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15-October-1996 
 
96370                      College News 
 
                         by Julian Shipp 
 
WOOSTER, Ohio--R. Stanton Hales was installed as the 10th president in the 
130-year history of The College of Wooster Sept. 7. Hales was elected 
president of Wooster in March 1996. He had been serving as acting president 
and as vice president for academic affairs. He succeeded Henry Copeland, 
who had been president of the college for 18 years. 
 
DECATUR, Ill.--Millikin University is rated the best value among Midwestern 
liberal arts colleges, according to the annual ranking of  "America's best 
colleges" by "U.S. News & World Report" magazine. Best value rankings were 
devised to provide a realistic measure of where students can get the best 
education for the money, the magazine said in an article prepared for its 
Sept. 23 issue. Rankings were determined by an analysis of statistical 
information supplied by the institution and academic reputation as 
determined by a survey of college officials. Data analysis evaluated 
student selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources, retention rate 
and alumni financial contributions to the school. 
 
CLARKSVILLE, Ark.--Remodeling Dobson Memorial Library into the Mabee 
Administration Building has begun on the campus of the University of the 
Ozarks. A $735,000 contract for the remodeling work was signed in August. 
When the building is completed in late December, it will house all 
administrative buildings in one campus location. The remodeling work is 
being done by Nabholz Construction Company of Conway, Ark., and was 
designed by Blass, Chilcote, Carter, Gaskin, Bogart and Norcross. Both 
companies have been involved in the construction of two new campus 
buildings and renovations of two other buildings as part of the Bridging 
the Centuries Campaign, which has raised more than $17 million. 
 
WAYNESBURG, Pa.--John T. Cusick Jr., senior vice president of Davenport & 
Company of Virginia, Inc., Richmond, Va., is the newly elected chair of the 
Waynesburg College board of trustees. Cusick, a 1962 alumnus of the 
college, has been a member of the Waynesburg College board since September 
1990, and served as vice chair during 1995-96. During his tenure on the 
board, he has served on several committees, including the Student Services 
Committee, Audit Committee, Presidential Evaluation Committee, Executive 
Committee, and the Academic Matters Committee, which he chaired during 
1995-96. 
 
SITKA, Alaska--Sheldon Jackson College announced Sept. 13 the resignation 
of Dr. Mary Lou Madden as provost of the college. Madden came to Sheldon 
Jackson College from the Alaska Commission on Post Secondary Education and 
has served as college provost for more than two years.  Madden stated that 
she was leaving to pursue other career options. Dr. Kenneth Cameron, 
college president, wished Madden the best and said that the college will 
begin an immediate search for a senior academic administrator to replace 
Madden. Cameron stated that he "looked forward to continuing and building 
upon Dr. Madden's successes." 

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