Save the secretary of Foreign Languages at the U of Toledo
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We, the undersigned, urge the administration of the University of Toledo to reinstate the position of secretary in the Department of Foreign Languages. Just a few of the reasons follow:
Eliminating the position of secretary of Foreign Languages would negatively affect student retention and cause loss of revenue to the university.
During the academic year 2010-2011 alone, 3000 students studied a language offered by the department (approximately 18\% of all students enrolled on the Main Campus).
The department includes 50 instructorsmore than any undergraduate program at UT other than English.
The numbers of students and faculty are too great for another departments staff to absorb with any kind of efficiency.
The study of foreign languages and cultures is essential to successful business endeavors in the 21st century.
To achieve world peace requires understanding of other cultures; no other area of study furthers that mutual comprehension and respect more than the area of languages and cultures.
Eliminating the position of secretary of Foreign Languages would hamper the departments academic mission immeasurably.
Without a secretary, no department can be viable or vibrant. Without a viable Department of Foreign Languages, the University of Toledo would be lacking in its commitment to create an environment that values and fosters diversity, and provide services that meet students' and regional needs and be a global resource and the partner of choice for education.
Eliminating the position of secretary of Foreign Languages would negatively affect student retention and cause loss of revenue to the university.
During the academic year 2010-2011 alone, 3000 students studied a language offered by the department (approximately 18\% of all students enrolled on the Main Campus).
The department includes 50 instructorsmore than any undergraduate program at UT other than English.
The numbers of students and faculty are too great for another departments staff to absorb with any kind of efficiency.
The study of foreign languages and cultures is essential to successful business endeavors in the 21st century.
To achieve world peace requires understanding of other cultures; no other area of study furthers that mutual comprehension and respect more than the area of languages and cultures.
Eliminating the position of secretary of Foreign Languages would hamper the departments academic mission immeasurably.
Without a secretary, no department can be viable or vibrant. Without a viable Department of Foreign Languages, the University of Toledo would be lacking in its commitment to create an environment that values and fosters diversity, and provide services that meet students' and regional needs and be a global resource and the partner of choice for education.
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22 December 2015
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Michelle D
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It is important that you realize that the English dept. secretary that is to also cover this position is already responsible for more than a single workload in her current post. I cannot imagine how she, even as industrious and hardworking as she is, coul
15 December 2015
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3 December 2015
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Russ K
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it's mind boggling that anyone is a position of responsibility could suggest a termination of such a critical position to student success. Had any of these people in power actually taken the time to understand the inner workings of ANY of the departments
2 December 2015
13 November 2015
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Vicky F
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It is imperative that Dawn LePla remain as the Foreign Language secretary. Her expertise in the department as well as her skills are irreplaceable. Mrs. LePla serves a large department which will suffer greatly without her there to assist all the staff me
5 November 2015
388.
An Chungc
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Saving the secretary position means saving a position of student-centered service, which leads to better student retention.
5 November 2015
3 November 2015
386.
Burley C
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A university department is like a human body that needs a central heart to be sensitive to its ongoing concerns and respond to them to maintain a living homeostasis. The secretary is that heart.
31 October 2015
31 October 2015
25 October 2015
383.
Suzanne H
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I am a former grad student and local foreign language teacher. Eliminating the secretary position for this department is lunacy. No dept. at a university should be without a full-time secretary to serve the students, faculty as well as the public-at-large
25 October 2015
18 October 2015
381.
Deborah Mcgeem
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sad development for all parties: For the hard-working employee to lose her position in this economy, for the administrator in English to have to take on a whole other distinct department, for the fl department to lose their central hub and advocate and ul
12 October 2015
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