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7KH UHORFDWLRQV RI RQFDPSXV RIFHVoffering enrollment-related services to both the McCarthy Center and Dwight Hall are among the changes recently un-dertaken to make academic and transac-tional business more convenient for stu-dents, according to administrators.

Dean of Enrollment Management Jer-emy Spencer said that the Financial Aid, Graduate Admissions, Registrars and 6WXGHQW $FFRXQWV RIFHV ZHUH PRYHGfrom Dwight Hall to the McCarthy Center because of a new campus realignment plan that would allow student transactional ser-vices to be completed in one location.

Spencer said that prior to the realign-ment, student transactional services were

located in the McCarthy Center with the Division of Graduate and Continuing Edu-cation (DGCE), as well as in Dwight Hall with the traditional day division operation.

In that system, Spencer explained, students were being ping-ponged from Dwight Hall to the McCarthy Center based on their student status.

Administrators decided that the best location for the new Student Services Center, which houses the student transac-WLRQDORIFHVLVWKH0F&DUWK\&HQWHUVDLGSpencer.

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dents throughout the relocation process. Within the new system - coined the

one university concept - according to 6SHQFHUDQRIFHRI(QUROOPHQW0DQDJH-ment has been created along with the es-tablishment of the new Student Services Center.

Spencers title has been changed from dean of admissions to dean of enrollment management.

My new role as the dean of enrollment management is to continue with under-graduate recruitment and pick up gradu-ate recruitment in addition to oversight of the Financial Aid, Student Accounts, and WKH5HJLVWUDUVRIFHWREHDEOHWRKDYHone voice, if you will, over all the student transactional services.

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This year, Framingham State Universi-W\HQUROOHGIUHVKPDQVWXGHQWVVWX-dents or nine percent fewer than last years UHFRUGVHWWLQJHQUROOPHQWRIUVW\HDUstudents.

These numbers were released by Vice President of Enrollment and Student De-velopment Susanne Conley at Tuesdays Board of Trustees meeting.

Conley reminded the board that the QXPEHUVDUHXLGEHFDXVHVKHUHOHDVHGthem before the end of the add/drop pe-

ULRGEXWWKDWWKHRIFLDOQXPEHUVZLOOEHreleased in the census on October 31. The bottom line is that enrollment at Framing-ham State remains strong, said Conley.

Last year, the university accepted an unusually large freshman class in order to OOWKHQHZEHGGRUP1RUWK+DOO([-ecutive Vice President Dale Hamel said, Last year, we had an insanely large fresh-man class and lots of problems absorbing a certain number of freshmen. So our target for freshmen this year was far lower than it was last year.

Student Trustee Molly Goguen told the board that she thinks students will be

thrilled to hear about a smaller incom-ing freshman class because even going into the dining hall alone was a struggle last year.

President Timothy Flanagan said this year, the university did a much better job in maintaining the size and quality of the LQFRPLQJ FODVV ,Q WKH XQLYHUVLW\demonstrated it could admit a gigantic freshmen class and this year, We can shape the class in a way that were going to see an increase in SAT scores. Were QDOO\ JHWWLQJ WR WKH SRLQW ZKHUH ZHUHable to decide what size freshman class we

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A project that began this summer to im-prove access to Hemenway and May halls is still ongoing, according to administrators.

The reconstruction of the front entrance-ways to Hemenway Hall, the rebuilding of the stairs and brick pathways in front of May Hall and the relocation of the handicap park-ing spaces to the front of Horace Mann are all projects intended to increase accessibil-ity and prepare for the construction of a $65 million science building addition.

The Hemenway construction, which took place over the summer, cost $3.3 million. This money is coming out of the $65 million allocated for the new addition, which will be funded predominantly through state funds.

