Dear Colleagues,

Sara Aghai, our DTC Dean's office admin/post award staff has accepted a position at Southwest Research Institute. We wish her all the best as she transitions  to this next professional experience and thank her for her outstanding work, collegiality, and willingness to jump in and work with grants and our fiscal team. Sara will be missed! 

Currently, we are working with HR on a plan to create a shared business center model at the college level as well as some other  adjustments to how we function at that level. Since the DTC office is part of that  effort, we will currently  look for temporary coverage of the office as we work through the  organizational structure at the college level. 

I will reiterate what I have asked Department Chairs to communicate to their staff: Our current efforts in the development of an efficient and institutionally aligned way of  sharing business services at the college level does not affect department staffing. As we make the transition, we  expect to see department staff able to take on broader and deeper roles in student and faculty support which will aid in our student and faculty success efforts. 

Best,

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

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