Julie Dolan, vice president of fiscal affairs at the College, was appointed vice president for finance at Fairfield University, University President Jeffrey von Arx announced on Wednesday, according to The Fairfield Mirror. Dolan will assume her new position in July. In her current position, Dolan advises College President Jim Yong Kim and the Board of Trustees on a wide variety of financial matters, including financial strategy and endowment management. At Fairfield, Dolan will oversee the University's financial resources and will evaluate financial structures in need of change or further development, The Fairfield Mirror reported. In the announcement, von Arx cited Dolan's "extensive experience" in the higher education community and her "optimism" as reasons she was chosen for the position, The Fairfield Mirror reported.
Michigan State University will no longer provide employees hired after July 1, 2010 with retiree health benefits, the Lansing State Journal reported. Prior to the announcement, Michigan State was the only Big Ten University to provide new hires with full employer-paid retiree health benefits. According to a statement issued yesterday by the University, commitments already made to new hires will be honored and staff hired before July 1, 2010 will not be affected. In a memo released yesterday, Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon said "these changes are part of a long-term solution that will enable Michigan State University to operate on a sustainable financial basis that is consistent with the practices of our peer institutions and our financial capacity," according to the Lansing State Journal.
Over 800 students and alumni at Syracuse University have signed a petition to prevent JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon from delivering this year's commencement address, according to BusinessWeek. In the wake of the global financial crisis, many students are against hosting the chairman of a company whose actions have been closely scrutinized by lawmakers for the role they may have played in facilitating the meltdown, according to BusinessWeek. The University selected Dimon from a list of potential commencement speakers compiled by students based on his experience with a "major global challenge," University Chancellor Nancy Cantor told BusinessWeek. Students are planning a protest dance party on the campus quadrangle and have created a Facebook page to protest the upcoming address, according to Syracuse's student newspaper, The Daily Orange. Despite the protests, the University will not rescind its invitation to Dimon, BusinessWeek reported.
