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4 September 10, 2002
Campus Life
The Rambler
Provost assumes new role as search begins for successor
Marc Nettles
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
At a faculty meeting held by
President Harold G Jeffcoat on
Aug. 28, Jeffcoat announced that
Dr. Douglas Nancarrow has
"stepped aside" from his posi-
tion as provost and senior vice
president of operations to
become assistant to the president
for grants and contracts.
Jeffcoat said later in an
interview that he was "disap-
pointed" with Nancarrow's deci-
sion. "1 regret his resignation.
The university is going through
a lot of change right now, and 1
was confident he could help us
through that."
Nancarrow, however, was
unavailable for comment.
Jeffcoat said that this deci-
sion was "entirely [Nancarrow's]
initiative." Faculty members
who chose to speak only through
anonymity, however, said a fac-
ulty and staff meeting was
planned to register votes of no
confidence in the former
provost. A few of these faculty
members complained that
Nancarrow fired members of the
faculty and hired more adminis-
trators, which threw off the bal-
ance of the university.
"I've been very concerned
with the size of the administra-
tion since 1 arrived," said
Jeffcoat, "and I've taken many,
many steps to reduce the number
of administrators here."
Nancarrow is now "working
on developing grantsmanship for
the university" and will stay
with the university in that capac-
ity through the academic year,
said Jeffcoat. It is unclear
whether Nancarrow will return
to the university next year in any
capacity. He also is involved in
many presidential searches.
The replacement process for
the provost has already begun.
At the Aug. 28 meeting,
Jeffcoat cailed upon the Faculty
Council, which will be headed
by President of Faculty
Assembly Dr. Beth Battles, to
decide whether to elect from
candidates within the organiza-
tion, administer a national search
and/or appoint an interim
provost.
If the Faculty Council
decides to initiate a national
search, the soonest could be
named would be summer 2004,
as most current provosts or those
qualified to assume the job
would not be in a suitable place
to leave their current positions
until the end of July, which
marks the end of the fiscal year.
It would be possible to
name one sooner through elec-
tion from within the university.
Such an election would be in
late January or early February.
One candidate that some
faculty and students have men-
tioned that they would personal-
ly like to see be a part of such an
election is Dr. Allan Henderson.
Henderson's name was involved
in the last provost search, as he
has experience at the position.
"[Henderson] is one of the
most conscientious and level-
headed people I've had the
pleasure of working with," said
Jeffcoat.
"I'm expecting an answer
back from [the Faculty Council]
soon," he said, "hopefully, by
the end of the month."
Phaiah leaves Wesleyan to accept new North Carolina post
Dean of Students Peter Phaiah resigned
from his post Sept. 5 to assume a similar
position at North Carolina Wesleyan
University. Phaiah, who was just named as
dean of students last school year, served
eight years in Student Life.
Phaiah said he was not looking for a
job. He said he is currently two classes short
of his all-but-dissertation on his doctorate,
and he was planning on finishing the
remaining courses and his dissertation as a
member of the Wesleyan family.
Within two weeks of the first day of
classes this semester, Dave Voskuil, a former
Wesleyan faculty member and a friend of
Phaiah's, invited Phaiah to North Carolina to
play in a pro-am golf tournament. Phaiah
said he met the university president and
offered suggestions on a student life issues.
Within a few days, North Carolina
Wesleyan's president asked Phaiah to
assume the position of dean of students.
Phaiah said he turned down the offer at first,
partly because of his loyalty to Wesleyan
and also due to his nearing all-but-disserta-
tion status. But North Carolina Wesleyan
offered a "considerable raise," offered to pay
for his remaining schooling and aid him in
preparing and writing his dissertation.
Phaiah's duties will be similar to his
here. He also plans to organize a Methodist
school consortium in which smaller, private
Methodist-based universities and colleges
can share information, people, resources and
academic programs. Such a consortium
would allow a Texas Wesleyan mass com-
munications major, for example, to earn a
minor in an unrelated field at Kentucky
Wesleyan or North Carolina Wesleyan.
Consortiums are vital to small private uni-
versities' survival in today's public school-
driven scholastic community, he said.
President. Harold G Jeffcoat said he
regrets Phaiah's leaving and added that
Phaiah "worked very hard with very little
financial support." Current Director of
Residential Life Cary Poole will replace
Phaiah. Poole will hold the position as inter-
im dean until a suitable replacement is
found. Jeffcoat said he has asked Vice
President Pati Alexander to begin the search
immediately, but said he would hope Poole
is considered as a candidate down the road.
