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Protestant Chaplain felt unappreciated by admin
by Sri Kuehnlenz
News | 11/14/06
Posted online at 5:58 AM EST on 11/14/06
Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer said the administration changed the hours in order to make them the same as the other chaplains' hours.
"I think [the reduction] was [due to] consistency," Sawyer said. "The Muslim chaplain [Imam Talal Eid] was ten hours a week and seemed to be doing fine."
Jonathan D'Oleo '08, co-president of the Brandeis Christian Fellowship, said he interpreted the administration's decision not to offer Brown-Collins the position as a way of letting her go.
"[This] is kind of a tacit way of just saying that she is not welcome in the Brandeis campus anymore," D'Oleo said.
Others seemed less sure of what prompted Brown-Collins to resign.
Eid said he didn't know Brown-Collins resigned until he read it in an e-mail after the fact.
"Until the summer, to my knowledge, everything was fine," Eid said. "So I was not really aware of what was happening."
D'Oleo said he was sad to see Brown-Collins leave Brandeis. "I really think we lost a very intelligent and devoted person, but what is done is done," he said.
The University hired Rev. Alexander Kern on an interim basis in September and made him the official chaplain last month.
"Any transition is difficult, but I think that people have dealt with it very well," Harrison said. "The new chaplain has been really receptive to new ideas and changes that need to be put in place."
"I think [the reduction] was [due to] consistency," Sawyer said. "The Muslim chaplain [Imam Talal Eid] was ten hours a week and seemed to be doing fine."
Jonathan D'Oleo '08, co-president of the Brandeis Christian Fellowship, said he interpreted the administration's decision not to offer Brown-Collins the position as a way of letting her go.
"[This] is kind of a tacit way of just saying that she is not welcome in the Brandeis campus anymore," D'Oleo said.
Others seemed less sure of what prompted Brown-Collins to resign.
Eid said he didn't know Brown-Collins resigned until he read it in an e-mail after the fact.
"Until the summer, to my knowledge, everything was fine," Eid said. "So I was not really aware of what was happening."
D'Oleo said he was sad to see Brown-Collins leave Brandeis. "I really think we lost a very intelligent and devoted person, but what is done is done," he said.
The University hired Rev. Alexander Kern on an interim basis in September and made him the official chaplain last month.
"Any transition is difficult, but I think that people have dealt with it very well," Harrison said. "The new chaplain has been really receptive to new ideas and changes that need to be put in place."
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