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Susan
McCaslin to assist dean of faculty Carter
Susan McCaslin, chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious
Studies, will assist Dean of Faculty Stephen Carter in running the
dean’s office beginning in the fall. Carter will assume additional
duties when he joins Associate Head of School Rebecca Sykes and Dean
of Admission Jane Fried in covering for Head of School Barbara Landis
Chase, who will begin a six-month sabbatical in September. Previously,
McCaslin has served as dean of studies, director of the International
Academic Partner-ship, chair of the Faculty Develop-ment Committee
and chair of the Faculty Budget Committee.
Dean
Stephen Carter named to Elson Chair
Stephen D. Carter was named to the Edward E. Elson Foundation for
the Dean of Faculty, established in 2002 by Charter Trustee Edward
E. Elson ’52. The foundation supports the salary and benefits
provided to the dean of faculty. It also provides a stipend to be
utilized at the discretion of the dean to cover expenditures for educational
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IAP
holds campus meeting
In May, the International Academic Partnership (IAP) welcomed colleagues
representing partner Aga Khan schools and Aga Khan University’s
Institute of Educational Development from seven foreign countries
to campus, where a joint meeting of the IAP’s Steering Committee
and liaison officers was held. Representing Andover on the steering
committee are Head of School Barbara Landis Chase, Dean of Studies
Vincent Avery and Charter Trustee Charles Beard ’62. In an open
forum, IAP program participants engaged overseas colleagues in discussion
of current collaborative projects. The committee meets semiannually
to review the partnership’s policies and programs.
In other IAP-related news, Associate Dean of Students ’Cilla
Bonney-Smith, instructor in biology Tom Cone and instructor in biology
Raj Mundra, who is also associate director of IAP, traveled to Kenya
in April to help educate Kenyans about AIDS and HIV. |
Andover
Bulletin wins CASE award for excellence
The Council for Advancement of Secondary Education (CASE)
has awarded the Andover Bulletin a bronze medal in a competition
judging independent school magazines. Thirty-two entries were judged
in the competition, and one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze
medal were awarded. |
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Peabody
funding continued;
future assessment planned
Citing a need for continued planning about the future of the R.S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology, the Phillips Academy Board of Trustees
voted unanimously in April to fund scaled-back museum operations for
a minimum of two years and to continue considering options during
that time.
The board approved funding of museum operations through
June 2004. Two professional staff members will concentrate on
completing an inventory of the museum’s collections and will
continue ongoing consultation and compliance work required under the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
The vote follows recommendations made to the board in a report by
an academy planning and assessment committee co-chaired by PA’s
chief financial officer Neil Cullen and Associate Head of School Rebecca
Sykes. The committee worked for seven months to begin consideration
of the 101-year-old institution’s future in light of concerns
about the museum’s financial viability.
At its April meeting, the board also voted to appoint a new Peabody
planning group—to be named this summer—to continue exploring
questions raised in the initial review.
“This first round of assessment convinced the board that we have
not yet fully examined the relationship of the school to the collections
of the Peabody,” said President of the Board of Trustees David
M. Underwood ’54. “Two years of funding will allow the museum
to continue its important inventory and repatriation work and give
us the necessary time to examine potential links between our educational
program and the collections.” |
Conference
on black and Latino students held on campus
Supporting Success of Black and Latino Students in Secondary School,
a one-day interactive conference for secondary school educators, brought
141 participants, including 53 Phillips Academy faculty members, to
campus in April. Its purpose was to encourage dialogue between public
and independent school educators around issues at the center of the
success or failure of America’s educational system. Keynote speaker
Pedro Noguera of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education
presented his findings on topics such as black and Latino student
identity, the ability of all teachers regardless of race to be advocates
for black and Latino students, and the need to bring diversity from
the periphery to the core of the academic curriculum. After group
discussions and workshops, Associate Head of School Rebecca Sykes
gave a summary of conference themes. |
Davison
named head of Academic Support Center
Patricia Davison has been ap-pointed director of the Academic Sup-port
Center (ASC), which offers tutorial services and academic counseling.
