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Hampton leaves Stl
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EJ 19 1996
heads for Arkansas
SMITH LIBRARY CENTER
Chloe Puett
Megaphone Staff
After recent promotion
within SU, moving to the
position ofSpedal Assistant to
the President and Provost, Dr.
Sybil Hampton is ready to move
up again, this time outside of
SU.
Dr. Hampton, elected
President of The Winthrop
Rockefeller Foundation in Little
Rock, Arkansas, will be leaving
for her new position in mid-
October, with mixed feelings
about the departure.
“It’s bittersweet,”
Hampton said. “I love what I do
here. So often, opportunities
that come in a person’s life
don’t come sequentially.
Because I’ve dedicated my life
to working directly with young
people, it’s a big step for me to
move on to a different level of
leadership.”
However, Hampton also
realizes the positive side of her
new job.
“How many people in
their lifetime get to be president
of a philanthropic organization
that gives grants of $5.5 million
a year to help people live better
lives?” Hampton asked.
Hampton knows that
the transition will be hard
because of her strong ties to
the campus and community.
“My passion is for
working with young people,”
Hampton said. “Working with
the Foundation is the only way
I would think of leaving contact
with college students. It’s the
most wonderful time of life, as
far as I’m concerned, and the
most wonderful time to be
involved with their lives, if
they’re not your own children! ”
Aside from her
connection to the students,
Hampton will also miss her
friends in the faculty.
“I have really good
friends among my colleagues,”
Hampton said. “We’re like a
family here, I’m almost joined
at the hip to the place. So many
people here have been so
supportive and loving.”
Hampton admits that
she was Jiisf getting used to
living in Texas, but that the
move to Arkansas will bring
her back to her hometown.
“It’s not that I don’t
mind moving again,” Hampton
said. “I understand the purpose
of this move and I know that a
part of me isn’t moving
anywhere. If I thought this was
the end of my relationship with
SU, I’d go crazy, but I’m just
changing the relationship.
“This is a way of my
going home. I’d never expected
to. The city and state have
changed pretty dramatically.
It’s like going abroad in some
ways,” Hampton said.
Overall, Hampton feels
the “great joy and profound
sadness” about leaving that Dr.
See Hampton on page 3
Dr. Sybil Hampton, Special Assistant to the President and Provost, is
leaving to head The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in Little Rock.
Arkansas.
SSA positions filled, candidates ready for new year
Shelley Smithson
Student Election results
are in, and winners are poised
to begin work on the
Southwestern Student
Association.
Votes were cast
Tuesday and Wednesday on the
academic mall after voters met
and questioned the candidates
at a forum on Monday night in
the Commons.
“The Forum is an
opportunity for the student
body fn hear from candidates
and hear their platforms,”
Jaime Woody, Director of
Student Activities said. “Right
now it’s underutilized as a
campaign tool, but we’re
looking at ways to make it more
successful and to give more
students the opportunity to
hear candidates.”
Administration and
faculty representatives also
serve alongside the students
on every council.
New members of the
Academic Affairs Council (AAC)
include David McClellan,
Allison McCormack and Yen-
Hong Tran; faculty and
administrative representatives
for the AAC are Dale Knobel,
Farley Snell, Jim Kilfoyle, Mike
Leese, Carol Lee, Rick Denman,
Norman Spellman, Stephanie
Fabritius, Jaclyn Muir-
Broaddaus, Thomas Howe,
George Brightwell and Michael
Williams.
The AAC is responsible
for the reporting of academic
matters concerning courses,
curriculum and degrees to the
general faculty for a final
debate and vote.
Sophomore Walter
Goncalves, first-year student
Beau Gratzer and first-year
student Leah Horton will serve
on this year’s Faculty Affairs
Council (FAC) attending to
matters of faculty status, faculty
organization and professional
activities and development.
“I ran for the FAC to be
able to get involved with the
faculty, and to learn more about
what happens behind closed
doors,” said Goncalves. “I also
felt that I had a lot of experience
from serving on the Editorial
Board last year.”
Fellow council member
Gratzer already has a goal for
this year’s FAC: “I want to try
and bring better faculty to our
school,” Gratzer said.
FAC faculty and
See Elections on page 3
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