The blueprints of the project, which are available for viewing in the McCarthy Cen-ter, show the plans for a new addition to be added to Hemenway Hall. Construction will EHJLQDWWKHHQGRIVSULQJ

Obviously, we would have preferred WRWHYHU\WKLQJ LQWRD WKUHHPRQWKSHULRGbut it was just too much scope to have to get done, said Dale Hamel, executive vice president. The goal was to have one entry reopened by the beginning of the semester, and we did that with the [Hemenway] annex - even though that was very tight as well - I think we only opened it a day or two before-hand.

The reconstruction of the entranceways also triggered accessibility and code com-pliance issues that the administration had to address. Buildings that once met code stan-dards at the time of initial construction no longer meet code for accessibility, Hamel said.

Where students once had to come up the VWDLUVDQGJRGRZQDRRUWRDFFHVVFHUWDLQclassrooms, with the addition of new entries, students can now enter Hemenway at the ground level.

Hamel also referenced plans for a large lobby area which will provide access to the rest of the building, either by the elevator or the new grand staircase that will be built.

Hamel said that a lot of the money for WKHQHZSURMHFWLVJRLQJEDFNWRDGGUHVVUHsafety issues in the building, as well as rest-room and lab accessibility.

Currently, there are showers in 22 of the Hemenway labs, and per code, all of those showers have to provide tepid water - hot and cold - and have to be designed under the assumption that there is an emergency in all 22 labs at the same time, Hamel said.

Well, thats like designing a residence hall. Weve never even used the showers in the labs. So, that one were trying to waive - but, per code, were trying to upgrade all of that, to have all 22 run at the same time, said Hamel.

Another change on campus over the sum-mer was the removal of the handicap spaces from the front of May Hall and the expan-

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Dean Stoops was elected Administrator of the Year by students in the SGA elections last year.

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The biggest project I am working on this year is the Live Safe campaign. We started with the plan-ning of it last spring and we are rolling it out this year. It is myself, a num-ber of administrators, students and faculty who are working on this effort to really promote increased awareness among our students about issues related to their safe-ty in all areas and how choices that students make can really have a positive impact on their safety. So, you will see things about it as the year progresses. We will be rolling out different items every month.

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I think my best experience was the connec-tions I established with other people and the relationships that I developed while I was there. Just getting to know different faculty on campus, different students. I have friends PRUH WKDQ\HDUV ODWHU WKDW ,DPVWLOOFORVHwith and have regular contact with. I think there are so many connections you can estab-lish in college that last a lifetime and have a bigger impact than you imagine at the time. So I think for me, it was really about the con-nections.

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I think sometimes it is easy to lose sight of why you are here. Obviously, that will be dif-ferent for each student, but I think that it can really help in staying focused and establish-ing priorities throughout the year. The second piece of advice is to not lose sight of this as an opportunity. I think some people take their student status for granted, and this is an op-portunity that a lot of people never get and so really maximize your opportunity - maximize your four years here in terms, of course, of your educational experience, but also the less structured education that you can get outside of the classroom by getting involved and con-necting with people and just making the most of your time here.

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answer is there is a lot of great resources and I hope that the students get the time to know what those are and that they feel like they can use those as needed throughout their time.

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+HPHQZD\(QWUDQFHZD\VUHQRYDWHGHemenway, May projects to improve accessibility

sion of the lawn there. The May Hall proj-ect, which also consisted of replacing the stairs and brick pathways in front of the EXLOGLQJ WRWDOHG ZKLFK FDPHout of College Operations, said Hamel.

In order keep to code standards, the readjustment of the stairs in front of May was a project that FSU assumed after the town of Framingham spent $1.2 million on rebuilding State Street.

One of the things we committed to as part of that project was when they put the new curbing and sidewalks in, that step went into the sidewalk area - again, QRWFRGHFRPSOLDQW6REHFDXVHLWZDVpercent on our property, we committed to replacing the stairs and moving it off of the sidewalk, Hamel said.

This also meant tearing up the old brick pathways on the lawn and rebuilding them, as everything was pushed back to make the stairs level with the sidewalk.

According to Hamel, the stairs and pathways couldnt be reconstructed last summer because the handicap parking also needed to be replaced.