Poole said that Phaiah was one of the
main reasons he came to Wesleyan. Poole
was an associate dean for five years and
interim dean for one academic year at Mars
Hill College in North Carolina. Poole said he
was honored and is confident in assuming
the interim dean's post.
Phaiah also said that he has been work-
ing very hard to make it an easy transition,
explaining that residential life is "pretty
much in place," as all floor plans are mostly
consolidated and concrete at this point. He
added, "I'll still be open to whatever is
asked."
He said he hopes that it is always
remembered that "everything we do should
be student-led and student-driven."
Childs replaces Miller as chaplain; services to start soon
Whitney Fowler
NEWS EDITOR
Wesleyan chapel services
will resume Sept. 16 in the
Polytechnic United Methodist
Church chapel during free peri-
od, according to Religion profes-
sor Dr. Jesse Sowell.
Christian Education profes-
sor Dr. Gladys Childs will be
officially recognized as the new
chaplain Sept. 15, according to
Sowell, replacing Reverend Jeff
Miller, who left Wesleyan last
year after he completed his law
degree.
Childs, who is married to a
Methodist minister, holds a doc-
toral degree in Christian educa-
tion and has been teaching
Christian education classes in an
adjunct capacity as well as
directing a church internship
program at Wesleyan for several
years, according to Sowell.
"She came very highly rec-
ommended by some of the min-
isters on the board. They knew
her well — they knew her tal-
ents and her abilities when she
came here and started teaching,"
Sowell said.
Childs will begin keeping
office hours at the Chaplain
house on Wesleyan Street while
she continues to teach three reg-
ular courses and two church
internships.
Childs will also meet with
the members of the Methodist
Student Movement (MSM), as
the chaplain also serves as direc-
tor of the MSM at Wesleyan.
During a meeting with
Jeffcoat last week, "to come up
with suggestions in terms of
what we might do," Sowell said
that as far as the long-term plan
goes, "We're thinking of getting
someone who is an ordained
minister, who has a doctoral
degree, who can do some teach-
ing and the chaplaincy.
"In the mean time, I told the
President, we've got someone
right here who could do this and
do it really, really well."
"[Childs] is looking forward
to it and the students who know
her are looking forward to it—
all the religion majors are excit-
ed about it," Sowell said.
"I'm very much excited
about this because I'm one of
the few faculty members around
here who came to chapel just
about every week. I'm delighted
that we're going to be getting it
going again," Sowell said.
The
Week
Ahead
On Campus:
'Baptist Student
Ministry lunch/meet-
ing, basement of
Administration build-
ing, University Club, noon
10
On Campus:
•1st Student
Government meeting,
4 p.m.
Off Campus:
•TWU volleyball game at A&M -
International in Commerce, 7 p.m.
•Sept. II, 2001. memorial exhibit.
Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History
On Campus:
•Gamma Sigma
Sigma benefit dance,
6 p.m.
12
Off Campus:
*TWU women's soccer game at
Wayland Baptist in Fort Worth,
4 p.m.
•TWU volleyball game at Houston
Baptist in Houston, 7 p.m.
Oft Campus:
•TWU women's soc-
cer game, Texas
Women's, Denton,
11 a.m.
♦TWU men's soccer game, SW
Assemblies of God, Waxahachie,
5 p.m.
•Mexican Independence Day Fiesta,
All Saints Catholic Church, 817-626-
3055
14
Off Campus:
•Texas Rangers v.
Oakland A's, The
Ballpark in Arlington,
2:05 p.m.
•"Bach and Beyond", St Andrew's
Episcopal Church. 817-921-9275
Ob Campus:
•Bible study, 3rd floor
of Stella, 8 p.m.
Off Campus:
•Raku pottery workshop, studio and
gallery tour. Cliff House Studio and
Gallery, 817-237-7109
On Campus:
•Volleyball game, SE
Oklahoma State,
7 p.m.
16
Off Campus:
•Texas Rangers v. Seattle Mariners,
The Ballpark in Arlington, 7:05 p.m.
•Cafe con Leche, Four Star Coffe
Bar, free, 817-624-8333
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Nettles, Marc. The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 10, 2003, newspaper, September 10, 2003; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253297/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Wesleyan University.