Crossing the Green

Women's Studies Program grantedpermanent status

A year-long review of the Women's Stud- ies Program culminated with a faculty vote favoring permanent status. The program was scrutinized by College faculty, outside scholars, and several committees, including the Executive Committee of the Faculty.

In a report prepared for its review, the program defined itself this way: "Through its feminist perspectives, Women's Studies examines the political, historical, economic, social, and cultural experience of women; charts the cross-cultural heterogeneity of this experience, and explores the implica- tions of gender and sexual difference." The report noted that Women's Studies is now considered an established academic disci- pline, citing the widespread acceptance of Women's Studies in academia.

Program co-chair Lynn Higgins does not expect the program will appoint faculty or grant a major in the near future. The pro- gram insures an interdisciplinary approach by relying on faculty from other depart- ments. By not offering a major, the program has greater freedom in instituting new classes. If a major were offered, certain classes would require cyclical repetition.

Lynne Hamel Gaudet 'Bl has been ap- pointed to the new position of Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs. Her responsi- bilities will include working with fifth- and lOth-reunion classes, clubs, student tour groups, and the Young Alumni Committee of the Alumni Council. Previously, she was Benefits Program Coordinator for Dart- mouth's Personnel Administration.

McGean reinstated as secretary

Following a six-month sabbatical, J. Mi- chael McGean '49 has been appointed Sec- retary of the College, a title he held from 1965 to 1982, after which his title was di- rector of planning, then secretary of the alumni. His appointment was announced by President McLaughlin, to whom Mc- Gean will report on a wide range of projects dealing with the interaction between the College and special constituent groups. Such projects may include enrollment ac- tivities, and special film and video projects.

Meanwhile, back at the magazine

While the search for a new editor goes forward, additional staff changes have oc- curred at the Alumni Magazine. Associate Editor and Acting Co-Editor Dana Gross- man resigned in July to become director of publications for the Dartmouth Medical School. Class Notes and Obituaries Editor Teri Allbright has been named acting as- sociate editor. Charles Widmayer '3O, for- mer Dartmouth Alumni Magazine editor, will continue to serve as consulting editor until sometime in the fall, at which time Allbright will become acting co-editor along with general manager Susan Berry-Langsten. Karen Endicott, a graduate of Cornell and the University of Canberra, Australia, has been named class notes and obituaries ed- itor; and Lee Michaelides, a 1978 graduate of Syracuse, has joined the magazine as staff writer. Suzanne Wylie Young, a 1977 graduate of Dartmouth, has been named advertising director. And Jim Needham '7O will be writing the sports column, begin- ning with this issue.

Gaudet joins Alumni Affairs staff