NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release

July 2, 2004

Contact: Mary Jo Waits, Staff Director of the Arizona University System Redesign Project, (602) 229-2515, MJWaits@asu.edu

ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FINALIZES
FEASIBILITY AND PLANNING STUDY WORKGROUP MEMBERS

At a study session held on June 3, 2004, the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) authorized a feasibility and planning study of the proposed redesign of the university system. At its meeting on June 24, 2004, the Board reviewed the proposed scope of work for the study and the organizational design, including the formation of a working group to conduct the feasibility and planning study and eight stakeholder groups to provide input for the study. Membership has now been finalized for the ABOR Feasibility and Planning Study Workgroup. Mary Jo Waits has been appointed as Staff Director of the study and David Longanecker, Executive Director of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), will serve as the project consultant. The workgroup members are:

• Edith Auslander, Vice President and Senior Associate to the President, University of Arizona
• Kathy Church, Vice Provost, Arizona State University
• Roy Flores, Chancellor, Pima Community College District
• Juan Garcia, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Arizona
• Rufus Glasper, Chancellor, Maricopa Community College District
• Randy Groth, Dean and Associate Vice President, University of Arizona, South
• Jory Hancock, Chair of the Faculty and Head of Dance, University of Arizona
• Patricia Haeuser, Director of Planning and Institutional Research, Northern Arizona University
• Chris Herstam, Regent, Arizona Board of Regents
• Fred Hurst, Dean of Distance Learning, Northern Arizona University
• David Longanecker, Executive Director of the Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education
• Nick Lund, Executive Director, Northern Arizona University, Yuma
• Catherine McGonigle, Deputy Executive Director and Senior Associate, Arizona Board of Regents
• Mark Searle, Vice President and Provost, Arizona State University
• Don Schoening, President, Arizona Western Community College District
• Kathryn Cruz-Uribe, Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Northern Arizona University
• Christine Wilkinson, Senior Vice President and Secretary of the University, Arizona State University
• Mary Jo Waits, Staff Director, ABOR Feasibility and Planning Study Workgroup

The first meeting of the Feasibility and Planning Study Workgroup is scheduled for July 20, 2004, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon, ASU Downtown Center, 502 East Monroe, Room C-145.

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