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December 2, 2003
Co-chairs shoulder duties on Red Mountain campus
Durrell Williams
Contributing Writer
The “community” in Mesa Community College has been stressed
as the campus has branched out across Mesa with additional campuses. However,
students at satellite campuses have had difficulty with the many of the
resources available to them located on different campuses.
In an attempt to alleviate some of the strain placed upon the chairpersons
of each department in response to the increase in enrollment, the position
of “co-chair” has been created.
Over the past decade, MCC has seen a rapid growth in enrollment and faculty.
This growth has been good for most associated with the college, but for
the department chairpersons at the college, it has made their job a little
bit more difficult.
Most of the chairs have seen their workload increased at a rapid rate.
With the establishment of MCC’s Red Mountain campus, there has also
been a new plan implemented at the start of the fall semester.
The job of the co-chair is rather simple by definition: make the job of
the main campus counterpart as easy as possible.
“It’s very new, but I’m confident,” Brad Kincaid,
chair of the life science department at the Southern and Dobson campus,
said of the new program.
The primary focus of the co-chair is to be a contact for students, supervise
adjunct faculty, and keep a general eye on what issues have arisen at
any certain time, according to Kincaid.
He explained that the program is very new, and he can’t really be
sure how effective it will be overall at this time.
Kincaid’s co-chairman at the Red Mountain campus, Dennis Wilson,
believes that he has indeed made things easier for Kincaid.
“I would like to think that I have lightened his load a bit,”
stated Wilson. He also expressed his desire to see the program continued
for a second semester.
Wilson described his work as very cerebral, and said that it involves
any form of leadership he can provide for the Red Mountain campus.
Although too premature to predict the outcome, Wilson said the success
of the MCC program will have a lot to do with whether or not other colleges
implement similar programs.
Jo Wilson, special assistant to the dean of instruction, was also uncertain
whether or not the program will be a success, but she said she was hopeful.
Wilson did, however, feel that things are going well, for now. She also
added that the program will indeed get a second semester.
“This pilot program is for the whole year,” Wilson said.
Although Wilson, like many others involved, was enthusiastic about the
co-chair program, the question remains as to whether or not it will continue
in next year.
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