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TheVol. LXXIX No. 11 @thecowl • thecowl.com ProvidenceCowl College December 4, 2014 by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 News Staff The Collaboration of Academic Careers in Higher Education, or faculty COACHE, is a national organization Is After a COACHE survey, which of over 200 national chief officers was the College’s first comprehensive at colleges and universities. The survey related to faculty issues and survey used is a standard survey satisfaction, was administered to developed by COACHE, which the faculty last year, a report was covers nine general topics related recently published that summarizes to faculty satisfaction. According The the findings of the survey, indicating to Harvard University’s definition great dissatisfaction among faculty. of the COACHE survey, it allows “Last year, the faculty took a institutional leaders to know how job-satisfaction survey regarding to create a better place to work and their jobs at Providence College,” has “cultivated a reputation for Faculty said Dr. Fred Drogula, a member of faculty satisfaction survey tools that the COACHE committee at PC. “A are considered best-in-class, offering very large percentage of the faculty much more than locally-derived and participated in the survey, and when other instruments.” the results came out this fall, they “The survey was very sophisticated, showed alarmingly widespread and a committee, chaired by Dr. Maia Happy? and deep dissatisfaction among the Bailey in Biology, was faculty.” COACHE/ Page 2 Friars on Fire by Joey Ciccarello ’16 Tournament. The victory also pushed second half were especially tense Asst. Sports Editor the Friars into the Elite Eight for the for the home crowd. The Anteaters Turning men’s soccer first time in school history, and was had a golden opportunity when the second home victory in as many Bryan Breslin received a cross and For Markus Naglestad ’14RS, it NCAA Tournament games for the put a header on net. However, Friar was a sure thing as soon as the ball left 11th overall seed in the country. goalie Keasel Broome ’14RS was up Smith Hill his foot. While a packed Ray Treacy Naglestad’s goal aside, the game to the task, as he leaped into the air Track held their breath, Naglestad did not lack any suspense. The Friars and punched the ball over the net. calmly slotted a 30-yard free kick past got a chance early in the first half Besides that opportunity, however, UC Irvine goalie Michael Breslin, when Dominik Machado ’17 found Providence locked down the potent Inside Out lifting the Providence College Men’s himself open in the 18-yard box, only UC Irvine offense. Head Coach Craig by Frank Flanagan ’15 Soccer Team to a 1-0 third-round to see his shot strike the crossbar and Stewart praised his defense, noting, “I A&E Staff victory over the Anteaters. bounce out of play. Naglestad and thought we did a good job as a unit, local art “That’s in my range,” Naglestad Fabio Machado ’15 fired wide of closing out space and denying them said of the kick after the game had Breslin’s net in the first half as well, time on the ball.” This past November, Providence College students Michaela Bolotin and the Friars as a whole outshot UC ELITE/ Page 24 ended. “I feel good when I get that ’16 and Grace Twardy ’16 led an chance.” It marked his 10th goal of Irvine nine to three in the first half. effort that brought the Inside Out the season, and his first in the NCAA The opening moments of the Project to Providence. The Inside Out Project is a global community art project in which participants paste a collection of portraits outdoors in hopes of conveying a common community message. The Providence installment ran with the following goal in mind: “To unify the many people who call Smith Hill their home through a public art display.” The project was installed on Saturday, November 22, on the St. Patrick’s Cemetery wall facing Douglas Avenue, though, due to inclement weather and vandalism, was rendered almost completely gone shortly thereafter. “I discovered the project this Photo courtesy of Laura Nagel ‘14 summer, I want to say August,” said Providence College's Student-Run Newspaper Since 1935 Bolotin. From there she sprung into UNDERtheHOOD action. “I posted [the project] in the Photography Opinion Global Studies group on Facebook News 2 and asked ‘Does anyone want to PC sexual assault policies need to be Opinion 6 Describe the semester in 40 bring this to Providence?’” Twardy characters or less more specific almost Photography 10 INSIDE OUT/ Page 13 A&E 13 Page 10 Page 6 Portfolio 16 Sports 20 Page 2 News December 4, 2014 COACHE: Dissatisfaction Among Faculty Continued from front page created to review the data and make satisfaction.” “First and foremost, the are carried out, greater satisfaction partners collaborate to achieve common recommendations to the College faculty was extremely dissatisfied with amongst