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WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY Volume 24, Number 2 September 18, 1997 Aviation dedication, board meeting set for Battle Creek Kellogg CEO begins The University will dedicate its new four-year process to relocate the School of currently enrolls some 550 students. The lecture series Oct. 2 aviation facilities at the W.K. Kellogg Air- Aviation Sciences from aging and cramped school recently earned stamps of approval Arnold G. Lang- port in Battle Creek Friday, Sept. 19. facilities that could not be expanded at the from both the Council on Aviation Ac- bo, chairman of the The public ceremonies will begin at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Air- creditation and the United Kingdom Civil board and chief ex- 12:45 p.m. following a private luncheon in port. The school has moved from a 27,000- Aviation Authority, paving the way for its ecutive officer of the hangar/laboratory/maintenance build- square-foot facility in Kalamazoo into new International Pilot Training Centre. the Kellogg Co. in ing at 237 N. Helmer Road. Preceding the 76,500 square feet in Battle Creek. Public tours will follow the ceremonies. Battle Creek, will dedication, the Board of Trustees will con- The new facilities include three build- Agenda items for the Board of Trustees kick off this year's duct its regular meeting at the facilities. ings: a renovated flight operations build- meeting include a recommendation on the Haworth College of The meeting will begin at 10:45 a.m. in the ing that is the former airport terminal and appointment of a presidential search con- Business Distin- library of the classroom building. tower; the new classroom building; and the sulting firm. The firm would assist the guished Speaker Se- Speakers at the dedication will include: renovated hangar/laboratory/maintenance board, the Presidential Search Advisory ries. Langbo President Haenicke; U.S. Sen. Carl Levin; building. Committee and associated staff in finding He will speak at U.S. Rep. Fred Upton; Battle Creek Mayor The entire value of the project is esti- a successor to Haenicke, who this summer 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in Schneider Ted Dearing; Joseph H. Dunlap, director mated at $38 million. Construction costs announced that he would step down as Hall. His topic will be "Changing Global of the School of Aviation Sciences; Capt. were financed by a $6 million grant from president to return to the faculty, effective Markets: Opportunities and Responsibili- Fergus Woods, head of standards for Civil the U.S. Department of Commerce and July 31, 1998. The board also is expected ties in the 21st Century." Aviation Authority Flight Crew Licens- $6.5 million in matching funds from the to consider a recommendation on The lecture is by invitation only, but ing; and Richard G. Haworth, chairperson Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Au- Haenicke's annual evaluation and com- faculty and staff members interested in of the WMU Board of Trustees. Serving thority. The project also was supported by pensation. attending may call Christopher M. Korth, as master of ceremonies will be George Battle Creek Unlimited, the city of Battle Committee meetings will precede the chairperson of finance and commercial law A. Frankl in, a member of the WMU board Creek, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and full board meeting in the same room. Times and coordinator of the series, at 7-5722. and vice president for worldwide gov- the Kellogg Co. are: Academic and Student Affairs Com- Langbo joined the Kellogg Co. in 1956 ernment affairs at the Kellogg Co. in The School of Aviation Sciences offers mittee, 9:45 a.m.; and Budget and Finance and has served in numerous positions both at Battle Creek. the state's only public four-year bachelor Committee, 10 a.m. All meetings are open corporate headquarters in Battle Creek and The event marks the culmination of a of science degree program in aviation and to the public. in his native Canada. He was named presi- dent of Kellogg International in 1986. He became president, chief operating officer Haenicke to remain 'vigorously' involved in next year and director of the Kellogg Co. in 1990. He President Haenicke has no intention of senators. "And many, many alumni wrote see a need to fire the president, they will has been in his present position since 1992. being a lame duck during his final year as that they now look with renewed pride put all their energy into hiring the presi- The Distinguished Speaker Series is president of the University, he told the upon their alma mater. dent. intended to bring business, education and Faculty Senate Sept. 4. "Proud they have always been of this "The board is determined," he said, government leaders to campus to discuss a "Neither the Board of Trustees nor I University," he said. "But many of them "that the University community and the variety of topics of interest to the Univer- want to have any momentum lost or a lame comment that so much has changed. These faculty, in particular, as probably one of its sity and Southwest Michigan. Also sched- duck as president," Haenicke said. "You alumni remember with great fondness the most critical constituencies, will be very uled to speak this academic year is Ann will not see me hiding in my office during wonderful teachers they encountered here much involved in the selection of our next McLaughlin, chairman of the Aspen Insti- my last year in this position." on campus, and they can't imagine that the president. " tute. Her lecture is slated for Thursday, While he will remain "very vigorously campus ever changes. Haenicke said he used the word "our" Feb. 19. and energetically involved in the affairs of "But when they come back, they see not because he expects to return to what he this University," he said, he expects to only that the buildings and the roads and called his "second love," teaching and writ- consult "more carefully and in greater de- the walkways have changed, but also that ing, after a sabbatical leave the board "has Did you know? tail with the Board of Trustees and others in recent years we have experienced a graciously granted me. • The person selected to succeed who set direction for the campus than has significant renewal of our faculty," he said. "As is appropriate, I will stay com- President Haenicke in the current sometimes been the case. He explained that 150 new faculty mem- pletely out of the search process," he search process wi II be the "I will more carefully coordinate major bers have come to the University in the last said. "But I hope that all of you, as is University's sixth president in its actions that have an impact on the develop- two years alone, most of them replace- appropriate, will take great interest in the 94-year history. ment of the University for the next several ments of faculty members who have re- selection, as you did last time. I know • The State Board of Education years," he said. tired. that the board is extremely willing and elected Dwight B. Waldo as West- These include preparations for the "We have added very few to the faculty eager to hear from all appropriate sources ern State Normal School's first University's next large capital campaign, roster," he said. "We are replacing our on campus. I hope that you will make "principal" on April I, 1904. His in which he will not take part, he said, and faculty in large numbers, and the institu- your voices heard." title was changed to president in also larger construction projects that he tion is changing dramatically right now, Haenicke concluded his remarks by 1908. hopes to complete or initiate before leav- and it will continue to do so in the next welcoming his colleagues to the start of a • The five presidents and their ing office next year. several years." new academic year. years of tenure are: Waldo, 1904- The president noted that he had re- Turning to the search for his replace- "It is the beginning, for me, of what I 1936; Paul V. Sangren, 1936- ceived a great deal of mail since he an- ment, Haenicke noted that the Board of hope is going to be a few more years in the 1960; James W. Miller, 1961- nounced in June that he would retire from Trustees is "very excited" about its task classroom and in the library," he said. "In 1974; John T. Bernhard, 1974- the presidency on July 31,1998, and return and is "keenly aware that this is one of its other words, this is not yet the time for 1985; and Haenicke, 1985- to the faculty. major functions, probably its major func- farewells. I hope, very much, that we will present. "Many of you were very gracious to tion, namely to hire and fire the president. have a successful and exciting year ahead write rather significant pieces," he told "But," he quipped, "since they didn't of us." On a new beat Students living in the Goldsworth Valley residence hall complexes this fall have more than resident advisors and hall directors to help them adjust to campus life. They also have COPS - Community Oriented Policing Services - to help reduce the causes and fear of crime. A $75,000 award from the U.S. Department of Justice's COPS program to WMU is being used to put Officer Ronald E. Ware in Goldsworth Valley full time to form partnerships with students, offer programs and use problem-solving tactics to promote safety awareness and to cut back on property crimes.