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UNIVERSITY OF KING’S COLLEGEREPORT OF THE PRESIDENTFor the Academic Year2002 - 2003University of King’s CollegeHalifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 2A1

UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGEREPORT OF THE PRESIDENT2002 - 2003Table of Contents1. Letter of Transmittal- Dr. Colin Starnes i2. Report of the Registrar 1- Ms. Elizabeth Yeo3. Foundation Year Programme 14- Dr. Kyle Fraser, Director4. Contemporary Studies Programme 19- Dr. Steven Burns, Director5. Early Modern Studies Programme 22- Dr. Kathryn Morris, Director6. History of Science & Technology Programme 26- Dr. Gordon McOuat, Director7. School of Journalism 36- Professor Stephen Kimber, Director8. The Library 53- Mr. Drake Petersen, Librarian9. Report of the Bursar 57- Mr. Gerry Smith

10. The Scholarship Committee 60- Ms. Elizabeth Yeo, Secretary11. The Bursary Committee 66- Ms. Elizabeth Yeo, Chair12. Institute for Advanced Study 68- Dr. Walter Kemp, Director14. The Chapel 69- The Rev. Dr. Paul Friesen, Chaplain andPriest-in-Charge15. The Residence 71- Ms. Kelley Castle, Dean16. Athletics 88- Mr. Neil Hooper, Director17. Alumni, Development & Public Relations 91- Ms. Bev Mahon,Alumni and Public Relations Officer18. Administration, Faculty, Staff and Board of 97Governors of the University, 2002 - 2003

November 17, 2003The Board of GovernorsUniversity of King’s CollegeHALIFAX, Nova ScotiaDear Board of Governors:I am pleased to transmit with this letter the following reports for the academic year 2002 -2003.Readers will get a sense of the extraordinary work that is being done in every part of theuniversity to meet the daily task of providing the finest and most challengingundergraduate education in Canada. King’s may be the oldest university in the countrybut there is nothing hackneyed, unconsidered or ‘merely business as usual’ in thesereports. We see in them evidence that every part of the college is in a continuous struggleto remake itself as it seeks contemporary forms of justice in all its relations and relevancein its academic concerns. There is something here well above and beyond the call of duty.It is seen in the willingness to consult when a simple decision would be so much easieror, in a readiness to listen to questions or complaints which could simply be brushedaside. This quality explains why there is something over and above in so much that theCollege does. Such things, such stretching the envelope, does not come without greatand persistent effort. We owe a debt of gratitude to the heads of the programmes anddepartments who give so much of themselves, of their time and of their goodwill, so thatthe extraordinary can come to be.There are some matters that are not covered in these reports.First amongst these is the completion of the Campaign and the finishing of all theconstruction it enabled. The marvellous maintenance staff completed the interiorconstruction of the basement of the Link in the winter term of 2002-2003. This structureconnects the Breezeway and Prince Hall with the New Academic Building. This part ofthe work was not included in the contract with Cardinal Construction Ltd. in order toreduce the price. The work was done by our staff, on schedule, and there was awonderful, final, formal opening of the New Academic Building in the spring of 2003.The newly landscaped mini quad (aka) ‘the cloister’ was the venue of a very festiveoccasion on a fine spring day. Warm and cool refreshments were provided by Sodexhoi

and the Assistant to the President, Margo Pullen Sly, cut the ribbon officially opening theLink.Turning to the Campaign. In the letter of transmittal I wrote at about this time last year Isaid that, “of the original goal of $6.7 million there is, as I write, less than half a milliondollars left to raise.” What I did not mention at that time is that donations had reduced toa very slow trickle and there were grounds to worry that the College had already realizedas much as it was going to be able to raise. Recall, the original report from the feasabilitystudy predicted that $4.5 million was the very most the College could hope to raise fromthe private sector if, as we knew, there was no possibility of getting any money fromeither the federal or provincial governments. Thanks to a really tremendous final effortby the Chancellor, Senator Michael Meighen, and above all by the Chair of the Board ofGovernors who was also the National Chair of the Campaign, Mr. George Cooper, withthe work of many volunteers and with the able support of Bev Mahon, Jen Laurette, andPaula Johnson in the Alumni Office, the final achievement of the campaign is astaggering $7.2 million dollars. That is, half a million over the extended goal of $6.7which was itself $2.2 million over the most optimistic target we were advised to aim for -and all of this without a cent of government money. In the course of the campaign theCollege, on four separate occasions, received the largest single donations it had everattracted from individuals and foundations in its over 200-year history. Such generosityon the part of donors of ample means coupled with the broad support from friends,alumni, parents and even our cash strapped students, is an indication of the growingreputation of the university and an encouragement to continue the work we are doing.The success of this improbable campaign has allowed the College to realize all of thegoals it had at its inception. The physical plant and equipment of the School ofJournalism have received a major upgrade in the construction - again by the King’smaintenance staff - of a totally refurbished Radio Room. Built on the plans of Mr. RoyWillworth and Mr.Tom Leung of Duffus Romans Kundzins Rounsefell and furnishedwith new digital recording equipment, this completes the last element in the School to beupgraded from analog production and antiquated accommodation. The Library hasreceived the funds the university sought to enable it to support the two new programmes.The New Academic Building and the Link have been completed - and last, but notleast, the goal for Scholarships and Bursaries has realized almost three times what wasaimed for.The second big event of the year was the search for a new president. After providing theUniversity with an impressive and varied range of possibilities in the three candidateswho were interviewed, the Presidential Search Committee found there was strong, deepand wide consensus throughout the entire community around the choice of Dr.WilliamBarker. He was offered, and accepted, the position and began a five-year term on 1 July,2003. I think that picking a president is one of the few things a university does whereeveryone, from the oldest alumni to the newest employee, has an interest in common.This also makes it one of the most difficult things to manage. The clarity of theconsensus that emerged is in no small part a result of the exemplary process - in terms ofits exhaustiveness, transparency and fairness - provided by the Search Committee and itschair, Dr. Elizabeth Edwards. The university has much to be thankful for both in theSearch Committee and in its result.ii

Thirdly, the year ended on a rare, exciting and very upbeat moment as King’s, inconjunction with Dalhousie, acted as joint hosts of ‘Congress 2003' from May 28 toJune 5, 2002. The annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and SocialSciences represents over 24,000 researchers who are members of some 70 societies inthe areas of the humanities and social sciences. The Congress was last in Halifax (atDalhousie) in 1981. It was an act of generosity on Dalhousie’s part to accede to thesuggestion that King’s might co-host the event, the requirements of which - in terms ofthe number of rooms, residence space and logistics required are way beyond thecapabilities of any but the largest universities. As it turned out the conference farexceeded attendance expectations, attracting almost 6,000 scholars to Halifax. Inaddition to using every space in the Marion McCain Building, the Student Union and theDalhousie Arts Centre, all at Dalhousie, every room at King’s was booked, and everyclassroom, seminar and public space was taken from beginning to the end. King’sparticipation was co-ordinated by Dr. Elizabeth Edwards who began work with theDalhousie co-ordinator, Dr. Peter Butler, over a year before the event. Special thanksare also due to the staff of Sodexho who, under the unflappable and wonderfullyaccommodating leadership of Ms. Mandy Duffy and Ms. Colleen MacDonald rose toevery request. It was a happy and exciting time not least in that it brought back to King’sso many old friends, former students and faculty.Finally, I want to note that unnecessarily, but wonderfully for us, the College took asmuch trouble in getting rid of its old president as it did in finding a new one. This wasnot due to any inherent difficulty but rather because of the generosity and kindness ofeveryone. There were goodbyes on top of goodbyes starting with the student’s goodbyeat the Big Night in April - and Suki and I have enjoyed the directors chairs every daysince then. Soon after, the Faculty and Staff held a marvellous outdoor party in the‘Cloister’ and gave Suki a rose which grows outside the front door of our new house inLunenburg and both of us a hooked rug of great beauty which is just inside the same frontdoor. The Alumni Association said goodbye with a framed photo of a much youngercouple and in June the Board of Governors gave us a wonderful send off in conjunctionwith the closing of the campaign. At that dinner Elizabeth Edwards announced theStarnes Scholarship for promising underachievers which she, Angus Johnston and othershad not only recognized was ‘that than which nothing could give me greater pleasure’ butwhich they were crazy enough to be commit the College to administering down the ages.For all this, but above all for letting us be your president and the missus, we both thankyou very much.Respectfully submitted,Colin StarnesPresident and Vice-ChancellorCS:mepsiii

Report of the President 2002 - 2003REPORT OF THE REGISTRARMs. Elizabeth YeoThe 2002-03 academic year was a time of growth and change for the Registrar’s Officeas a new position was established and office tasks reorganized. We were pleased towelcome Tara Moorehead and Kelly Porter to the Registrar’s Office as Academic StudentService Officers. We continued to provide service to students and to carry out academicadministration functions as well as implementing several initiatives in admissions,student services, publications, information systems and recruiting.RecruitmentThe recruitment goals for the 2003 - 04 academic year were as follows: to increase thelevel of awareness of King’s programmes within the Province of Nova Scotia; to increaseapplications and registrations from the United States (specifically New England); toincrease applications to the one-year Bachelor of Journalism programme; to increase thediversity of the King’s student body, and to manage the increased interest from Ontariodue to the double cohort.The School of Journalism at King’s has a well established presence in the minds of NovaScotia teachers and students. However, with the exception of some pockets of high levelsof awareness, King’s unique contribution to higher education in the province is generallynot well understood, nor is the nature of our relationship with Dalhousie. Over the pastfew years we have made a concerted effort, through additional high school visits,counsellor and student newsletters, and telephone follow up to increase the awarenesslevels. Our efforts have been fruitful; our applicant numbers in Nova Scotia haveincreased two years in a row. During the fall, in addition to the regular AtlanticAssociation of Registrars and Admissions Officers (AARAO) high school visit schedule,we committed to carry out independent visits with every high school in the HalifaxRegional Municipality. This was a challenge, considering the pressures the AARAOschedule, as well as the high level of traffic through the Registrar’s Office at this time ofyear. In the winter we added follow-up visits at 20 schools and assisted over 200 students1 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003with their applications to King’s. Finally, in the spring, we held an outdoor reception inthe mini-Quad for accepted students with over 100 students and family membersattending. This year we feel we have made tremendous inroads in reestablishing King’spresence within the province.The second area of emphasis for recruitment this year was to increase the number ofapplicants from the United States. We experienced a decrease in registrations from theUS for 2002-2003, which we attributed in part to the tragic events of 9/11 and in part tothe implementation of the pooled admission process which resulted in a change in thetiming of offers of admission being sent to the US. To be competitive with Americanuniversities, our admission and scholarship offers must be extended as early as possiblein the admission cycle. As a result, we implemented a new admission policy wherebyinternational students who were at the scholarship level were given early admission and asmall number were granted early scholarship offers. Despite negative publicity in the USassociated with SARS, Mad Cow disease in Alberta, and Canada’s decision not toparticipate in the second Gulf War, we ended up receiving a record number ofinternational applicants.The Registrar’s Office is deeply indebted to the hard work of Dr. William D. R. Writer.Des, as he is known to everyone at King’s, is a retired anesthesiologist, who recentlygraduated from our Bachelor of Journalism one-year programme. Last fall he agreed tovisit all of the New England Fairs – three weeks of visits in total – and talked to studentsat 12 different universities on behalf of the College. He has proven to be an excellentrecruiter for he made a memorable impression on almost everyone he met. Many of thestudents and parents who visited us over the winter and spring made a point ofcommenting that they had met him, saying that he was part of the reason they came allthat way to visit us.King’s and Dalhousie continue to work very closely recruiting in the US. This spring KarlTurner and Leigh Evans, Assistant Registrar (International Recruitment) at Dalhousie,made their annual spring visit to New England. While there, they were asked by the2 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Ministry of Economic Development to represent the province and its universities at theannual New England Association of College Admission Counsellors (NEACAC)Conference. At the finale, Karl and Leigh hosted a special reception for the New Englandrecruiters and guidance counsellors at the University of Maine Alumni House. It isimportant to note that even though this event took place during one of the coldestmoments of Canada/U.S. relations in the past one hundred years, it was an overwhelmingsuccess. They were extended countless gestures of thanks and warm appreciation forcoming.A third area of emphasis for recruitment for this year was to increase the number andquality of applications to the one-year Bachelor of Journalism programme. To this end,we visited six universities throughout Atlantic Canada. (This initiative was done inconjunction with the regular high school visit programme so it was quite cost effective.)We also hosted the second annual Open House for the Bachelor of Journalismprogramme with 36 people attending. Finally we advertised the programme in studentnewspapers across Canada and sent information packages to every student radio stationand newspaper in the country. All told we received 174 applications to the programme,an increase of 27 % over the previous year.A fourth area of focus this year was to respond to and manage the increased interest fromOntario due to the double cohort. We achieved this through three separate visits to theprovince. The first two-week visit was completed at the beginning of the recruitmentseason in conjunction with the Atlantic Association of Registrars and AdmissionsOfficers (AARAO), where Atlantic Universities visit high schools as a group. The firstweek focused on Ottawa and the surrounding area; the second week focused on Torontoand the surrounding area. The second visit to the region took place in late October.Kelley Castle, Dean of Residence, spent seven days in Toronto visiting 21 schools.Finally, the last visit took place in the first week of December and was a collaborativevisit with Dalhousie, where four evening student/parent information sessions werescheduled in Ottawa, Hamilton, Kingston and Toronto.3 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003A special area of emphasis at King’s is to work to increase the diversity of the studentpopulation, in particular the representation of visible minority students. This year, weconducted a mailout of spring and fall newsletters and brochures to our contacts withinthe African Canadian and Canadian aboriginal communities. Also, with the financialassistance of the King’s Racial Equity Committee, we organized an Open House event.The Registrar’s Office worked with Kristin Tynes, a local high school teacher (PrinceAndrew) who is also a King’s Alumni and member of the Board, to identify thosestudents whose academic interests may be a good fit with King’s. The Equity Committeepaid for the school to hire a substitute teacher, which enabled Ms. Tynes to accompany agroup of 20 potential students from grades 10, 11, and 12 to participate in the open house.The event was a great success and we have determined that we will continue to use thismodel of working with individuals in the high schools to help broaden the students’awareness of King’s and encourage them to visit. The target will be to host two to threehigh schools a year in this manner. Also this year, and with financial support from theRacial Equity Committee, we redesigned the minority recruitment brochure with newphotography and text to assist with outreach efforts.In addition to the efforts noted above, we created two newsletters for guidancecounsellors. which we distributed to our high school mailing list and we instituted aprogramme of follow up phone calls to connect with US and Nova Scotian recruits andscholarship recipients. The calls were very well received by our potential students.In conjunction with the Enrolment Management Committee, we also establishedrecruitment priorities for the coming recruitment season. The priorities are as follows:maintaining Nova Scotia student registrations at the level of 2001-02; continuing ourefforts in our current recruitment areas of Ontario, Southern Quebec and the Atlanticregion; continuing to develop the New England recruitment as our primary internationalrecruitment emphasis; and focusing on maximizing class enrolments in the King’s upperyear programmes. In conjunction with the King’s Racial Equity Committee, we willcontinue our efforts to increase the diversity of the King’s student body over the comingyear.4 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Along with these areas of specific focus, we continued to offer the regular high schoolliaison programme. Between Admissions Officer Karl Turner, Registrar Elizabeth Yeo,Tara Moorehead and other members of faculty and staff who made occasional highschool visits, King’s made a total of 207 high school visits in Canada during the fall andearly winter. King’s participated in visits coordinated through the Atlantic Association ofRegistrar’s and Admissions Officers (AARAO) in the Maritimes, Newfoundland,Quebec, and Ontario. We also hosted approximately 180 students (often along with theirparents) at the College during the year and the Open House day in March was attended by35 people.In addition, a number of schools requested group tours including Prince Andrew and twoBermudian High Schools: Warwick Academy and Saltus Grammar School.We have benefitted this past year from the work of a number of staff and faculty whohelped with the high school liaison programme. Tara Moorehead, Kelley Castle, SusanDodd, Neil Hooper, Christy Ann Conlin, Jennifer Laurette, Jill MacBeath and MyraHyland all visited schools outside of Halifax on our behalf. Other members of faculty,including Kim Kierans and Susan Dodd, visited schools in Halifax. Liaison Officers fromother universities helped out on the road during the New England visit, in particular,Leigh Wambolt from Dalhousie. I would also like to thank our FYP student “tour guides”for their enthusiasm and support over the last year. It makes a great difference toprospective students to be able to get the student perspective on life at King’s. The guidesthis year were Laura Holmes, John Kimmel, Laura Rios Quintana, Carly Stringer, KerriStrothard and Sonjel Vreeland. A special thanks is extended to Kelly Porter, whoseorganizational talents kelp the programme running smoothly.Applications and Admissions for September 2003This was another record-breaking year for applications, due in part to the double cohortof applicants from Ontario resulting from the elimination of the OAC year there. Wereceived a total of 1522 applications, an increase of 26% over last year, following5 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003increases of 15% and 21% for the two previous years. BJ applications were higher than inany year since 1995, and BJH applications higher than in any year since 1990. We arenow approaching the previous highs of 204 for BJ in 1988 and 222 for BJH in 1990. BScapplications were higher than any year since 1996 and BA applications were at an alltimehigh, surpassing last year’s previous record by 23%.1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003BA FYP 448 511 612 745BA Reg 59 139 140 208BA Trn 53 43 62 49BA 428 639 628 576 511 505 560 693 814 1002BSC FYP 60 66 60 82BSC Reg 15 30 35 38BSC Trn 5 6 6 13BSC 138 162 160 115 125 80 80 102 101 134BM 2 2A/S 566 801 788 691 636 585 640 795 917 1138BJ 177 207 169 141 143 135 107 115 137 174BJH 1st 96 115 127 162BJH Trn 18 18 22 48BJH 159 122 130 139 139 149 114 133 149 210Jour 336 329 299 280 282 284 221 249 286 384TOTAL 902 1130 1087 971 918 869 861 1044 1203 1522Despite an unprecedented number of applications, we managed to be on target forenrollments in all of our programmes. This was an accomplishment, as many universitieswith much larger enrollments and therefore much more leeway in their enrollment targetshad great difficulty in controlling enrollments. The planning that we have done over thelast two years in anticipation of the double cohort year has paid off. We instituted a6 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003pooled admissions system for Arts and Science applications last year and were able tofine tune the system this year in advance of the expected increase. One way in which theprocess was fine tuned concerned applicants from Nova Scotia. Applications to the FYPwere pooled overall and then grouped by geographic region into two separate admissionpools (Nova Scotian and non-Nova Scotian) to ensure that the proportion of NovaScotian students remained consistent with that of the previous year. Along with this, theRegistrar’s Office took the lead role in coordinating the flow of paperwork and servicebetween several offices, in particular, the Registrar’s Office, Bursar’s Office andResidence. One aspect of this was working with Dalhousie Student Accounts to establishan on line payment system for the admission deposits, as well as coordinating admissiondeposits with Dalhousie, which implemented a new admission deposit policy this year.We are pleased to have achieved successful enrollment management in a year that hasbeen extremely challenging for universities across Canada.Enrolment 2002/03We had a 5.1% increase in enrolment this past year.Full-time Part-time TOTALDec 1/02 939 17 956Dec 1/01 880 30 910Dec 1/00 848 22 870Dec 1/99 867 19 886Dec 1/98 855 23 878Dec 1/97 836 17 853Dec 1/96 783 26 809Dec 1/95 751 16 767In 2002/03, students from the Atlantic region made up 52.7% of our total, (56.3% lastyear and 57.4% the year before); 43.1% were from Nova Scotia, (45.9% last year and46.1% the year before) and 38.3% were from Ontario (34.4% last year and 32.1% the7 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003year before). The actual number of students from Nova Scotia, however, did not dropsignificantly; we had 412 this year as compared with 418 last year and 401 the yearbefore.There were 20 visa students registered in 2002/03, 16 from the United States, 2 fromBermuda, and one each from the Australia and the United Kingdom. Last year we had 12students from the United States, 2 from Australia, 2 from Bermuda and one each fromBrazil, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.Student ServicesWe continued to offer services in the area of academic advising by updating andcirculating the What Next? brochure. This year, with the support of FYP, the Registrarpresented workshops to groups of FYP students during the three tutorial periods toexplain degree options, define common academic terminology, and note the importantfactors to consider when choosing a major. She also highlighted the benefits of attendingthe Academic Programme Fair and the Department advising sessions. Over the course ofthe last year 500 current and potential students scheduled individual advisingappointments (normally of at least _ hour duration) with the Academic Student ServicesOfficer, Tara Moorehead and the Registrar, Elizabeth Yeo. In addition to in personscheduled appointments, our front line staff, Kelly Porter, and Tara Moorehead, respondto drop in inquiries and, with Karl Turner (Admission Liaison Officer), provide telephoneservice to assist current and potential students with class selection and registration.The Registrar’s Office is responsible for the day to day work of the Bursary Committeeso we deal frequently with financial aid inquiries. Students require information about thebursary and temporary loan programmes and help with resolving problems with studentloans. In addition to day to day inquiries and assistance in relation to the bursaryprogramme, approximately 30 students were seen for individual financial advising andbudgeting assistance appointments. A new initiative for this year was the implementationof the General Motors Entrance Bursary Programme, whereby we awarded a number of8 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003$2000 renewable entrance bursaries to incoming students, based on individualapplications to this fund.The Registrar’s Office also responds to requests for information and assistance fromstudents who present a wide range of questions, problems or concerns. We are in regularcontact with other student service units at King’s and Dalhousie to provide individualsupport and referral as required.As a member of the Administrative Council, the Registrar participated in the design andimplementation of a Campus Services study. The office staff also coordinated anorientation event to introduce new students to university staff and the services availableto them at King’s.Encaenia 2003The following degrees and certificates were conferred:Doctor of Civil Law (honoris causa) 3conferred upon Mr. Graham W. DennisMs. Lyse DoucetMr. Russell G. MacLellanHonorary Fellowship 1conferred upon Ms. Jone E. MitchellBachelor of Arts 104(includes 14 granted at Dalhousie’s Fall Convocation)BA Major and Advanced Major granted by Dalhousie 49(of which 2 were with distinction)BA (Honours) granted by Dalhousie 22(of which 10 were First Class Honours)Joint King’s/Dalhousie Bachelor of Artswith Combined Honours in Contemporary Studies 26(of which 8 were First Class Honours)Joint King’s/Dalhousie Bachelor of Arts 49 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003with Combined Honours in Early Modern Studies(of which 1 was First Class Honours)Joint King’s/Dalhousie Bachelor of Artswith Combined Honours in History of Science & Technology 3(of which none were First Class Honours)Bachelor of Music granted by Dalhousie 1Bachelor of Science 18(includes 3 granted at Dalhousie’s Fall Convocation)BSc Major and Advanced Major granted by Dalhousie 9(of which 1 was with Distinction)BSc (Honours) granted by Dalhousie 8(of which 7 were with First Class Honours)Joint King’s/Dalhousie Bachelor of Science 1with Combined Honours in History of Science & Technology(which was with First Class Honours)Arts and Science Total 122Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) 20Single Honours in Journalism 12(of which 1 was with First Class Honours)Combined Honours with an Arts or Science subject 8(of which 1 was with First Class Honours)Bachelor of Journalism 37(of which 5 were with Distinction)Journalism Total 57Total Earned Degrees Conferred: 17910 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003University MedalsKing’s students were awarded a total of 10 University Medals this year, 6 of a possible16 in Arts and 4 of a possible 13 in Science:Biology Medal to Kate TurnerContemporary Studies Medal to Matthew KennedyEarly Modern Studies Medal to Lindsay ReidEconomics Medal to Nicholas LiEnglish Medal to Michael SauveHistory of Science & Technology Medal to Kate TurnerInternational Development Studies Medal to Jennifer PeirceMathematics Medal to Adam ClayPsychology Medal to Lori WassermanTheatre Medal to Kyle CameronThe Governor-General’s Silver Medal was awarded to Ruth Davenport, who received aBachelor of Journalism with Distinction.The King’s Medal was awarded to Adam Clay, who received a Bachelor of Science withFirst Class Honours in Mathematics.Information Systems, Reporting and Record ManagementWe continue to develop and revise database solutions to increase efficiency in theRegistrar’s Office, although the pressures of the day to day demands for reports andstatistics has slowed down new development over the past year.We were able to develop a new database for managing Purchase Orders and plans areunderway to add Cheque Requisitions to this suite so that we will be able to track allexpenses according to accounts. Revisions were made to the Admissions, Registration,11 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Scholarship and ESIS Databases. Reviews of the Residence and Recruitment databasesare underway and a database for Bursaries is in the early planning stages.The Calendar has now been converted into a new publishing program that will allow usto publish it to the web and we plan to make revisions to it on a quarterly basis; we willcontinue to publish the calendar in print once a year for the foreseeable future as well.As regards the ESIS reporting to the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission,there has been over the course of the past year a significant improvement in the levels ofcommunication and cooperation between the Commission and the universities under itsjurisdiction . Several meetings and workshops were held that clarified many issuesaround the reporting requirements of the MPHEC and Statistics Canada and streamlinedthe processes so that the universities can comply.A new project for the office this year was to prepare student records for scanning, whichwill replace the previous system of maintaining microfilmed records.Committee WorkThe Registrar sat on a number of King’s committees. She served as Secretary of theScholarship Committee, and chaired the Bursary Committee. As Racial Equity Officer,she sat on the Board Racial Equity Committee, where she was manager of the studentliaison worker and provided administrative support for the committee’s activities. Shewas also a member of the Enrolment Management Committee, and of the FYP AdmissionCommittee. She participated in the work of three Board Committees: Physical Equity, theRacial Equity Committee’s Sub Committee to revise the Equity Liaison Policy and theAppeals and Discipline Committee. She served on the Presidential Advisory Committeeon the King’s Website, the major tasks of which were to develop a website policy toprovide a management structure, policies and procedures for the university website, andto develop a long range plan for the ongoing development of the site.12 Report of the Registrar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Off campus, she served on the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation’s AcademicPolicy Committee, the Atlantic Association of Registrars and Admissions Officers, theMaritime University Registrars’ Committee, the International Marketing Group and cochairedthe University Department of Education Liaison Committee of the NSDepartment of Education and Culture.Karl Turner, Admissions Liaison Officer, served on the Journalism AdmissionsCommittee as recording secretary and represented staff on the Presidential SelectionCommittee.Tara Moorehead, Academic Student Services Officer, served as Secretary to the BursaryCommittee, and as the staff representative on the Board Racial Equity Committee.ConclusionI take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank you to the staff of the Registrar’s Officeover the past year: Karl Turner, Kelly Porter, Tara Moorehead, and Catriona Talbot. Iwould also like to recognize the work of Stephanie Boudreau, who ably assists our officeto deal with incoming mail and email. We are also grateful for the assistance of ShauntayGrant, who supported the work of the Board Racial Equity Committee, and Jill MacBeathwho assisted with the data entry and admission follow up over the spring.13 Report of the Registrar

