[Coehd] Happy New Year!

Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! I hope that you have had a restful time since the fall 2019 semester ended and that you were able to get an opportunity for some much needed time to re-charge. I was fortunate enough to get to spend time in NY with my son, daughter-in law, one of my daughters, and my 7-month old and 3.5 year old grand babies as well as extended family. It was delightful to unplug and reconnect with family and see the world through the eyes of my grand sons. I have news to share as we enter the Spring 2020 semester. First, please join me in congratulating Monica Treviño. Monica has accepted a position in the College of Science and will start there on January 20th. We will miss Monica and the excellent work that she has done while in COEHD, and I know I speak for all of us when I wish her all the best in her new position. I will be meeting with the VPREDKE in the next weeks to discuss how to move forward after Monica's departure. Second, as a result of Dr. Oliva's departure and the need for a focus on the issues she was working on, we will be redefining Dr. Liliana Gutierrez' role to that of staff Assistant Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs. Many of the things that Dr. Oliva was doing will fall under Liliana's scope, as well as other college level reports/work. Liliana will be moving to the DCT campus Dean's suite (taking over the shared office and we will be identifying new space for Raitza) for a beginning of the Spring semester regular presence. She will reach out to let you all know about initiatives and office hours at the DTC. Also, please be sure to congratulate her on her recent graduation from ELPS and her successful completion of her Ph.D. program! Third, Earlene Gonzalez, the Child Development Center Director, is retiring at the end of January (congratulations!) . We have posted the CDC director position . If you know anyone qualified, please reach out to them. https://www.higheredjobs.com/admin/details.cfm?JobCode=177188110&VIPI... Finally, we are finalizing the BSC tasks now that they have been moving towards full operations, and will be sending out a summary of tasks, workflow, etc. Allison Baca, Eddie Alvarez, Nikki McGovern, and Kendall Smith have been doing an excellent job in taking the concept of the BSC and making it an operational reality. We still have processes and procedures to establish and situate correctly, but we are off to a great start. I wish you all a restful weekend and a very good start to the spring semester! Warm regards, Margo Margo DelliCarpini, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Strategic Educational Partnerships and Dean of the College of Education and Human Development President's Distinguished Professor The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 T: 210.458.4370 F: 210.458.4487