The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 2003 Page: 3 of 16
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who met him while travelling in
Rome, Joseph explained.
Some seniors had expressed
concern earlier that the speaker
was chosen without consulting
students in the process.
Joseph expressed the desire to
expand communication between
administration and students.
"I'd really like to do this
(meet) all the time. I'd like to
do it once a week;' he said.
President of Student
Government, Mark Villain©va,
said before the meeting that SG
was compiling a manual with
schedules for senior class
business, such as choosing a
speaker and meeting with
administration in order to avoid
future confusion.
Joseph further discussed the
university's financial
difficulties.
The current budget deficit
comes largely from a decline in
GSM enrollment because of the
falling economy, greater
competition, and a decline in
international enrollment, the
president said.
"It's not anything you did,
and it's not anything I did. It's
not mismanagement;' he said.
The president plans for
increased enrollment to help
turn the deficit around. In two
years he hopes to reach an
undergraduate enrollment of
1300, aiming for an eventual
maximum of 1600.
"I will not decrease the
quality at the University of
Dallas to get students in here...
I will not decrease what it means
to educate the whole person -
mind, soul, and body,
irrespective of what some people
think," he said.
Joseph also hopes to bring the
tuition discount rate down to 35
percent.
The president compared this
number to the average discount
rate of 46 percent in 1999, when
this year's seniors entered the
university.
"If you don't mind me saying
in cavalier language, you got a
hell of a deal," he said.
In return for their
scholarships and financial aid
receieved as students, Joseph
encouraged seniors to donate to
the university as alumni.
Joseph also addressed
questions regarding the senior
class gift of the grotto.
When students asked what
alternative gifts the class could
give, if necessary, Joseph
suggested funding a concession
or lounge area in the gym.
Senior committee co-chair
Nubia Torres then explained that
all the money raised so far has
been allotted specifically for the
grotto project.
"If we wanted to do
something else we'd have to start
from scratch;' she said.
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With this system Eley
believes UD will be able to
"act upon something other
than just the institution's best
interest but also in the interest
of the student intellectually;'
adding that the institution is
also well served m this
process.
"To use
this as a
recruiting
method
requires the
belief that
there is a
'type' of UD
student,"
Eley said; a
hypothesis he
has
developed after meeting with
several focus groups.
Since his hiring in January,
Eley has informally met with
dozens of students and
faculty individually and in
small focus groups to discuss
suggestions and concerns.
A member of a student
focus group formed to
address the streamlining of
the admission process, 2001
alumnus Peter Heyne, called
the group a "loose team"
organized to assist Eley as a
"sounding board, off which he
(Eley) can bounce ideas —
especially media."
Heyne said the goal of his
group was to "be there at every
stage (of admissions'
development) to promote
dialogue... especially with
media... because that's the first
thing the
potential
freshmen see."
Heyne 's
group was
founded by
freshman
K e 1 1 i e
Fiedorek, who
after
Eley welcomes the traffic.
"But, this is only step one,"
he said. "We need to keep
asking the students" opinion and
continue consulting as times,
circumstances, and students
change."
Eley said students have
always been called upon to make
suggestions about the UD's
media, especially brochures.
The interaction is key to the
admissions personnel and the
ongoing development of the
university.
Eley encourages all current
undergraduate students to
participate in the upcoming
online survey, in the hope of
scientifically arriving at a
conclusion to his hypothesis
regarding the existence of a "UD
type" and to more effectively
market the university.
To use this as a
recruiting
method re-
quires the be-
lief that there is
a "type' of UD
student.
experiencing
difficulty in
her admissions
process, decided to address her
concerns to the administration.
Fiedorek said students are
working with Eley to "express
the true meaning of who we are
(at UD) to potential freshman,
so they know what UD has to
offer."
She praised Eley's efforts to
connect with students, pointing
out that it was time students
began to seek out administration
in the corner Carpenter office.
Curt Eley
Hired: January 2003
Position: Dean of Enrollment Management
Education: Texas A&M (BA), SMU (MA)
Family: married, 12-year-old stepson
Interesting fact: Eley grew up near NASA headquarters, where
his father worked as a ground technician and participated in the
Apollo /.Vprojcct, The book written about the expedition, Lost Moon
by Jim Lowell, refers to his father and several of Eley's childhood
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Hendrickson, Janet & Kuckelman, Meghan. The University News (Irving, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 2003, newspaper, April 16, 2003; Irving, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth201564/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Dallas.