Video VIEW
When the football season kicks off this fall, Carrier Dome spectators will have the opportunity to review big plays, thanks to two video replay boards that are being installed in the Dome this summer. “We know our fans have wanted video boards for some time,” says Director of Athletics Jake Crouthamel. “This is another step in our continuous effort to improve the entertainment value of events in the Carrier Dome.”

The two Daktronics video boards will be permanently affixed in the northwest and southeast corners of the Dome and will feature live video, instant replay, graphics, animation, player statistics, and out-of-town scores. The video boards will also be linked to television monitors installed in the 100 and 200 sections of the end zones for fans seated below the overhangs.

The project costs more than $1 million, in addition to significant annual operating expenses. “Our investment today will provide immediate returns for our fans and the community,” Crouthamel says.

Chancellor RETIRING

After leading Syracuse University through a period of dramatic revitalization, Chancellor Kenneth A. “Buzz” Shaw has announced plans to retire from his position in August 2004. Shaw, who has guided SU since 1991, made the announcement to the Board of Trustees executive committee in April. “It’s been the greatest 13 years of my career as a president or chancellor,” says Shaw, who has nearly three decades of experience as a campus CEO. “This has been a fabulous opportunity.” Shaw will take a year’s leave of absence and then return to teach and assume other responsibilities. During his leave, he plans to develop a series of leadership activities that he’d like to teach when he returns to the classroom.

Board of Trustees Chairman Joseph O. Lampe ’53, G’55, is chairing a search committee composed of 21 members of the SU community to appoint the Chancellor’s successor. Korn/Ferry International, the world’s leading management consulting firm specializing in executive recruitment, has been hired to serve as a search consultant. “Chancellor Shaw led by example in restructuring the University during difficult times,” Lampe says. “Buzz is an outstanding leader—one who combines a keen business sense with a strong academic background.”

Under Shaw’s leadership, SU emerged from the early ’90s having withstood budget cuts of more than $60 million and the loss of some 600 jobs. Simultaneously, numerous initiatives were implemented to improve every facet of campus life. Today SU enjoys the results of these efforts—the learning environment has been transformed, facilities and technology improvements abound, services to students are more responsive, and the University has a greater national presence than ever before. The University’s endowment and fund-raising efforts have grown substantially, too.

Shaw’s accomplishments have also been recognized by the higher education community. During his tenure, Syracuse received the Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Faculty Development to Enhance Undergraduate Learning, and this year Shaw was honored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, District II, with its Chief Executive Leadership Award.

“In the coming months, I expect to intensify my efforts on behalf of the University,” Shaw says. “While much has been accomplished, much remains to be done.”

Deans NAMED
Vice Chancellor and Provost Deborah A. Freund has appointed Louise C. Wilkinson as dean of the School of Education and Mitchel Wallerstein G’72 as dean of the Maxwell School.

Wilkinson, an expert in educational psychology and in language and literacy studies, was dean of the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers and Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology. She holds Ed.M. and Ed.D. degrees in human development from Harvard. “Louise has long demonstrated her commitment to innovative, quality education,” Freund says. “I’m sure she will lead the school to further success.” She succeeds Interim Dean Emily Robertson G’81.

Wallerstein joins SU after serving for five years as vice president of the MacArthur Foundation, one of the world’s 10 largest philanthropic organizations. He has held positions with the Department of Defense, a policy think tank, and several academic institutions. He has an M.P.A. degree from Maxwell, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in political science from M.I.T. “Mitch has an impressive background,” Freund says. “He understands well all our audiences, because he has worked among them and excelled.” Wallerstein takes over for outgoing Dean John L. Palmer, who stepped down after 15 years in the post.