Faculty Senate discusses colloquium following audience member outburst
Bridgette Blight
Issue date: 9/26/08 Section: Campus
09/26/08 - The University of Rhode Island Honors Program discussed security at colloquium lectures after an audience member yelled at Tuesday's speaker, said Director Ric McIntyre at yesterday's Faculty Senate meeting.
"We had some ad hominem attacks on the speaker," McIntyre said, referring to meteorologist Herb Stevens yelling at Michael Mann to leave the university.
McIntyre also mentioned the need for a larger auditorium on campus with the technology to present the colloquium lectures.
In other technology news, Help Desk and Network and Telecommunication Services Manager Mary Fetherston presented information about the changes that Classroom Media Assistance experienced over the summer.
The CMA office has moved from Chafee Social Science Center 217 to the Lower Level of the Library. The new location allows CMA to have longer hours. Fetherston also solicited advice and problems from faculty members, saying that the problems cannot be solved if she is not aware of them.
English professor and senator John Leo commended Fetherston for her assistance with managing new equipment for the film studies program, which CMA is in charge of.
Women's Studies Professor Barbara Silver presented the first two Faculty mentor awards at yesterday's meeting. These awards recognized Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Winnie Brownell as the recipient of the Faculty Mentor Award for an administrator.
"We wanted to make sure our mentors came from outside the college," she said.
Brownell started her college's mentoring program in 1991. During that year, many new faculty members in the college of arts and sciences arrived in Kingston in August. Many newcomers were renting homes by the water. These houses were damaged during the category 2 Hurricane Bob, which devastated the New England coastline.
"Our mentors provided shelter, hot meals, and hot showers," she said.
The mentoring program allows new faculty to confidentially discuss issues that they might not feel comfortable talking to someone in their department or college.
"We had some ad hominem attacks on the speaker," McIntyre said, referring to meteorologist Herb Stevens yelling at Michael Mann to leave the university.
McIntyre also mentioned the need for a larger auditorium on campus with the technology to present the colloquium lectures.
In other technology news, Help Desk and Network and Telecommunication Services Manager Mary Fetherston presented information about the changes that Classroom Media Assistance experienced over the summer.
The CMA office has moved from Chafee Social Science Center 217 to the Lower Level of the Library. The new location allows CMA to have longer hours. Fetherston also solicited advice and problems from faculty members, saying that the problems cannot be solved if she is not aware of them.
English professor and senator John Leo commended Fetherston for her assistance with managing new equipment for the film studies program, which CMA is in charge of.
Women's Studies Professor Barbara Silver presented the first two Faculty mentor awards at yesterday's meeting. These awards recognized Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Winnie Brownell as the recipient of the Faculty Mentor Award for an administrator.
"We wanted to make sure our mentors came from outside the college," she said.
Brownell started her college's mentoring program in 1991. During that year, many new faculty members in the college of arts and sciences arrived in Kingston in August. Many newcomers were renting homes by the water. These houses were damaged during the category 2 Hurricane Bob, which devastated the New England coastline.
"Our mentors provided shelter, hot meals, and hot showers," she said.
The mentoring program allows new faculty to confidentially discuss issues that they might not feel comfortable talking to someone in their department or college.
