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Show Business Community Takes Advantage of "Showcase"Seminar by Mari Herold Forum staff writer business community, from local employers to Westminster alumni and MBA students. This seminar is our commitment to the growth of the local business community, and it gives us the opportunity to showcase Westminster and the Gore School of Business, he said. The program covers such topics as employment law, benefits in the 90s, work force diversity issues and performance management It is designed to provide specific instruction in many human resource areas related to personnel manV While the $450 registration fee may. prove to be a deterrent for many of Westminsters undergraduates, the response from the local business community to the second Westminster Institute of HumanResourceManagementseminarhas been excellent, according to James Seidel-maGore School of Business Dean. A number of people have dropped by the office to comment on the first session, n. The said Seidelman. seminar sponsored by Westminster College and the Human Resource Network is geared toward entry-levto professionals working in the human resource areas of their companies. Seidelman said this type of seminar atfrom the local tracts a wide cross-sectio- n mid-managem- el V four-pa- rt t ii v 4 t i agement Professionals from private, public and non-prof- it organizations will speak on the various aspects of the changing human resources climate. Human resource management techniques are continually being altered and "fr ft I ( N flu a a updated. Seidelman said he would like this training program to continue to be current and timely in order to reflect these changes. We will continue this on a yearly basis as long as it is successful, he said. The seminar will be conducted on Oct. 3,10 and 17 on the Westminster campus in the Gore Auditorium. Gary Hart Thought He Had It Bad ... When a is are selected for universities each (CPS) university president embroiled in scandal, it seems to stun the campus community like nothing else can. In a recent survey ranking prestige in jobs, the American public ranked college presidents just below doctors and above astronauts, according to the University of four-ye- ar Chicagos National Opinion Research Center. Since 1988, the nations community has endured a rash of scandals involving college presidents who have, in one sense or another, lost the confidence of students or peers enough to be ousted from office. Considering 300 to 400 college presidents if it II larj & oors . year, the number is quite low, but when a president falls, particularly a beloved one, shock waves can reverberate for years. In the midst of allegations and accusations, a question is hotly debated: are university presidents judged by a higher standard than other public officials? Most educators say yes. A college president becomes the image of the institution he or she serves, said James B. Applebcrry, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. If the image in tarnished, there is rarely a way for public to separate the president from the college or university. After a campus scandal, beleaguered officials must scramble to clean up the mess. Often they are left to deal with a demoralized, split campus, not to mention a severe leadership crisis and damaged community relations. Presidential misbehavior, particularly involving sexual improprieties, is often fair game for tabloids and television programs such as Hard Copy and A Current Affair, which drag the entire event into the national limelight. Such was the recent case of Robert Altman, 45, the articulate, high-profiUniversity of Central Florida president whose penchant for massage services on trips brought about the demise of his presidency. Altman, popular with the student body, was asked to step down in June after detailed reports of his trips appeared in a le j -- I BEFORE TRUSTING YOUR FUTURE TO ANY COMPANY, ASIC FOR SOME LETTERS OF REFERENCE. out-of-to- newspaper. of public trust, said Dr. Charles Reed, chancellor of the state university system of Florida. Yes, we are judged and held to a higher standard than any other position in public trust. Although there was sympathy for Altmans situation, students were realistic. It was really sad because he had a lot going for him and he blew it all, said Jamie Carte, editor of The Central Florida Future. While Altman was a highly visible case, d other presidents, often colorful and figures, have made headlines as well: M. Richard Rose, Rochester Institute of Technology, announced his retirement after controversy over his ties with the TTiese are positions more than just your savings You puta retirement company. 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