Bill O’Donnell is the Vice
Chancellor of Financial and Fiscal Affairs at Indiana University South
Bend. The Vice
Chancellor for Administrative and Fiscal Affairs is the chief financial and
business officer and reports directly to the Chancellor. The Vice Chancellor
establishes policies and procedures affecting long-range institutional plans
and projects and overseas a group of support operations all over the campus. He has held this position for eleven
years now. Bill formerly worked at
University of Nevada, Reno Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering and
at Desert Research Institute, and graduated from the University of Montana.
1. What
makes you interested in this line of work?
2. What
kind of education did you need to prepare you for this line of work?
3. What
has been the biggest change you’ve seen on campus since you’ve worked here?
4. Enrollment
seems to be one of the larger problems here at IUSB, what do you think about it
and what is currently being done to improve it?
5. Many
students do not graduate in 4 years, why do you think this is? Why are there so
many non-traditional students?
6. What
are some hopes/plans to have more students graduate in 4 years?
7. What
are you excited to see in the future for the campus?
8. What
are the biggest challenges the campus faces?
9. Are
there any parts of your job where you work directly with students?
10. What is something that you would like people
to know about IUSB?
Marvin Curtis is the Dean of the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the
Arts at Indiana University South Bend and Director of the Symphonic Choir of
South Bend. He earned the Bachelor of
Music Degree from North Park University in Chicago; his Master of Arts from The
Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia; and the
Doctor of Education from The University of the Pacific in Stockton,
California. He did additional studies at Westminster Choir College in
Princeton, New Jersey and The Juilliard School of Music in New
York. Curtis formerly served as Choral Director, Department Chair, and
later Assistant Dean at Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North
Carolina.
1. What
makes you interested in this line of work?
2. What
kind of education did you need to prepare you for this line of work?
3. What
has been the biggest change you’ve seen in the fine arts department since
you’ve worked here?
4. How
do you recruit students or get them to know about the fine arts department?
5. Do
many students attend the events put on by the fine arts department? Why do you
think they do or don’t?
6. What
are some hopes/plans for the fine arts department?
7. What
are you excited to see in the future for the fine arts department?
8. What
are the biggest challenges your department faces?
9. What
are the most popular studies in the fine arts department? Why do you think they
are most popular?
10. What is something that you would like people
to know about IUSB?
Martin
Gersey
Martin
Gersey is the Chief of Police at Indiana University South Bend.
1. What
makes you interested in this line of work?
2. What
kind of education did you need to prepare you for this line of work?
3. What
has been the biggest change you’ve seen on campus since you’ve worked here?
4. Do
you consider IUSB a safe place for students?
5. How
has the addition of housing affected the workload of the police/security at
IUSB?
6. Are
there any policies as to whether students can carry mace or pepper spray for
protection?
7. Are
there any changes that would improve safety at IUSB?
8. What
are the biggest challenges your department faces?
9. What
is the most reported safety problem on campus?
10. What is something that you would recommend students
do to stay safe on campus?
