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We’re less than three weeks into the new year and I’m pleased with some of the wonderful and promising conversations taking place already! Several meetings last week – our Leadership & Innovation team meeting, a meeting with Student Affairs HR group, and a campus-wide strategic budget planning meeting – have...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had an opportunity to relax and recharge as we get ready for a new year and new semester. I’m looking forward to building on our momentum from last year, and continuing our Redefining Student Support initiative to ensure that students are at the center...

This past year has been exceptional. I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a division, and there are a few events I’d like to acknowledge as 2017 comes to an end. This year saw the completion of our new Strategic Plan, featuring our priorities and focus areas of...

The continuous response of positivity and enthusiasm around our new multi-year initiative, Redefining Student Support , has been outstanding. I’m happy to see the Division come together to find new ways of holistically supporting our students and working to collaborate with greater efficiency and fluidity. One major aspect of the...

Thank you to everyone who attended our Town Hall yesterday, and for being so responsive to this week’s announcement on our new Redefining Student Support initiative. I am extremely thankful to Russell Moore, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, for joining us to speak on the Academic Futures...

I’m excited to announce our next Division-wide Town Hall will be Thursday, November 16 from 10:00 – 12:00 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. We will be discussing the Foundations of Excellence Initiative with Russell Moore, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. This initiative is a campus-wide effort...

It is bittersweet for me to share with you some news about Associate Vice Chancellor Kambiz Khalili, Kambiz accepted an exciting new position as the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Michigan. This position will be an excellent next step in his career, in particular utilizing...

The tragedy that took place in Las Vegas on Sunday evening is absolutely devastating. Not only is it difficult to process the actions someone took on innocent people, but tragedies like these leave us with more questions than answers. Over the last month my thoughts have been with flood victims...

Tomorrow morning, our Town Hall will focus on a favorite topic of mine: innovation. After attending our Innovation Retreat last spring, where many of our discussions were centered around lessons from Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull, I’ve been deliberating on how our division can effectively lead in innovative practices at...

DACA I was extremely disappointed to hear the decision to rescind and phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Our DACA students and colleagues are essential to our campus community and we will continue to support and communicate as we learn more about how future developments will...