PRESIDENT'S LIST OF DISTINCTION – 2003In January 1990 the Faculty of the University of King's College established thePresident's List of Distinction as a means of recognizing academic excellence. AllKing's students who achieve a Term Grade Point Average of 3.70 gain a place on thePresident's List. The following graduates and undergraduates are included on thePresident's List of Distinction for 2003.Alda, Kristina Craig, Rebecca Hatheway, JessicaAverill, Owen Crooks, Kathryn Henderson, EllaBaggs, Jeffrey Crutcher, Sean Herbert, DavidBandali, Sabrina Davenport, Ruth Hoegg, JenniferBaxter, Elizabeth deCarufel, Laura Hoffman, NikkiBeaton, Eleanor Dempsey, Erin Holland, EvaBlackwood, Naomi Dick, Stephanie Hussey, LauraBlanchard, John Diepeveen, Karen Hyland, MyraBleser, Josh Domanski, Anna Lise Jones, ChantelleBlidner, Stacey Doucet, Emily Kalkreuth, JohannaBodnar, Michael Downing, Jonathan Kates, BenBonic, Stephanie Dumaresq, Alexander Kennedy, MatthewBreslow, Miriam Dupuis, Joel Kenney, MarthaBrodbar-Nemzer, Sarah Emodi, Nathaniel Kline, KatherineBrooks, Christina Fletcher, Sarah Kustra, MatthewBrown, Pamela Foster, Brian Landry, AlexieBrumwell, Scott Franklin, Tamara Lannan, EmilyBurke, Mark Franklin, Robert Larrass, AnneBurns, Ross Fraser, Holly Laverty, RyanBush, Douglas Frenken, Peter Legassie, JoelButler, Kirsten Gary, Meryl Leszcz, BenjaminCameron, Kyle George, Simon Li, NicholasCarleton, Sarah Jane Gil-Riano, Sebastian Loosen, AnneCarter, David Goldlist, Amy MacAlpine, KarenCarty, Mary Goldlist, Michael MacBeath, SandraChang, Angela Gower, Ross MacDiarmid, KenClay, Adam Green, Jillian MacDonald, KyleClaydon, Emily Grinberg, Emanuella MacDonald, JonathanCode-McNeil, Devon Grossman, Joanna MacLean, JohnColl-Black, Mary Haflidson, Ronald MacLean, AnnaConde, Natasha Halley, Samantha MacLellan, MargaretConklin, William Harris, Rebecca Malling, JaneCooper, Andrea Harris, Carolyn Mattson, LanceCordes, Karen Harrison, Mary McCallum, Martin

McDunnough, Shannon Roger, Katherine Vreeland, SonjelMcElroy, Anne-Marie Rowen, Katherine Wasserman, LoriMcEwen, Katherine Ryan, Donald Webster, ColinMcKelvey, Fenwick Ryan, Sarah Wierzba, LeanneMcMullen, Karen Sainsbury, Andrew Wilson, SaraMcNamara, Elizabeth Salah, Pascale Wood, MatthewMeighen, Theodore Sauve, Michael Woods, StuartMellish, Melissa Schrauwen, Alishya Wright, NicholasMelrose, Camilla Scott, Nicholas Yong, CalebMontgomery, Claire Shapiro, Maya Zorlutuna, AlizeMoore, DeirdreSharpe, EmilyMorawetz, ZoeSheppard, RebekahMosher, RhiannonShore, AlyshaMoss, JessicaShore, StephenMouckley, BenjaminSiegel, KathrynNathwani, JaySiegner, AaronNearing, KelseySilver, NaomiNestel, HadarSimard, StephanieNeville, RaeganSimmonds, EricaO'Sullivan, RorySmith, ElizabethOland, JuliaSolman, BrendaOlson, CorinneSolomon, RachelOphek, JonathanSouthwick, ReidOppong, AkosuaSowerby, AndrewOtto, JenniferStainforth, ThorfinnPala, AnjaliStinson, JuliePeirce, JenniferStriowski, AndraPerell, JoshuaSussex, RebeccaPlatz, HollySymons, AlisonPoole, HayleyTache-Green, EvaQuinn, BrendanTaylor, SusannahRabin, JenniferTaylor, AshleyRasmussen, MayaTector, EmilyRaymakers, AdamThorne, ChelseaReid, LindsayTilly, KathleenReid, AmandaTotten, JulieRichardson-Bryson, Barbara Tracey, DawnRobb, AndrewTucker-Abramson, MykaRobertson, SamanthaTurnbull, KathrynRobicheau, SarahTurner, KateRobson, ChristinaTynan, John-AlecRodgers, LukeVerconich, Cynthia

Report of the President 2002 - 2003THE FOUNDATION YEAR PROGRAMMEReport of the Director, Dr. Kyle FraserWe began the year with a class of 266 students– just over our target of 265– and endedwith 255 students. This was the first year in the implementation of our new admissionspolicy. In previous years admission had been determined on a first-come, first-servedprinciple. Places were offered on a rolling basis, with completed applications assessedand offers mailed each week. The new policy is based on admission average: applicantsare pooled and offers are made from the top down. The reasons for this change in policyare detailed in the FYP Self-Study (2002/03). In short, there was an arbitrariness aboutthe emphasis on completed application date– a factor over which students often havelittle control. Also, the anticipated increase in applications from Ontario, connected withthe so-called ‘double-cohort’, held the danger that Nova Scotia students could besqueezed out of the picture in the rush to find placements. With the new ‘pooling’ systemit is much easier to maintain some discretionary control over geographical representation.The implementation of the new admissions policy has not had a dramatic effect on theaverage admission grade: the overall admissions average was 84.6%, an increase ofapproximately 2% in comparison to the two preceding years. However, the breakdownof the final marks shows a significant increase in the upper range. For the 266 studentsenrolled in the programme, the final marks break down as follows:A + 3 C+ 22A 7 C 17A- 20 C- 1B+ 48 D 3B 74 F 4B- 56 W 1114 The Foundation Year Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Thirty students completed the programme in the A range, up from twenty in 2001/02, andnineteen in 2000/01. In recognition of real academic distinctions within this upper range,the tutors decided this year to award three grades of A+.Former FYP students continue to constitute a large proportion of the Honour graduates inthe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: this year twenty received honours degrees inArts, twenty-five in Contemporary Studies, four in Early Modern Studies, four in theHistory of Science and Technology, eighteen in Journalism (Honours) and five in theSciences. In addition, ten of the twenty-nine medals awarded in the Faculty of Arts andSocial Science, and the Faculty of Science, were awarded to former FYPers.Unit Review, 2002/03This year the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences conducted a Unit Review of theFoundation Year Programme, the first since 1994/95. As incoming Director, my time waslargely absorbed in preparing a Self-Study for this review, covering all significantdevelopments in the structure and policies of the programme since 1995. Many took thetime to meet with the FASS review committee and the external reviewer, Dr. StephenZelnick, to offer their perspectives on the programme. This was an impressive show ofsupport and collegiality.In general, this was a year of critical and productive self-reflection, especially relative toissues of work-load and Home Programmes. These ongoing reflections fed back into thepreparation of the Self-Study, and (in my view) presented to the Review Committee apicture of a programme that is already actively addressing relevant internal issues.Despite the additional strain of the Unit Review on the (already-stretched) resources ofthe programme, we enjoyed a very successful year. Tom Curran and I were overwhelmedat the positive and encouraging comments of the tutorial representatives who attended theyear-end Student Review.15 The Foundation Year Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Council of CoordinatorsThe Section Coordinators for 2002/03 were Dr. Kyle Fraser (the Ancient World), Dr.Wayne Hankey (the Middle Ages), Dr. Ronald Huebert (the Renaissance andReformation), Dr. Angus Johnston (the Age of Reason), Dr. Walter Kemp (the Era ofRevolutions), and Dr. Elizabeth Edwards (the Contemporary World). Other members ofthe Council included Dr. Thomas Curran (the Associate Director), Dr. MargueriteKussmaul, Professor Kim Kierans (2000-2003), and Dr. Judith Thompson (2000-2003).Drs. Stephen Boos and Neil Robertson, and Ms. Peggy Heller (January-July 2003) wereon sabbatical leave.The Council met frequently during the year, especially in preparation for the UnitReview. An editorial sub-committee was formed, consisting of Dr. Thomas Curran, Dr.Elizabeth Edwards, Dr. Wayne Hankey, Dr. Angus Johnston, and Ms. Kym Maclaren.Another pressing item of business was the implementation of the ‘Home Programme’scheme, which required the Council to define more precisely and formally the rights andobligations of FYP professors relative to the teaching and administration of theprogramme. It is expected that the college-wide implementation of this proposal willallow us to determine the real working complement of the programme, so that a clearestimate of our future teaching and administrative needs can be ascertained. Finally, theCouncil deliberated with interest on the proposals of the newly formed FYP work-loadcommittee (consisting of Dr. Kyle Fraser (chair), Dr. John Duncan, Dr. ElizabethEdwards, Dr. Angus Johnston, and Mr. Christopher Snook). These proposals, relating tothe work-loads of Teaching Fellows and Senior Fellows, were approved and will beimplemented beginning in 2003/04.Teaching Fellows and Senior FellowsThere were three new tutors this year: Ms. Laura Penny, Mr. Roni Gechtman, and Mr.Matt Robinson. All three are to be commended for a smooth transition into thechallenging role of FYP tutor. After interviewing a very impressive set of applicants, theCouncil of Coordinators has hired one new Teaching Fellow for next year’s class: Mr.Daniel Brandes.16 The Foundation Year Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Sadly (for us) Kym Maclaren has accepted a tenure-track position at Northern ArizonaUniversity. Likewise, Dr. Mark Meyers, who was on loan this year to the ContemporaryStudies Programme, has accepted a tenure-track position at the University ofSaskatchewan. We wish both of these esteemed colleagues the very best in their futurecareers. Mr. Stephen Blackwood has decided to put his time into preparing for doctoralstudies, and so will not be returning as a tutor next year. We wish him the best in hisfuture course of studies.The Council of Tutors met three times this year. The main items of business were theconsideration and approval of the motions of the Work-load Committee, and theconsideration of a proposed change to the FYP grading system. In short, this latterproposal concerned a change in the procedure of the first-term marks meeting, in favourof a more comprehensive final marks meeting. The proposal was accepted for 2003/04,but with no final determination as to how discretion (e.g. relative to tutorial participation)will be employed at the final marks meeting. A sub-committee of the Council has beenstruck to consider this question, and it will report back to the Council early in the Fall.FYP LecturesThirty-five lectures were given by the Coordinators of sections, twenty-two by Fellows,twenty-four by FYP Professors and other members of King’s Faculty, five by DalhousieProfessors, and twelve by visiting scholars. There were two evening lectures: Dr. KathrynMorris gave a lecture entitled ‘Dancing with Demons: Magic and Witchcraft in EarlyModern Europe’, and Dr. Stephen Snobelen lectured on ‘Newton Uncut: Alchemy,Heresy and the Apocalypse’. The final lecture of the year was given by President ColinStarnes. We wish him well in his future endeavours, and thank him for his many years ofdedicated service as President.Amongst the Fellows: Mark Blackell lectured on Hannah Arendt and Totalitarianism;Stephen Blackwood lectured on the Song of Roland, and Calvin’s Reformation Theology;Tom Curran lectured on The Book of Job, Prometheus Bound, The Sorrows of Young17 The Foundation Year Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Werther, and Schiller’s Essays; Sue Dodd lectured on Antigone, Rousseau, Durkheim,and Stendahl’s Red and Black; John Duncan lectured on The Communist Manifesto, andNietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals; Kym Maclaren lectured on Freud’s Three Essays onthe Theory of Sexuality; Chris Snook lectured on Genesis and Exodus, and Eliot’s WasteLand; and Ian Stewart lectured on the PreSocratics, Maimonides and the MedievalCosmos, Isaac Newton and Modern Science, and Searle’s ‘Minds, Brains and Programs’.Many thanks to everyone.The Programme is the work of many dedicated individuals: tutors, lecturers, coordinators,staff and students. In particular I would like to thank Tom Curran for his unfailingsupport as Associate Director, and Pat Dixon (aka ‘The Rock’), our AdministrativeSecretary, for her tireless efforts, especially in the preparation of endless statistics andsupporting documentation for the self-study. I have also been fortunate, of course, to haveat my disposal the substantial experience of the Coordinators, whose advice I have soughton many an issue.18 The Foundation Year Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003THE CONTEMPORARY STUDIES PROGRAMMEReport of the Director, Dr. Steven Burns2002-03 was a year marked by dramatic rearrangements of teaching staff. Sabbaticalleaves for three of our regular members meant that our resources were quite thin. Oneresult was that we did not attempt to mount a Lecture Series, which is normally a classtaught in conjunction with a series of guest speakers. Another result was that we wereable to hire Dr. Mark Meyers as Assistant Professor for the year (on leave from theFoundation Year Programme). He was able to fill some of the conspicuous gaps in theprogramme, and to introduce exciting, new classes as well.13 credits were offered (down from 13.5 in the year before), and 291.5 credit hours weretaken by students (up from 278.5). Enrolment in the Core classes continues to be healthy(75 in Dr. Kierans’ 2000 class, 33 in Dr. McOuat’s 3000 class, and 31 in Dr. Edward’s4000 class). The number of students writing Honours theses remained stable. All but oneof the 21 eligible students finished their projects. Thesis examination week in mid-March(when committees of three professors conducted oral examinations of each student’sthesis) was again a highlight of the year. Overall, King’s-Dalhousie graduated 26 studentswith Combined Honours in Contemporary Studies and another subject (28 last year). 8graduated with First Class Honours (compared to 9 last year). The University Medal inCSP was won by Matthew Kennedy, while Michael Sauvé won the University Medal inEnglish.Eleven students published fine work in the student journal, Hinge: a journal ofcontemporary studies, Vol. 8, which was edited by a quadrumvirate: Andrew Broadhead,Chris Harbord, Richard W. Norman, and Michael Sauvé. Harbord also served aspresident of The Contemporary Studies Students’ Society, and in that capacity organizedand hosted successful term parties for students, faculty and friends.As usual, classes were offered in all three of the programme’s key areas: (a) politics andphilosophy, (b) science and technology, and (c) art, literature and critical theory. There19 Contemporary Studies Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003were second year classes on the problem of the ‘other’; pain; society, politics andliterature; comparative contemporary poetry; structuralism and poststructuralism;Western Marxism; and the pictorial turn in the late 20 th century. In the third year, studentscould choose from electives on the Enlightenment, Wagner’s Ring, Foucault, science andreligion, and post-colonial culture and politics. In the final year, there were advancedclasses on psychoanalysis and politics, on the critique of psychoanalysis, and on Fascistaesthetics and politics. Directed Reading classes were offered to 6 students (down from15 last year, when fewer staff were on leave). Offering a directed reading class to thirdand fourth-year students who can articulate a particular project is a tradition in CSP. It is‘costly’ in faculty time, but very effective paedagogically. We must be careful to keepthis aspect of the programme vigorous.In place of the usual Lecture Series (with its common theme and integrated class), wetook advantage of the opportunity to invite guest lectures on diverse topics. Drew Milne(Cambridge University) came to deliver the lecture on Theodor Adorno that had beenpostponed by labour-management difficulties at Dalhousie last year, and he also spoke tothe Dalhousie English Department. Slavoj Zizek (Ljubljana), a student of Jacques Lacanand a very popular critic and lecturer, filled the FYP Hall in mid-September for his talkentitled “The Obscenity of Happiness”. His visit was co-sponsored by the Dalhousie ArtGallery. Michel Deguy, a distinguished French poet, read some of his poetry to theDalhousie French Department as well as giving a lecture in our series entitled “Que vautun poème?” / “What is a poem worth?”. Both of his presentations were in French, andwere admirably turned into English on the spot by Christopher Elson. In the second termVictor Li (CSP and Dalhousie English) spoke on Jürgen Habermas, and John MacKinnon(Philosophy, St. Mary’s University) spoke on Der Vorleser, a controversial, recent novelby Bernhardt Schlink. The CSP also co-sponsored a lecture on cyberspace, by DavidLyon (Sociology, Queen’s University), whose visit was organized by the Chaplain’sOffice. In addition to this series of guest lectures, we also sponsored a remarkablepresentation on Holocaust survivors by a class of German high school students; this eventwas generously organized by Dr. Glowacka, despite her being on sabbatical leave.20 Contemporary Studies Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003The Contemporary Studies teaching staff consisted of Bruce Barber (also NSCAD),Michael Bishop (also Dalhousie: French), Steven Burns (also Dalhousie: Philosophy),Elizabeth Edwards (also Vice-President), Dorota Glowacka (on sabbatical), Peggy Heller(on half-sabbatical), Kenneth Kierans, Victor Li (also Dalhousie: English), GordonMcOuat (also director of the HOST Programme), Mark Meyers, and Neil Robertson (onsabbatical). The Joint Council, whose support and advice was much depended upon,consisted of Lindsay DuBois (Dalhousie: Sociology and Social Anthropology), JohnBingham (Dalhousie: History), David Black (Dalhousie: Political Science/IDS), RonHuebert (King’s: English), Bruce Wark (King’s: Journalism), and the director.Special thanks are due to Sharon Brown, and to all the staff, students, and faculty whosecontributions have made this year memorable.21 Contemporary Studies Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003THE EARLY MODERN STUDIES PROGRAMMEReport of the Director, Dr. Kathryn MorrisIn 2002-3 the Early Modern Studies Programme (EMSP) continued to grow and establishitself as an integral part of King's undergraduate offerings. 10 credits were offered (upfrom 8.5 in the year before), and 104 credit hours were taken by students (up from 84).The 2000 core class has continued to increase in enrolment, which bodes well for thefuture of the programme.Neil Robertson took a well-deserved sabbatical this year, and his presence was missed.Thanks are owed to Ken Kierans, who took over the 2000 core class in Dr. Robertson'sabsence, and to Angus Johnston, who taught the Honours Seminar on Aesthetic Theory.In addition to teaching the 4000 core class, Simon Kow offered his first full slate ofelectives, which included three popular new half classes ("The Pursuit of Happiness inEarly Modern Europe", "Theories of Punishment: Retribution and Social Control in EarlyModern Thought", and "Religious Warfare and Political Theology in the Early ModernPeriod"). Kathryn Morris offered a new half class on "The Origins of Science Fiction inEarly Modern Europe", which was cross-listed with the History of Science andTechnology Programme (HOST). EMSP was also fortunate to have the opportunity tocross-list two new class from HOST ("Science and Religion: Historical Perspectives" and"Newton and Newtonianism", both offered by Dr. Stephen Snobelen). Ken Kierans andKatherine Fierlbeck continued their offerings this year, and Jack Crowley returned fromleave with his class "Imagining the Other: The Portrayal of the Non-European World inEarly Modern Culture". Dr. Crowley will be on leave again next year, and Dr. Fierlbeck22 The Early Modern Studies Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003will be returning full-time to the Political Science Department after three years ofteaching her class on “Human Rights and Natural Rights Tradition”.EMSP sponsored lectures on a variety of topics this year. In the fall term Gary Waite ofthe University of New Brunswick spoke on "Secret Agents of the Devil: ReligiousConflict, Witchcraft, and Diabolical Conspiracies in Early Modern Europe". EMSP cosponsoredtwo talks: Brad Walton from the University of Toronto spoke on “The Senseof Heart: The Alternative Psychology from the Renaissance to Jonathan Edwards” (cosponsoredwith the Chaplaincy Office) and Jennifer Nevile from the University of NewSouth Wales spoke on "A Measure of Moral Virtue: Women, Dancing and PublicPerformance in 15 th -Century Italy" (co-sponsored with the Music Department andWomen’s Studies).EMSP continues to enjoy an active and accomplished student body. The EMSP studentsociety produced the second volume of Babel, a journal devoted to early modern studies.The society also sponsored two talks: Kathryn Morris spoke on "Beauty and the Bug:Early Modern Microscopy and a New Aesthetics of Nature" (co-sponsored with theHOST student society) and Neil Robertson spoke on "Hayden". 2003 saw the completionof the first two Honours theses in EMSP. Michael Fountain and Lindsay Reid are to becongratulated for successfully defending their papers, which were examined orally bycommittees of three professors. This year four students graduated with CombinedHonours in Early Modern Studies and another subject, and the University Medal inEMSP was won by Lindsay Reid.23 The Early Modern Studies Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003The Joint Council of Elizabeth Edwards (CSP/FYP), Angus Johnston (FYP), KenKierans (CSP), Hubert Morgan (English), Cynthia Neville (History), and Tom Vinci(Philosophy) offered advice to the Director and approved new initiatives. As this was myfirst year as Director, I am particularly grateful for the guidance provided by members ofthe Council.Next year EMSP will move to its full complement, as mandated by the programme'sfounding documents. Despite considerable effort on the part of Vice-President Edwardsand the Dean of FASS, EMSP has been unable to recruit the statutory 2 full credits ofteaching from Dalhousie. Next year EMSP will, however, be welcoming three new crossappointmentsto the teaching staff: Tom Vinci (Philosophy) will be offering "Themes inEarly Modern Science, Metaphysics, and Epistemology", Roberta Barker (Theatre) willbe teaching "Impersonations: Theatre, Performance and Identity in Early ModernEngland ", and Judith Sidler (German) will be offering a class on "Goethe's Faust". JohnDuncan, a Senior Fellow in the Foundation Year Programme, will also be joining theprogramme’s teaching staff, and will be offering "Providence, Progress, Degeneration:Early Modern Ideas of Historical Transformation". We will also be cross-listing a newHOST course on Francis Bacon, which will be offered by Ian Stewart. Next year'sContemporary Studies Lecture Series, organized by Neil Robertson and Gordon McOuatand titled "Descartes and the Modern", will be cross-listed with EMSP. All in all, 2003-4is shaping up to be an exciting year for the programme.24 The Early Modern Studies Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003My first year as Director has been an interesting and challenging one, and I would like tothank the administrators, as well as colleagues and staff, who have provided support andanswered my many queries. Sharon Brown deserves special thanks for her dedication,skill, and unwavering good humour.25 The Early Modern Studies Programme

THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMEReport of the Director, Dr. Gordon McOuatReport of the President 2002 - 2003The academic year, 2002-03, was a very busy and consolidating year for the new Historyof Science and Technology (HOST) Programme, marking the first year that all three coreclasses were offered (HSTC 2000, 3000 and 4000).Credit OfferingsA total of 8 credits were offered with 174 courses taken by students. General enrolmentwas steady or increasing, although enrolment in the first two core classes (Ancient andMedieval Science, HSTC2000 and The Scientific Revolution, HSTC 3000) wassomewhat diminished in 2002/03, perhaps due in part to our rather dismal underrepresentationin FYP lectures in 2001/02/03. This year HOST mounted an effort toincrease our profile in FYP and in the College as a whole. The results have been mostpleasing and we deeply thank the coordinators, directors and Teaching Fellows of FYPand the Registrar’s Office for all of their help and attention. A full representation ofHOST and the philosophy of nature has always been at the very foundation of the collegeand can only enhance the integration of the whole college and its diverse programmes.This year also marked the first offering of the introductory survey class in the history ofScience (HOST1200/2200). This full-year class is designed as a broad introduction to“science studies’ and the history of science and is cross-listed with two science creditsand with HIST3074 at Dalhousie. The enrolment for 2002/03 was a very satisfying 63students including students from FYP, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts and SocialSciences and other programmes at King’s. With the help of undergraduate advisors andthe Registrar’s offices, an intensive effort was made in the Spring and Summer of2002/03 to advertise this class to students at Dalhousie and King’s. As a result, ourenrolment has now more than tripled in 2003/04, with over 200 registered students in thefirst week of classes. We want to thank Alan Hall for his diligent work as a T.A. in thiscourse.26 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Graduating StudentsIn 2002/03, ten students graduated out of the fourth-year core class (HSTC4000). Thefollowing students graduated with joint honours in HOST: Brendan Quinn (HOST andBiology), Katherine Woodside (HOST and Mathematics), Vivien Cumyn (HOST andPhysics), Kate Turner (HOST and Biology). This was indeed a very special group ofstudents. Many in this graduating class participated in the early planning of theProgramme and were there from the start of HOST offerings. Without their input,enthusiasm and scholarship, the programme would not have developed as it did. We arevery much in their debt.We are happy to note that the HOST medal was awarded to Kate Turner, Joint Honoursstudent in HOST and Biology. We are also very proud that both the winners of theDalhousie medals in Biology (Kate Turner) and Physics (Vivien Cumyn) were HOSTjoint honours students. This bodes very well for the Programme and its status at ouruniversities.Teaching StaffThe HOST teaching staff for 2002/03 consisted of the core faculty (Daryn Lehoux,Stephen Snobelen and Gordon McOuat) plus Kathryn Morris from EMSP, AngusJohnston and Kyle Fraser from FYP. Dr. Johnston offered a new and highly successfulhalf-class on the “Nature of Time” (expanded, by popular demand, into two half-classesin 2003/04). Katherine Morris’s “The Origins of Science Fiction in Early ModernEurope” was cross-listed with Early Modern Studies. Dr. Fraser took a leave from hisHOST teaching to direct FYP in 2002/03.The original HOST documents, passed by King’s Faculty and Governing Council andDalhousie Senate, allots us a 1/3 appointment from Faculty of Science and a 1/3appointment from Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences when the Programme is up andfully running. Alas, HOST has had some rather disappointing difficulty filling therequired cross appointments from Dalhousie faculty. Our previous 1/3 cross-appointmentfrom FoS, Eric Mills, who is now retired and has become an Inglis Professor at King’s27 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003and Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie, has not been replaced by the Faculty of Science.As a short-term solution, the Faculty of Science has agreed to hire Eric Mills to teach hishalf-credit class, “History of Marine Sciences”, in 2003/04. Negotiations with theFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences for a cross appointment from that faculty have notproved very fruitful and HOST did not have a cross-appointment for 2002/03 nor for2003/04. The Joint Council and the HOST teaching staff are somewhat dismayed by thisdelay and hope that a solution can be worked out with the Vice President and the twoDeans by the Fall of 2003. The Dalhousie Faculty of Science agreed to cross-list Dr. JohnBaressi’s (Psychology) upper level seminar class for the year 2003/04 on a trial basis.This is only a temporary measure.In spite of the usual teaching load at King’s, HOST core faculty have managed to keep upwith their extensive research activities.During the academic term of 2002/03, Dr. Lehoux published: “The Historicity Questionin Mesopotamian Divination” in J.M. Steele and A. Imhausen, eds. Under One Sky:Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient Near East. (Münster: Ugarit-Verlat, 2002), andhas the following forthcoming publications: “Observation and Prediction in AncientAstronomy”, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and “‘Impersonal andIntransitive episenainei,’ Classical Philology. Dr. Lehoux also gave the following talks:“Laws of Nature and Natural Laws,” British Society for the History of Science, Leeds,2003; “The Fomalisation of Prediction in Antiquity,” Foundations of the Formal SciencesIV, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, 2003; “Observation and Predictionin Ancient Astrometeorology,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee,2002.Dr. McOuat published the following: “The Politics of “Natural Kinds”: Practices ofClassification in the Age of Reform,” in Ursula Klein, ed. Spaces of Classification.Berlin: Max Planck Insitut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2003, and the following in press:“John Green’s Darwinism,” Annals of Science, in Press, Fall 2003, “The LogicalSystematist: George Bentham’s Outline of a New System of Logic,” Archives of Natural28 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003History, in Press, Fall 2003. Dr. McOuat gave the following invited talks: “The Politicsof “Natural Kinds”: Practices of Classification in the Age of Reform,” Max Planck Insitutfür Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin, December 2002; “(George) Benthamite Logic:Quantifying Prediates between Radical Nominalism and High Tory Naturalism,” in thesession, “The Empire’s New Mind: Abstracting Nature, Mechanising Thought,” Historyof Science Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Nov. 10, 2002; “Trees of Life/Webs ofLife: Importing and Resisting Historical Consciousness in Imperial Japanese LifeSciences,” an invited paper at the “Historical Consciousness, Historiography andModern Japanese Values,” International Research Centre for Japanese StudiesConference, Banff Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2002; plus organising and participating in the publicsymposium on “Copenhagen” in February 2003.Dr. Snobelen published the following in 2002-2003: “Suffering for PrimitiveChristianity: William Whiston and toleration in eighteenth-century Britain.” InScepticisme, clandestinité et libres pensée / Scepticism, clandestinity and free-thinking,ed. Miguel Benítez, James Dybikowski and Gianni Paganini. Paris: Honoré Champion,2002, 269-98; Entry on Isaac Newton (1500 words) in the Encyclopedia of Science andReligion, ed. J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen, Macmillan, 2003; Biography of IsaacNewton (3500 words) in the Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, Oxford UniversityPress, 2002. Several of Dr. Snobelen’s transcriptions of Isaac Newton manuscripts alsoappeared online during this period on the Newton Project website(www.newtonproject.ic.ac.uk). Dr Snobelen is a senior editor in the Imperial College andUniversity of Cambridge-based Newton Project. Dr Snobelen also has in press thefollowing publications: “To discourse of God: Isaac Newton’s heterodox theology andhis natural philosophy.” In Harold Coward and Paul B. Wood, eds., Dissent,nonconformity, and science in Britain, 1600-1945; “Lust, pride and ambition: IsaacNewton and the devil.” Newton 2000: Newtonian studies in the new millennium, ed.James E. Force and Sarah Hutton; “William Whiston, Isaac Newton and the crisis ofpublicity.” Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science (special issue on Newton);“Making Newton easy: William Whiston in Cambridge and London.” In ‘Heaven-bornminds’: a history of Cambridge’s Lucasian Professorship from Newton to Hawking, ed.29 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Kevin Knox and Richard Noakes, Cambridge University Press (with Larry Stewart);“Isaac Newton and Socinianism: associations with a greater heresy,” Socinianism andcultural exchange, ed. Florian Mühlegger and Martin Mulsow. Dr. Snobelen gave thefollowing invited talk: “Isaac Newton and Socinianism: associations with a greaterheresy, Seminar für Geistegeschichte und Philosophie der Renaissance, Munich,Germany, 2002; “Isaac Newton and the Radical Reformation”, Atlanta Bible College,Atlanta, Georgia, 2003. Dr. Snobelen also presented the following conference papers: ‘Atthe sounding of the seventh Trumpet’: Isaac Newton, the Apocalypse and the end oftime,” Politics, Patronage and Piety in Early Modern Britain, Department of History,Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003; “‘The true frame of nature’: Isaac Newton, heresyand the reformation of natural philosophy,” Congress of the Humanities, Halifax, 2003.As a result of his research on Newton’s apocalyptic predictions, Dr. Snobelen wascatapulted to international fame, his name appearing on the front pages of nationalnewspapers in Canada, Britain and Israel, on the Internet and on radio and television leaditems for several days running. Although Dr. Snobelen was a bit surprised by thepublicity and had to fend off media hounding for several weeks, his learned andmeasured response to the prying questions of the media brought international attention tothe College. He is only now recovering from his 15(+) minutes of fame.In coordination with the BBC in England, Dr Snobelen was able to present, with anintroductory talk, the Canadian premiere of the BBC 2 documentary Newton: the darkheretic (in which Dr Snobelen appears) at King’s College on 1 April 2003. Public serviceannouncements were sent out by the Alumni Office and the event attracted 135 membersof the public and university community. We would like to thank the Michael Cobdenand the Journalism School for their participation in this event.As well as directing and teaching in the Foundation Year Programme, Dr. Kyle Fraserpresented a paper at the last meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association:'Towards a Demonstrative Conception of Aristotelian Ontology', published a paper inDionysius vol. XX: 'Aristoteles ex Aristotele: A response to the analytical reconstruction30 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003of Aristotelian ontology', and he has a paper forthcoming in the next issue of OxfordStudies in Ancient Philosophy: 'Seriality and Demonstration in Aristotle's Ontology'.As well as teaching in FYP, Dr. Johnston published “The Origins of Constitutions inPlato's Republic” in Neil Robertson and David Peddle, eds. Philosophy and Freedom:The Legacy of James Doull. Toronto:University of Toronto Press, 2003, and presentedthe paper, “Place in Aristotle's On the Heavens” in the Annual meeting of the Associationof Core Texts, in Atlanta.As well as directing and teaching in the Early Modern Studies Programme, Dr. Morrispresented a paper on Aesthetics and Microscopy at the Atlantic Region PhilosophyAssociation in P.E.I. Dr. Morris is the national editor of Communique: Bulletin of theCanadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science.EventsIn the summer of 2002, HOST and the College were fortunate to discover that Halifax’sNeptune Theatre was slated to stage, in the Winter of 2003, the Canadian premiere ofCopenhagen, the award-winning play by Michael Frayn about “big science,” moralculpability”, indeterminism and memory surrounding the famous and controversialmeeting between the two great founders of quantum physics, Niels Bohr and WernerHeisenberg, in 1939. The play itself was an monumental national success and HOST,Neptune and the HOST-student society staged a number of events associated with thepremiere, including a special performance for King’s students and faculty, aquestion/answer discussion between students and the actors held in the Dalhousie TheatreDepartment, and culminating in a well-attended public symposium “Performing Sciencein the Age of Uncertainty” on the evening of February 3, 2003 in the FYP (now Alumni)Hall. Symposium panellists included Dr. Patricia Glazebrook, environmental ethicistand philosopher, Dalhousie, Dr. Jure Gantar, Chair of Dalhousie Theatre Department,Dr. Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie Physics Department, and Dr. G. McOuat, HOSTand CSP. The event was chaired by Dr. Kathryn Morris, Director of EMSP.31 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003In April 2002 the two HOST course on science and religion (actually two courses, Falland Winter terms) was one of only two science and religion courses in Canada to receivea Templeton Foundation science and religion course award. In addition to the mediarecognition this award brought to King’s and the King’s HOST programme, HOSTreceived a substantial grant from the Templeton Foundation for use in the academic year2002-2003 and beyond. The course instructor, Dr. Snobelen, in coordination with hisKing’s colleagues, decided to use the $5000 US grant to establish a Science and Religioncourse fund that would provide perpetual revenues for the course. The income generatedby this fund is now being used for two purposes: first, to fund a student essay prize (TheSir John William Dawson Essay Prize in Science and Religion) and, second, to fundadditional guest lecturer honoraria. This year the Dawson Prize went to Ron Haflidson,an EMSP student who took the Fall term science and religion course. Guest lecturesbrought in for the two science and religion course are as follows: Dr Denis Lamoureux,St. Joseph’s College, University of Alberta, “Galileo on the relation between science andreligion”, 23 October 2002; Rev. Dr Wee-Cong Tan, Director of the Canadian Collegefor Chinese Studies and the Museum for Ancient Chinese Discoveries, Victoria, B.C.,“Chinese religious beliefs and their impact on contemporary science”, 12 February 2003;Dr Maureen O’Malley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, DalhousieUniversity, “Evolutionary psychology”, 26 February 2003; Dr Steven Martin, DalhousieChaplaincy, “Klingon Gospel: religion in the final frontier”, 24 March 2003. In addition,Dr Snobelen and the HOST programme helped coordinate two public lectures on scienceand religion themes: Dr Denis Lamoureux, St. Joseph’s College, University of Alberta,“Beyond the evolution vs. creation debate”, 23 October 2002; Prof. George E.R. Ellis,University of Capetown, “Science, the natures of existence, and the grounds of truemorality”, 9 February 2003.Student ActivitiesThe undergraduate History of Science Student Society (HOST-Soc) was amongst themost active of all King’s student societies this year, presenting a film series, developingnovel ways of communicating between students and faculty, lobbying on behalf of HOSTstudents, and hosting a series of public lectures, discussions and films. To begin the year,32 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003HOST-Soc set up an internet list-serve for discussion and distributing information aboutthe Program and HOST-Soc related activities. In conjunction with HOST, HOST-Socorganised the following public lectures and events: “Indeterminism: The Matter ofMemory in Michael Frayn’s ‘Copenhagen’”, October 1 st , 2002; “Charles Hermite and theimportation of German mathematics into France, 1870-1890,” by Dr. Tom Archibald(Chair of Mathematics, Acadia), November 5, 2002; “Newton Uncut: Alchemy, Heresyand the Apocalypse”, by Steven Snobelen, January 20, 2003 (a FYP evening lecture);“The History of Marijuana as Therapy: When Science Meets Belief”, by Dr. T.J.Murray (Dalhousie Medical Humanties), January 28, 2003; “Discovery of HiddenWorlds: The Invention of the Microscope,” by Dr. Kathryn Morris, March 4, 2003;“Jacques Cartier and Annedda, the Mystery Herb,” by Dr. Pierre Taschereau, March18, 2003. Also, with the assistance of Dr. Snobelen, HOST-Soc organised a film series,including showings of “Metropolis”, “Der Golem” and “Lost World”. Each showing wasprefaced by a public talk.To their enormous credit, the HOST-Soc produced the first volume of “Tooth and Claw”the beautifully designed academic journal for undergraduate student work in the Historyand Philosophy of Science. Edited by HOST students, Rachael Shepherd and MathewShepherd, the first volume contained papers by Zoe Asher, “Women in Early ModernScience,” Jonathon Driscoll, “By the Book: How Aristotle’s Meteorologica InfluencedLeonardo da Vinci,” Luke Fraser, “Discourse on the Phenomenal Text and the Nature ofBabylonian Divination,” Ron Haflidson, “Of Gardens and Fences: Henry More’sRelation to Descartes in his Platonic Christian Apologetics,” Mathew Kutcher, “TheScientist and Early Modern Natural Philosopher,” Ariel Nasr, “The Role of Angels inRobert Boyle’s Natural Philosophy,” Brendan Quinn, “Quine and the Evolution ofInduction,” Rachael Shepherd, “Moral Monkeys,” Elizabeth Smith, “RedeemingEpicurus: The Role of Gassendi’s Voluntarism in his Revival of Epicurian Atomism,”Emily Tector, “Then we will Dance: Desire for Meaning in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia,”Katie Woodside, “The Language of Natural Philosophy: The Rise of MathematicsDuring the Scientific Revolution”.33 The History of Science and Technology Programme

