He has written a prize-winning textbook and more than fifty journal articles, and he has a patent from his research on energy conversion technology. The campus community is holding meetings to discuss a committee recommendation to establish sophomore-year rush. A committee of students, alumni, faculty and staff has recommended that, beginning with the Class of 2004, first-year students should not participate in rush or pledging. It also suggested establishing a committee to implement the change, and a review after five years. Admissions has exceeded its goals for new students and transfers with 545 freshmen and 39 transfers.
Academic indicators are comparable with last year's.
One in five have a legacy connection. This fall, the College welcomes 18 new faculty members. His interests include corporate finance, financial institutions, regulation, investments and health care finance. Ryan Balot, visiting assistant professor of classics, earned both his master's and Ph.D. in classics from Princeton, and bachelor's degrees from Oxford University and the University of North Carolina. His interests include Greek and Roman history and historiography, Greek political philosophy and ancient Greek novel.