UT System President Joe DiPietro and other higher education leaders in the state will participate in a panel discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 24, organized by the Nashville Business Journal at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. The publication’s annual Nashville Ahead conference is headlined by “A Discussion on Higher Education and Workforce Readiness.”
Sandy Jansen, executive director of the University of Tennessee’s Audit and Consulting Services, has been elected president of the Association of College and University Auditors. Her one-year term begins Sept. 16, 2014.
Four executives representing various industries across the state have been appointed to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees. The new trustees are Shannon Brown, Bill Evans, Rhedona Rose and Julia Wells, as announced by Gov. Haslam today. The new trustees attended Wednesday’s board workshop.
UT President Joe DiPietro had set the stage for Wednesday’s discussion about funding at the trustees’ annual meeting in June. The board’s workshop covered the issue more in depth and allowed trustees to ask questions. The purpose of the discussion was not to devise strategy but gain a better understanding of the issue in order to plan a multi-year initiative.
Dr. Herb Byrd III, director of Extension Evaluation and Staff Development for the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, has been selected to serve as interim vice president of the UT Institute for Public Service. UT President Joe DiPietro will appoint Byrd to the interim vacancy created by the retirement of Dr. Mary Jinks as IPS vice president effective Aug. 29, 2014. Byrd assumes his new role on Sept. 2, 2014.