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Joint CouncilThe HOST Joint Council consisted of Dr. Brian Hall (Biology), Dr. Kathryn Morris(EMSP), Dr. Mike Hymers (Philosophy), Dr. Warwick Kimmins (Biology), Dr.Steven Burns (CSP, Philosophy), Dr. Simon Kow (EMSP). We want to thank the JointCouncil for all their help in shepherding this programme into completion. Dr. Hall’stenure on the Council is now finished. We especially want to thank Dr. Hall for his finesensitivity to problems in the History of Science and his guidance in administering thefledgling programme.Congress of Humanities and Future ConferencesHOST and King’s College were pleased to host the annual “Congress of Humanities”Conference in May/June of 2003. HOST was especially pleased to host the annualmeeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) andthe Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPS) during theCongress. Dr. Lehoux (CSHPM) and Dr. Snobelen (CSHPS) adeptly handled localarrangements. HOST also co-sponsored the 2003 annual Stillman Drake MemorialLecture: Dr. Diana L. Kormos Buchwald (Caltech), “Einstein and Galileo”.In the early days of August, 2004, King’s will host the international quadrennial “TripleSocieties” conference (Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science, theAmerican History of Science Society and the British Society for the History of Science).ThanksAs always, and most importantly, special thanks are due to Sharon Brown for keeping usall organised and sane. Without her overflowing quantity of utter intelligence, vigilanceand unflagging good cheer, none of us could survive. Also thanks to all the staff,students, and faculty whose contributions have made this year memorable.The Fall of 2003 marks the closest approach to Earth of the planet Mars in 60,000 years.This portends well for a good year in 2003/04.34 The History of Science and Technology Programme

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Report of the President 2002 - 2003SCHOOL OF JOURNALISMReport of the Director, Professor Stephen KimberIntroductionIt was another year of incremental tinkering with the School of Journalism's wellestablishedBachelor of Journalism Honours and one-year Bachelor of Journalismprograms. We continued to fine tune what we think we do very well — educate and trainthe best and the brightest journalists — in order to make our programs even better. At thesame time, we were hard-pressed to meet the increasing demand for Journalism offeringsfor our new and fast-growing Minor in Journalism program, which is aimed at King's andDalhousie Arts or Science students interested in learning more about journalism and howto do it.Perhaps our most significant new initiative of the 2002-03 academic year began quietlyenough in January 2003 when seven senior students and seven practicing journalists cametogether for a modest meet-and-greet mixer in the Senior Common Room. The eventmarked the launch of the new Ian Wiseman Mentorship Program, a student supportprogram we believe will grow in scale and importance in the years to come.The mentorship program was created to honour Ian Wiseman, a much-loved BroadcastJournalism Professor who was forced to take early retirement in 1995 after beingdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. A number of Ian's former students — looking both fora public way to say thanks to him for his often above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty effortson their behalf and also as a means of supporting current students — came up with theidea for the program. Others, including many of Ian's former colleagues at the CBC, werequick to offer support. A committee under CBC Regional Director Ron Crocker — thatincluded CBC-TV producer Geoff D'Eon (BJ83), freelance producer and first-yearwriting tutor Sue Newhook, Halifax Daily News Managing Editor Sherri Aikenhead(BJH85) and TV Professor Bob Allison — began meeting to flesh out the idea last fall.Former CBC Radio Editor and Producer Mary Wilcox, who is also a writing tutor for36 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003students in the first-year Foundations of Journalism course, agreed to coordinate theirefforts.Several dozen professional journalists, most from the local media, including many formergraduates, volunteered to act as mentors. For the first round, we matched seven of themwith students who'd filled out a questionnaire outlining their professional interests andgoals. The mentors and their mentees: Sherri Aikenhead (Emanuella Grinberg); JohnDeMont BJ81(Ken MacIntosh); Jane Doucet BJH93 (Norma Jean MacPhee); Kathy Large (ShauntayGrant); Jim Reyno BJH92 (Julian Dickinson); Pat Lee (John Farrow); and Linda KellyBJH90 (Chantelle Jones). Based on their end-of-term evaluations, the students weredelighted to have mentors to help them navigate the transition from school to job andmany were looking forward to a continuing relationship with their mentors.In 2003-04, the program will expand, beginning in the fall term and carrying onthroughout the year.On behalf of the School, my thanks to the committee, the mentors and especially to MaryWilcox for her own above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty efforts to get the program off tosuch a promising start.During 2002-03, we made some significant improvements in our physical facilities aswell. Broadcast Workshop students, who have long shared cramped, dingy quarters nearthe Wardroom, finally got some relief.Television students got a room of their own in the fall of 2002 after the Screening Roomin the basement of the A&A Building was transformed into a bright, well-equippednewsroom/classroom/studio/editing suite. Special thanks to Digital Production AssistantBlair Purdy and TV Technician Kevin Devoe for what was a seamless and magicaltransition to the new space.37 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Late in the academic year, we got more good news when the Windsor Foundationannounced it would be making a major contribution to the university to allow us tocompletely renovate and re-equip the Radio Room. Students will begin using the newfacility in the fall of 2003. Our thanks to the university's hard-working maintenance crewfor making this a reality.As part of the Minor in Journalism program, 40 Arts and Sciences students are nowenrolled in the first-year Foundations of Journalism course. This year, we kept a waitinglist of students who wanted to take the course but couldn't because it filled up so quickly.There were more than 30 names on the list by the time classes began. We are looking atways to accommodate the increasing numbers of would-be students as well as improvethe way in which we select incoming students for the honours program. The first of anumber of planned new electives to be available for both Minor and third-year Honoursstudents will come on stream in 2003-04.Events, etc.The School of Journalism continued to offer our students, professional journalists and thecommunity at large workshops, panels and talks to improve both the practice ofjournalism and public understanding of journalism's role in society.In September, for example, we hosted a panel discussion featuring reporters who'dcovered the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States . That same month,BJH students Jill McBeath and Jen McCauley organized a panel of national reportersbased in Halifax to talk about how the national media covers Atlantic Canada. The panelwas part of their honours project on the same topic.In October, Globe and Mail foreign affairs reporter and author (Promised the Moon,Shakespeare's Face) Stephanie Nolen (BJH93) spoke about her best-selling book on thefirst women chosen for — and then dropped from — America's space program.38 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Also in October, the School of Journalism, in co-operation with the federal Departmentof Foreign Affairs, sponsored a discussion on covering Canada-U.S. relationships — itschallenges and possibilities — featuring Kevin O'Shea, Director, United States GeneralRelations Division, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, andDrew Fagan, a former Foreign Editor at the Globe and Mail, a foreign correspondent inWashington and currently the paper's Editorial Page Editor.In November, third-year Feature Writing students, along with public relations and sciencestudents, took part in "Communicating for Science," a two-day Science WritingWorkshop at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.In January, best-selling author and investigative journalist Andrew Mitrovica offeredweekend workshops for students and professional journalists on "Investigative Reportingon a Shoestring."StudentsFifty-seven journalism graduates were among 180 who earned degrees during Encaeniaceremonies May 16. Five of this year's graduating class of 37 one-year Bachelor ofJournalism students — Eleanor Beaton, Ruth Davenport, Raegan Neville, AkosuaOppong and Julie Totten -graduated with distinction, meaning they recorded GPAs of 3.7or better. And two of the 20 seniors in this year's Bachelor of Journalism Honoursprogram — Rebecca Harris and Myra Hyland — graduated with first-class honours,meaning they had achieved a similar cumulative GPA average over their entire four-yearundergraduate program. Eight of the BJH students graduated with Combined Honours inJournalism and a second Arts or Science subject.The Governor-General's Silver Medal for the Journalism student who best combined highacademic achievement with professional development went to BJ graduate Ruth SuzanneDavenport.39 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003The Dr. Jim MacNeill Memorial Award, presented to the graduating student who bestexemplifies the crusading spirit of the late community newspaper editor and good friendof the School of Journalism, was awarded this year to Norma Jean MacPhee.Two other recognitions of special note for our graduates: Norma Jean was also selectedby a panel of national foreign affairs journalists to be one of 15 journalism students fromacross the country to take part in a week-long foreign affairs familiarization program inOttawa in February. And in May, BJH graduate Laura de Carufel won the Imperial OilPrize of Excellence presented by the Atlantic Journalism Awards for the year's best pieceof work done in a course in the School by a graduating student. Laura won for a NarrativeNonfiction feature assignment about the life of homeless youth in Halifax. JohnMacLean, another graduating BJH, won honourable mention for his TV documentary"Praying Like Crazy," as did one-year BJ Chantelle Jones for her TV documentary"Black Indians."EnrollmentWe began the year with141 students (99 in the four-year honours program, 42 in the oneyearpost baccalaureate program) and ended with 136.According to the Registrar's office, 384 people (174 for the BJ and 210 for BJH)completed applications for 2002-03, up from 285 last year and 246 the year before.In addition, 40 non-BJH students took Journalism 1001 as an elective or part of a Minorin 2002-03, up from 17 last year and nine the year before. In fact, the Registrar's Officereports the number of non-Journalism students taking Journalism courses more thandoubled from 58 in 2001-02 to 130 in 2002-03.InternshipsAs usual, graduating students took part in a one-month internship program, spending amonth at the media outlet of their choice.40 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003* Radio (Supervisor: Kim Kierans)CBC Radio (Charlottetown, Halifax, Sydney, Winnipeg, Saint John, Ottawa); SeasideBroadcasting (Eastern Passage, NS).* Narrative Non Fiction (Supervisor: Stephen Kimber)SEE magazine, Edmonton; Xtra, Toronto; The Coast, Halifax; David Hayes (Freelancewriter and contributing editor for the National Post Business magazine), Toronto;Maclean's Magazine. Halifax; Atlantic Progress, Halifax; Style at Home, Toronto; Flare,Toronto; Shunpiking, Halifax; Saturday Night, Toronto; Homemakers, Toronto; GraphicAdvocate Printing, Halifax.* Newspaper (Supervisor: Michael Cobden)Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa; Halifax Herald, Halifax; Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg; DailyNews, Halifax; The Spectator, Annapolis Valley.* Online (Supervisor: Tim Currie)Discovery Channel, Toronto; CanWest Interactive, Montreal; The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, Edmonton; BGM Interactive Sports.* Television (Supervisor: Bob Allison)Global, Halifax; Global, Toronto; CFTO, Toronto; Street Cents (CBC) Halifax; CPAC,Ottawa; Sportsnet, Toronto; CBC Television, Halifax; CBC Television, Calgary; CKWS,Kingston; Triad Productions, Halifax; CBC Sports, Toronto; Citadel Communications,Halifax; CBC Television, Montreal; Country Now (CBC), St. John's; Canada AM (CTV),Toronto.* Other (Supervisor: Tim Currie)Public Affairs, Saint Mary's University, Halifax.41 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Journalism Advisory BoardThe Journalism Advisory Board endured a transitional year this year as it sought newroles, new goals and new leadership.I'm delighted to report that Ron Crocker, the Regional Director of Television for AtlanticCanada and a member of the network's national senior management team for CBC Newsand Current Affairs and Newsworld — who has also served on the Advisory Board fortwo years — agreed in March to become the new Chair.The Board, which is made up of senior editorial personnel from the professional media,added a number of new members during the year — David Holt, the Editor of Progressmagazine, became the first magazine editor to grace the Board; Rich Horner of MetroBroadcast Group replaced Gerry Phalen of VOCM from private radio; and RussellWangersky, the Editor of the Telegram in St. John's replaced former editor Brett Loney(BJ84) . Brett remains on the Board in his new position as Editor of the Halifax DailyNews, replacing former Editor Bill Turpin on the Advisory Board.While all this juggling was going on, the Board continued to perform both its key role ofadvising the School of Journalism faculty on its programs and also serving as animportant connection between our students and the industry. After both Board meetings,members of the Board generously agreed to stay and meet with students to talk abouttheir upcoming internships (Fall meeting) and their lives after Journalism School (Springmeeting).Faculty and Staff changesChristy Ann Conlin joined the staff of the Journalism School as Administrative Secretaryin the summer of 2002 following the death of Pamela Herod. In addition to her role inassisting the director, faculty, staff and students, Christy Ann, a Master of Fine Arts inCreative Writing graduate of the University of British Columbia, is herself aaccomplished fiction writer. Her first novel, Heave, was published to excellent reviews inJanuary 2002.42 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Ryan Somers, our Radio Technician for the past four years, decided to pursue otherinterests at the end of the 2002-03 year. He leaves with the thanks and good wishes ofscores of Radio Workshop students as well as faculty and staff.Last but certainly not least, Kim Kierans, the School's Radio Professor, was theunanimous and enthusiastic choice of faculty as the School of Journalism's new Director.She succeeded outgoing Director Stephen Kimber on July 1, 2003.Faculty ActivitiesProfessor Bob AllisonBob continued to co-teach the Introduction to Broadcast courses for the third-year andone-year students, supervised two Basic and one Advanced Television Workshops andoffered three lectures on the history of television to students in the first year Foundationsof Journalism course.He was the Secretary of Faculty as well as a member of a number of universitycommittees, including Bursary, Equity (Executive Committee), Journalism Admissionsand the Carrie Best Scholarship Subcommittee of the Racial Equity Committee.Bob was also a member of the Radio & Television News Directors Association andattended the RTNDA/National Association of Broadcasters' Convention in Las Vegas. Hewas also one of 16 university broadcast journalism professors and the first Canadianselected for an RTNDF Fellowship.Professor Michael CobdenMichael, who holds the Maclean Hunter Chair in Journalism at King's, led our newspaperworkshops again this year, and again organized an advanced newspaper workshop thatsaw students placed for six weeks at the Halifax Herald, Daily News and The Coast, withone day a week at King's for post-mortems of their published work and seminars with avariety of speakers. He also supervised the honours requirement for all fourth-year43 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003students and edited their work for presentation in the on-line King's Journalism Review.He organized the newspaper internships, and gave our one-year students a class onwriting anecdote, and then had them write (and re-write, some of them twice) an anecdotefrom their first week at King's.Michael did a consultation for a daily newspaper, chaired the National NewspaperAwards special project category, organized and led a panel on journalism education at theCanadian Association of Journalists' conference in Toronto, and served on the NovaScotia Chief Justice's media liaison committee.He spoke about newspapers at several meetings and functions, for news and otherprograms on radio and television and for newspaper and magazine stories, and wrotefreelance articles for magazines and for the Globe and Mail.Instructor Tim CurrieTim supervised three workshops in online journalism this year, editing and providingtechnical support for the workshop's news site, NovaNewsNet. He also taught classes inInternet research and online writing to BJ students, and BJH students in third and fourthyear.In December he appeared on Global-TV Halifax's evening news as a source in a storyabout security in online shopping. In March he gave a workshop called "Publishing onthe 'Net" at the Atlantic region conference of the Canadian University Press.Tim continued to serve as editor/designer of the university's alumni magazine, Tidings —publishing two, 32-page issues during the year. He remained in his role as universityWebmaster and he also served as faculty advisor on The Watch editorial board. As well,he sat on the Journalism Admissions Committee and the university's Web site board.He continued to manage a Web page and mailing list for the Media Liaison Committee ofthe Nova Scotia Courts system and also the Atlantic Journalism Awards Web site.44 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003In May, Tim began a part-time M.A. in communications and technology at the Universityof Alberta.Professor Kim KieransKim co-taught the Introduction to Broadcast courses to third and one-year students,supervised three radio workshops and oversaw the radio internships.She served as a member of the Journalism Admissions Committee, the Foundation YearProgramme Council of Coordinators and was a faculty representative on the University'sHonourary Degrees Committee.She took part in a number of high school visits and the Dalhousie Academic Fair. Shewas a panelist at the Association of Atlantic Broadcasters conference "Tomorrow's FutureBroadcasters," and attended a Media Concentration conference sponsored by McGillUniversity and the Atlantic Community Newspapers Association annual conference inCharlottetown. Kim also participated in "Communicating Science," a professionaldevelopment workshop for students of journalism, public relations and science, served asthe external reviewer for the Radio, Television Arts program at the Nova ScotiaCommunity College, Kingstec, Kentville Campus, and was a Media Consultant withDalhousie Health Law Institute for its End of Life Project, a study to develop educationalmaterials for media, health care providers and policy makers.Kim served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Halifax Chapter of the Canadian Association ofJournalists, was a member of the Radio-Television News Directors Association ofCanada and a board member of LOVE (Leave out Violence).Kim spent May and June 2003 in Cambodia where she conducted two-week radio skillscourses for 6 new journalists at the Women's Media Centre, Phnom Penh and 20 ruraljournalists in western Cambodia, Battambang, to prepare them to cover the nationalelections on July 27, 2003. After a previous sojourn in Cambodia in 2002, Kim wrote two45 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003feature articles for the Sunday Herald and produced a 13-minute documentary for thenational CBC radio program Dispatches.Kim wrote two chapters of a skills textbook — on writing for news and the newscast —which were published in Khmer/English for journalists in Cambodia by the nongovernmentalorganization Impacs, Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society.In addition to all of that, Kim started an M.A. in Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary'sUniversity. The working title of her thesis is "The community and weekly newspapers inthe Maritimes: A Case Study of Three Papers." From her research she has alreadyproduced a half-hour documentary on the Miramichi Leader and corporate mediaconcentration in New Brunswick for CBC Radio's Maritime Magazine as well as acommentary on Irving concentration for CBC Maritimes and did interviews regarding theIrvings and corporate concentration with "Inside Media," the Telegraph Journal, CBCRadio Saint John, CBC TV Moncton, and the Miramichi Leader.And, of course, she continues to write weekly columns for CBC Radio WeekendMornings and the Sunday Herald, provide story ideas on rural issues to CBC-TV'sCountry Canada and CBC-Radio Maritime Noon and fills in when time permits at CBCRadio in Halifax as a news editor, reporter and news presenter.Professor Stephen KimberDirector Stephen Kimber taught Basic Narrative Nonfiction in all three workshopsessions and Advanced Magazine in the third session. He also taught the Introduction toNewspaper section of Foundations of Journalism and, with Michael Cobden, conductedtwo sessions for the BJs on writing anecdotes. In July 2002, he was appointed a FullProfessor.He served as Chair of the Journalism Admissions Committee and was a member of theAcademic Administrative Council; Enrollment Management Committee; Appointments,Promotion and Tenure Committee; Budget Committee; Presidential Search Committee;Journalism Studies Committee; and Planning and Priorities Committee. In addition he46 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003served as a member of an ad hoc Dal-King's committee on establishing a new jointhonours program in Creative Writing.He served as a Member of the Steering Committee of the Friends of CanadianBroadcasting, on the Board of SchoolNet News, on the Publishing Board of theDalhousie Gazette Society and as an advisor to the Youth In Care Newsletter Project ofthe Children's Aid Society of Halifax.He chaired the Writing Panels for the 2002 Kenneth R. Wilson National Business WritingAwards, and was a judge for the 2002 National Magazine Awards and the 2002-03SchoolNet News Student Writing Awards.He was the keynote speaker at the Nova Scotia School Librarians Association Conferenceon the topic, "Ethics in the Information Age." He was a panelist at the CanadianAssociation of University Teachers' symposium, Disciplining Dissent, in Ottawa. He wasthe host of an evening of readings for high school teachers featuring Canadian writersWayne Johnston, Donna Morrisey, George Elliott Clarke and Bernice Morgan andsponsored by the Chawkers Foundation of Toronto, And he attended the annualconvention of the Associated Writing Programs in Baltimore, MD.Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War, his fifth nonfiction book, was publishedin hardcover by Doubleday in September 2002 and released in trade paperback in April2003. He did numerous public readings from the book, including a Canada Councilreading at the Halifax Regional Library and other readings at Word on the Street,Chapters (Dartmouth), the Retired Chiefs and Petty Officers' Association (Halifax),Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax Mainland South Preservation Society,Economy Shoe Shop Shoestring Reading Series and the 2003 Congress of the SocialSciences and Humanities in Halifax.47 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Sailors, Slackers won the Evelyn Richardson Nonfiction Prize for 2002 and theDartmouth Book Award. The book was also shortlisted for the Atlantic Booksellers'Choice Award.In November 2002, he was awarded a Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal presented to those"who have made a significant contribution to Canada, to their community or to theirfellow Canadians."After nearly a year-and-a-half absence following a dispute over censorship with theprevious owners, he returned in April 2003 to the Halifax Daily News as a weeklypolitical columnist. The newspaper is now under new ownership. He also began writing aweekly column for the Optipress group of eight Nova Scotia community newspapers.In June 2003, he signed a contract with HarperCollins to write his first novel. Tentativelytitled "Reparations," it is set in Nova Scotia in the present day and the 1970s.Professor Eugene MeeseEugene taught Newspaper Writing and Reporting in the Basic Training component ofBoot Camp, Reporting Techniques to second-year BJH students and Copy Editing forboth the one-year BJs and the 3rd year BJHs. In addition, he provided weekly copyeditingcritiques of the School's Newspaper Workshop publication, The Commoner.He served on the Admissions, Library and Archives committees, as well as on the searchcommittee for a new Director of the School of Journalism.He reviewed the second edition of a widely used journalism textbook, The CanadianReporter, for Nelson Thomas Learning, which is developing a third edition. He alsochaired the national jury for the Hyman Solomon Award for Public Policy Journalismand was a judge in the Best News Story category of the Atlantic Community NewspaperAssociation's Better Newspaper Awards.48 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003And he provided background to the CBC Newsworld program Inside Media as part of itspreparation for a panel discussion/comparison of media coverage of the space shuttleexplosion and western Canadian avalanche disaster.Professor Bruce WarkBruce taught Foundations of Journalism to first-year students, Journalism Research andInterviewing and History and Ethics of Journalism to one-year students and NewPerspectives in Journalism to graduating Bachelor of Journalism Honours students. Inaddition, he offered interview coaching sessions for Kim Kierans' Radio Workshopstudents.He served as Chair of Faculty, Chair of Nominations Committee, was Facultyrepresentative on the King's Board of Governors, Board representative on the BoardRacial Equity Committee, a member of the Don's Selection Committee, a member of theCSP Joint Academic Council, Chair of the Journalism Search Committee and member ofthe CSP Search Committee.Bruce reviewed a manuscript for Fernwood Books: "Misinformation on Taxes in theNational Post: The Key Tricks of the Trade." He also was part of a group of JournalismEducators preparing background materials for the Canadian Association of Journalists onMedia Concentration of Ownership and Cross Ownership. He wrote a brief for thiscommittee on why freedom of the press is not just a property right of owners andprepared a timeline on the CanWest Global issue.As usual, Bruce was in demand to speak on a variety of journalism and media issues: hespoke to the Canadian Club of Halifax on the future of news; and was a panelist on CBCRadio's Your Turn concerning the network's fall schedule; a Dalhousie Faculty of Artsand Social Sciences' forum entitled "Marching Off to War: The Media and Iraq;" SaintMary's Continuing Education Division and the Halifax Regional Library's Lunch andLearn series on "The Media and War in the Electronic Age;" and a Centre for Art Tapes49 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003discussion on radio, censorship and the possibilities of radio as a space for imaginationand experimentation;He was interviewed by CBC's Newsworld, Radio Noon, Sounds Like Canada, DefinitelyNot the Opera, Radio Canada International and CBC morning radio news programs forPrince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland as well as CJCH Radio, GlobalTelevision and Eastlink.He gave a presentation on the nature of news to social studies teachers during theirannual professional development day.Bruce also continued to do journalism as well as teach, write and talk about it. He wrotebiweekly editorial columns for The Coast and a number of cover stories, including oneson propaganda and the language of war.Part-time instructorsWe believe our students benefit from regular contact with professional journalists. Weare grateful to the following who have demonstrated that they are not only all talentedprofessional journalists but also first-rate teachers as well.* Dean Jobb, an investigative journalist with the Halifax Chronicle-Herald taught NewsMedia and the Courts and offered a segment of the Journalism Research course.* Michael Creagen, freelance photographer, served as an advisor to a number of King'spublications, including NovaNewsNet, The Commoner and the Advanced MagazineWorkshop.* Mitchell Brown (BJ96), a Toronto freelance writer and editor, served as a writingconsultant for students in the Online Workshop.* Elaine Flaherty, writing coach, Halifax Chronicle Herald; Sue Newhook, a freelanceTV writer and producer, Elaine McCluskey, former bureau chief, Canadian Press, Mary50 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Wilcox, a former CBC Radio national reporter and editor, Susan Rogers, producer ofCBC-TV's The Docket, Lisa Taylor, host of The Docket, Ian Porter, a former CBC radioreporter and producer, David Swick, columnist with the Halifax Daily News and DavidRedwood (BJ97), a reporter for the Daily News, all served as writing tutors for studentsin the first-year Foundations of Journalism course.* Jim Meek, a freelance journalist and consultant, taught the third-year Feature Writingcourse.* Jack MacAndrew, a trainer with the CBC, gave performance workshops for students inradio.* Dick Miller, Network Producer, CBC Current Affairs, taught Radio Documentary.*Halina St. James, a former network television producer and now a consultant, offeredperformance workshops for students in television.GuestsWe often call on local and visiting journalists to share their insights. They respondmagnificently and in great numbers, as this list attests:Sherri Borden, Halifax Herald; Murray Brewster, BN/CP; Kevin Cox, Globe and Mail;John DeMont, Maclean's; Peter Duffy, Halifax Herald; Peter Evans, SaltscapesMagazine; Drew Fagan, Globe and Mail (Toronto); Havoc Franklin, CBC Radio(Toronto); Maureen Goo Goo, Aboriginal Peoples' Television Network; Laurie Graham,CBC-TV; Lyle Hart, CBC-TV; David Holt, Progress Magazine; Janet Irwin, CBC Radio(Fredericton); Jack Julien, CBC Radio; Paul Kennedy, CBC Radio (Toronto); SteveLambert, BN; Glennie Langille, freelancer; Kathy Large, CBC Radio; Ross Lord, GlobalTV; Bernie Lucht, CBC Radio (Toronto); Steve Mahar, Halifax Herald; Eileen McInnes,CBCRadio; and Phil Milner, St. FX Department of English (Creative Writing); StephanieNolen, Globe and Mail (Toronto); Rob North, CBC Radio; Anne Patrick, pCBC Radio;Lynne Patterson, The Coast; Stephen Puddicombe, CBC Radio; Gord Redding, Radio51 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Canada International (Retired); Kyle Shaw, The Coast; Devin Slater, The Coast; PamelaSword, Halifax Herald; Sandy Smith, CBC Radio; Kelly Toughill, Toronto Star; AnnaMaria Tremonte, CBC Radio (Toronto); Brian Ward, Halifax Herald; Ken Wolfe, CBCOnline (Toronto); Deb Woolway, CBC Radio; Sharon Workman, CBC Radio; StewartYoung, CBC Radio.In addition, a number of guests not directly involved in journalism visited the School andmet with students, including:J.J. Bear, Communications Officer, First Nations Atlantic Policy Congress; BarbHamilton-Hinch, Black Student Advising Centre, Dalhousie; Kevin O'Shea, Departmentof Foreign Affairs and International Trade; and Isaac Saney, Dalhousie UniversityTransition Year Program.We thank all of them for their generous contribution to our students' journalismeducation.Final WordThis being my final annual report as Director, I would be remiss if I did not say a specialthank you to the students, staff and faculty of the School of Journalism as well as thefaculty and staff of the University for making my tenure as director a pleasurableexperience.52 The School of Journalism

