Marcia Kelly, the College's new undergraduate judicial affairs officer, is different from what her title suggests.
Instead of being a legal expertise, Kelly is more well-rounded.
Kelly began her new job last week. In this position she will serve as secretary of the Committee on Standards, an ex-officio non-voting member.
"I basically oversee the procedural aspects of the disciplinary process at the College, for behavioral misconduct as well as for violations of the academic honor principle," Kelly said.
As for her day-to-day activities Kelly has only a vague idea of what awaits her.
"I think I handle a lot of paper work, in terms of making sure that files are kept up to date that result from meetings that deans have with various students" Kelly said.
She will also be in contact with students who are either bringing complaints against the College or who have complaints filed against them. She advises students on their rights and how College procedures work.
Before coming to the College, Kelly worked at Tufts University in Massachusetts in the area of student activities where she served as a voting member on disciplinary panels.
"I'm coming from a very different kind of position," Kelly said. My experience at Tufts was as director of the campus center and student activities office."
After only a week in her new job, Kelly said she does not yet have enough of a feel for the College to make any comparisons between the two positions.
"It's too early for me to say. It will be interesting for me to see," she said. "By the fall I'll have a better idea of what I think of the students."
Kelly left Tufts and came to Hanover in December of 1992, one term after her husband Barry Harwick began work at the College as the head coach of the men's track and cross-country team.
Since then "I've been home having a baby, looking at positions that were opening up on campus, but waiting to see if there was something really appropriate," Kelly said. "This is the first position that has come up that I've been interested in."
Kelly says her two sons, ages three and four months, kept her busy over the 15 months she spent out of the work force.
"What spare time do I have? I'm not an avid much of anything except spending time with a three-year-old," she said. "I enjoy gourmet cooking or baking and trying to squeeze aerobics or some type of exercise into my life."
