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Hispanic Studies professor resigns; second this yearBy Matthew Stone

Adding to a set of recent resignations, Hispanic Studies Professor Rogelio Miñana announced this week that he will not return after this semester. MiAñana will teach at Mount Holyoke College. He received tenure from Macalester last year.

MiAñana is the second Hispanic Studies professor to resign this semester. Maria Elena Cepeda, Macalesterƒ?TMs sole Latino Studies specialist, resigned last month. She is teaching at Williams College.

MiAñana, like Cepeda, cited low support for Latino Studies from a ƒ?oeminorityƒ?? of Hispanic Studies faculty for his resignation. He also noted the departure of multiple minority faculty members and the resignation of Dean of Multicultural Life Joi Lewis.

ƒ?oeI sincerely hope for a swift and vigorous response from the institution as a whole to this dismaying situation,ƒ?? MiAñana wrote Wednesday in his resignation letter.

Chairman of the Board steps down; names successor

By Eliot Brown

The chair of Macalesterƒ?TMs Board of Trustees, Mark Vander Ploeg ƒ?TM74, said he would step down as chair after six years on the job. Vander Ploeg made the announcement before the full Board at its meeting last weekend, adding that he would stay on as a Trustee. He announced that Jeffrey Larson ƒ?TM79, a Massachusetts money manager involved in Harvardƒ?TMs finances and the current co-Vice Chair, will take his place. Vander Ploeg has gradually been taking on more work at Merrill Lynch, where he serves as a vice chairman of investment banking.

Bulletin Flash: Jeanne Morales changes job; will no longer send out Bulletin Flash

By Eliot Brown

Jeanne Morales, the College Relations department coordinator who frequently e-mails the entire school with important, and some semi-important alerts, will no longer manage the Bulletin Flash. According to the Bulletin, the collegeƒ?TMs newsletter Morales edits, she is moving to the Development Office as a project research associate. Doug Stone, director of College Relations, will assume Moralesƒ?TM Bulletin Flash duties.