Confessions of a Fugitive Mind
February 17, 2006
Will Wonders Never Cease?
The latest memo from WPI's President, sent just this morning (lucky me, I'm still on the staff mailing list):
To Members of the Faculty and Staff:
At yesterday's University Council meeting I announced, and I share this information with you here, that I have asked Chris Hardwick, VP for Marketing and Communication, to serve as the administration's chief internal spokesman and source of information for faculty and staff. While I will continue to encourage the vice presidents to share information fully with the respective faculty governance committees on which they sit, and while this designation is not intended to frustrate other communication channels in any way, it has become clear to me that the administration needs to take a more pro-active approach to making information available to the community, responding to reported rumors, and generally promoting ease of access to information and to senior personnel. Please do not hesitate to contact Chris directly with any concerns or questions. I am sure that he will do an excellent job keeping you informed of both high achievements and cases in which the administration fails to shoot straight.
Have a great weekend, everyone.
Dennis
This is just... wow. Are they trying to head off a disaster or create one? I'm not sure which, just that the plan will probably do more harm than good. And even stranger is the fact that I can't seem to give up on WPI politics. I'm addicted now, thanks to Amy and William.
Posted by criminal at February 17, 2006 12:10 PM