sponsored or -enabled sexual harassment, assault and rape.” In the wake of controversy over the circulation last week of a photograph in which...
Members of the Yale Women's Center board of directors told the News late Thursday night that they will push the University to change some of its policies in order to address "fraternity-sponsored or enabled sexual harassment, assault and rape." In the wake of controversy over the appearance of a photograph in which students affiliated with the Zeta Psi fraternity are...
Administrators unveiled their plans for long-term, major adjustments to the ethnic counselor program to the News on Monday, laying out a proposal that would incorporate the role of the ethnic counselor into that of the freshman counselor, who will become responsible for providing enhanced community support for cultural affairs on campus. Dean of Freshman Affairs George...
More than 100 students, faculty members and other Yale affiliates packed into Sudler Hall on Tuesday night for “The History of Hate,” the first of at least four panels planned by administrators to analyze hate from various academic perspectives. For 90 minutes, the audience members listened as four University history professors explored the origins of hate speech and...
