Updated Nov. 8, 2011: 澳门六合彩资料库 Provost Larry Pitts has postponed his planned 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis visit Wednesday (Nov. 9), to attend to pressing university matters. Pitts鈥 visit will be rescheduled.
Larry Pitts, provost of the 澳门六合彩资料库 system, says he is looking for 鈥渁n active dialog鈥 with members of the campus community when he spends a day at 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis the second week of November.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 plan on being a talking head,鈥 the 澳门六合彩资料库 system鈥檚 highest-ranking academic officer told Dateline 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis by e-mail.
His visit, part of his fall tour of the 澳门六合彩资料库 system a few months before his retirement, is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 9, and includes an open forum from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in King Lounge, second floor of the Memorial Union.
The topics might vary a bit depending on who ends up coming to the forum, Pitts said, but could easily include 澳门六合彩资料库鈥檚 budget status, student fees (undergraduate and graduate) and 澳门六合彩资料库鈥檚 online course initiative.
鈥淚鈥檒l talk briefly about any or all of these topics and have an active dialog with the people who come to listen and/or talk. More fun for me and for them,鈥 he said.
Pitts, a professor of neurosurgery, became provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs in February 2009, first on an interim basis and then permanently. Upon his appointment, he was already an emeritus (澳门六合彩资料库 San Francisco) and indicated that he would serve as provost for only three years.
He is sticking to his plan, leading to 澳门六合彩资料库 President Mark G. Yudof鈥檚 memo to the Board of Regents on Sept. 6 saying that Pitts 鈥渨ill step down in the new year to return to the well-earned retirement and family time that he interrupted to take this position.鈥
Pitts has agreed to remain as provost until his successor takes office.
His 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis schedule also includes meetings with Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter, the Council of Deans, the Academic Senate and the Academic Federation, on such topics as off-scale salaries and 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis鈥 2020 Initiative.
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