BY ASHIA TROIANO

In print | Published January 29, 2009

As Paury Flowers, Assistant Coordinator of Student Activities, prepares to go on maternity leave, Kelly Wilcox ’97 and Elise Garrity ­­’09 are preparing to pick up where Flowers left off. Flowers’ role in the Dean’s Office is to manage a host of campus-wide events, including most recently the ice skating trip to Penn’s Landing.

Wilcox is currently an academic advisor and the Assistant Director of Student Life, supervising programs such as the Party Associate Program, Paces Café, Parlor Parties, the Social Scene Advisory Committee, Student Wellness and the Car Authorization Committee. When Flowers leaves, Wilcox’s responsibilities will include overseeing this semester’s Large-Scale Event and Worthstock, among others. Garrity, who finished all of her graduation requirements last semester, will support Wilcox by maintaining the student activities Web site and working on hiring boards.

“More important than the tasks themselves, though, is that I’ll be learning about the philosophies that underlie the administration’s decisions,” Garrity said in an e-mail interview. “For me, this is as much an education as it is a job, and everyone in the Dean’s Office has been really helpful in that regard.”

Of the changes, Wilcox said in an e-mail interview, “Paury will be sorely missed, but she has worked extremely hard to make the transition a smooth one … I am excited to work with [Garrity] and trust that she will soon take on additional responsibilities and add invaluable perspective, creativity and knowledge.”

With the new division in authority, there will be no major changes in student activities. “We plan to continue the strong programs we have, welcome new perspectives to enhance areas that could improve and seek out new opportunities,” Wilcox said.

Flowers plans to return to Swarthmore in May. “I’m truly going to miss the fun and excitement of the spring semester,” she said in an e-mail interview. “It’s always tough but incredibly rewarding. I particularly love to see old and new student leadership working together this time of year. Depending on how agreeable my little one is, I’ll try to stop by to visit as much as I can.”

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