Raymond’s plan for TWU September 20, 2006
Posted by mwj as governance, politics, twu. 9 comments. I went to my first Undergraduate Academic Council yesterday, and heard Dr. Jonathan Raymond’s unveil some of his new ideas for TWU. The highlights? If all goes as planned at the board meeting in October, Student Life as we know it will no longer exist at Trinity. The focus of both the Board and the President’s Cabinet over the next year will be almost entirely on policy, based on the Carver model. And by next Fall we should have a framework from which to focus on academics and become Canada’s premier Christian university.
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Nested authority at TWU September 6, 2006
Posted by mwj as governance, politics, twu, twusa. 3 comments.I met with Dr. Raymond yesterday. I’d booked 45 minutes but his secretary had cut it down to half an hour and he was 10 minutes late, so I had to be understandably pointed in my approach. We were going to have dinner with him as an executive tonight, so I figured we could save the pleasantries ’till then.
Conflict of interest at TWU May 9, 2006
Posted by mwj as governance, journalism, politics, twu, twusa. 2 comments.At Trinity Western University, the newspaper is run a bit like it was in the Soviet Union. One man is resonsible for appointing the editor of the school newspaper, Mars’ Hill. This same man is also the chief advisor to the student government, TWUSA. This same man is also the only person on the final appeals board for “accountability” (i.e. disciplinary) issues. This same man is also in charge of the most ubiquitous campus institution, Student Life.
Who said we weren’t supposed to get political? April 27, 2006
Posted by mwj as governance, politics, twu. add a comment.From the Guardian on a recent piece about the cost of education:
‘Going to university is about more than earning money. It is about getting involved in student life - getting involved in political and democratic bodies, setting up or joining a society and meeting lots of people.’
If our education isn’t going to be worth beans to us after we get out into the real world, what’s so bad about a little bit of political advocacy inside the bubble? Notice the use of “student life” and “democratic bodies” in the same sentence: something completely foreign to TWU.
Thanks to Matt for this one.
Students brought up to date at forum January 30, 2006
Posted by mwj as governance, politics, twu, twusa. add a comment.An open forum was held in the TWUSA office last Thursday to share information about the allegations surrounding president Snider and the chairman of the Board, Allan Hedberg. Members of Student Council read prepared statements, shared documents, and answered the questions of the 80 or so students, faculty, alumni, and staff that were present.