Tuesday, April 21, 2009
One lucky student will swap Thursday morning routines with Chancellor Robert Hemenway on April 30 for an event called “Chancellor for a Day.”
Hemenway will attend the winning student’s classes and the winning student will attend meetings and tours that the Chancellor would normally attend, said Michael Gillaspie, Ashland senior and organizer of the event. Students can enter a raffle to become chancellor for a day by stopping by the SUA Box Office in the Kansas Union and buying a $3 ticket by Friday, April 24.
“As a student we’re often just worried about our own time. We don’t know the goings ons of the University,” Gillaspie said. “This opens the door for the conversation ‘What does the Chancellor actually do?’ It’ll help students know more about the University than just themselves.”
After switching places for the morning of April 30, the winning student and Hemenway will then have lunch together to discuss their experiences.
“They’ll talk about what each person did and have a dialogue, which normally wouldn’t happen,” Gillaspie said.
The proceeds from the raffle will benefit Jubilee Café, a breakfast kitchen for the low-income and the homeless of Lawrence.
“You are able to put a little bit of money to help an organization out and to understand the chancellor and student relationship,” Gillaspie said.
Gillaspie said he hoped this would become an annual event.
“It’ll be great to have it this year and hopefully the new chancellor will agree to it also, to get the student experience and to keep the tradition going,” Gillaspie said.
The winning raffle ticket will be drawn on Saturday, April 25, and the winner will be notified that day, Gillaspie said.
— — Edited by Carly Halvorson
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Students can win a day as Hemenway
i wish think someone else could be "hemenway for a day" everyday
Students can win a day as Hemenway
No F*'n way.
Students can win a day as Hemenway
This used to be an annual event not too long ago. I am not sure why it ever stopped and needed to be restarted. However, from the event discription this sounds the same as it used to be.
Students can win a day as Hemenway
Quick! Push through a reduction in the Women's and Non-Revenue Sports Fee so the mock chancellor can sign it and keep Bob from vetoing it!
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