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Peter Garland. “Some of the people who fought hardest for
the principles gulped hard when they saw how the changes
would affect their universities.”
Turning ideas like these into reality takes time, and plenty
of it. Hample estimates she works about 15 hours a day, six
days a week, as well as five to seven hours on Sundays. In
addition to answering hundreds of emails each day – she’s
best known for the ones she sends at 2 a.m. – making phone
calls, and signing documents, she also spends time conducting
meetings, resolving conflicts, and working on special projects.
The primary responsibility of the chancellor, however, has
been to lead the organization through policy development
and implementation.
After all of that, “she still has the energy for fundraising
and to go out in the evening with advancement people,” said
Jim Dillon, PASSHE’s vice chancellor for administration
and finance.
Hample, 60, doesn’t care to be classified as a “workaholic”;
but, she admits, “I am sort of dedicated to my work.” She
added, “I’m divorced with no children. I work hard because
I want to, not because I have to.”
As dedicated as she is to her job, higher education isn’t
the only thing she gets excited about. Staff members in
Pennsylvania say she has an incredible sense of humor
that sometimes spilled over into the boardroom. And she
splashed her personality across her office like a palette full
of watercolors: Tiffany-style lamps; abstract art; sculpture
and mementos from her travels; a prized football from Super
Bowl XXX, signed by all of the Dallas Cowboys; a photo
of Mick Jagger taken by Hample herself at a concert she
attended.
When she isn’t hard at work behind
her desk inside George Washington Hall,
hosting guests at historic Brompton, or
shaking hands with alumni and community members,
Hample likely will be found breathing in the campus air
and all that comes with it – talking to students, getting to
know faculty members, cheering on the Eagles.
At a time in her life when she could be slowing down
professionally – even considering the comforts of retirement
– she’s invigorated by her new job.
“As I contemplate what will be the last phase of my career,”
she said, “my true and first love has always been a campus
environment, and the love of students and learning.” d
JUDY HAMPLE’S
TOP TEN
Favorite book:
anything by John Steinbeck
or Alexander Pope
Favorite playwright:
Eugene O’Neill
Favorite music:
rock ‘n’ roll – The Rolling
Stones, Pink Floyd, Elvis
(she also likes jazz and opera)
Favorite movie:
The Caine Mutiny with
Humphrey Bogart
Favorite season of the year:
fall, because of the changing
leaves and the beginning
of football season
Favorite football team:
Dallas Cowboys
Favorite flavor of ice cream:
chocolate
Favorite type of cuisine:
French or Thai
Favorite leisure activity:
reading, or driving in a convertible
Favorite type of art:
abstract expressionist, especially
works by Jackson Pollock and
Willem de Kooning
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