  urlLink Provost of Southampton College Daniel J. Rodas Reporter Clara Jablonski: "What happens next? " Daniel Rodas: "The change is to better serve the educational needs of the students and faculty but in a new location. The new undergraduate core curriculum will go forward as a separate curriculum, but at our C.W. Post campus in Brookville. We will have housing there for the first-year students. Although housing at the Brookville campus is limited, off-campus housing options are being explored. Students will still apply to Southampton College and receive their degrees from Long Island University at graduation. The graduate programs in English and Education offered at the college will remain at the Southampton campus, as well as the writing program, which has included professors Roger Rosenblatt and Jules Feiffer. Long Island University Public Radio, WLIU, will continue to broadcast from its present location on campus. These programs do no require the same level of support services as the undergraduate programs. There are a number of options for the future of the marine program facilities and discussions are ongoing.
We continue to talk with the Parrish Art Museum who leased nine acres of land from the college to create a privately-funded, state-of-the-art facility. We are actively working with the faculty and staff who will be affected by these changes, and have invited the undergraduate faculty from Southampton to teach at C.W. Post. We are committed to achieving the best possible outcomes in a very difficult situation.
My role is to support this transition and help the students meet their needs. On June 17, we had an open meeting with the students, Charles Hitchcock, Dean of College, and Paul Forestell, the Faculty Chair. The students voiced their concerns. In the first 24 hour period, the student reaction was one of surprise and support for the college and each other. We assured them that their financial aid awards would be preserved. The overwhelming response of the students is "how can I help? " There is a lot to do. We already have started construction on the $10 million Bishop-Burke Library Learning Center. The exterior will be completed, but the interior will remain incomplete for now. There were other planned projects in the building program, including a 65,000 square foot recreational center, new marine science facilities, and renovations for the dormitories and student union that will be discontinued.
And there are a lot of other things to deal with. There have been concerns raised in regard to the allocation of funds from the college's summer fundraiser. In the past, money raised at the All for the Sea benefits has been used to provide scholarship support for students and that will again be the case for this year's All for the Sea 2004 Rod Stewart concert on August 23.
The unfortunate reality is that it is expensive to run a quality institution. This is a private tuition-dependent college, not a state-run university, and like other institutions, there is an increase in cost over time. Southampton College has utilized resources wisely and prudently, and this is no fault of anyone's. Our ultimate goal is to continue to best serve our students.
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