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Expect decision for vice president for business affairs by April
Krystal Moya / Administration Ediotr
Issue date: 2/24/09 Section: News
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The forum, which took place from 4 p.m. to just after 5 p.m. in Booth Library Room 4440, was open to faculty, staff and students, although no students attended.
Chrusciel was asked how others would describe his personality and management style.
"Direct! They would describe him as direct," said Robert Augustine, dean of the Graduate School and chair of the search committee.
Chrusciel and others in attendance laughed, but solidifying Augustine's claim, Chrusciel jumped into the core of the question.
"I think they would say I harp on success and development," said the associate director of Facilities Planning and Management at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. "They would say, 'He's got his mantra: Are you successful? And before you can even answer that, he adds how do you measure that success.' From there I want to know where are their development and training gaps."
He said the slogan of Eastern drew him in. He added his own spin to the slogan, which is "Big enough to matter, small enough to care."
"I dare to add a third aspect which is 'the interest to make a difference,'" he said.
That is a goal that is in conjunction with Chrusciel's stresses on development and success, he said.
Emphasis on development, training and level of personnel satisfaction were key points to his management style, which translated into his fiscal policy. Chrusciel said when cuts became inevitable and deferred maintenance was addressed, he would rely on constituents and the provost to direct his department.
"The campus must be aware of the impact cuts will make on their services," he said. "This is why I make it a priority to involve constituents in the research process.
"Once again, it is an awareness issue when tackling the issue of deferred maintenance. This is something I see as the provost's responsibility. The provost should be able to look at the list of deferred maintenance and know what the departments, the deans, need. From there, if cuts are made, we need to realize what we are diminishing to avoid cutting into people."
Chrusciel admitted to minimal experience with bargaining units and the banner system directly, but ensured that he worked with similar units and software products and would try to become familiar.
Despite his areas of indirect experience, Chrusciel said his biggest challenge would be assimilating into the position.
"I am a firm believer that there is no template or model that I can transfer from my previous positions to this one," he said.
Peggy Brown, assistant to the dean of academic computing, who attended all three open campus sessions, said, "I think all three candidates had very different personalities, experience and management styles. It will be difficult to evaluate these candidates."
Augustine said everyone who attended the meetings scheduled throughout the day had until 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to return the evaluations to 1201 Blair Hall. After all the evaluation forms have been collected, the committee will comprise the comments into a report with a recommendation for hire for President Bill Perry by March 9.
"We hope to have named the new vice president for business affairs by April 1."
Chrusciel said if he were given the position he would plan to retire from Eastern.
"Which should give me another 30 years," he joked.
Krystal Moya can be reached at 581-7942 or at ksmoya@eiu.edu.
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