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by BRITTANY PENLAND
News Reporter
Appalachian State University administrators will hold an open forum today from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Ballroom of Plemmons Student Union.
The university-wide forum will allow students, faculty and staff to ask questions or raise concerns involving Appalachian to administrators.
“It is a simple
‘town hall’ type of meeting,” Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Stan R. Aeschleman said. “Anyone who attends has an opportunity to
speak on any issue.”
Chancellor
Kenneth E. Peacock will open the forum with brief comments and the
floor will then be available to those who have questions regarding the
university.
Aeschleman
said this is the second forum administrators have held this year. The
first was held during the fall semester Nov. 24.
“We had
a great turnout. We were pleased to see the faculty, staff, and
students there,” Chief of Staff Lorin A. Baumhover said. “What we
wanted to do is to make ourselves more readily available to the
university community.”
Peacock
addressed issues about events occurring on campus, the university
budget and building projects during the fall meeting, Baumhover said.
Vice
Chancellor for University Advancement Susan H. Pettyjohn said a variety
of questions were brought up by members of the university that included
communication among staff members, parking on campus and library hours.
“I feel
like this is a good way for students to address their concerns here,”
Pettyjohn said. “We were pleased with attendance [at the fall forum]
and I would imagine the same number would attend [today].”
Administrators
present at the event include Peacock, Aeschleman, Baumhover, Pettyjohn,
Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Greg Lovins, Vice Chancellor for
Student Development Cindy Wallace, Athletic Director Charlie Cobb and
Human Resources Director Patrick McCoy.
Although
it has not been formally discussed, Baumhover said if attendance is
high at the open forum, the university plans to hold one each semester.
“We are
all a part of the same community and students have different issues,
faculty have different issues, staff have different issues,” Pettyjohn
said. “But, we’re all here together and we’re all here to make sure
[students] get a good education and from my perspective, it’s very
important that we do think as a community.”
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