Report of the President 2002 - 2003REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANMr. Drake PetersenDuring the past year the subject specialists in the Library have continued to buildcollections of books, serials and other materials to support the steadily growing andexpanding curriculum of the University. At the preset time the Library’s budgetaryallocations for books and serials, the materials budget, is expended in the followingmanner:• 10% electronic serials;• 25% print serials;• 65% books (monographs).Electronic serials are a new item in the budget, introduced last year when several on-linebibliographic databases were purchased and installed. The new service was both wellreceived and, more importantly, very well used by the academic community at King’s.The success of that initiative raises the question of how much of the Library’s materialsbudget can be reasonably and safely allocated for the acquisition of electronic and printserials without compromising the ability to also purchase those books required to supportthe curriculum of the University. After careful consideration of many factors it has beendecided to maintain, insofar as possible, the present percentages of 10%, 25%, and 65%.For several related reasons it is essential to maintain a certain flexibility in that portion ofthe materials budget designated for the purchase of books. Every year new courses areproposed at King’s to enhance the curriculum; as part of the process of review andapproval with Dalhousie University, I must confirm in writing the ability and theintention of the Library to allocate sufficient financial resources for the acquisition ofappropriate scholarly materials to support those new courses. Those required scholarlymaterials are, in the first instance, books.In the past I have been able to make the necessary financial commitments on behalf of theLibrary to support new course proposals at King’s and at the same time continue to53 The Library

Report of the President 2002 - 2003maintain and supplement existing collections with recent scholarship. However,flexibility is not elasticity – the materials budget of the Library has been stable at a timewhen the price of books and serials, especially electronic serials, has steadily risen.Erosion has indeed set in; fewer books are able to be purchased each year.Nonetheless, the King’s Library is unique in at least one aspect in the Atlantic Provinces:it is the only university library which spends the majority of its materials budget onbooks. Perhaps for that reason, perhaps for other reasons as well, there was over a 25%increase in the number of books in circulation at the King’s Library last year. It isgratifying for me, as University Librarian, to report an increase in circulation of thatmagnitude. It is an indication, it may even be a confirmation that the financial resourcesat the disposal of the Library are being expended in a prudent manner to ensure that theimmediate and future scholarly needs of the students and faculty in the variousprogrammes are being met in a timely and appropriate fashion.During the past year the Library received the second and final donation of severalhundred books from the library of the late James Doull, Professor of Classics atDalhousie University. The collection, donated by his widow, Floy Doull, consisted of allProfessor Doull’s rare books, French and Italian literature and a selection ofphilosophical texts. All of the rare books and philosophical texts have already beencatalogued and added to the collections of the King’s Library.In January of this year an oil portrait by Sir John Everett Millais of Herbert LavallinPuxley and his daughter, Molly, was received by the Library on behalf of the Universityand deposited in the University Archives. The painting was donated to the University byMary Puxley, the widow of King’s President H.L. Puxley. Mrs. Puxley passed away inFebruary of this year.I am pleased to report that the University Archives continues to receive deposits ofofficial University records and also a great deal of university related materials fromKing’s societies, departments, etc. It is with some consternation, however, that I must54 The Library

Report of the President 2002 - 2003also report that at the time of writing there are over 150 linear meters of unprocessedmaterials on the shelves, on the floors of the University Archives. The present staffing ofthe Archives is wholly inadequate to even begin to address, let alone reduce, the everburgeoning backlog of materials. This is a very serious situation which grows moreproblematic every year.During a torrential rainstorm on March 31 st of this year one of the sump pumps in theexterior stairwell on the lower floor of the Library ceased to operate. As an immediateresult the water in the stairwell rose and flooded onto half of the lower floor, even intothose areas housing the special collections and University Archives. In some places thewater was several centimeters deep. The Library was cleared of patrons and the buildingclosed. A real disaster was prevented only by the swift and prodigious efforts of the staffof the Maintenance Department and Sodexho personnel. Pumps of various kinds werequickly brought in and a long and laborious and painstaking cleanup was undertaken.When the water on the floors was removed by various means, dehumidifiers were rentedand put in place for a full day to reduce the accumulated humidity in the air throughoutthe building. The Library reopened at noon of the next day, April first. No books orarchival materials were damaged. My thanks, my profound thanks to both the staff of theMaintenance Department and Sodexho.From August 2002 through April 2003 Ms. Elaine MacInnis, Head of Circulation, was onmaternity leave. On July 31 st Elaine gave birth to a son, Daniel. During her absence theLibrary was extremely fortunate to secure the services of Ms. Susan Cannon, Assistant tothe Head of Access Services at Saint Mary’s University. Ms. Madeleine Lefebvre,University Librarian at SMU was gracious enough to allow King’s to second Ms. Cannonfor Ms. MacInnis’ 9 months of maternity leave. The transition proved to be smooth andaltogether pleasant. The expertise, the professionalism, and the unfailing cheerfulness ofMs. Cannon were much appreciated by everyone who had the opportunity to work withher. The secondment arranged between King’s and Saint Mary’s was the first of its kindamong the institutional members of the Novanet consortium.55 The Library

Report of the President 2002 - 2003My thanks go out to every member of the Library staff, each of whose sense ofdedication and commitment to serve the various constituencies of the King’s academiccommunity have made this both a challenging and fulfilling year. In closing it is worthmentioning that in the spring of this year Corporate Research Associates conducted aStudent and Alumni Survey during which some 300 King’s students and recent graduateswere interviewed. The Library scored a 92% approval rating (either “excellent” or “verygood”) in the Survey. Feedback of that kind is very rewarding in itself but alsoencourages all of the members of the Library staff to continue to strive to maintain thehighest of standards for service in the years ahead.The Statistical summary follows.56 The Library

STATISTICAL SUMMARY 1 April 2002 - 31 March 2003Library Budget 2002/03Salaries/Administration $208,000Student & other employment 35,000Books and Serials 107,000Other (Archives, binding, Novanet, supplies, etc.) 46,000$396,0002001-02 2002-03Acquisitions: Books 1,247 1,173Acquisitions: SerialsCurrently received 199 198Not currently received 200 200Circulation 18,570 23,404Electronic ResourcesPatrons 494 2,949Interlibrary LoansItems lent 122 150Items borrowed 151 156Novanet ExpressShipped 536 716Received 630 778Reference Questions 630 790Reserve ProcessingCourses - Fall term 21 29Items - Fall term 339 554Courses - Winter term 21 29Items - Winter term 308 495Special CollectionsTitles requested 86 103Patrons 53 61University ArchivesReference Inquiries 41 68Files or items consulted 224 354Holdings (linear meters):Processed n/a 88Unprocessed n/a 150

Report of the President 2002 - 2003REPORT OF THE BURSARMr. Gerry SmithThe Bursar's Office has experienced several staffing changes this year. First LoisMcKay's retirement in December, followed by Melissa Roberts' departure early in theNew Year. In the interim, temporary employees filled the voids left by Lois and Melissa.The hiring of Tami Kendell for Accounts Payable in March, and Tara Ricketts forAccounts Receivable in June has allowed the office workload to be evenly distributedinto four distinct accounting functions- Student Accounts, Accounts Payable, AccountsReceivable and Payroll. This structure has allowed for a more efficient officeenvironment and has enabled the existing office staff to undertake other responsibilitiessuch as the implementation of the Smart Card security access system and the purchasing,installation and training arrangements for audio-visual equipment.It has been a period of adjustment this year for the Bursar's Office. The staff in the officehave taken all the changes in stride, and are now planning on how to cope with Tami'sabsence when she goes on year-long maternity leave on October 17.This June Dalhousie and King's co hosted the 2003 CAUBO conference "Adjusting theSails." The conference required many volunteers and much time was spent in thepreparation of the annual dart tournament that was held by King's. Maintenance helpedby building and setting up the dartboards while the Bursar's Office staff organized thetournament. The Chair of the CAUBO Organizing Committee wrote a letter of thanksnoting that "King's made the first event of the Conference a wonderfully warm andfriendly experience for all the participants." Special thanks are to be extended to thevolunteers Sharlene Salter, Tami Kendell, Chantal Caille, Tara Ricketts, SheldonGouthro, Hugh Richards, Ken Newman, Gerald Wilson, Dave Lavers and Bill Pashoskifor all their efforts and hard work.57 The Bursar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003It has been an extremely busy year for the Maintenance Department. After completion ofthe lower level of the link they moved on to a major renovation of the Journalism RadioRoom. This project included demolition of the existing structure, addition of an entrancefrom the quad side and construction of a new teaching space, with new furniture andcomputer/radio equipment to complete the project.Other projects completed during the year include:• Furniture upgrade program for Alexandra Hall, starting with new beds for thebasement level and new beds, desks and dressers for the first floor east side.• Washroom renovation program for Alexandra Hall concentrating on repairsand retiling of the shower units on the first, second and third floor. The sinksand counter tops on the first and second floor west side were removed andreplaced with new units.• Installation of a new condenser unit for the Library HVAC system.• Installation of a new exterior lighting system for the A&A over the mainentrance.• Engaging a consultant to report on the exterior building conditions includingreports on the roof, gutter and stonework condition. Included in the report is arepair schedule based on existing building conditions, with specific commentson repair, maintenance and restoration of the unique features of King'sbuildings.• Complete interior repair and painting of the President's Lodge. The plasterwas repaired in all the rooms, and the floors in the sunroom, living room, andentire top floor were refinished. In addition, a number of the most badlydeteriorated windows in the Lodge were replaced. Most of the other windowswill need to be replaced soon.• The east common wall for the President's Lodge and the Chapel area wasrepointed as well as the south wall of the President's Lodge.• Restoration work was undertaken on the Chapel windows and the roof trimline. The restoration included repairs of damaged wood, removal ofdeteriorated caulking, re-caulking and applying a fresh coat of paint.58 The Bursar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003• The gym floor was renewed, including painting of all the court lines andrefinishing of the floor.• The purchase of a new convection oven and a new grill for the kitchen.• The installation of a modern domestic hot water system for the kitchen.• The painting of residence rooms in Alexandra Hall.• The installation of door closers in Alexandra Hall was the first step towardinstalling door closures on all individual student doors and other doors in theresidences. This is as a result of an inspection the previous year by the FireMarshall's office, and notification of the requirement in writing providing usan opportunity to schedule the work over a period of time.• Construction of bulletin boards and bookcases for faculty offices.• A bike rack was purchased and installed for the Library.• Completion of the washer/dryer upgrade for all residences.The Maintenance department also started the installation of the Smart Card access systemfor the main campus doors to improve overall security for the campus while providingusers easier access.New audio- visual equipment was installed in all classrooms and the seminar rooms inthe basement of the link. Multi media projectors, DVD and CD players, VCRs, overheadprojectors, and slide projectors were installed. Additional audio- visual equipment waspurchased and made available to seminar rooms that would otherwise not have access tosuch equipment, from an audiovisual room. Two computers were provided for Internetand presentations, one in the FYP Alumni Hall and the other in the audio- visualequipment room.Maintenance also reintroduced the practice of hiring students to help during the summermonths providing employment opportunities for King's students. A review of studentwages in maintenance and security positions was also done, and resulted in an increaseddifferential for Security staff on overnight outside rounds.59 The Bursar