Davison joined the ASC in 2000 and was appointed coordinator for student
disability services in September 2001 while serving as interim co-director
with Betsy Korn.
Davison holds a master’s degree in education from Cambridge College,
Cambridge, Mass. She was previously employed at Bradford College as
a learning specialist, assistant director of the college learning
program, associate director of admission and interim dean of admission.
New director chosen for PA Summer Session
Ralph C. Bledsoe has been appointed to succeed Janice Lisiak as director
of the Phillips Academy Sum-mer Session, beginning Sept. 1. Lisiak
leaves her post after a 15-year tenure at the academy. She served
as director this summer while Bledsoe shadowed her as part-time dean
of students and adviser to day students. Bledsoe holds a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Southern California and master of educational
administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
An alumnus of Northfield Mount Hermon School, he has taught in the
science division there for 12 years and was a dorm head and admission
officer. He had been assistant director of the NMH Summer School since
1994. |
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Alumni
Council votes to extend term of president
At its May 11 meeting, the Alumni Council voted a constitutional bylaw
change that will extend the council president’s term from two
to three years. The council concluded that a two-year term does not
provide enough time for the president to become fully acquainted with
the council’s members, procedures and long-term goals. Current
president and alumni trustee Tom French ’77 will serve through
June 30, 2003. The Alumni Council will next convene during Leaders’
Weekend, Oct. 18–19, 2002.
Richard Howe ’64 joins Alumni Affairs
Richard Howe ’64 has been appointed associate director of alumni
affairs for regional associations. He succeeds Peter J. Donohoe, who
was assistant director. Since March 2001, Howe had served as director
of regional campaigns in the Office of Academy Resources. In his new
role he will work to support and build regional associations and foster
increased connections between alumni and the school. Howe, who holds
B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University, has previously worked
in state and local government and with several Massachusetts non-profit
organizations. He and his wife, Judy, are the parents of Weston ’05
and Rebecca ’06. |
Sister
and brother teammates Alison Coughlin ’95 (l.) and Halsey Coughlin
’99, at the alumni hockey game at the Harrison Rink in March.
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Online
class notes added to BlueLink
The Office
of Alumni Affairs, emulating the success of online class notes on
several college Web sites, plans to introduce a new class notes feature
to its online community, BlueLink, in fall 2002. The new feature will
allow registered alumni to post either free-form text notes or standardized
announcements of marriages, births, job changes and more on the password-protected
BlueLink Web site. Registered alumni can view notes by several sort
options, such as class year or decade. With no length restrictions,
the notes can provide a flexible and easily accessible way for alumni
to share personal updates with other BlueLink users.
The new component will supplement, but not replace, the existing notes
submitted quarterly by class secretaries for the Andover Bulletin. |
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Alumni trustee election results announced
The Phillips Academy Board of Trustees has announced the election
of two new alumni trustees, Martin Begien ’46 of Brookline, Mass.,
and Gary Lee ’74 of Washington, D.C. They will replace Stanley
Shuman ’52 and Richard Platt ’65, who completed their four-year
terms June 30.
Begien is a retired investment manager. His volunteer roles for Andover
included serving as chair of his 55th reunion, class secretary, class
agent and a director of the New England Regional Association. He also
was a member of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council and
was co-chair of the kick-off celebration for Campaign Andover in the
New England area, held in Boston in 2000. Begien received the Andover
Distinguished Volunteer Award in 2001.
Lee, who writes for the Washington Post, has served as co-president
of the Andover Abbot Association of the National Capital Region. He
spent three years on the Alumni Council as a member of the Executive
Committee and as chair of the Multicultural Affairs Committee. He
received the Andover Distinguished Volunteer Award in 1998. |
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