To the editor,
I am extremely saddened to find that English lecturers Jura Avizienis and Margaret Reimer, favorite staff members of mine and many of my friends, found themselves without renewed contracts last week. It appears that in order to eradicate the position of lecturer, the English department will move forward without these valued faculty members rather than offering them longer-term positions. Despite faculty and student praise, since Avizienis and Reimer would enter their fortified ranks without meeting tenure requirements, the department conveniently believes that these dear lectures aren’t worth their positive contributions. I do hope that department chairs Bud McGrath and Jane Kuenz, as well as dean Devinder Malhotra and provost Mark Lapping will reconsider this ill-advised move forward.
With the deepest concern,
Alex Steed
Alumnus