Report of the President 2002 - 2003REPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEEMs. Elizabeth Yeo, SecretaryThe 2002/2003 Scholarship Committee consisted of Elizabeth Edwards (Chair ex officioas Vice-President), Elizabeth Yeo (Secretary ex officio as Registrar), Michael Cobden,Stephen Snobelen, Angus Johnston, Kyle Fraser, and Simon Kow.The Scholarship Committee this year had an overall budget of $375,000. (A portion ofthe overall scholarship budget is designated for particular awards and prizes, and thuscannot be used in the Committee’s general entrance and in-course award scheme.)Entrance Scholarships - 2003 compared with 2002Amount Offered2003Accepted2003Takeup2003Offered2002Accepted2002Takeup2002$8,000 1=$8,000 1=$8,000 100%$6,500 1=6,500 1=6,500 100%$6,000 2=$12,000 1=$6,000 50% 2=12,000 2=12,000 100%$5,000 7=$35,000 2=$10,000 29% 2=10,000 0=0 0%$4,500 8=36,000 2=9,000 25%$4,000 8=$32,000 3=$12,000 38% 1=4,000 1=4,000 100%$3,500 7=24,500 3=10,500 43%$3,000 24=$72,000 9=$27,000 38% 2=6,000 2=6,000 100%$2,500 28=70,000 11=27,500 39%$2,000 54=108,00 21=$42,000 39% 3=6,000 2=4,000 67%$1,500 35=52,500 17=25,500 49%$1,250 93=$116,250 38=$47,500 41%$1,000 4=$4,000 2=$2,000 50% 85=85,000 39=39,000 46%Total 193=$387,250 77=$154,500 40% 174=312,500 80=144,000 46%Entrance Take-up Rates by Value of Scholarship:$2500 and lower $3000 and higher Overall2003/04 40% 38% 40%2002/03 46% 48% 46%2001/02 55% 61% 57%2000/01 45% 41% 40%1999/00 n/a n/a n/a1998/99 45% 75% 56%1997/98 62% 54% 60%1996/97 49% 40% 47%1995/96 68% 63% 65%1994/95 76% 67% 70%60 The Scholarship Committee

1993/94 71% 67% 69%1992/93 71% 54% 66%Report of the President 2002 - 2003The King’s Scholarship Committee has resisted the pressure to move to an “automatic”scholarship system, and each year the members of the Committee spend a great deal oftime reading and evaluating individual files. This year, 436 students presented admissionaverages of 88% or better. Of these, 380 students included an academic essay forconsideration by the Scholarship Committee. (In the previous year, 328 students hadaverage above the 85% minimum required for consideration and submitted essays tocomplete their scholarship file)The Committee adopted a new process this year to help deal with the volume of fileswhereby files were circulated among committee members for reading and meetings wereused primarily to discuss the award to be allocated to each applicant. A subcommitteeconsisting of Elizabeth Edwards, Stephen Snobelen, Simon Kow and Elizabeth Yeo wasstruck to preview the files of students whose admission average was between 88 and90%. From this group, the sub-committee selected candidates for $1250 awards,eliminated unsuitable candidates, and identified those applicants to be considered forawards of higher value. The entire Committee then met to review applicants withaverages of 90 to 100% and those nominated by the sub-committee for consideration forawards of greater than $1250. The intent of the subcommittee was to increase theefficiency of the entire committee at the early stages of the process. However, thecommittee determined that reading the files in advance of the meetings meant there wasno particular advantage to having a subcommittee. For the future, the subcommitteestructure will be eliminated. Each scholarship application will be circulated to threecommittee members, and this process will identify those files needing discussion by thefull committee. Overall the committee met a total of seven times to administer theentrance scholarship programme.The Committee established the award levels to range between $1250 and $8,000. Theoverall take up rate dropped from 46% in 02 to 40% in 03. It is interesting to note that wehave approximately the same number of award holders (77 as compared with 80) as in61 The Scholarship Committee

Report of the President 2002 - 2003the previous year. However, the low take up rate is a matter of future discussion for theScholarship Committee, particularly the low take up of 38% for awards $3000 andhigher. It is the case that the Committee chose to be cautious in its assumptionsconcerning the take up rate due to the uncertainty introduced by the Ontario DoubleCohort and the budgetary implications of overspending the scholarship budget. TheCommittee may wish to revert to a more aggressive offer strategy in the future.In-Course Scholarships - 2003 compared with 2002Range2003Offered20033 @ 6000=18,0007 @ 3000=21,00014 @ 2000=28,00068 @ 1000=68,000Total 92 offered =$132,200Taken20033 @ 6000=18,0006 @ 3000=18,0001 @ 2400=240013 @ 2000=26,0001 @ 1600=28,00054 @ 1000=54,0006 @ 900 =54002 @ 800 =16002 @ 700 =140088 taken up =$128,400Range2002over4.24.10 -4.203.95 -4.093.85 -3.943.70 -3.84TotalOffered20022 @ 7000 =14,0007 @ 5000 =35,00014 @ 3000=52,0009 @ 1500 =13,50049 @1000=49,00081 offered= $163,500Taken20022 @ 7000 =14,0005 @ 5000=25001 @ 4500=45001 @ 4000=400010 @ 3000=30,0001 @ 2700=27002 @ 1500 =30008 @ 1500=12,0001 @ 1350=135034 @ 1000=31,0001 @ 950=9504 @ 900=36003 @ 800=240073 taken up= $112,000* Pro-rated awards for students who had completed only 3.5, 4.0 or 4.5 credits in the lastacademic year.Special AwardsThe Scholarship sub-committee of the Board Equity Committee recommended that ShaniHamilton Greenlaw be awarded the Dr. Carrie Best Entrance Renewable Scholarship for62 The Scholarship Committee

Report of the President 2002 - 200303-04. Two Carrie Best Scholars renewed and one was discontinued due to GPAconsiderations.This year, the Scholarship Committee received recommendations from the JournalismAdmission Committee concerning the award of one Alumni Media Scholarship and oneATV/CTV Media Scholarship, valued at $6000 each, to African Canadian and CanadianAboriginal applicants to the one-year Bachelor of Journalism programme. The awardswent to Micheal Dick and Taryn Della. The Scholarship Committee continues tosupplement the ATV/CTV Media Scholarship out of the general scholarship budget andwill continue to support this award at the $6000 level until such time as the fund becomesself supporting. The Scholarship Committee has written to the Director of the School ofJournalism seeking a recommendation concerning the on going need for, and the futureof, the Alumni Media Scholarship. Funding for this award is provided annually by theUniversity of King’s College Alumni Association and is available for one additional year2004-2005) only.The Scholarship Committee was pleased to learn that King’s was allocated an additional13,500 entrance award by the McCain Foundation bringing our total to two. The criteriaincludes both academic merit and financial need and the winner is selected by theFoundation on the basis of a short list provided by King’s. Rohit Ponnarya and DanielHayes were named recipients of the King’s Harrison McCain Scholar - Bursaries for2003-2004.This year, three candidates were selected for the Godfrey Traveling Scholarship. Theholders of the Godfrey for 2003-2004 are: Emmanuella Grinburg, Anna Lise Domanski,and Melissa who each received an award of $1000 to assist with their travel to adeveloping country.The Judge J. Elliot Hudson Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Cynthia Clarke andMark Holliday.63 The Scholarship Committee

Report of the President 2002 - 2003King’s nominee for the Millennium Foundation In Course award for academicachievement, community service, leadership and interest in innovation, was ShannonHines. Shannon received an external award of $4,000, renewable for one additional year.Each year, the Scholarship Committee administers numerous prizes for scholasticattainment at the in course level.SummaryIn summary, scholarships taken up as of September 19, 2003 are as follows:Entrance awards to BA, BSC, BJH - $154,500 (as compared with $144,000 in 2002)Entrance awards to BJ - $12,000 (as compared with $12,000 in 2002)In-Course awards - $128,400 (as compared with $112,000 in 2002)Total - $282,900 (as compared with $256,000 in 2002)64 The Scholarship Committee

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Report of the President 2002 - 2003THE BURSARY COMMITTEEMs. Elizabeth Yeo, ChairThe Bursary Committee this year was chaired by Elizabeth Yeo (ex officio as Registrar).The other members of the committee were Kelley Castle, Tom Curran, Bob Allison andTara Moorehead, who served as Secretary.The total budget for the Bursary Committee in 2002-2003 was $75,000. The Committeemet seven times between October 31, 2002 and April 7, 2003 to administer this budget.We considered a total of 110 applications for bursary assistance, and made a total of 84awards, in amounts ranging from $200.00 to $2,200. Twenty six applications forassistance were turned down.The 84 bursary awards went to a total of 72 students; that is, 11 students applied for, andreceived a second bursary during the year, and 1 student applied for, and received, a thirdbursary for the year. Of the 72 students who received bursary assistance, 37 of these werein the BA programme, 6 were in the BSc, 15 were BJ (Honours) students, and 14 were inthe Journalism one-year programme. Of these 72 students, 16 received $500 or less, 18received between $600 and $900, and 38 received between $1,000 and $2,200.It is interesting to note that the total number of bursaries awarded remained relativelyconsistent with those awarded last year. The most notable decrease came from studentsin a Bachelor of Arts Programme where applications went from 43 received in 01/02 to37 applications in 02/03. There was also a considerable increase in applications fromstudents enrolled in the BJH programme. A total of 15 applications were received in02/03 compared to 9 in 01/02. Applications from BSc students decreased slightly from10 in 01/02 to 6 in 02/03 and a slight increase was noted in number of applications fromBJ students from 11 in 01/02 to 14 in 021/03. We awarded slightly more bursaries in thelower ranges (less than $1000) with a increase from 30 in 01/02 to 34 in 02/03 andmarginally fewer awards in the range of $1000 to $2200 (from 43 in 01/02 to 38 in02/03).66 The Bursary Committee

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Applications Bursaries Percentage BudgetReceived Awarded Awarded2002/2003 110 84 76% $75,0002001/2002 102 82 80% $75,0002000/01 117 84 72% $70,0001999/00 79 53 67% $70,0001998/99 95 69 73% $70,0001997/98 75 44 59% $30,0001996/97 60 39 65% $28,5001995/96 68 45 66% $28,0001994/95 69 48 70% $28,0001993/94 57 45 79% $28,0001992/93 62 44 71% $26,000In addition to disbursing the bursary funds in response to applications, the BursaryCommittee discussed areas in which the Committee could assist students withunderstanding the financing of their university education. Of major concern is thewidening gap between student loan funding maximums and costs for tuition andresidence. To respond to increasing levels of student need, the Bursary Committeerequested additional funding from the Budget Committee. In addition, the Registrar’sOffice is in the process of preparing a student financial aid brochure which will providestudents with information concerning student loans and alternate means of financing theireducation. We also have plans underway to conduct financial aid workshops inconjunction with the King’s Student Union to provide workshops and programmes on thetopics of financial aid, money and debt management during the 2003-04 academic year.67 The Bursary Committee

Report of the President 2002 - 2003THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDYDr. Walter Kemp, DirectorThe Institute currently is working to redefine its mandate and function within theUniversity. This is especially referential to the area in which up to recent years it hadbeen a principal presenter of the guest lecture. The development of lecture seriesmounted by the evolving Programmes of Early Modern Studies, Contemporary Studiesand History of Science and Technology, usually with Foundation Year interaction ordirector co-presentership, has made similar projects redundant. The Flemming Lecturehas taken over the spotlight guest personality event formerly a main service of theInstitute.The Institute will maintain its production and sponsorship of the Grant Lecture in theWinter Term, thus balancing the Fall Term’s Flemming Lecture.In the new year 2004 the Institute will collaborate with the School of Journalism inoffering a weekend event to celebrate the 25 th Anniversary of the School, following itssuccessful symposium on The Book, offered for the 25 th Anniversary of the FoundationYear Programme.The publication pipeline how has been unplugged, and it is intended to complete thevolumes on Dante and Purcell by December.68 The Institute for Advanced Study

Report of the President 2002 - 2003THE CHAPELReport of the Priest-in-Charge, Dr. Paul FriesenA number of Chaplaincy programmes and services were enjoyed throughout the 2002-2003 academic year—once again by students, faculty, dons and staff both present andpast, and members of the wider College constituency. The self-governing studentexecutive of the chapel was large and enthusiastic and simultaneously involved in otherstudent societies and programmes. Once again they showed healthy initiative in recruitingtheir fellow students to assist in various Chapel services and tasks. Students, faculty anddons led the traditional twice-daily prayer services.The choir, under the direction of Dr. Walter Kemp, made a significant contribution to theThursday University services and the Sunday Community services in the Chapel, and tothe musical texture of the wider university. They sang a commendable season of monthlychoral evensong services as well, and so helped revive a college tradition. Their (autumn)2003 release of a Christmas CD will no doubt recall the success of the Lessons andCarols service of College Christmas 2003 that overwhelmed the seating capacity of theChapel. 2002-2003 also marked the last academic season of monthly ecumenical Taizéservices that will be continued elsewhere on the King’s-Dalhousie campus after threeyears in the Chapel.Chapel congregations enjoyed a schedule of visiting scholars from various disciplineswho preached at services, and of visiting clergy (many of them King’s graduates) whohelped lead services. Notable among the scholars were Dr. Brad Walton, Dr. David Lyon,Dr. Bob Derrenbacker, and Mr. John Franklin. The Matriculation service and theBaccalaureate services were, with Lesson and Carols, again the high points of the Chapelyear for the many who attended them. And the Chapel was used for events by a numberof university and community groups under the management of the Chaplain.The chaplaincy and chapel again contributed time and funds to various community effortsin the city of Halifax. The Chaplaincy sponsored two weekly discussion groups as well:69 The Chapel

Report of the President 2002 - 2003one focused on the religious and ethical implications of FYP texts, the other focused onbiblical texts. The Chaplaincy also sponsored various lectures and seminars (some cosponsoredby King’s academic programmes) over the year. This included the secondAnnual Chaplaincy Lectures (whose major co-sponsor is the Dalhousie ReformedChaplaincy) that brought a noteworthy sociologist of cyberspace to campus. And theChaplain’s office, in its first full year in its new location in the A & A, was the center fora variety of personal consultations with students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds ona number of relevant matters.In summary, the Chapel and chaplaincy had a very full and successful year bridging thepast and present of the College, and anticipates the same for the 2003-2004 academicyear.70 The Chapel