The master plan for campus shows

handicap spaces on the periphery of the campus, both in front of Horace Mann and in front of the new entrance to Hemenway. The plan also envisions a great lawn in front of May Hall, where students can lounge or study. Removing cars and park-ing in front of May allows for an unencum-bered view of the lawn, Hamel said.

The handicap spaces used to be right up by a wall of brick blocks - all of which ZHUH GHWHULRUDWLQJ VR ZH QHHGHG WR [that parking, but what we did was relocate it. That way, we were able to keep the cur-rent parking in use and by moving it off to the side, were able to add a [handicap] parking spot, getting rid of the parking in front of May Hall, said Hamel.

Hamel said an important aspect of the project is adding three additional parking spaces. Although only one space is des-ignated handicap, the other spaces can be used by drivers with handicap parking permits.

The nice thing about the [visitor] spots is that the handicap sticker allows you to park in those as well, said Hamel.

Stephanie Williams, a senior, has had Sarcoidosis for 17 years, a lung disease that affects her breathing and requires her

to carry an oxygen tank at all times. Wil-liams has used the handicap spaces in front of May for four years, and was surprised WR FRPH EDFN WKLV VHPHVWHU WR QG WKHPmoved.

When the spaces were in front of May, I was able to access May as well as Hem-HQZD\ ZLWKRXW WRR PXFK ZDONLQJ 1RZthat the spaces have been moved, there are less spaces and Im forced to walk farther and up a slight incline - which is like a steep hill for me, Williams said.

2Q WKHUVWGD\RI FODVVHV ,ZDVQRWaware of the changes, she added, and had to drive around and ask for assistance from campus police - who suggested that I park behind Dwight or in the Welcome Center lot because all of the handicap spaces were taken in front of Horace Mann.

Williams said that by the time she got to the stairs in front of Hemenway, she thought that her lungs would explode.

I had to wait a few minutes to catch my breath before being able to climb the stairs

and was a bit late to class. What others may consider a short distance is sometimes torturous for me. Im not looking forward to the winter months, she said.

Deb Rosenberg, a senior, said she was not surprised by the continuing construc-tion on campus.

The past four years here, there has been construction, Rosenberg said, so I am used to it. If anything needs to be more accessible, it would be the hill and the Maynard parking lot.

Scott Shea, also a senior, commented on how the long road of construction ahead affects students around campus.

Its a little disappointing to see the construction still happening during the beginning of this semester, Shea said. I personally think construction should be completed in the summers since the con-struction can disrupt classes. ... I like it when our campus looks its best, and I feel the construction hinders that.

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&RQOH\3DWKZD\VSURJUDPKDVEHHQGLVFRQWLQXHGwant and what we want the composition of that class to look like.

Flanagan added that this was due in large part to the work that Jeremy Spencer, dean of enrollment management, did in driving up the number of applications. I have long said that if we have the problem RI KDYLQJ WR PDQDJH DSSOLFDWLRQVa year, thats a happy problem because it gives you the opportunity to shape your

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Retention rates, keeping students at the school, are similar to what they historically have been - around 74 percent, said Con-ley in an e-mail. However, at the Board of Trustees meeting, Conley said the 74 per-cent retention rate is not where we want to EH:HZDQWWREHFORVHUWR>SHUFHQW@

Last year, the university accepted 67 freshmen who did not meet the standard

requirements for admissions. The Path-ways Program stirred up controversy among professors and students alike (see Half of Pathways students failed chal-lenge semester in the Feb. 17 edition of The Gatepost online). However, Conley said in an e-mail, The challenge semes-ter we referred to as Pathways was a pilot project. We have no plans to adopt it as a permanent feature of our undergraduate

admissions program at this time.Flanagan said, The incoming fresh-

man students are a really, really impres-sive group of people. They are nice and genuine. They are smart kids. They are good citizens. And they are a delight to be around. So we look forward to having them with us for the next few years and observing the contributions they will make to the university.

