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But who will tuck us in at night?! Photo via barnard.edu
Dean Denburg, we barely knew ye! “DD” has been Dean of Barnard for seventeen years, but became a part of the Columbia psyche (because she got a nickname) with a sort of tiresome sub-plot in V116. As of July 1st, Dean Denburg will become Vice President of Barnard College Relations to focus on the relationship between students and alum. Denburg is herself a BC alum; she graduated in 1970. Double D will continue to serve as Dean until a new one is appointed, and will continue to teach her first-year seminar. Read the whole email below, in which Denburg assures us that she isn’t leaving, but merely “changing hats.” Phew!
Dear Students,
I want to share with you some important news. After serving for seventeen years as Dean of the College, President Spar has asked me to assume a new role that will allow me to focus more fully on the connection between Barnard students and alumnae. I am excited to be taking on the position of Vice President for College Relations, effective July 1. As VP for College Relations, I will oversee Alumnae Affairs and Career Development, work closely with all of our Pre-College Programs, and help with follow-through on our global initiatives.
Being your Dean has been a privilege, something I will always cherish. You are remarkable young women and I am immensely proud of who you are and what you do. The relationships that I have had with several decades of Barnard students are very dear to me. So please note, I am not going anywhere, I am simply changing hats. I will continue to work on programs and planning, now with the goal of linking our alumnae to our students, and our students to our alumnae. Of course, I will serve as Dean until a new dean is appointed, and will advise students and teach a first-year seminar in my new role.
I look forward to seeing you in the fall semester and engaging with each and every one of you in my new position as VP of College Relations. You’ll know where to find me, I promise. And, of course, I will always know where to find you.
Have a wonderful summer and I’ll see you in September.
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@writers bwog, do a thing on this: http://news.columbia.edu/home/2055
@anon is anything to go by, Barnard is probably better off without DD as dean
@... the economy sucks. they want a familiar face with a proven track record harassing alumni to try and give new graduates heading into a crappy economy a leg up. it’s a good thing, they’re thinking.
@Anon So let me get this straight…. President Spar asked Dean Denburg to step down and created a new job for her, a position that Barnard had survived hundreds of years without? Sounds like a demotion to me.
@Anonymous You forget why the board of trustees brought in a Harvard B-School dean as pres. in the first place.
@Anonymous Dean Denburg is a true Dean — concerned, dedicated, and compassionate. Whatever she does will be successful.
@Anonymous Villain? That’s harsh – she’s no villain and the V-show is irrelevant.
@UHM... No one cares? it’s barnarddd?
@Anonymous SHUT YO GOTDAMN MOUTH MUFUCKA!!!!!
@incorrect I believe it’s called the barnyard…
@... Did anyone else find the line “of course, I will always know where to find you” absolutely frightening?
@LMAO RUN.
THEFUCK.
AWAY.
@You know the V-show was good When the villain steps down in real life, and they still implement her programs.
@eesh isn’t that kind of awkward? she mentions spar asked her to switch…AAWK
@Anonymous So is this a promotion, lateral move, or demotion?
@Anonymous So what happened to the former VP?
@bc10 it’s a new position, so she’s not actually replacing anyone
@Wait Shouldn’t it be Triple D, for Dean Dorothy Denburg?
@Yeah, it probably should be “DDD,” but then you lose the bra size pun. Oh well.
@but DDD is also a bra size…
@dean denburg will always be my dean
@Zomg: Wait, soooo…who’s the new Dean of Barnard?
@Eliza They haven’t announced one yet; DD will continue to serve as Dean until a replacement is named.
@Wow Barnard is just like the points on Whose Line…it doesn’t matter!