Report of the President 2002 - 2003REPORT OF THE DEAN OF RESIDENCEMs. Kelley CastleThe Dean (with the extensive help of two Senior Resident Dons and seven ResidentDons) worked again this year to ensure that students have access to the student servicesthey need both through King’s and Dalhousie. The Dean was in regular contact withvarious other offices offering student services at King’s, including the Bursar’s Office,the Registrar’s Office, Athletics, the Library, the Chaplain, the President’s Office andFaculty members from various academic departments at both King’s and Dalhousie. TheDean also worked closely with the King’s Students’ Union, Dalhousie UniversityCounselling and Psychological Services (personal counselling, career counselling andstudy skills advising and workshops), Services for Students with Disabilities, HealthServices (emergency advising and regular appointments), off-campus counselling andmedical services, and Sodexho food and housekeeping services.There have been substantial changes and developments in the area of Student Life atKing’s during the past year. We have undergone extensive renovations to expand andimprove the residence facilities; we have created a new Don position; we have introducedand maintained Campus “Patrol” to handle issues of conduct and discipline on campus;we have increased communication between the students and University Administrationby inaugurating a new Presidential Advisory Committee on College and Student Life(PACCSL); we have placed Dons on duty for each weeknight where they used to only beon call weekends; the Dean has had regular meetings with the Coordinator of DalhousieCounselling and Psychological Services; and the Dean has compiled information onchanges in the composition of the student body and the correlated demands on the currentResidence structure. Details of each of these are below.In December 2002 we received news of the tragic death of a much-loved King’s student,Kyle MacDonald. His friends and family gathered in January at the King’s Chapel for amemorial service and celebration of his life. The students sang songs, read poetry writtenby and for Kyle, and reminisced about him and his passionate interest in helping others.71 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003It was an extremely sad occasion for the King’s community. Kyle’s degree was awardedposthumously at Encaenia 2003.Overall the year went smoothly and the Dons, Patrol Staff and the Student Union all did agreat job of helping to make both the transition for new students at King’s, and thecontinuation for returning students, academically rich and socially fulfilling.Residence ConstructionFinal construction of the lower level residence rooms in the East Wing of Alexandra Hallwas completed in the summer of 2002. This added eight rooms, of which five weredoubles and three were singles, totalling thirteen new beds. A Don’s Suite, a computerroom, another washroom and an office/practice space for the Chapel choir were alsoadded. With the 14 new beds and washroom completed in the West Wing in 2001, wenow have 27 new beds (in 16 rooms) to offer. These rooms were built in order toaccommodate growth in the Foundation Year Programme and in anticipation of thedouble cohort year. The rooms are airy and bright, and the students living in them (selfdescribedas the “Cellar Dwellers”) have been, by all accounts, extremely happy withtheir accommodation.The computer room has six computers, each with high-speed internet access and each ofwhich connects to a printer at the reception desk at Alexandra Hall. The computer roomis available to all King’s Students (on-campus and off-campus). It was a much-neededaddition and has been in constant use since it opened.In addition to the construction in the lower level of Alexandra Hall, the room which usedto house the Student Union was renovated and turned into a common room for the Bays.It is a spacious room overlooking the quad, and has been equipped by the ResidenceCouncil with new furniture, a TV, VCR, DVD player and cable services. It is well-usedand has been named the “Kyle MacDonald Room” by the Residence Council.72 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Our Maintenance Staff, who did the majority of the construction work, did a superb jobof the new residence floor and the Kyle MacDonald Room in a very short period of timeand we are very grateful to them.Staff ChangesThere were three major staff changes this year to the Dean’s Office. A new Don’sposition was created and filled for the new “Cellar Dwellers”of Alexandra Hall;weeknight duty for Dons was established; and Campus “Patrol” was created.The new Don position has worked out very well. For this first year, Maggie McFarlanewas awarded the Donship. It was a challenge to take on this role, as the location of thenew rooms made it important to establish a working set of rules for the floor that wasslightly different from the rest of the Hall. It was not possible to enforce the sign-inpolicy of Alexandra Hall in the basement, since one need not pass Reception in order toget to the floor. This meant that it was slightly more difficult to monitor noise levels andto maintain acceptable rules of conduct. Ms. McFarlane successfully worked outarrangements for this with the residents and carved out a role for the Don in this newenvironment.Weeknight shifts for Dons were established this year. Whereas we used to only haveDons on call on weekends, there is now a Don, scheduled for each night, who remains oncampus and is accessible by cell phone. There is no longer any time at which there areexclusively students responsible for maintaining discipline and responding toemergencies on campus. This has taken a significant burden off the student-run systemand has ensured that a University representative is at all times immediately available todeal with disciplinary and emergency issues.Campus “Patrol” was instituted this year, and is a student-run body with staff memberswho conduct rounds and maintain appropriate conduct on campus. It was introduced, inconjunction with campus “Security,” as a partial replacement of what was last year“Campus Security” and for many years before that was “Campus Police.” In the past, the73 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Campus Police staff were in the difficult position of having to conduct security checks ofthe campus, deal with lockouts, alarms, and maintenance problems, and at the same timeensure that students on campus were abiding by College and Residence rules andregulations. This was a problematic position not only because it required too much of thestudents, but also because it placed students in the difficult (and sometimes risky)position of having to regulate the conduct of their peers. There are now two differentstudent positions: Security (which reports, via Supervisory Staff and the Head ofMaintenance, to the Bursar) and Patrol (which reports, via Supervisory Staff and DutyDons, to the Dean). The two groups have worked extremely well together this year.Patrol Staff have been excellent, and have found the filing of “incident reports” far moreagreeable and effective than issuing fines. The incident reports go directly to the Dean,where action is determined. Appeals, as before, go to the Dean, and ultimately to theBoard of Appeal and Discipline. Dominic Hanlon and Erin Standing were the firststudents to be appointed as Supervisors in the Patrol position and both did outstandingwork, thoughtfully shaping the new position.Office ChangesThe installation of the Meeting Maker programme for the Dean has made a considerableimprovement to the operation of the Office. Both Monica Farrell, the receptionist atAlexandra Hall, and Pat Dixon, the Residence Secretary, access the schedule of the Deanand book times for meetings and individual student appointments. It has proven to beextremely helpful both to the students and to the Dean. Many thanks to Dr. Edwards forarranging the set-up of the programme.In part as a result of the Meeting Maker programme, and in part as a result of relocatingthe Dean’s Office, the receptionist for the women’s residence now also serves as areceptionist for the Dean. This has not only allowed students to schedule appointmentsand find out the availability of the Dean, but has reduced the frequency of interruption.74 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003RecruitingThe Dean went recruiting again for the Registrar’s Office, this year scaling back slightlyand only doing one trip. She was gone for eight days in early October and visited twentyoneschools in the Toronto area, combining invited presentations with in-class visits.Students were, as always, interested and excited about the King’s offerings.EventsThere were many events planned through the Dean’s Office this year. The Dons helpedwith the planning of many of them, Pat Dixon, Margo Pullen Sly and Monica Farrellhelped with many of the administrative aspects, and the staff at Sodexho arranged for oncampuscatering and set-up.At the beginning of the academic year we hold “Bay-Floor Socials” for both resident andnon-resident students to meet each other and to meet their Dons. Almost all of theresident students attended and many of the Day Students attended (according to theirBay/Floor affiliations). It is the first opportunity for the students to meet the people theywill live with outside of their orientation groups, and it gives them an opportunity to askquestions of each other and of their Dons. While the events were full and helpful forthose who attended, our goal for next year is to increase the attendance of off-campusstudents.Early in the term, we offered a workshop on academic anxiety, which was led by an offcampuspsychologist and which addressed the various ways in which students experiencestress and strategies for dealing with it. She ended the workshop by conducting arelaxation session. When the students finally woke up they agreed that the workshop hadbeen very helpful!During the year we held two Formal Meals arranged by the Dean in conjunction with thePresident’s Office and Sodexho. The first was hosted by the “Presidents” of theUniversity (Dr. Starnes and the President of the Student’s Union, Mr. Alex Anderson)and the second was an end-of-year event. Each of them was well attended and enjoyable.75 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003We also held a variety of theme nights put on by Sodexho, which were buffet-stylebanquets. The staff at Sodexho put much work into these and the Hall was filled tocapacity.The University held the second version of what we plan to be an annual event, “The BigNight” at the end of March. The instrumental, vocal, theatrical, athletic and comedictalents of the students were truly impressive. The first half of the evening was a medleyof acts and the second half was the students’ “farewell tribute” to the President, Dr.Starnes. It was by all accounts a success. Many of the faculty who attended commentedon how fitting it was for an interdisciplinary institution to have an event at which thestudents could display their many non-academic talents. The students were particularlyhappy to have the opportunity to thank Dr. Starnes for everything he had done for themover the years, and presented him with gifts and a photo album filled with pictures ofthemselves positioned in spots around the College holding signs of “We’ll miss you,”“Thank you,” “Good Luck” and “Keep on Truckin!”.The King’s Student’s Union Awards Banquet was fun and went smoothly. Ariel Nasr(the incoming Internal Vice-President of the Student’s Union) organized all of theawards, plaques and pins for the evening and he and the resident Dons helped with manyof the arrangements for the banquet itself.The Dean and Vice-President Dr. Edwards, with the participation of some of our upperyearstudents, held Meet and Greets in Ottawa, Toronto, and Kingston in early June of2003. These events serve as an introduction to the University for students planning tocome to King’s for first year. Parents are invited to these events and come out in largenumber. The Vice-President delivered a welcome address to the group and thenquestions were put to the Vice-President, the Dean, and especially our upper-yearstudents, on life at King’s, Halifax, services available to the students, life after the FYP,residence, our relationship with Dalhousie, and a wide variety of other King’s details.The students, and especially the parents, expressed their gratitude for holding the events,76 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003explaining that heading off across the country is far easier once they know there will befamiliar faces and once they have a sense of the daily life here.Other events which the Dean helped to organize and at which the Dean and many of theDons were present were Matriculation, College Christmas and Encaenia.Planning for next year has also begun, and our main focuses have been Day Studentinvolvement and anticipating the double cohort. With respect to the double cohort, theDean has had frequent discussions with the Director of Dalhousie’s Counselling andPsychological Services, Dr. Judy Hayashi, and is assessing the needs for next year’sdouble cohort. We anticipate that students from Ontario will have more counsellingneeds, given the added competition of the double cohort year and the lower average ageof first-year students. King’s will be offering sessions in the first weeks of school whichwill cover the issues of transition to University: academic insecurities, financialresponsibilities, homesickness, adjusting to residence, living off-campus and integrating,and many other topics relevant to the first year at university, and Dalhousie is lookinginto an increase in staff for Counselling and Psychological Services.DonsThe Dons this year were very helpful both to the students and to the Dean. The duties ofthe Dons were challenging. In the area of discipline, it was the first year in which Patrolwas working with the Duty Dons, and the first year in which we had weeknight DutyDons. This placed added responsibility on the Dons, in that they are now the only peopleaside from the Dean who issue fines for students. As a result, the Dons had to handlemore problems than they previously had to and they worked hard to make the new systemfunction well.In the area of counselling, the Dons were, as they often are, the first point of contact formany students, both on and off-campus. Many of the issues were dealt with directly bythe Dons (academic anxieties, stress, relationship problems, illness, family death, andmany other common student problems). Other problems, such as previously diagnosed77 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003psychological or psychiatric disabilities, suicidality, eating disorders, drug or alcoholabuse, illness, assault and harassment were referred on to outside services and regularlymonitored by the Dons. The services to which Dons turned in cases such as theseinclude: Dalhousie Counselling and Psychological Services, Dalhousie MedicalServices, Dalhousie Services for Students with Disabilities, the Assistant Dean of StudentMatters at Dalhousie, the Avalon Sexual Assault Support Centre, the Eating DisordersClinic, off-campus psychologists, and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for emergencies.The job of the Dons is a difficult one, since the problems that students come to them withare often challenging, and since the demands on their time are hard to predict and requiresomewhat open availability. Each of the Dons this year did an excellent job and the Deanis very grateful to them for their services.The Dons this year were:Alex “Cellar Dwellers”: Maggie McFarlaneAlex 2: Ardith BaerveldtAlex 3: Victoria MainprizeAlex 4: Renée Lafferty (Senior Female Don)Chapel Bay: David AndersonMiddle Bay: Mark DunsmuirRadical Bay: Steven FabianNorth Pole Bay: Gary Kynoch (Senior Male Don)Cochran Bay: Craig McKinnonThe Don for Middle Bay was hired in mid-September. To tide us over, John Duncan(FYP Senior Fellow) attended Don’s Training, assisted on move-in day, and acted astemporary Don for the Bay for three weeks. The Dean would like to thank him verymuch for taking this on at a very busy time of year.Report to FacultyThe developments in College and Student Life over the past years have led to manychanges both in the residences and in the responsibilities of the Dean and Dons. At therequest of the President, and in the interests of tracking these developments and ofconveying them to the College, the Dean offered a report to Faculty and to the Student’sUnion in January, 2003. The Report discussed some of the issues particular to last year78 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003and charted some of the changes in the composition of the general student body and theresident student body over the years. It then outlined some of the effects these changesappear to have had. Included here are the central points made in the report.The change in the demographic data that is most evident is the quickly and significantlyrising number of first-year resident students. We now have more than double thenumber of first- year students in residence that we had fifteen years ago. (See (I) below.)Since the mid-eighties the number of first-year students living in residence has grown by118%. Since the mid-nineties it has grown by 44% and in the last two years it has grownby 24%. This is compounded by the fact that our residence capacity has also increased.(See (II) below.) Since 1980 capacity has grown by 23% and since 2000 by 11.4%. Thischange has at least three causes and has demanded both an administrative response andan increase in the services provided for students.The causes of this increase are that the FYP enrollment has grown. (See (III) below.)The Foundation Year class has grown 62% from the 1985-90 average class size, 40%from 1990-95 and 14% from 1995-2000. Another contributor is that the growth in theFYP is mostly out-of-province growth, which means that most of the growth inenrollment numbers is matched by a growth in demand for residence (which presumablywould not be the case if a higher portion of our growth was from Nova Scotia). Finally,the demand for beds is exacerbated by the fact that the breakdown of our Nova Scotianumbers is such that the percentage of Nova Scotia students coming from outside ofHalifax (HRM) seems to be increasing, and these students are more likely to needresidence than are HRM students. Each of these factors means that we will have higherdemands to fill residence rooms with first-year students. (See (IV) below.)The administrative responses within the residence structure are various. We must admitalmost no non-King’s students to residence which means that King’s is the primarysource of support for almost all of the residence students, as opposed to being among theinstitutions with which the students are affiliated; we limit the number of upper-yearstudents we allow into residence (this has not been difficult as an increase in total79 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003registration has meant that upper-year students have people to live with off-campus andgenerally choose this route as a matter of course); and we no longer offer on-campusresidence to students in the one-year BJ programme.The result of these demographic and administrative shifts is that we house far more firstyearstudents who are primarily dependent on King’s for non-academic support than weever have before. This translates into a significantly higher demand for student services,largely because the year is a transitional one for new students. They have more needsthan upper-year students.The changes in registration and residence composition have also had an effect on DayStudents. The total registration has increased (see (V) below), and so the number of bothfirst- and upper-year off-campus students is higher now as well. First-year Day Studentshave affiliations with Bays and Floors in the residence, and so have access to Dons,which means that all upper-year students have access to student services in large partthrough the residence structure. This has put added pressure on the Dons’ positions asthey are now responsible for almost double the number of students. It has also altered thenature of the Dean’s position, as meetings with Day Students now comprise almost half(46% this year) of the total number of individual student appointments.Overall, there seems to be no indication that these trends toward having more first-yearstudents in residence, more students registered at King’s, and more out-of-provincestudents are likely to subside. In fact, it is likely that the double cohort, which we willstart to feel most significantly over the next couple of years, will ensure much of thesame.(I) Number of First-Year Students in Residence1982/83: 1021983/84: 1031984/85: 103*1990/91: 13180 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 20031991/92: 1351992/93: 1141993/94: 1171994/95: 1621995/96: 1631996/97: 1801997/98: 1711998/99: 1851999/00: 1862000/01: 1822001/02: 2002002/03: 225* These three academic years are the only numbers we can locate for the 1980s.The percentage of our residences occupied by first-year students has increased by118% since the mid-eighties, by 44% since the mid-nineties and by 24% in the past twoyears.(II) Residence Capacity1980: 222 beds2000: 246 beds2001: 260 beds2002: 274 beds**2002/03 composition:The Bays: Chapel Bay: 24Middle Bay: 24Radical Bay: 24North Pole Bay: 20The Roost: 12Cochran Bay: 20Alex Hall: (New) basement: 271 st Floor: 262 nd Floor: 363 rd Floor: 354 th Floor: 26Current Total Capacity: 274 students81 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Residence capacity has increased by 23% since 1980 and by 11.4% in the last twoyears.(III) Number of Students in Foundation Year Programme1985/86: 1361986/87: 1601987/88: 1651988/89: 1711989/90: 2011990/91: 1961991/92: 2081992/93: 1841993/94: 1731994/95: 2021995/96: 2301996/97: 2321997/98: 2481998/99: 2261999/00: 2432000/01: 2402001/02: 2712002/03: 264** Between 1985 and 1990, the average enrollment was 167; between 1990 and 1995the average enrollment was 193; and between 1995 and 2000 the average was 236. Thetarget for next year (and the immediate future) is to stay at 265. We will have, then,increased by 59% since 1985-90, by 37 % since 1990-95 and by 12% since 1995-00.(IV) Locally Registered Students(i) Students from Nova Scotia/Total Number of Students Registered (Full-Time andPart-Time):1985/86: 402/531 (76%)1986/87: 441/600 (74%)1987/88: data not available1988/89: 460/635 (73%)1989/90: 478/726 (66%)1990/91: 432/711 (61%)1991/92: 407/729 (56%)1992/93: 398/730 (55%)82 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 20031993/94: 357/686 (52%)1994/95: 348/691 (50%)1995/96: 380/767 (50%)1996/97: 374/809 (46%)1997/98: 413/855 (48%)1998/99: 420/878 (48%)1999/00: 431/886 (49%)2000/01: 401/870 (46%)2001/02: 418/910 (46%)2002/03: data not yet availableThe average percentage of students from Nova Scotia between 1985 and 1990 was72%, between 1990 and 1995 it was 55%, between 1995 and 2000 it was 48% and forthe last two years it has been 46%.(ii) Recent Indicators of Increase in Students from Outside of HRM:2000/01: HRM students: 77non-HRM students: 183(/.: 29.6% HRM and 70.4% non-HRM)2001/02: HRM students: 55non-HRM students: 259(/.: 17.5% HRM and 82.5% non-HRM)This particularly stark increase in non-HRM students may well be anomalous. The trend,however, over the past few years has been that the percentage of Nova Scotians comingfrom outside of HRM has been increasing.(V) Number of Full-Time Registered Students1985/86: 5311986/87: 5831987/88: 6261988/89: 6241989/90: 7191990/91: 6971991/92: 72183 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 20031992/93: 7231993/94: 6861994/95: 6791995/96: 7511996/97: 7831997/98: 8361998/99: 8551999/00: 8672000/01: 8472001/02: 8822002/03: 965In the mid- to late-eighties the average number of full-time students was 617. In thenineties the average was 760. We are currently hovering around 900.Day StudentsOne of the priorities for the Dean this past year was to better include Day Students incampus activities. While it is certainly the case that the number of Day Students visitingthe Dean’s office is high, the majority of those students are upper-year students. Some ofthe upper-year students were previously in residence and so were already familiar withand felt involved in the Life of the College. There were also many upper-year studentswho had never lived in residence but who have discovered, through fellow students, whatthe College has to offer. What has been a challenge for the Dean and Dons is to involvefirst-year non-resident students, and to make sure they are aware of College events andservices. This is particularly important at King’s because it differs from most otheruniversities in that the vast majority of resident students are enrolled in the sameprogramme (the FYP), which makes the residence an important meeting area even fornon-resident students. As a preliminary step toward involving and informing DayStudents, the Dean is preparing a manual for Day Students which will includeinformation on services at King’s, services at Dalhousie, off-campus services, and eventsof which they might otherwise not be aware. We have also appointed one of thereturning resident Dons to be a Day Student Don who will be in charge of compiling a84 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003list of email contacts for Day Students, notifying them of on-campus events and holdingtwo events during the year specifically for them. We will also be offering ten free mealsat Prince Hall to off-campus students as a way of introducing them to the on-campusstudents and integrating them into one of the more lively areas of interaction on thecampus.Committee WorkThe Dean sat on many committees this year, most of which met regularly. Thecommittees included: the Board of Appeal and Discipline, the Bursary Committee, theDon Selection Committee, the Wardroom Board of Management, the AthleticsCommittee, the Property, Grounds and Safety Committee, Racial DiscriminationCommittee, the Warrena Power Committee, the KSU and Alumni Awards Committee,the Patrol Supervisor Selection Committee, and the Presidential Advisory Committee onCollege and Student Life (PACCSL).Conclusions and ThanksThe Dean would like to thank the Dons for all of their work this past year. There have, asalways, been many very difficult circumstances to deal with and each of them went out oftheir way to help our students. Special thanks go to Gary Kynoch and Renée Laffertywho served as Senior Dons. Both Gary and Renée will be moving on next year, havingcompleted three years of the Donship. Gary and Renée organized weeknight Duty Dons,stood in for the Dean when she was at conference and recruiting, and assisted with roomplacements. The Dean is very grateful for all of their efforts. Renée has been the SeniorDon for the past two years and has done extra administrative and advising work for theDean many times over the years. She has helped many students to find their way throughdifficult times over the years, and has done so when the circumstances were particularlydemanding and when she was very busy with her own PhD work. For this the Dean andthe students she has helped are very thankful and will miss her!The Dean would like to thank Monica Farrell for her work as Receptionist to theresidences. Monica took on the duties of Receptionist to the Dean this year, and has been85 The Residence

Report of the President 2002 - 2003a huge help to both her and the students. She is the first person to get to know all of thenames and faces of the students, so having her work reception for the Dean wasextremely helpful.The Dean would also like to thank Pat Dixon for all of her administrative work for theDean. She has a large volume of work to do as Residence Secretary and certainly windsup doing work outside of the area of Residence proper. She is efficient and kind with thestudents and both they and the Dean are very grateful to her.Many thanks too, go to Margo Pullen Sly. The demands on Margo in the President’sOffice are constant and unpredictable, but she still manages to help when student issuesarise, and passes along information as it arises to keep the Dean abreast of issues relevantto University Life.The Vice-President, Dr. Edwards, has been a constant source of insight and guidance tothe Dean and, as Chair of the Don Selection Committee, to the Dons as well. The Deanvery much appreciated the many times Dr. Edwards made herself available forconsultation.Finally, the Dean would like to thank the outgoing President, Dr. Colin Starnes. Dr.Starnes has an uncanny ability to see through complicated issues to the heart of thematter. He also manages to balance efficiency with compassion in areas of studentconcern, which is not easy and which is very much appreciated. His wit and wisdomhave guided many students and the Dean.86 The Residence

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Report of the President 2002 - 2003ATHLETICSReport of the Director, Mr. Neil HooperThe 2002-03 academic year was a very positive one for King’s Athletics. For many ofour young varsity teams there were numerous learning experiences. It was a year wherewe came very close in Atlantic College (ACAA) competition but did not win achampionship. In women’s rugby we were successful and won the Nova Scotia CollegeWomen’s Rugby Championships. Given the many close but solid performances by ourteams the future looks bright.As enrollments continue to rise we see increased demand for fitness and casualrecreation. Fortunately our agreement signed in 1998 with Dalhousie which increasedthe cost per student has on the positive side provided a much wider variety of intramuralactivities as well as access to additional facilities. As the King’s programs grow there arealso demands to improve and create programs here on King’s campus to compliment thenumbers of students that prefer to participate in activities closer to their own school.Another bright spot this years is the number of individual award winners were very high.Special notice should be given to students that won All-Canadian and Academic All-Canadian Awards. Next year the criteria for Academic All-Canadian will change andallow students who are high achievers and not all-stars to be named to the Academic AllCanadian Team. This should result in a number of students who would not havequalified in the past to be named.The following varsity sports, clubs, casual recreation and fitness opportunities wereoffered to students by the Department of Athletics during the 2002-03 year:Varsity Sports:Women’s SoccerMen’s Soccer88 Athletics

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Women’s VolleyballMen’s VolleyballWomen’s BasketballMen’s BasketballClub Sports:Women’s RugbyMen’s RugbyMen’s HockeyIntramural/Recreational/Fitness:Indoor Soccer (Co-Ed)SoccerUltimate FrisbeeBasketball (Co-Ed)Basketball (Competitive Men’s)Volleyball (Co-Ed)BadmintonDance CollectiveKarate (Community Club)Tai-Chi(Community Club)Judo (Community Club)Kendo (Dalhousie, King’s and Community)Break Dancing ClubCardio RoomWeight RoomAerobic Training CentreThe following students were recognized by Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association(ACAA) and Canadian Colleges Athletic Association(CCAA):All-Conference and Special Award Winners:Mike de la mothe: Men’s Soccer(Bob Coe Award Winner)Tim Kunz:Men’s Soccer(ACAA Top Keeper)Matt Fegan: Men’s Soccer(ACAA Most Valuable Player)Ryan Tulley: Men’s Soccer(ACAA Rookie of the Year)Jeff Baker:Men’s Soccer(ACAA Coach of the Year)Lindsay McMullin: Women’s SoccerDave Fultz: Men’s VolleyballColin Stairs: Men’s VolleyballAshley McCormick: Men’s VolleyballDarren Calabrese: Men’s VolleyballDennis Ashe: Men’s Basketball89 Athletics

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Mariana Hrkac:Heather Stillwell:Women’s BasketballWomen’s Basketball(Rookie of the Year)National Awards- Canadian Colleges Athletic Association:Matt Fegan(CCAA All-Canadian, CCAA Player of the Month): Men’s SoccerColin Stairs(CCAA Player of the Month):Men’s VolleyballAshley McCormick(CCAA Academic All Canadian: Men’s VolleyballHeather Stillwell (CCAA Academic All-Canadian): Women’s BasketballMatt Fegan (CCAA All-Canadian):Men’s SoccerParticipation Levels (2002-03):Varsity Athletics: 84Club Programs: 140Intramural/Fitness/Recreation: 400Total Participants: 624We look to the future very optimistically and are satisfied with the direction in which ourprograms are going. We are certainly very pleased that our numbers of participantscontinue to grow. Realizing that some of this can be attributed to increased enrollmentwe also feel that participation has been maintained and increased from previous years. Inan era of rising costs it is very important that our student services compliment the qualityacademic services offered at the university to provide that balance needed in a student’slife.In closing we say a special good-bye to Dr. Colin Starnes, who has been a tremendoussupporter of Athletics and Recreational Programs. These programs and our athleticfacilities flourished under his leadership. We also welcome Dr. William Barker, our newPresident and look forward to a bright future in athletics and recreation.90 Athletics

ALUMNI, DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONSMs. Bev Mahon, Alumni & Public Relations OfficerReport of the President 2002 - 2003AlumniOne of the association’s main priorities continues to be the provision of financial supportfor King’s students. The association gave fifteen thousand five hundred dollars ($15,500)to the university in support of scholarships, bursaries and the Library ($8,700 forscholarships, $6,000 for bursaries and $700 for the Library). In consultation with theKing’s Students’ Union, the Alumni Executive adopted a change in its funding policy ofstudent activities. Rather than fund a number of student societies and events, theassociation will provide $2,000 annually for Frosh and Graduation Week activities($1,000 each). The association will review this funding policy after a two-year period.The following King’s student were selected to receive the alumni-named awards:The Michael Saunders Award ($500): Courtney KyleThe New Brunswick Award ($500): Liz HadfieldThe Sandra MacLeod Award ($1,500): Kate McKenna (2nd year)Karen HayterThe Michael Elliott Award: Heather McLeod(2 awards for $1,000 each) and Sabrina BandaliThe John Godfrey Book Award: Joanna Corbett( $100)On behalf of the Beaver Club, the association selected Matthew Fegan as the recipient ofthe Beaver Club Award ($1,000).The Judge J. Elliott Hudson Distinguished Alumnus/a Award which recognizes theachievements of a King’s alumnus/a was presented to Stephanie Nolen (BJ Hons’93)during the alumni annual dinner held May 13th.91 Alumni, Development & Public Relations