the faculty could be the result. goals, stronger loyalty and sense of administration to improve the working the leadership and governance of the As the committee said in the end of their worth, and an environment of academic conditions for faculty,” said Drogula. College, but there were also secondary introductory remarks, “The benefits excellence.” PC’s COACHE Committee composed concerns about compensation, health are clear: a sense of community where the report regarding the survey. “Our and family care, and diversity and committee believes the COACHE mentoring,” Drogula said. survey presents a unique window of According to the report, “the largest opportunity to identify serious problems discrepancy in satisfaction between that weaken our capacity to realize the Providence College faculty and faculty College’s vision,” writes the committee. at other COACHE institutions is on “If concerns are not addressed in a timely the matters of senior leadership.” fashion…this opportunity will be lost.” The committee provides a variety of “Since the success of any liberal arts immediate actions to take to improve this, college depends upon the dedication of including faculty representation on the its faculty, the fact that so many of PC's Board of Trustees elected by the Faculty faculty are unhappy with their working Senate, a change in the format in faculty conditions is a serious threat to the meetings to allow genuine discussion, long term success of the College,” said and “efforts to demonstrate appreciation Drogula. “I am hoping that the College of the faculty and its role in the success of administration seizes this opportunity the College through meaningful response to strengthen the College by responding to faculty priorities.” positively to the clearly expressed As for diversity and mentoring, it was concerns of the faculty.” rated as one of the two lowest aspects of The report outlined four areas the College by 17 percent of respondents. that were prioritized as key elements Intermediate actions to make this more to be addressed regarding faculty satisfactory include requiring sensitivity dissatisfaction. According to the report, training to all faculty members, the other areas showed great levels of implementation of measures to bring dissatisfaction, such as tenure and greater transparency to decisions, and promotion. As noted in the previous designing a facility in a central location Cowl article from Nov. 20, recent changes on campus which could serve as a faculty regarding tenure and promotion had lounge of sorts, which would promote been made, and due to the ongoing faculty socialization. efforts, tenure and promotion were not Compensation and health and family outlined in the report. care were two other aspects of the report Instead, the report focused on four where the faculty’s satisfactions were areas where “easily executable changes among the lowest in peer institutions. MORGAN PEKERA ’15 / THE COWL should lead to significant gain in If the changes suggested in the report The most recent Faculty Senate meeting took place on Wednesday in Ruane 105. New Senior Giving Campaign Forgoes Bricks by Kathleen McGinty ’16 of the graduating class are encouraged also detracts from donations, as the currently brainstorming other ideas News Editor to donate to the PC Fund, which College must provide the funds for this for students who donate $100 or more supports and is directed to aspects of upkeep. Schwartz and Levcowich noted to be recognized: through initiation institutional advancement campus where funds are needed the that the Committee kept in mind that into a Young Dominican Society, an most, such as clubs and organizations, Senior Ring Weekend now coincides invitation to an exclusive networking For alumni returning to campus, a campus renovations, financial aid, and with the same year as Commencement, event during St. Dominic Weekend, stroll down memory lane is no longer development of new curricula, or the the increased expenses of which may and even engraving plaques with than the walkway between the Phillips Angel Fund, which offers emergency prevent seniors from donating that $100 donors’ names. Memorial Library and St. Dominic financial aid to students in the midst to be eligible for a brick. Yet Seitz stressed the importance of Chapel. Made up of bricks engraved with of unexpected financial hardship. Gifts The change to the program also not just donations but participation as donor names, the walkway recognizes made to these funds are used in the year comes on the heels of the “Our Moment” well. alumni or seniors who have donated they are received. campaign launch, which launched what “Annual gifts are what set us apart either $250 or $100, respectively, to one The brick program launched in 2009 Seitz called a “group effort” mentality to from other institutions,” she said. of Providence College’s Annual Funds.

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