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McKernie pleased with new job
In May, 1984, University Theatre director
Grant McKernie made a major career decision,
one he had been struggling with for much of the
past year: He accepted the position of speech
department head for the University.. .a job
which entails administrating not only speech, but
the film, telecommunications and theater areas of
study as well.
At the time McKernie. 41, had taught at the
University for four years. During that period he
directed several plays, and helped write the im
mensely popular musical fantasy “The Last
Dragon” (a presentation which grossed more
money for University Theatre than any other pro
duction in 15 years.)
McKernie says that he loves teaching and
working with students, and calls it “the most im
portant part of my professional life. ”
In turn, he anticipated his new job as ad
ministrator with trepidation. Now he's discoved
his hesitation was unfounded.
While he says he looked forward to working
closely with the speech department faculty and
staff — he calls them “truly exceptional” — he
was concerned that the new position would im
pose upon his time and efforts as the theater
director and as a (highly regarded) professor.
In addition, he foresaw the administrative
chore of having to cut programs in what he calls
“a world of contracting resources.”
Now, six months later, McKernie has moved
his books and easy chair from a quiet, cozy office
on the second floor of Villard Hall to an airy,
more spacious room off the speech department of
fice (The University can’t give you more money
so they give you a bigger office, he jests).
He’s discovered that he enjoys the office,
and, to his (somewhat mild) astonishment, the
job that goes along with it.
"The biggest surprise is that 1 really like it,”
McKernie says of his position. “I assumed it
would be one headache after another.”
Not so. While there are “always problems”
McKernie says, there haven’t been an excessive
number of headaches. He credits the speech
department staff for making his new job “a very
special experience.”
He continues to teach, but only halftime —
one graduate and two undergraduate theater
courses. McKernie remains as theater director
and is currently writing a play with others in the
department, in the collaborative style of “The
Last Dragon.”
McKernie says he’s recently clarified the
goals for his new job. Mainly he hopes to increase
the amount of resources for the faculty, and to im
prove the faculty and equipment that’s currently
available.
He also hopes to make people on campus
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Grant McKemie
aware of the status of the speech department. “‘I
want to build an understanding in the University
community that we (speech, theater and telecom
munication and film) are one department. We are
one and we have common goals. I want to com
municate that sense of unity,” he says.
“1 think this is going to be a very exciting
year for University Theatre," McKemie says.
Coming from the theater realm of the department,
McKernie has a special place in his work for it. "I
really do believe that the theater area can benefit
from my taking this position,” he says, "because
1 will have the opportunity to seek out financial
resources; something that 1 tend not to do as
director of theater that automatically 1 will do as
head of speech.”
McKemie hopes that increased attendance at
University Theatre productions and the conse
quential money gained, will enable the theater to
update its equipment, and at the same time allow
for the set and costume designers to more fully
"explore ideas.”
As with many department heads, money for
his department and its several areas is obviously a
weighty issue in McKemie’s mind. "There are
always continuing problems,” he says, adding
that there are usually never easy solutions
available for many of them. "We’re understaffed
and underfunded,” he says. “And now it’s my
problem. I’m very aware of it."
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