The UCF Report, Vol. 20 No. 23, June 26, 1998

              Volume 20 • No. 23 • June 26,1998
A publication for faculty and staff
Planned memorial would honor employees
Garden of Remembrance
will include names of
longtime faculty, staff
who have passed away
There's a plan, a place and a desire for a
memorial to recognize the contributions of
UCF faculty and staff who served the
university for at least a decade before passing away.
The Garden of Remembrance will carry into the
future the names of those who have died.
All that's lacking is funding. That's where
faculty, staff and alumni come in, along with the
central Florida community. This fall, the UCF
Retirement Association, with assistance from the
UCF Foundation, will begin its drive for funds.
The $150,000 memorial, in part, will be living,
with rows of oak trees leading up to the site,
between the Arena and the Student Union. The
focal point will be five stone walls, which converge
to create a star if viewed from above. Names of
UCF employees will be engraved into the stone,
from which loved ones can get an imprint by
placing paper over the name and rubbing a pencil
over it. A golden Pegasus, encased in a five-foot,
clear sphere, will hang 12 feet above the center of
the star. The globe will light up at night. Directly
beneath the Pegasus, at ground level, will be the
UCF seal. The design is by UCF architect Azita
Dashtaki.
Leslie Ellis, who retired from UCF in 1990 but
has been called back many times for special projects,
says the memorial is his final project for the university. "It's been a long time coming. We're going to
go out and get this done. We hope all faculty and
staff will participate. We will move forward, and
hope to have this in place within a year."
Once the memorial is ready, Ellis says, each year
there will be a ceremony recognizing qualified
faculty and staff who have died. At that time, an
Please see MEMORIAL, page 3
Division adds value
to UCF experience,
says vice president
The merger of Student Affairs
with Enrollment and Academic
Services will strengthen
services to students, says the person
whose task it is to combine the units.
"The new division will add value
to the UCF experience," says Tom
Huddleston, interim vice president
for Student -^——^——-^———i
Development and
Enrollment
Services,
"by continuing to
provide
size and
quality of
enrollment,
improved
retention
and
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student satisfaction. We will strive to
develop a significant contribution for
the development of an optimal student
learning environment."
The 16 positions that reported to
Huddleston under Enrollment and
Academic Services and former vice
president Lee Tubbs under Student
Affairs have been reduced to eight
positions that report to Huddleston in
"We will strive
to develop a significant
contribution for the
development of an optimal
student learning
environment."
Tom Huddleston, interim vice president,
Student Development and Enrollment Services
the new Division of Student Development and Enrollment Services.
The restructuring has involved
shuffling services into new departments. The two largest,departments
are Campus Life, and Academic Development and Retention. Associate
Vice President Maribeth Ehasz will
—^——^———— continue to
head Academic
Development
and Retention,
but with more
departments
that are strategically related
and can open
new avenues to
student success.
A national
search is being
conducted for
■^"^"■^■^™^^™ an associate
vice president for Campus Life.
"The Campus Life area will be
more broadly defined," says Huddleston. "The administration will be
centralized."
A.J. Range, formerly the director
for Multicultural Student Services,
has been named assistant vice president
Please see DIVISION, page 2
Anthony Felix
Angles and shadows
The afternoon sun shining through windows in the
Computer Science Building caused an interesting contrast
of shadows, angles and shapes on a summer day.
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