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6WXGHQW6HUYLFHV&HQWHUHVWDEOLVKHGLQ0F&DUWK\&HQWHUIn an e-mail sent to faculty and staff in

August, Vice President of Enrollment and Student Development Susanne Conley said that the advising for graduate, evening un-dergraduate, and other continuing students has been moved to CASA and will con-WLQXHGXULQJRULJLQDODGYLVLQJKRXUVDPWRSPDQGEHFRRUGLQDWHGE\Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Director of Advising Chris Gregory in col-laboration with Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Continu-ing Education Scott Greenberg.

Spencer said undergraduate admissions will still take place in the Welcome Center and the processing of all applications will continue in Dwight Hall.

In addition to these changes, the divi-sion of graduate and continuing education has not only moved from the McCarthy Center to Dwight Hall, but has been reor-JDQL]HGLQWRWZRVHSDUDWHRIFHV WKH2I-FHRI*UDGXDWH6WXGLHVDQGWKH2IFHRIContinuing Education.

Vice President of Academic Affairs /LQGD 9DGHQ*RDG VDLG WKH RIFHV ZHUHseparated in order to assist the students in getting the kind of help they need, when they need it, easily.

In an e-mail sent to faculty and staff in August, Vaden-Goad said, All graduate FRXUVHV GHJUHHV FHUWLFDWHV DQG SRVWbaccalaureate programs will be under the 2IFHRI*UDGXDWH6WXGLHV$OOXQGHUJUDG-XDWH HYHQLQJ SURJUDPV DQG FHUWLFDWHVcommunity education, and workforce de-velopment programs will be under the Of-FHRI&RQWLQXLQJ(GXFDWLRQ

Under this change, explained Vaden-Goad, Academic Affairs is in the process of hiring a new dean of graduate studies from FSUs current faculty.

The department is hoping to hire a se-nior faculty member who has experience as a department chair and in creating pro-

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graduate programs by hiring a graduate dean, said Vaden-Goad.

Greenbergs title has therefore been changed from associate vice president of academic affairs and dean of continuing education and graduate studies to associate vice president of academic affairs and dean of continuing education.

Vaden-Goad explained that Greenbergs title has been changed simply because his previous role carried too many responsi-bilities for one person.

The new dean will report to her, and she said in an e-mail that Greenberg will con-tinue to oversee the DGCE budget and as-sist with the Academic Affairs budget and space allocations.

Greenberg said, My job will be to expand the noncredit division of this uni-YHUVLW\DVZHOODVWRH[SDQGWKHFHUWLFDWHcomponent. I also want to expand our role in the community - to extend our role so that were providing more education pro-

grams and opportunities to our commu-nity.

7KH 2IFH RI &RQWLQXLQJ (GXFDWLRQhas also recently expanded and relocated its community education and English language programs to the historic Jona-than Maynard Building, a project costing WR OHDVH WKH EXLOGLQJ IURP WKHtown of Framingham for three years, ac-cording to Executive Vice President Dale Hamel. He said those costs are being paid up front to cover the expense of renova-tions performed by the town.

Greenberg said those programs have been moved to the Maynard Building - ZKLFK LV RQO\ D YHPLQXWH ZDON IURPcampus across the footbridge over Route 9 - because there isnt space on campus due to the growth of the day division un-

dergraduate population.We basically have run out of class-

rooms for those. Well have four class-rooms over there. They really did an ex-cellent job on the renovation.

Hamel said in an e-mail, The realign-

ment was essentially a change in reporting structure and work location for certain in-dividuals. We didnt need to do any major reconstruction of spaces.

The work done was mostly completed by university employees, he said, so, there were no separate associated costs, but the PRYLQJRIQHZOHFDELQHWVDQGRWKHUPL-nor expenses resulted in a price likely less WKDQ.LQWRWDO

Hamel also said it is unlikely that the realignment will result in any cost savings for the school.

