Carrubba Competes
Continued from page one
visibility for Penn State Harrisburg is also
very important," Dr. Can - übba said. "Going to
conferences and talking about it and being
present on various boards nationally."
Dr. Carrubba said that he was very much
in favor of strong faculty development, to
allow faculty to do research and work on other
projects.
"I very much like to sit down with people
and discuss things, that's the way that I work.
I work collegially," Dr. Carrubba said. "My
style is to set up a regular agenda of what the
agendas are and what we need to be talking
about."
"Scholarship was part of my profession
for my many years of teaching and I came to
administration much later in life then most,"
Dr. Carrubba said. "I have maintained schol
arship as a hobby, however, in my life. I guess
I have been an academic person all of my life."
Dr. Carrubba was the dean of the graduate
school for the . University of North Carolina at
Charlotte from 1985-1991. Dr. Carrubba was
the founding de:an of the graduate school.
"Founding a school of your own is an
opportunity that comes along once in a life
time and to take it to the point where it became
a doctoral institution," Dr. Canublxi said. 'That
was an exciting six years of my life."
When responding to a question on dealing
with problems and with administrating, Dr.
Carrubba said that he felt that when a group of
people get together, they all profit from each
other's knowledge and perspectives and work
out a final policy.
"I like to listen, I like to work one on one
and to work with groups and I like to do it in a
collegial manner," Dr. Carrubba said.
"I really believe in the statement that the
heart of a university is its faculty, and its first
concern is for the good of its students," Dr.
Carrubba said.
Dr. Carrubba said that he felt that this was
still a young institution and we need to see
what PSH has accomplished, and it also must
create a serious environment so that the com-
ibrary
ontinued from page one
suilding. The old library will be convert.
'nto offices and class rooms in a separate
enovation project, according to Dr. Shill.
The college has worked very hard to make
's dream become reality. The previous pro
ost and the board of advisors, among others,
orked closely with individual legislators t
-rsuade them to keep the new library in th
apital budget bill. According to Shill, th
strong support of House Democratic Leade
illiam Deweese was critical to the passage,
of the bill.
"I think it's a sign by the state that the state
ill continue to support Penn State Harris
. urg," Dr. Matthew Wilson, associate profes
sor of humanities, said. "It is absolutely fun
ental to our survival as an institution."
Dr. Ruth Leventhal, the former provost)
d Dr. Shill attended "eye-opener" break
asts held in the Harrisburg to generate public
ty. A fundraiser dinner held in September
1993 resulted in an initial contribution o
c. 19,000 . -$20,000.
President Thomas personally talked t
ov. Casey in September 1994 about the se
erity of the problems in the old library. Ad
I' ovost Leventhal's retirement dinner, an ad
orrional $14,000. was raised for the construe
'on of the new facility.
The Black Student Union held a "Have
I eart" campaign last year, in which for asl
ontribution to the new library, students an
acuity could send a valentine to Gov. Casey.
hey also visited Mrs. Casey and present •
er with a cake to show their support of th ,
`Library of the Future."
munity will take PSH seriously.
For Carrubba, the job of provost and dean
would be a step up as well as a return home.
"I spent 16 years of my life at University
Park at the graduate school," Dr. Carrubba
said. "Two of my children were born in the
hospital there, overlooking the campus, and I
really enjoyed my years there."
Dr. Carrubba was born and raised in
Brooklyn, NY. He received his undergraduate
degree from Fordham University in classics.
He then went on to Princeton University where
he received his Ph.D. in classics.
He also spent some time in the military .
Dr. Carrubba served as a second lieutenant in
the infantry. His service was not during peri
ods of conflict, for which Dr. Carrubba said he
was very thankful.
Dr. Carrubba spent his first year at the
University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh as vice
chancellor.
"I enjoyed that opportunity very much
and after that year I was given the rank of
provost in addition to being vice chancellor,"
Dr. Carrubba said.
"During my fast three years there we took
an institution, which was sort of an average
regional institution in the Wisconsin system,
and we made it into one of the finest institu
tions," Dr. Carrubba said.
"In terms of the student body, for the first
three years we had a better freshman class than
the year before," Dr. Carrubba said. "In terms
of faculty, for instance, last year in the College
of Letters and Sciences we were able to hire
nine out of our first 10 choices."
"We spent a fair amount of money on
faculty development, giving the faculty the
opportunity to develop courses, to do some
research or to buy equipment," Dr. Carrubba
said.
Dr. Carrubba said that he is leaving the
school because he is looking to go forward and
the position of provost and dean at Penn State
Harrisburg gives him the opportunity to do
just that.
When Dr. Carrubba was asked if he could
repeat at Penn State Harrisburg what he did at
Oshkosh, he said that he looks forward to his
life in seven year periods and commitments
and would try to accomplish everything that
he could.
"Penn State is wonderful for me, it's re
turning to the family," Dr. Carrubba said.
"Penn State is well -situated, our reputation
has gotten better and stronger. If you get out
and away from Penn State and mention it, the
quality and the recognition have gone up."
The response to Dr. Carrubba from the
audience, based on the questions asked, seemed
to be favorable.
