Spring Break
Pohl takes new position in COBA
Emily Gregory-Lott
Issue date: 1/26/07 Section: NEWS
After serving as president of NT for six years, Norval Pohl is back at the university this semester as a professor teaching in the College of Business Adminstration.
Pohl first came to NT as provost and vice president of academic affairs in 1999 after serving as the dean of the College of Business and Economics at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Victor Prybutok, regents director of the information technology and decision sciences department, said that it has not been difficult for him to adjust to Pohl as a fellow faculty member instead of president.
"He's a very nice person, very approachable," Prybutok said. "[Pohl is an] accomplished academic. He's not like a new professor."
Pohl said he has not told his students that he is the former president of the university, and while some of them probably know, many do not. Adjusting to being a teacher is different, he said.
"It's really allowing me to see what a new employee goes through as a faculty member, what they need to get and do," Pohl said.
In the time since Pohl has worked as a teacher, the technology used in the department has changed, said Jay Jayakumar of the COBA faculty.
"We use Excel now, for example, but I think he's doing fine," Jayakumar said. "Once you have taught classes, it comes back."
Since he remains at NT, Pohl will get to see some of the long-term effects of his presidency.
"We'll see more of a residential campus," Pohl said, speaking of the new honors dorm and two more dorms to be built in the fall.
According to an Oct. 7, 2005 Daily article, Pohl and other administrators were faced with a lawsuit after 12 professors were denied tenure. Both Prybutok and Jayakumar said the lawsuit has probably not affected how other faculty members approach him.
"I think more people think [Pohl] just happened to be there taking the punches," Jayakumar said.
Pohl resigned as president Aug. 31, 2006, handing the title to Gretchen Bataille.
"She's very energetic and has a vision which she is going to take the university toward," Pohl said. "I think we're going to develop more as a research facility and have more of an outreach focus."
Pohl first came to NT as provost and vice president of academic affairs in 1999 after serving as the dean of the College of Business and Economics at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Victor Prybutok, regents director of the information technology and decision sciences department, said that it has not been difficult for him to adjust to Pohl as a fellow faculty member instead of president.
"He's a very nice person, very approachable," Prybutok said. "[Pohl is an] accomplished academic. He's not like a new professor."
Pohl said he has not told his students that he is the former president of the university, and while some of them probably know, many do not. Adjusting to being a teacher is different, he said.
"It's really allowing me to see what a new employee goes through as a faculty member, what they need to get and do," Pohl said.
In the time since Pohl has worked as a teacher, the technology used in the department has changed, said Jay Jayakumar of the COBA faculty.
"We use Excel now, for example, but I think he's doing fine," Jayakumar said. "Once you have taught classes, it comes back."
Since he remains at NT, Pohl will get to see some of the long-term effects of his presidency.
"We'll see more of a residential campus," Pohl said, speaking of the new honors dorm and two more dorms to be built in the fall.
According to an Oct. 7, 2005 Daily article, Pohl and other administrators were faced with a lawsuit after 12 professors were denied tenure. Both Prybutok and Jayakumar said the lawsuit has probably not affected how other faculty members approach him.
"I think more people think [Pohl] just happened to be there taking the punches," Jayakumar said.
Pohl resigned as president Aug. 31, 2006, handing the title to Gretchen Bataille.
"She's very energetic and has a vision which she is going to take the university toward," Pohl said. "I think we're going to develop more as a research facility and have more of an outreach focus."
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Don King
posted 1/26/07 @ 12:29 PM CST
Didn't you guys cover this two semesters ago? Get with the program guys this is old news! Pohl back in the classroom...duh!
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