Spencer said that because the student transactional environment has been im-proved, that aspect of the reorganization should not only help facilitate the enroll-ment process, but also support retention and degree attainment.

,QUHVSRQVHWRWKHRIFHUHRUJDQL]DWLRQfreshman English major Katy Brooks said, Thats awesome. I didnt know about that.

Sophomore psychology major Shannon Howe said, I think its great! I just have never had the chance to stop by and see it yet.

Sophomore undeclared commuter An-gelique Bouthot said, Im kind of indif-IHUHQW DERXW WKH RIFHV , VXSSRVH WKDWfor residents, its easier to have the more IUHTXHQWHG RIFHV LQ 0F&DUWK\ EHFDXVHtheyre always in there to eat. Being a commuter and DGCE student, the switch to Dwight has not affected me - at least not yet!

Freshman English major Shelby Wood said its convenient - now we wont have to walk to different places.

A.J. Singh, a Framingham State gradu-DWHRIWKHFODVVRIVDLGRIWKHRIFHVmoved to the McCarthy Center, Its the &ROOHJH&HQWHU ,WV WKHUVW VWRS IRU VWX-dents, and this way, they wont have to walk all the way over to Dwight. Espe-cially in the winter - its torture.

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7KH 2IFH RI 6WXGHQW ,QYROYHPHQWand Leadership Development held the an-nual Cards for Troops service event on WKH1DWLRQDO'D\RI6HUYLFHDQG5HPHP-brance, Tuesday, September 11.

Students, staff and faculty had the op-portunity to write to members of the armed forces stationed overseas.

According to former Student Trustee Kendra Sampson, the cards are going to be VHQWWRDQRQSURW2SHUDWLRQ7URRS6XS-port, in Danvers, Mass., which will distrib-ute the cards overseas.

6DPSVRQVDLGWKDQN\RXDQGKROL-day cards were signed during the day.

The event was an absolute success for multiple reasons. The members of the FSU community who took a moment out RI WKHLUGD\RQ WKH1DWLRQDO'D\RI6HU-vice, are once again reminded of all of the small yet ever so important ways one per-son can make a difference, said Sampson in an e-mail.

She said the program was designed to bring comfort and support to both the troops overseas as well as to the student veterans of the Framingham State com-munity.

The student turnout was great. It was encouraging to see so many students on campus partake in acts of service, said Sampson.

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At the Sept. 11 SGA meeting, sena-tors voted on a proposed amendment that would see the addition of a senate chair and WKHHOLPLQDWLRQRIYHH[HFXWLYHERDUGSR-sitions.

Vice President Larry Liuzzo explained that if the new amendment passed, SGA would see the creation of a Senate Chair who would call and preside over all SGA meetings.

Liuzzo said the idea for the amend-ment came from taking a look at other schools student governments. There was an overwhelming majority of SGAs that KDG DQRWKHU RIFHU UXQ WKHPHHWLQJV KHsaid, We debated back and forth for a few months and came to the decision to adopt the same policy.

SGA President Hannah Bruce, who currently presides over all SGA meetings, sees the creation of a new senate chair as a positive and doesnt mind losing presiding power. The president tends to be the most knowledgeable about policies and proce-dures on campus, she said, but they have to be non-biased. Theyre not really able to present their opinions.

The addition of the proposed position, Bruce said, would help alleviate the pres-sure of having to watch what she said when answering questions in an unbiased way at SGA meetings.

The motion for the proposed amend-ment passed unanimously.

If the amendment were to be added to the SGA constitution, it would lead to the HOLPLQDWLRQ RI YH H[HFXWLYH ERDUG SRVL-tions. These positions are a senator-at-large

representative and four senator of the class representative positions.

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Students win money at Trivia Night at the Rams Den Grille.

Students take center stage in DPAC at the Talent Show.

Comedian Richie Holliday entertains students in DPAC.

Freshmen and Black and Gold leaders dance at the Black and White affair in the Forum.

September 14, 201212

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