"I got the feeling of solidity about and a
caring for the University," Dr. Tace Hedrick,
assistant professor of humanities and com
parative literature said. "He really seemed to
have a caring for the faculty and academic
matters. All in all, I was favorably impressed.
Ile did not talk too much like an administrator
and that's a point in his favor as far as I am
concerned."
Eton Churchill, assistant professor of hu
manities and communications said that he did
not feel that Dr. Carrubba answered his ques
tion about the curriculum and that his question
was a vital one and needed to be answered.
"I think he is a good candidate," Profes
sor Churchill said. "I think that we need to get
a sense of leadership here and a sense of
identity, sort of a leadership vision and I am
not sure that either candidate has that. They
can do other things that are valuable and that
past administrations have not done."
Overall, the faculty, students and staff in
attendance seemed to like Dr. Carrubba and
the straight forward way that he answered
most questions and also the fact that he has
previously worked for Penn State.
NEWS
SGATo Revise Constitiution
Amy L. Fleagle
Staff Writer
The Student Government Association of
Penn State I larrisburg established a constitu
tion an d by_lai‘ ision committee to review,
correct and make necessary changes to their
present constitution at the Jan. 17 meeting.
Constitution committee chairman, Larry
Pouget, said that the student government has
outgrown parts of the constitution and by-laws
currently in effect.
The constitution revision committee will
out li ne - am proposed amendments and
changes, thereby resulting in a report to the
What Boxer Could Bring to PSH
Continued from page one
University of Redlands in California. She then
received both her master's degree and her
Ph.D. in history from the University of Cali
fornia at Riverside.
Dr. Mixer has worked as a teacher and
scholar for the past 21 years and as a full-time
administrator for the past 10 years.
Despite the fact that she is serving as vice
president, she still teaches one class a semes
ter.
"At my school we have around 26,000
students, hut by teaching a class 'I know that
maybe 30 of those students are mine and I like
to keep in touch with them," Dr. Boxer said.
Dr. l3oxer explained why the PSH job is
enticing to her.
"Penn State is one of the major research
facilities in the nation and that really intrigues
me," Dr. Boxer said. "That fact that Penn State
Harrisburg is such a small school also is a great
attraction."
Dr. Boxer also added that PSH's location,
near the capitol of a major state, would pro
vide a regional metropolitan urban focus to be
integrated into the teaching and faculty focus.
"1 am an interactive, hands on person and
I bring a lot of passion to what I do and I feel
that may be best suited for a small school," Dr.
Boxer said. "I want to be part of a school that
is student centered, teaching centered, to be
interactive and a place where people can get to
know each other."
"I feel that I could come here as an admin-
senate and a referendum, for approval during
the next general elections period," according
to the proposal..
In other business, The SGA Cabaret Com
mittee announced that cash prizes will be
awarded at the "Murder Mystery." The event
will be held at 9 p.m. Feb. 21 in the Dining
Commons, according to Student Activities
Coordinator Janet Widoff.
Also as part of Cabaret, magician Mack
King, will perform at 9 p.m. on March 21 in
the Dining Conunons, Widoff said.
Treasurer Erich Schneider said that
$2587.38 remains in SGA emergency funds
for the spring semester
istrator who's dedicated to facilitating the
work of others," Dr. Boxer said. "I look for
opportunities to facilitate to others and to
build bridges that are two way."
Dr. Boxer said that she has done a great
deal on program studies and wouldn't have a
problem with any of the programs, even
though her major was history. She said that
she would build on faculty interests.
When asked how accessible she would
be to the students she said that she would
expect to meet regularly with student body
representatives
"The purpose of our being here is to
teach the students," Dr. Boxer said. "My
door will always be open to the students and
I hope that they would take advantage of
that."
When asked how she would raise funds,
particularly for the new library, she said that
going out into the community and getting
people to give money to the campus is some
thing that she feels that she does fairly well.
She felt that she would be able to look for
opportunities to advance the campus.
"She has a bright new outlook on things,"
George Hahner, a junior communications
major, said. "When it came to answering the
questions she was very precise, she was down
to earth. Overall I think that she is a very
intelligent women and would be a great
choice."
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major, said she felt that she made some good
points but that she also sometimes side-stepped
some of the questions, and said some things
that she thought people wanted to hear.
"She made some really good points, but
whether or not she carries through with them
who knows," Caralyus said.
"I think that she could bring a lot of good
qualities and tremendous experience and cre
ativeness and innovation to our campus," Stu
dent Government President Andrea Poplawski,
a junior public policy major, said. "As of
today I would be very comfortable working
with her."
Dr. Hoffman, associate professor of hu
manities and history, said that she had read
some of Dr. Boxer's work and that she is very
well regarded as a historian.
"I am very interested in seeing someone
come here who is a real scholar and knows
what good scholarship is," Dr. Hoffman said.
"We have been missing that for sometime, so
that is a point in her favor. Another thing in her
favor is the fact that she has continued teach
ing. Administrators here very often cease
teaching altogether. I understand that the
demands on them are very heavy, but if they
neither teach nor do research they become out
of touch with the main functions of the univer
sity. Then they become bureaucrats and they
become less and less understanding of the
students and the faculty who are doing what
the university is mainly here to do."
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