{"id":50710,"date":"2021-11-15T14:19:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T19:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=50710"},"modified":"2021-11-15T18:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T23:21:17","slug":"registrar-dave-detrow-to-retire-in-december-after-nearly-45-years-at-emu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/registrar-dave-detrow-to-retire-in-december-after-nearly-45-years-at-emu\/","title":{"rendered":"Registrar Dave Detrow to retire in December after nearly 45 years at EMU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As COVID lingered into the early months of 2021, <strong>Dave Detrow<\/strong> found himself in a bit of a tight spot. Plans to retire in the summer after 44 years serving Eastern Mennonite University, almost all of those as registrar, were reappraised and delayed: Leaving the institution he had served for all of his career in the midst of such uncertainty was not a good option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With fall semester looking more like semesters of the past, he looks to the calendar and sees time flying, as fast as it has in these pandemic-focused 18 months and apace with how the last 44 and half years have gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091225\/DaveDetrowsplice-registrar-1024x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091225\/DaveDetrowsplice-registrar-1024x438.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091225\/DaveDetrowsplice-registrar-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091225\/DaveDetrowsplice-registrar-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091225\/DaveDetrowsplice-registrar-1536x657.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091225\/DaveDetrowsplice-registrar-2048x876.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Dave Detrow works with students in 2017 and 2020.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;The heartbeat&#8217; of EMU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In what we know now as the last semesters of Detrow\u2019s long devotion to his profession and to EMU, he continued to earn esteem among colleagues who already loved and respected him. Setting that giant ship of EMU sailing forward into multiple COVID-time semesters meant challenges at every step to the philosophies and processes Detrow had developed and mastered over the years \u2013 the giant four-dimensional puzzle of logistics, collaboration, and communication at all phases, from class scheduling to registration, including faculty, facilities management staff, student success staff, advisors, and then finally students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathervane.org\/news-and-feature\/emu-registrar-announces-upcoming-retirement\/\">Read more on Dave Detrow in the Weather Vane.<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are going to miss Dave Detrow in ways we don\u2019t even understand,\u201d said Professor <strong>Melody Cash<\/strong>, chair of the nursing department. \u201cI am sure we can find someone to be a registrar, but no one will ever replace him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jan Kauffman<\/strong>, registrar at Goshen College, also shares a unique appreciation for Detrow. The two collaborated to bring all Mennonite college and university registrars together for a 2016 conference and their relationship has grown over many a workday and Saturday morning phone call.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have often felt that EMU was so fortunate to have such an amazingly gifted person in the role and someone who has worked tirelessly to help faculty and students,\u201d Kauffman said. \u201cDave is the heartbeat of the institution with his vast knowledge of how things work, his care and concern for students and all people, and his many many hours of service beyond what anyone even knows to keep things running smoothly and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/nrtWIKf7yTOwmGyCJxH7oodeKTUSlhUFITUv1SKHcS2pC7G71Y3ksSM4_RB2b-Wm5yfgM0Cq-MZwAANJxvLENF2jmZ-zP0k6UIcJoqzQgAVsIgCbXLFN6sctHFcXqsKDymWG4K-p\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><strong>Dave Detrow from first-year student in 1974 to his final year as registrar in 2021. His career at Eastern Mennonite University has spanned the tenure of five presidents.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Part accountant, part information technologist, part counselor&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you calculate the impact of an entire career spent with one institution? For Detrow, one measurement stands out. Before any undergraduate student is conferred a degree, Detrow carefully reviews their academic record to assure that grades, credit totals and coursework meet required standards. His personal signature on a form showing the student\u2019s academic history indicates final institutional approval that the degree should indeed be conferred. From 1982 to the present, Detrow has signed such a form for more than 10,600 undergraduates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just one measurement of the registrar\u2019s impact and influence across the university. But there are many more: One way of thinking about the registrar\u2019s role is \u201can academic accountant, keeping track of the education records of all students,\u201d says Kauffman, Detrow\u2019s colleague at Goshen College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She continues: <em>We are often the keeper and enforcer of academic policies and procedures, for example, drop\/add and withdrawal deadlines, incomplete policies, latin honors criteria, general education requirements, satisfactory academic progress, transferring of credits, transcripts, new course numbers, academic curriculum, and graduation requirements&#8230;.We assign rooms and keep an eye on enrollments. We work with many departments as they assist students: admissions, financial aid, accounting, athletics, academic success center, retention, academic dean and provost offices, and student life. We help with new student orientation and summer advising. Most importantly we confer degrees and award diplomas. <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detrow sees the registrar\u2019s role as \u201cpart accountant, part information technologist, and part counselor,\u201d and sometimes more one than the other. \u201cFor example, there is a certain way to tell a student that they need to take this class instead of that class, or that your graduation at the end of this semester depends on you choosing this path or that path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping this intricate system working smoothly is dependent on many others, Detrow says. \u201cIt\u2019s not good enough to just get along,\u201d he says. \u201cWe want everything to function smoothly, and people in my position cannot help to make that happen without good people on the other end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those \u201cgood people\u201d include advisors, deans and faculty across all disciplines, and facilities management staff. \u201cThat\u2019s part of what makes it so fun, and that\u2019s probably why I\u2019m here so many years later. I don&#8217;t do the same thing two days in a row. And what we do now and the way we do it is not the same as it was 20 