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Volume 7, Issue 25
Plus SOUTH MOUNTAINEER
April 26,1994
Dean listens to his customers by living
down the hall
By ROBERT W. FISHER
Writers" Group
When Jim Schmotter,
dean of the College of
Business and Economics,
comes home after a long day
of curriculum meetings and
budget battles, there's always
someone waiting up. Or
maybe 100 people.
After hours, Schmotter is
faculty master of Taylor
Residential College, an
undergraduate living unit
that blends intellectual
stimulation, cultural events
and close faculty contact with
the usual camaraderie of
residence hall life. While
most business professors
these days preach the
importance of listening to the
customer, Schmotter not only
practices it, he lives it with
the 150 students in Taylor.
"I wanted to get to know
the place better," says
Schmotter, who came to
Lehigh two years ago from
Cornell's Johnson Graduate
School of Management and
moved into the spartan-
faculty suite in Taylor last
August. "After 14 years
working exclusively with'
graduate students, I saw it as
a way of getting back in
touch with undergraduates'
lives."
So the.screen door on the
suite Schmotter shares (on
weekends) with his wife,
Daphne Jameson, a professor
at Cornell, slams often as
students stop by to chat or to
pet their cats, Nicholas and
Nigel. Taylor residents might
come by to see an inning of
basesball or for a study
break, complete with snacks.
As the year has progressed,
both Schmotter and the
students have found it a
learning experience.
"It's given me the
opportunity for some good,
intense intellectual
discussions," says Tina
Ianozzi, a junior industrial
engineering major. "Dean
Schmotter hosted a program
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Hanging around with the dean in Taylor College: Adam Scotch (on floor), Mike Haines
(far left) Keith Tessler, Schmotter's wife Daphne Jameson, Sara King, Jennifer Sander
and Jim Schmotter.
called T.C. Stories.' We
watched a PBS show on
incidents on college
campuses, then everyone
offered different points of
view. It was very
interesting."
Adam Scotch, a
sophomore materials science
and engineering major, finds
value in programs known as
"High Juice," at which the
master invites colleagues to
meet students over juice and
snacks, and "Topical Juice," a
informal session with an
expert on a current issue.
"It's not what you learn in
the classroom, but how you
apply it once you step
outside," he says.
"I visit at least two or
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Lehigh Meets Canada
► Kim Campbell (left),former Prime Minister of Canada, talks with Gillian
Wilbur (right), '94, while Campbell was on campus for the annual Cohen
International Relations Lecture on April 19. Wilbur, as an intern with the office
of community relations, coordinated the events during Canada Week starting
April 14. Jim Harper (center) is the director of the office of community
relations.
► Bernard Cohen, '36, (center)
and Peter Likins share a light
moment with Campbell during a
reception in the University Center.
Cohen and his wife Bertha F.
Cohen founded the university
endowment for the lecture series.
Photos by MARY LIZ COLLEY
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