The Journal

Issue date: 3/29/01 Section: News

Media Credit: Pat Pourchot Misty Hahn, Student Government Association senator for the College of Arts and Sciences, sits to the right of Janice Hooper, acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, at the Town Hall Forum on Monday, March 19, in the UC Sunnen Lounge. A student li

Three students attended the Town Hall Forum for the College of Arts and Sciences, held in the University Center’s Sunnen Lounge March 19.
At the forum, sponsored by the Student Government Association, acting dean Janice Hooper exchanged ideas and concerns with students.
The forum focused on hiring a new dean and more adjunct faculty for the college. Hooper said that the positions are advertised across the nation. Webster advertises in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which mostly advertises for faculty and administration in colleges and universities.
The search for a new dean is still on. So far there are three candidates.
Adjunct professors are hired differently. Their résumés are readily available with the university and when the need arises, the teachers are brought in for interviews. Most adjuncts are hired to teach one course and most of them practice in the field which they teach.
“This is really good for the students because the teachers bring experience to the class,” Hooper said.
Students also talked of their concern for smaller classes. Students said that the smaller class sizes are one factor that made them consider Webster, but sometimes the classes pass the limit.
“Students like the one-on-one student/faculty ratio,” said Larry “II” Luscri, political science major and Student Government Association president. “The classes are supposed to have 15 to 25 people. It is disappointing for me when I go into a packed class.”
Hooper also talked about the availability of a computer lab in the department. She said that a lab is in the making and will be located in the H. Sam Priest House.
“There’s a lab plan which has been going on about two years,” Hooper said.
The process, however, has been slow because the building needs some work.
“The wiring for the building and infrastructure had to be redone,” she said.
On the issue of scholarships, Hooper said that there is no definite number available every year.
“They seem to come unexpectedly and in different ways,” she said. “There are criteria for giving them out, but there are no scholarships. The one that is available is the freshman scholarship, which is given every fall.”

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