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‘ NEWPRESlDENTDF . . I lli.P.'aE.¥|. ANNOUNCED on MONDAY .
The next president of the .University of Prince Edward' island has finally been cho- sen after months of postpon- ment. The Board of Governors approved the appointment of Dr. Peter P.M. Meincke Monday, Sept. l2. The appointment was made upon the recommendation, of the Search-for-the-Presi- dent Committe made up of members from both the Senate and the Board of Governors. The two students on the Com- mittee were Charles DesRoches_ and Mike McKenna.
. At a press conference Tues- day, Dr. Meincke said that
he planned to start a major drive on scholarship funds when he takes office in June of I978. He felt this was needed to help compensate for the increasing cost of attend- ing universities.
lNCREASE lN FEES
Dr. Meincke blamed the in- creasing fees on the decreas-
ing enrollment at universities.
He believes the decreaSing enrollment reflects the kind of person nOw registering at universities. High schools pressuring students to go
to university caused the peak registration figures of a few years ago, he explained. Stu- dents no longer see a univer- sity degree as an instant job. Those who were after jobs have now gone into other areas of study such as com- munity colleges. Students are now more interested in self- betterment.
Dr. Meinke also expressed concern about keeping in touch with the Island com-' munity. It is his opinion that universities must be more closely linked with their surrounding communities than they are now.”UPEl is i doing a better job at this - than most,” he said.
COLLAGE HELPFUL
When asked whether he thought a veterinarian col- lege would change this, Dr. Meincke said it would not. It would, instead, help the university by giving it a professional school. He also explained that a vet. school would not be so big as to change dramatically the size of the university.
This facet of UPE! was attributed to its size. Dr. Meincke said that the char- acter of a university changes dramatically between
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.DR. MEINCKE
an enrollment of one-two
thousand. UPEI is the best size for a university.
Dr. Meincke, a Winnipeg native where he was born in 1936, recieved a B.Sc. in Engineering Physics at Queens University. He con- tinued his student academic career up to I963 when he earned his doctorate in low temperature physics at the University of Toronto.
V‘lCE—PROVOST'
The President-Designate has been a Vice-Provost in charge of seven professional faculties at the University
of Toronto for four years and~
an associate Dean at Erindale College in Mississauga. At the moment, he is a professor of Physics at University of Toronto as well as being on the staff of Erindale College and of the Centre for Culture and Technology.
NOTED PHYS'lClST‘
During his career as an academecian, Dr. Meincke has authored or co-authored more than thirty articles in the field of Physics.
Dr. Meincke was responsible
for the introduction and de- _
'velopment of a computer-asr> sisted learning system now
in use at all,three campuses of the University of Toronto, in various disciplines. He has chaired numerous commit- tees and task forces there, in such areas as Environment- al Studies, the Library, Em- ployment Conditions of Women Faculty and Administrative Information services. He’
is a member of the Board of Governors of Ryerson Poly- technical institution. He
is married and has a son, aged l8, and a daughter,
aged l5.
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Dr: Peter P.M. Meincke, the next president of UPEI, was
only one of six presidential
candidates. These six were picked from approximately one hundred applicants. One of the other five was Dr. James F.V. Millar, an arch-
aeologist from the University
' of Saskatchewan. Although he
was one of the three “final- ists” for the job, he was the
' first cut of these. The‘Search
Committee expressed doubt whether a person with a 7 strong personality such as
Dr. Millar's would be aCCept-.
Ars EXPLAINED '
Last spring students at UPEI voted in favour ofibe- coming members of the Atlan- tic Federation of Students (AFS). Consequently $l.00 of the $h6.00 Student ‘Union fee goes directly to the, Federation.
AFS is an organization of post-secondary institutions in the Atlantic region whose primary purpose is to improve the quality 6f education for
' all students. Membership is Comprised of all students. Membership is comprised of' . all students at institutions who, through a referendum, .have voted to become mem- bers.
While AFS does have a full-time staff-person who acts as co-ordinator and, when required, field worker ' and an eXecutive elected by' the membership, the respon- ‘sibility for the overall
‘Jccess lies with each stu- dent’on eacH campus.-This is of primary importance for
if the federatiOn is to be- expected to represent the
student population of the region it must have the full Support of the students it represents. Though AFS is going through - a stage of re-organization and growth, tremendous work is being done on all aspects of student life. w' Major interests of the federation\include student aid, tuition increases, em-
uployment opportunities and ' cutbacks of all types.
By uniting efforts, stu- dents will be able‘to effec- tively work together to pro- duce an educational system I -which will best c0mplement their‘needs.