The 澳门六合彩资料库 system鈥檚 new chief academic officer, Aim茅e Dorr, takes office July 2. The new provost is moving to 澳门六合彩资料库 headquarters from 澳门六合彩资料库LA, where she has been dean of the Graduate School of Information Studies since 1999.
Dorr joined 澳门六合彩资料库LA as a professor of education in 1981 and has served as chair of the 澳门六合彩资料库-wide Academic Senate and faculty representative to the Board of Regents.
President Mark G. Yudof selected Dorr after a nationwide search that included consultation with a 15-member advisory committee or faculty, students, staff and senior academic leaders representing all 10 campuses.
The Board of Regents ratified her appointment this week, during a special meeting.
She replaces Lawrence Pitts as provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs. Pitts held emeritus status (professor of neurosurgery at 澳门六合彩资料库 San Francisco) at the time he became provost in 2009, and indicated that he would serve only three years.
Organizational changes at IET
Peter M. Siegel, who leads Information and Educational Technology, today (June 18) announced a number of organizational changes meant to help IET 鈥減rovide the most effective services in a time of extraordinary fiscal constraint.鈥
The moves coincide with Dave Shelby鈥檚 retirement as assistant vice provost. 鈥淲ith Dave's departure, we focused our attention on determining the key priorities and leadership roles we needed to fill,鈥 Siegel wrote in a .
Gabe Youtsey, who has served as a key planner and lead on major IET initiatives, will serve formally as interim assistant chief information officer, emphasizing early and ongoing collaboration on major initiatives, including new and critical services.
Morna Mellor, who leads the Enterprise Applications and Infrastructure Services unit, will formalize her role as senior director of Production Services. She also will be IET鈥檚 lead officer on the campus鈥檚 Shared Services Initiative, and she will oversee IET Human Resources.
Siegel also noted three newcomers: Charlie Baker, chief financial officer; Trisha Edgerton, program manager for joint Sacramento-Davis IT initiatives; and David Levin, director of Academic Technology Services.
SmartSite upgrade a 鈥榞o鈥 for June 22-23
SmartSite is scheduled to go offline and be unavailable starting at 10 tonight (June 22) and continuing until 8 a.m. Saturday (June 23) at the latest, for an upgrade.
According to Information and Educational Technology, the upgrade will provide many enhancements and fixes. The work includes an upgrade of the Gradebook2 tool to version 1.8, which delivers more than 50 high-priority bug fixes.
Following the upgrade, SmartSite will continue to look and feel much like it does now. Details are available on the . Status updates during the installation will be posted as needed at .
Campus fire crew delivers baby
Campus firefighters really delivered Monday night (June 18) 鈥 delivering a baby boy in an apartment at the campus鈥檚 Solano Park complex.
The call came in just before 8 p.m., and the healthy baby boy arrived about a half-hour later, Fire Chief Nate Trauernicht said.
鈥淓34-C delivered a healthy baby boy last night on campus at Solano Park. Congrats to mom, welcome to baby, & job well done to E34-C!鈥 Trauernicht tweeted this morning (June 19). E-34-C refers to the campus's Engine Co. 34 and the 鈥淐鈥 refers to C shift: Paul Fullerton, captain; Gina Updegraff, engineer; and Braden Burrhus, firefighter.
Solano Park, at the west end of the arboretum, is primarily for full-time students with children.
Blood drive coming to the Quad
Blood drives at 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis don鈥檛 take the summer off, so get ready to roll up your sleeves next Wednesday and Thursday (June 27 and 28).
The AS澳门六合彩资料库D-sponsored blood and marrow drives switched to a new location (The Pavilion) in January, but for summer, look for the bloodmobiles in their traditional parking places, alongside the Quad.
Hours both days are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Brie Leon of Sacramento-based BloodSource said every participant will receive a $5 gift card for Togo鈥檚 sandwich shops.
For more information or to volunteer to help at the blood drive, contact Leon at (916) 416-9459 or brie.leon@bloodsource.org.
Summer brown bags
Staff Development and Professional Services announced three brown bags this summer, starting with a program next week on a fitness regimen known as Tabata.
Tabata is 鈥渂ased on current fitness research that has shown the advantages of high intensity interval training over traditional fitness training,鈥 according to SDPS. 鈥淓xperience a safe and effective full body workout using just a few exercises and 鈥榝our minutes of fitness.鈥欌
The organizers said people of all fitness levels are welcome to attend. Make sure to wear clothing that allows movement, and prepare to sweat!
The brown bags are free, and there is no preregistration. Each takes place from noon to 1 p.m.
鈥 Got Tabata? You Gotta Tabata! 鈥 Thursday, June 28, King Lounge, Memorial Union
鈥 鈥 Thursday, July 19, Hamilton Room, Heitman Staff Learning Center
鈥 鈥 Thursday, Aug. 9, Meeting Room D, Student Community Center
Science Caf茅: Cut Flowers
The Science Caf茅 series begins next week with a nice bouquet: a professor鈥檚 talk on his work in the cut flower industry, coupled with a discussion of floral design principles and a hand-on design workshop.
The series is presented by 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis鈥 . The Cut Flowers program is scheduled from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 30, in 146 Environmental Horticulture.
Heiner Leith of the Department of Plant Sciences is first on the program, leading a virtual tour around the globe 鈥 showing where cut flowers originate and how they get to the vases on our tables.
Representatives of Davis鈥 Strelitzia Flower Co. will lead the second half of the program, teaching the basics of floral design. Each participant will make an arrangement to take home, the organizers said. Please bring gloves and pruning shears; all other materials will be provided.
The course materials fee is $25.
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