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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?