Central Florida Future, Vol. 10 No. 01 July 1, 1977

              Florida
Technological
University
Filura
Vol. 10
Friday, July 1,1977
No. 1
Commitee sets up
evaluation process
This young lad astounded students at the pool last week by leaping
gracefully from the deep end of the pool onto the high diving board.
Lifeguards stopped him after his second jump, however, because he
bounced more than once upon landing on the board.
By LISA FERGUSON
EdItor-ln-Chlef
In its meeting Tuesday, the FTU
Presidential Search Committee agreed
on a rating system for the second
evaluation review of nominees and applicants for the position of FTU
president.
In previous meetings, the committee
set up the minimum selection criteria,
all of which the candidates must meet.
They are:
• Terminal Degree — must hold an
earned Doctorate from an -accredited
institution in a recognized academic
discipline.
• Academic Administrative Experience — must have a minimum of
five years of experience in a responsible academic administrative position
(i.e., department chairman or higher).
• Overall Academic and/or
Professional Experience — must have
■a minimum of ten years of academic
and/or professional experience in at
least   two   permanent   positions   at
separate   institutions.   To  fulfill   tHij-
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must have been in a tenure earning
capacity at a college or university.
• Specific Academic
Qualifications — must have served as
a classroom teacher at the rank of instructor or higher and provide evidence of scholarly achievement.
• Academic Rank — must hold or
have held the, rank of associate
professor or higher.
• Community Relations — must
show evidence of community involvement.
Wood resigns after 7 tennis seasons
By MARK HESS-
Staff Writer
FTU netter coach Dr. Lex Wood
recently announced he is~ stepping
down from the coaching ranks. Wood,
who started the tennis team as a club
sport in 1970 and guided it to a 4th
place national ranking this past spring,
will remain at FTU as an associate
professor in the College of Education.
Wood said his decision came
primarily as a result of the amount of
time he had to spend on the courts.
"It's extremely difficult to teach and
coach tennis at the same time because
of the time ifactor'," he said.
When he initiated the program at
FTU Wood recalled he would spend
only several hours a day with the
players. Now that the team has expanded and gained national recognition,.
he has had to devote a "bunch of time"
to see the squad receives proper attention.
In addition, Wood said the State
University System does not provide
money for ^ull-time tennis coaches at
any of the state universities. "So I
never had the illusion of making it a
career. It was a fun thing and I enjoyed
doing it. But it came to the time where
I had to go one way or the other," he
said.
Wood cited several other factors in
his decision to resign: personal reasons
i.and a difference in philosophy among
p>eople connected with the team. But he
stressed these were only minor reasons.
Dr. Jack O'Leary, FTU athletic
director, said the school is in the
process of finding a replacement for
Wood. O'Leary said he had hoped an
article which appeared in the Orlando
Sentinel Star and briefly touched on
Wood's resignation would have
brought more response from anyone
interested in the position.
O'Leary did say a former FTU netter, Mike DeZeeuw, will be meeting
with him about the job next week and
is the only prospect so far.
The position will most likely be filled
by an adjunct instructor with a salary
of about $1,000 a year, O'Leary said.
Soccer, baseball and woman's basketball coaches, also adjunct positions,
pay $2,000 annually and O'Leary said
the tennis coach may receive the same
pay. "But," he added, "we don't have
the money now as we didn't anticipate
this change."
Since 1972 when FTU began
playing an intercollegiate tennis
schedule, Wood had guided the netters
to a 102-46 record. In 1974, the
Knights became a member of the
NCAA and have finished 10th, 17th,
16th and 4th nationally since that
time.
Last season's 4th place finish saw the
Knights place two players in the quarter final singles of the NCAA Division
II tournament, Toby Crabel and Doug
Baxter. Both were also named Ail-
American.
LEX WOOD
Despite the glittering credentials,
Wood is most proud of the fact that
since he started the tennis team, only
one member has failed to receive his
degree. An educator at heart, Wood
said he feels winning tennis matches is
a very innane goal. If a player wins all
his matches and doesn't graduate, he is
still a loser, Wood said. .
Wood, who teaches graduate and
undergraduate courses in educational
foundations, said he would return to
what he was doing when he first came
here in 1969. "I hope they'll still let me
be a spectator at the tennis matches,"
he said.
Candidates meeting each one of
these criteria will be advanced to the
second round of evaluation. The
second round,requirements are:
• A history of successful or
scholarly achievement in higher
education.
• Demonstrated superior administrative skills and a belief in the
concept of delegation of appropriate
authority and responsibility among
administrative, academic, student and
faculty units.
• Must show evidence or express the
sincere belief that the overriding major
goal of the university is the education
of its students; socially and
-emotionally, as well as academically.
• Ability to foster a common purpose and commitment through a
respect for and willingness to work
cooperatively with students, faculty,
staff and alumni.'
• Ability to represent effectively the
role of the University in the state
educational system, and to express that
tain tneir confidence and gain their
moral, political and financial support.
• Be a person of intellectual and
personal integrity,- open to divergent
opinions and ideas but able and willing
to act decisively when the need arises.
• Demonstrate good health and sufficient mental and physical energy to
cope with the derhands placed upon
him/her by the university constituents.
• A demonstrated sensitivity, understanding and commitment to affir-
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Today's Future
Spring graduation
captured in pictures,
p.2
What's going on
in Intramurals, p.3
Conflict in location
of registration, p.5
University Open
House, p.6
Crew Team in
England, p.6
Legislation passed
this session, p.8