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Alumni Programmes and ServicesWith alumni membership at 6700 and increasing at a rate of approximately 300 newalumni each year, the alumni office and the association are working together to developnew programs and initiatives to help keep alumni connected to their university and totheir fellow alumni in the most cost-efficient and effective manner.In January 2003, after much research and discussions with Mount Allison, Bishop’s,Queen’s and other university alumni offices, the association and the university approveda 50/50 cost-sharing plan for the development of an alumni online community for theKing’s website. A committee was struck in early January to develop the site proposaland select the designer from bids received. The committee was comprised of: StevenWilson, Tim Rissesco, Tim Currie and Bev Mahon.In April of 2003, Momentum IT Group was chosen as site designer. The onlinecommunity is expected to be ready for launch in October of 2003.The Alumni Association is preparing to sign a partnership agreement with MelocheMonnex in July of 2003. The partnership agreement will include sponsorship of thealumni golf tournament and dinner as well as paid advertising in Tidings.Alumni EventsIn the past year, alumni events were held in London, England and Moncton. The Torontoand Ottawa alumni events, normally held in May or early June, were postponed to later inthe Fall due to scheduling conflicts with two major events on campus - the BSF campaignclosing dinner and Congress 2003, sponsored by the Canadian Federation for theHumanities and Social Sciences and co-hosted by King’s and Dalhousie.In celebration of their 10th anniversary, the one-year BJ class of ‘93 held a three-dayreunion at King’s beginning June 22nd.. Alumni from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,Ontario, New Brunswick and France came together for a weekend full of activities along92 Alumni, Development & Public Relations

Report of the President 2002 - 2003the Halifax waterfront and back on campus. Included among the attendees were the cofoundersof the School of Journalism’s Golden Cobden Award.The Alumni Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Dinner were heldon Tuesday, May 13th. A special presentation was made at the AGM in honour of Dr.Colin Starnes whose ten-year term in office ended June 30th. Alumni AssociationPresident Tim Rissesco, presented Dr. Starnes with a framed photo of Colin and SukiStarnes taken ten years ago for the cover of Tidings magazine. The 1993 cover story wasa feature piece introducing King’s 21st president and vice-chancellor, Dr. Colin Staines.The ninth annual King’s Classic Golf Tournament was held Tuesday, August 13th atGranite Springs Golf & Country Club. This is a very successful fundraiser for theAssociation that continues to grow each year.New this year was the introduction of ‘King’s Day’, an event developed by the King’sStudents’ Union Society (KSU). The alumni office produced and mailed invitations to allalumni in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The office also worked with the KSU todevelop the guest speaker list which included Rear Admiral Glenn Davidson, Mayor JohnKeefe, co-hosts John Stone and Andy Hare - all King’s alumni; and Stephen Kimber(School of Journalism), Elizabeth Edwards (Vice-President, Academic), Alex Anderson(KSU President) with closing remarks by University President Colin Starnes.It was standing room only in the KTS Lecture Hall with King’s Day bringing alumnifrom the ‘30s, ‘50s, ‘60s and beyond back to King’s. A reception was held later in the G.Peter Wilson Room. The KSU has since adopted King’s Day as a signature event.The alumni association is very grateful to the School of Journalism for its production ofthe alumni magazine, Tidings. The association would like to extend a special thanks toTim Currie, the magazine’s editor and to the students in the feature writing course fortheir tremendous efforts in producing the magazine.93 Alumni, Development & Public Relations

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Another new event, Alumni Night in the Wardroom, was launched in October. Thepurpose of the monthly event is to bring alumni together for a drink and conversationafter work. Monthly event notices were sent via email distribution lists.DevelopmentA total of $1,341,774 was raised during the 2002-03 fiscal year, designated as follows:Annual Fund $ 7,215.00Other 8,900.00Bequests 22,835.00Gifts-in-Kind 225,000.00Building on a Strong Foundation 1,077,823.82Building on a Strong Foundation Capital CampaignThe main focus of the development office this past year was to complete the alumnicomponent of the capital campaign and finalize any outstanding items prior to thecampaign closing in June.Chancellor Michael Meighen, National Campaign Chair George Cooper, UniversityPresident Dr. Colin Starmes and Alumni Officer Bev Mahon met in late summer andearly fall to discuss strategy, review campaign materials and develop a timeline. Thedirect mail campaign was launched in early October with approximately 5,000 campaignpackages sent to alumni, parents and special friends. A three-week student phone followup campaign ran during November. Included in the packages and for posting on thewebsite was a one-page campaign update newsletter developed by thealumni/development office.The capital campaign was a great success with more than $7.1 million raised. The finaldivision report will be published in the 2003-04 Report of the President.94 Alumni, Development & Public Relations

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Annual FundThe annual fund was suspended during the BSF capital campaign. The annual fund willresume in the fall of 2003.Public RelationsReceptions were held in June in Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax and Kingston for students whoare accepted to King’s for the fall of ‘03 and their parents. The public relations officeproduced invitations, coordinated mailings and follow up, and booked the venues. Theseevents provide an excellent opportunity for the prospective students to meet other newstudents and to find out more about the university community and life at King’s frompresent-day students.This spring, King’s and Dalhousie co-hosted Congress 2003 which brought inapproximately 6,000 delegates for a week of lectures, events and readings. The publicrelations office generated press releases and provided much of the media marketing for anumber of events. The public relations officer and Congress conference coordinator metwith reporters and editors at the Halifax Herald to coordinate press coverage.The public relations office was involved with the coordination and/or promotion andmedia marketing of the following events: Flemming Lecture (Anne Carson), MasseyLecture, appointment of 22nd president and vice-chancellor, and Encaenia.In June the University held a dinner in honour of Dr. Colin Starnes and in celebration ofthe closing of the university’s capital campaign. The public relations office worked withthe university president and graphic designer to finalize interior signage and plaques forroom namings in the New Academic Building and the Link. The office also worked onthe production of a King’s calendar for distribution at the closing dinner.The public relations office is called on, from time to time, to work with the President andother internal constituents on special projects. In January, at the request of PresidentStarnes, the alumni office coordinated an advocacy mailer in conjunction with the95 Alumni, Development & Public Relations

Report of the President 2002 - 2003Association of Atlantic Universities. A 1,000 mailer was produced and sent out (viaTidings inserts and regular mail) to alumni, parents and special friends. The office alsoworked with representatives of the Racial Equity Committee to promote events held onthe King’s campus.96 Alumni, Development & Public Relations

Report of the President, 2002-2003ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY & STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY2002 - 20031. AdministrationColin J. Starnes, B.A. (Bishop's), S.T.B. (Harvard), M.S. (McGill), Ph.D. (Dal)President and Vice-ChancellorProfessor of ClassicsElizabeth Edwards, BA, MA (Dal), PhD (Cantab)Vice-PresidentAssociate Professor of Humanities & Social SciencesKyle Fraser, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)Director, Foundation Year ProgrammeAssociate Professor of Humanities and Social SciencesStephen KimberDirector, School of JournalismAssociate Professor of JournalismSteven Burns, BA (Acadia), MA (Alberta), PhD (London)Director, Contemporary Studies ProgrammeProfessor of PhilosophyGordon McOuat, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)Director, History of Science and Technology ProgrammeAssistant Professor of Humanities and Social SciencesKathryn Morris, BA (Hons) (Vind), PhD (McGill)Director, Early Modern Studies ProgrammeAssistant Professor of Humanities and Social SciencesDrake Petersen, BA (Long Island), MA (Dal)LibrarianGerald G. Smith, BSc (MtA), CABursarElizabeth Yeo, BA, BEd (UPEI), MEd (UNB)RegistrarAdministration, Faculty, Staff and97 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003The Rev. Davena Davis, BA, MLS, MA, PhDChair, Anglican Faculty, Atlantic School of TheologyThe Rev. Dr. Paul H. Friesen, BA (Toronto), MDiv (OTS),ThM (Harvard), PhD (St. Michael’sChaplainNeil Hooper, BA (UCCB), MPhysEd (UNB)Director of AthleticsKelley Castle, BA (Hons) (Carleton)Dean of Residence2. StaffMrs. Stephanie BoudreauReceptionist and Switchboard OperatorMs. Sharon L. BrownAdministrative Secretary, Contemporary Studies, Early Modern Studies, andHistory of Science & Technology ProgrammesMs. Chantal CailléAccounting Officer, Bursar’s OfficeMs. Christy Ann ConlinAdministrative Secretary, School of JournalismMr. Kevin DevoeBroadcast Technician (Television), School of JournalismMs. Pat Dixon, BA (MSVU)Administrative Secretary, Foundation Year ProgrammeMs. Monica FarrellAlexandra Hall Receptionist, part-time,Ms. Paula JohnsonSecretary, Alumni, Development and Public RelationsMrs. Paulette LambertSecretary and Serials/Acquisitions, LibraryAdministration, Faculty, Staff and98 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003Ms. Jennifer Laurette, BA (Vind)Secretary, Alumni, Development and Public Relations(Maternity leave replacement for Paula Johnson, May/02 - August/03Mrs Elaine MacInnes, BA (Vind)Head of Circulation, LibraryMs. Bev Mahon, BPR (MSVU)Alumni and Public Relations OfficerMrs.Tara Moorehead, BA, MA (Dalhousie)Academic Student Services Officer, Registrar’s OfficeMs. Kelly PorterAcademic Student Services Officer, Registrar’s OfficeMr. Blair PurdyComputer & Production Assistant, School of JournalismMrs. Sharlene Salter, B.Comm (MUN)Student Accounts Officer, Bursar’s OfficeMs. Margo Pullen Sly, DIPL (Ryerson)Assistant to the PresidentMr. Ryan SomersBroadcast Technician (Radio), School of JournalismMs. Catriona Talbot, BA (Manitoba), MA (Dal)Associate Registrar, SystemsMr. Karl Turner, BA (Dalhousie)Admissions/Liaison Officer, Registrar’s Office3. FacultyRobert L. AllisonAssistant Professor of JournalismBruce Barber, MBA, MFA (Auckland), MFA (NSCAD)Associate Professor, Nova Scotia College of Art & DesignAdministration, Faculty, Staff and99 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003Michael Bishop, BA, BEd (Manchester), MA (Manitoba), PhD (Kent, Canterbury)Professor of FrenchMark Blackell, BSc, MA (Toronto)Teaching FellowStephen Blackwood, BA (Vind), MA (Dal)Teaching FellowStephen Boos, BA (Queen's), MA, PhD (York)Associate Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesSteven Burns, BA (Acadia), MA (Alberta), PhD (London)Professor of PhilosophyMichael Cobden, BA (South Africa), BEd (Toronto)Maclean Hunter Professor of JournalismJ. E. Crowley, AB (Princeton), MA(Michigan), PhD (Johns Hopkins)Professor of HistoryThomas Curran, BA (Hons) (Toronto), MA (Dal), MTS (AST), PhD (Durham)Senior FellowTimothy Currie, BA(Hons) (Queen’s), BJ (Vind)Instructor, On-line JournalismSusan Dodd, BA (Vind), MA, PhD (York)Senior FellowJohn Duncan, BA, MA (Carleton), PhD (York)Senior FellowElizabeth Edwards, BA, MA (Dal), PhD (Cantab)Associate Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesChrisropher Elson, BA, MA (Dal), Dr de 3e cycle (Sorbonne)Assistant Professor, FrenchKatherine Fierlbeck, BA (Alta), MA (York), PhD (Cantab)Associate Professor, Political ScienceAdministration, Faculty, Staff and100 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003Kyle Fraser, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesPaul Friesen, BA (Toronto), MDiv (OTS), ThM (Harvard), PhD (St. Michael’s)ChaplainRoni Gechtman, BA (Hebrew U), MA (NYU)Teaching FellowDorota Glowacka, MA (Wroclaw), MA, PhD (SUNY)Associate Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesW. J. Hankey, BA (Vind), MA (Toronto), DPhil (Oxon)Professor of ClassicsPeggy Heller, BA (Lakehead), BA(Hons), MA (Dal)Lecturer in Humanities & Social SciencesD. K. House, MA (Dal), PhD (Liverpool)Associate Professor of ClassicsR. Huebert, BA (Saskatchewan), MA, PhD (Pittsburgh)Professor of EnglishAngus M. Johnston, BA (MtA), MA, PhD. (Dal)Associate Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesWalter H. Kemp, MusBac, MusM (Toronto), MA (Harvard),DPhil (Oxon), FRCCOProfessor of MusicJ. Kenneth Kierans, BA (McGill), PhD (Oxon)Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social SciencesKim Kierans, BA (Vind)Assistant Professor of JournalismStephen KimberProfessor of JournalismSimon Kow, BA (Hons) (Carleton), MA, PhD (Toronto)Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social SciencesAdministration, Faculty, Staff and101 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003Marguerite Kussmaul, BSc (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (Laval)Associate Professor, Humanities and Social SciencesDaryn Lehoux, BA (Waterloo), MA, PhD (Toronto)Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesVictor Li, BA, MA (UBC), PhD (Cantab)Associate Professor of EnglishKym Maclaren, BA (Hons) (Toronto)Teaching FellowRohan Maitzen, BA (UBC), MA, PhD (Cornell)Associate Professor of EnglishGordon McOuat, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)Associate Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesH. Eugene Meese, BA (Ohio State), DipJourn (Western)Associate Professor of JournalismMark Meyers, BA (Northwestern), MA (North Carolina), AM, PhD (Brown)Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesEric L. Mills, BSc (Carlton), MS, PhD (Yale), FLSProfessor of OceanographyKathryn Morris, BA (Hons) (Vind), PhD (McGill)Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesChristopher J. Murphy, BA (StFX), MA (Dal), PhD (Toronto)Associate Professor of SociologyPeter H. O’Brien, BA (Hons) (Vind), MA (Dal), MA, PhD (Boston)Assistant Professor, ClassicsLaura Penny, BA (Vind), MA (UWO)Teaching FellowNeil G. Robertson, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (Cantab)Associate Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesMatthew Robinson, BA (Vind), MA (Dal)Teaching FellowAdministration, Faculty, Staff and102 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003Philip Rose, BA (Memorial), MA, PhD (Queen’s)Assistant Professor of PhilosophyStephen Snobelen, BA (Hons), MA (Victoria), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social SciencesChristopher Snook, BA (Vind), MA (McMaster)Teaching FellowColin J. Starnes, BA (Bishop's), STB. (Harvard), MA (McGill), PhD (Dal)Professor of ClassicsIan Stewart, BSc (Trent), MA (Toronto), PhD (Cantab)Senior FellowJudith A. Thompson, BA (Western), MA (Toronto), PhD (Toronto)Associate Professor of EnglishShirley Tillotson, BIS (Waterloo), MA, PhD (Queen's)Associate Professor of HistoryBruce WarkAssociate Professor of Journalism4. LibraryDrake Petersen, BA (Long Island), MA (Dalhousie)LibrarianPatricia L. Chalmers, BA (Vind), MSc (Drexel)Assistant LibrarianJanet Kyle Hathaway, BA (Wash), MLS, LLB (Dalhousie), BJ (Vind)Assistant Archivist5. Associate Fellows - Foundation Year ProgrammeJohn Baxter, BA, Bed, MA, PhD (Alberta)Professor of English, DalhousieSusan Campbell, BA, MS, (Alta), PhD (Toronto)Associate Professor of Philosophy, DalhousieAdministration, Faculty, Staff and103 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003The Hon. D. A. Colville, CC, DLitt., LLD, DCL.M. L. Cross, AA (Dawson College), BA (Montana), MA (Simon Fraser),PhD. (Texas A & M)Associate Professor of Economics, DalhousieC. Elson, BA., MA, (Dalhousie), Dr. de 3e cycle (Sorbonne)Assistant Professor of French, DalhousieDennis Farrell, BA (St. Norbert Col), Mmus, PhD (Wisc),Höchachule for Müsik (Vienna)Professor of Music, DalhousieDavid Howard, BA, MSA, MA (UBC)Assistant Professor of Art History, NSCADMary MacLachlan, BA (Toronto), MA (Queen’s)Lecturer, Nova Scotia College of Art and DesignJ. M. Mallon, BA (Christ the King College), MDiv (St. Augustine),STB (St. Paul’s) Visiting LecturerMasoyoshi Senba, B.Sc. (Tokyo U of Ed), PhD. (Rutgers)Research Associate, Department of Physics, Dalhousie6. Part-time Instructors - School of JournalismM. W. Brown, BA (MtA), BJ (Vind)On-line JournalismM. CreagenPhotojournalismLindsay CryslerNewspaper Feature WritingE. M. Flaherty, BJourn (Carleton)Writing TutorGeorge JordanBroadcast PerformanceAdministration, Faculty, Staff and104 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003Dean Jobb, BA (MtA)Investigative Reporting, Media LawLaura LandonTeaching AssistantJack MacAndrewBroadcast PerformanceE. M. McCluskey, BA (Hons)(Dal) MA (UWO)Writing TutorJim Meek, BA, MA (York)Writing Tutor, Journalism EthicsRichard Miller, BA (Trent)Radio DocumentarySusan Newhook, BA (Ryerson)Writing TutorSusan RogersWriting TutorHalina St. James, BA (Laurentian)Broadcast PerformanceJoan WestenNewspaper Layout and DesignMary Wilcox, BSc (Dal), DipJourn. (Western), BA (SMU)Writing Tutor7. AthleticsNeil Hooper, BA (UCCB), MPhysEd. (UNB)DirectorPart-time coaches and assistants as required.Administration, Faculty, Staff and105 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-20038. The ChapelThe Reverend Dr. Paul Friesen, BA (Victoria College, UofT), MDiv. (OntarioTheol. Sem.), ThM (Harvard), PhD (University of St. Michael’s College)Priest-in-Charge and Diocesan University ChaplainDr. Walter Kemp, MusBac (Toronto), MusM (Toronto),MA. (Harvard), DPhil. (Oxon), FRCCOOrganist and Choirmaster9. MaintenanceKenneth Askew, GroundskeeperSheldon Gouthro, Building Technician/CarpenterDavid Lavers, Building Technician/CarpenterKen Newman, SupervisorHugh Richard, Building Technician/CarpenterGerald Wilson, Building Technician/Electrician10. Development OfficeBev Mahon, Alumni and Public Relations OfficxerPaula Johnson, Secretary11. ResidenceDean of Residence,Kelley Castle, BA (Hons) (Carleton)Dons:David Anderson, BA (Hons) (Queen”s)Ardith Baerveldt, BSc (UBC)Mark Dunsmuir, BA, MA (McMaster)Steven Fabian, BA (Victoria), MA (Dalhousie)Gary Kynoch, BA , Bed (Queen’s), MA, PhD (Dalhousie)Renée Lafferty, BA (Hons) (Brock), MA (Dalhousie)Craig MacKinnon, BA (Vind), BJ (Vind), MA (SMU)Victoria Mainprize, BA (Hons) (Vind), LLB (Dalhousie)Margaret Ann McFarlane, MLS (Dalhousie)Administration, Faculty, Staff and106 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-200312. Alumni Association ExecutiveTim Rissesco, PresidentDoug Hadley, Vice-PresidentAndy Hare, TreasurerBev Mahon, Alumni & Public Relations Officer13. Board of GovernorsMr. George Cooper, ChairThe Right Reverend Frederick J. Hiltz, Bishop of Nova Scotia,Visitor and Vice-ChairDr. Colin Starnes, PresidentDr. Elizabeth Edwards, Vice-PresidentMr. Paul Bent, TreasurerMs. Sarah Stevenson, SecretaryThe Right Reverend William Hockin, Bishop of FrederictonDiocesan RepresentativesThe Reverend Peter Armstrong (Nova Scotia)The Reverend Robert Richmond (Nova Scotia)The Reverend Barry Craig (Fredericton)The Reverend Kevin Stockall (Fredericton)Alumni Association RepresentativesMr. John StoneMr. Frank BeazleyMs. Lesley GaumMr. Stuart McPhee (President)Faculty RepresentativesProfessor Christopher MurphyProfessor Kyle FraserProfessor Bruce WarkProfessor Kenneth KieransStudent Union RepresentativesMr. Jim Reid (President)Mr. David HareMr. Peter TrainorAdministration, Faculty, Staff and107 Board of Governors of the University

Report of the President, 2002-2003Co-Opted MembersMr. George CooperMr. Richard EmberleyThe Hon. Peter McCreath, PCMr. Mervyn RussellMs. Luanne WaltonDalhousie RepresentativeMr. George CooperNon-Voting MembersMs. Beverly Mahon, Alumni and Public Relations OfficerMs. Elizabeth Yeo, RegistrarMr. Gerald Smith, BursarAdministration, Faculty, Staff and108 Board of Governors of the University