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Final countdown in presidential search
Candidates for Webster University presidency plan for interviews in WU public forum
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Webster University's presidential search is nearing its end. Two finalists - named Jan. 6 - will visit WU's campus on Wednesday and Thursday for interviews. The finalists will meet with vice presidents, deans, faculty, staff, trustees and students. Interim President Neil George and Elizabeth Stroble, senior vice president and provost and chief operating officer at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, are the finalists.
Presidential visits are over; recommendation to come
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Webster University's presidential search is almost done. With the two finalists' visits search finished, all that's left is for the search committee to make a recommendation to the board of trustee and for the trustees to select the president, possibly as soon as Jan.
Student arrested
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A Webster University student and two other people were arrested at a March and Rally for Peace in the Middle East in the Delmar Loop on Saturday, Jan. 10. Ryan Carpenter, a junior piano performance major, Amanda Jokerst, a Wheaton College graduate, and one other man were arrested during the rally after the march for failure to comply with police orders.
Pierce confronts Institute's problems
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D e b o - rah Pierce, We b s t e r University's Confucius I n s t i t u t e director, attended the third annual world conference for Confucius Institutes in Beijing. The conference's sessions addressed promoting the institutes, teaching languages and facing difficulties as an institute's director.
Director's son explores China
Officials invite young photographer to see a world superpower through his eyes
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China's Ministry of Education (Hanban) named James Pierce, 23, son of Deborah Pierce, director of Webster University's Confucius Institute and International Education Center, the Minister of Mass Media for the Confucius Institute. Officials at Hanban asked James to document anything that interested him in Hangzhou and Suzhou, as well as Shanghai and Beijing.
News Briefs
STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS: Ted Hoef, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, selected four students to receive the Dean's Award for Service for fall II. The students are: •Tatenda Chibanga, a junior biology major, •Mackenzie Ingram, a senior political science major, •Mariss Lewis, a sophomore graphic design major and •Christina Warden, a junior psychology major.
Misdemeanors and Mishaps
JANUARY 5: 2:20 a.m.: A delivery truck at 540 Garden Ave. damaged its own property. JANUARY 7: 8:40 p.m.: Kids trespassing in the parking garage were asked to leave campus. JANUARY 9: 8:58 p.m.: A student in parking Lot D had pain by his kidney and was taken to Barnes Jewish Hospital.
Webster Groves Police Blotter
DECEMBER 6: •Officers observed a vehicle commit a traffic violation near Interstate 44 and Elm Avenue. During the traffic stop, officers smelled what they believed to be a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
