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AROUND THE QUADSTransitionsSHAPIRO: Judith Shapiro will step down as Barnard College president at the end of the 2007–08 academic year after 14 years in that position. “Fourteen years is a long run on Broadway — or, for that matter, in any college or university,” she wrote in a statement. “The timing is right for this transition. ... We have arrived at a place where Barnard is among the strongest colleges in the country, and the most sought-after women’s college.” During Shapiro’s tenure, Barnard’s applications rose from 2,734 to a record 4,599 and its selectivity rate dropped from 55 percent to 25 percent. WALTON: Keith Walton, e.v.p. and University secretary, resigned effective March 7 after more than 10 years with the University. “Keith has been a valuable member of Columbia’s senior staff,” said President Lee C. Bollinger, “and he has renewed and invigorated trustee governance in accordance with the best practices throughout the country.” HORVATH: Albert Horvath, Columbia’s e.v.p. for finance and CFO, will leave the University this summer to become the v.p. for finance and business at Penn State, his alma mater. Horvath, who oversaw the launch of the current $4 billion Columbia Campaign and the endowment’s steady rise to its current level of $6 billion. ALUMNI OFFICE: Eleanor Coufos ’03, ’06 TC joined the alumni office on April 16 as associate director of donor relations. Previously, Coufos was associate director of planning and administration at the Center for Career Education, where she oversaw all aspects of the implementation of an online dossier service. She served on the Columbia College participation plan committee, the e-community subgroup and, more recently, as a team member of Columbia Career Connections. Ashaki Charles also joined the alumni office on April 16, as a development officer. As an undergraduate at SUNY-Geneseo, where she earned her degree in communications and English, Charles assisted with fundraising activities in the alumni and parent office. Following graduation, she worked at publishers McGraw-Hill, Pearson/Prentice Hall and John Wiley & Sons Publishers in research and marketing.
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