UCD Directives

UC DAVIS:  OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR

October 22, 1997

DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

RE: Establishment of Position of Vice Provost--University Outreach and
International Programs

For some time the campus has been giving careful consideration to the most
effective ways to facilitate campus initiatives in the increasingly
important areas of university outreach and international programs.  The
Public Service Steering Group (now known as the University Outreach
Council) was first appointed in 1994; in 1997 the Commission on
Globalization was appointed. In both cases, the groups were charged with
examining the ways in which the campus can be best positioned to assume a
leadership role in their respective areas and each recommended the
establishment of a vice provost to coordinate campus efforts, seek external
sources of funding, and bring increased visibility to existing as well as
new activities.

Provost Grey has reviewed these proposals and recommended to me that the
campus establish the position of Vice Provost--University Outreach and
International Programs.   I agree with his conclusion.  The opportunity to
consider both proposals in parallel has helped identify a number of points
of intersection that lead me to believe that both university outreach and
international programs will be well served by senior leadership vested in
one position.  At its essence, university outreach involves engaging the
campus in the extension of its teaching, research, and service missions to
meet societal needs; many aspects of our international programs activities
extend that outreach mission well beyond the local and national arenas to a
global scale.  Creating a single position makes sense both in terms of
programmatic and resource considerations.

I am therefore pleased to announce that the campus will shortly undertake a
national search to fill the position of Vice Provost--University Outreach
and International Programs with the expectation of filling it by the start
of Fall Quarter, 1998. A formal position announcement, inviting
applications and nominations from all members of the campus community, will
be forthcoming. An appropriate administrative infrastructure to ensure the
success of the Vice Provost--University Outreach and International Programs
in overseeing this broad array of responsibilities will be developed as
well.

Jessica Utts, who has served as Associate Vice Provost --University
Outreach, will continue in her current capacity for the academic year and
will oversee the Office of University Outreach during this recruitment
period.  Provost Grey and I are grateful to Mo Ghausi, who has provided
leadership as Interim Vice Provost--University Outreach from July 1996 up
to this point.

Establishment of a new administrative position is, of course, not an end in
itself but a means to achieving a goal in which all members of the campus
community--faculty, staff, and students--can play a role.  I look forward
to fulfilling the potential inherent in our plan to invest in outreach and
international programs as an integral part of our campus mission.

Larry N. Vanderhoef
Chancellor

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