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Krauss to plan increase in staff
The provost plans to seek the help of professionals in the art world when recruiting prospective candidates.
by Alana Abramson
Staff writer
News | 11/3/09
Posted online at 2:44 AM EST on 11/3/09
Provost Marty Krauss said in an interview with the Justice that she is currently working on a plan to increase staffing at the Rose in an effort to implement the recommendations in the Committee on the Future of the Rose Art Museum's final report.
"I'm going to have some discussions with various professionals in the art field to get their recommendations about what kinds of people would be the kind of people we would want to recruit," she said.
The CFRAM was formed March 3 by Provost Marty Krauss with the intention of providing recommendations to the administration on the integration of the Rose Art Museum into the educational and cultural mission of the University.
The committee released its final report Sept. 22, in which it recommended that the museum remain open as a public art museum while simultaneously increasing its integration into the University.
Prof. Jerry Samet (PHIL), the chair of the committee, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that he viewed an increase in the museum staff as the committee's primary recommendation to the administration.
"Many of our recommendations in the report cannot be implemented or managed with the current depleted staff," he explained.
The Rose staff currently consists of Roy Dawes, director of museum operations; Valerie Wright, the collection manager; and Karina Sheerin, director of financial control, budgeting and analysis. Michael Rush, the former director of the Rose; Emily Mello, the former director of education; and Jay Knox, the former administrator, are no longer working at the museum.
Dawes said in an interview with the Justice that he viewed an increased number of staff as imperative. He particularly stressed the need for a director of education.
Krauss also said the Board of Trustees discussed the CFRAM's final report at their Academic Affairs meeting.
Samet wrote in his e-mail to the Justice that he summarized the report during the meeting and stressed the need for the museum's integration into the University on a larger scale.
"I'm going to have some discussions with various professionals in the art field to get their recommendations about what kinds of people would be the kind of people we would want to recruit," she said.
The CFRAM was formed March 3 by Provost Marty Krauss with the intention of providing recommendations to the administration on the integration of the Rose Art Museum into the educational and cultural mission of the University.
The committee released its final report Sept. 22, in which it recommended that the museum remain open as a public art museum while simultaneously increasing its integration into the University.
Prof. Jerry Samet (PHIL), the chair of the committee, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that he viewed an increase in the museum staff as the committee's primary recommendation to the administration.
"Many of our recommendations in the report cannot be implemented or managed with the current depleted staff," he explained.
The Rose staff currently consists of Roy Dawes, director of museum operations; Valerie Wright, the collection manager; and Karina Sheerin, director of financial control, budgeting and analysis. Michael Rush, the former director of the Rose; Emily Mello, the former director of education; and Jay Knox, the former administrator, are no longer working at the museum.
Dawes said in an interview with the Justice that he viewed an increased number of staff as imperative. He particularly stressed the need for a director of education.
Krauss also said the Board of Trustees discussed the CFRAM's final report at their Academic Affairs meeting.
Samet wrote in his e-mail to the Justice that he summarized the report during the meeting and stressed the need for the museum's integration into the University on a larger scale.
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