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/3RAJM4uuRS3irvV3HCQrvupO7dH_zOMkyllHTmvU-eMGPFd5qzh3T6r6wUrrl2S7JsPbg_QwzDiEWTkpQFQ4vXUR9F-IWGAk3ZxteqrcM_r2kTv-MdVjFENTkiULxG0wx7hJXCRC\" alt=\"\" width=\"-347\" height=\"-232\"\/><figcaption><strong>After graduating in 1977 with degrees in psychology and social work and some work-study experience in admissions, Dave Detrow was invited to return as a counselor (he took the position of Loren Swartzendruber, who returned nearly 20 years later to become EMU\u2019s president). This photo is from 1983<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guiding EMU through change <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Detrow has skillfully guided the registrar\u2019s office through many complex changes: the introduction of adult degree and graduate programs, many requiring revision of existing practices; changes from paper-based registration and degree audit systems to online registration and automated advising worksheets; the launch of the student portal Campus Web, now myEMU; and recently, the move to virtual methods of carrying out business in response to COVID. Through this, Detrow\u2019s main objective has not changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want EMU to be about people teaching and learning. And what we do in our office is help that happen without all the logistical friction that could possibly get in the way, so those teachers are not distracted because their classroom isn&#8217;t adequate or those students aren\u2019t able to graduate because the classes they need are offered at the same time,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re like the grease on the wheels of the whole machine. If we are doing our job right, all of the cogs of all the wheels are aligned and smooth, and our faculty and students are able to do their best teaching and their best learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amy Springer Hartsell<\/strong>, executive advisor to the president, names working with Detrow as one of the \u201ctop highlights\u201d of her professional career. Like Detrow, she started as an admissions counselor, but moved into and then up the ranks of the undergraduate dean\u2019s office in more than 20 years at EMU. Hartsell says Detrow is a \u201cmaster craftsman, with finely tuned skills of serving students, working with faculty and supporting academic programs.\u201d He brings \u201can exquisite attention to detail, utmost integrity and rock-steady demeanor,\u201d all qualities that have contributed to his wide fan base across the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hartsell, Cash and other colleagues say what they value most about Detrow is his capacity for servant leadership &#8212; to the mission and vision of the institution and to those who live and learn within its space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe is entirely student-centered,\u201d says Assistant Provost for Student Success <strong>Zach Yoder<\/strong>, who logs multiple phone calls and emails each day with Detrow. \u201cWe work on advisor and advisee concerns and do a lot of problem-solving, always trying to default to what is in the best interest of the student in as many situations as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091302\/DaveDetrowsplice-items-1024x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091302\/DaveDetrowsplice-items-1024x438.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091302\/DaveDetrowsplice-items-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091302\/DaveDetrowsplice-items-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091302\/DaveDetrowsplice-items-1536x657.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091302\/DaveDetrowsplice-items-2048x876.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Dave Detrow\u2019s office contains memorabilia from professional conferences he\u2019s attended, gifts from students, and items from his many travels. He has a special fondness for Hesston College. He began annual visits there in the early \u201880s to register students when an EMC admissions counselor, and those visits have continued every year until discontinued by the pandemic in 2020. Detrow also has family connections to Hesston: his grandfather was a member of the first class of Hesston Academy (of course, he has a copy of that 1909 transcript).\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After EMU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091439\/Daveblood-988x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50720\" width=\"219\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091439\/Daveblood-988x1024.jpg 988w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091439\/Daveblood-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091439\/Daveblood-768x796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091439\/Daveblood-1483x1536.jpg 1483w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/11\/15091439\/Daveblood-1977x2048.jpg 1977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Dave Detrow, a longtime donor, give platelets in early November at the American Red Cross blood center in Harrisonburg. Platelets, which are in chronically short supply and can only be offered by donors, are essential to surviving and fighting cancer, chronic diseases and traumatic injuries. This was his 15th donation of the year; his goal is to reach 19 by the end of the year, one more than his total for 2020. (Courtesy of American Red Cross)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In his office, Detrow keeps mementos from some of those students, including several handmade ceramic cups, mugs and pitchers and a drawer full of thank-you notes. One from a transfer student captures his impact: \u201cYou have always been a friendly face eager to help us plan out our lives and change our schedules, only to [have us] come back the next week with more problems. Your patience and helpfulness was a major factor in my choosing to come to EMU after Hesston, and I was not disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detrow\u2019s legacy at EMU echoes two other family members with long careers in Mennonite higher education. His uncle, J. Harold Yoder, taught physical education and coached baseball at Goshen College in Indiana for more than 30 years. And for nearly 40 years, his great-uncle Maurice A. Yoder taught natural science and Bible at Hesston College in Kansas. (\u201cSomeone needed to make a run for it here,\u201d Detrow quips.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As he prepares for life after EMU, Detrow and his wife Charmaine look forward to spending more time participating in living history and history education events. They want to travel around Virginia, particularly to the Eastern Shore and to the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Detrow will continue his frequent appointments as a platelet donor with the Red Cross, and eventually, when the time and job seem right, he thinks he\u2019ll find some low-stress work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI like to think that those I\u2019ve come across at EMU over the years have benefited in some way from my work, whether they know it or not,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve done is not always apparent, but I hope it\u2019s made a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor&#8217;s note<em>: Congratulations and anecdotes of Dave&#8217;s impact on your life are most welcome. 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