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Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Richard Lariviere speak with Rick Barohn, program director of the General Clinical Research Center at the KU Medical Center, Jan. 29 at the kickoff for Initiative 2015, a new strategic plan for KU. Barohn is a co-chair of the Discovering and Learning task force.

Chancellor announces task forces for Initiative 2015 strategic plan

Chancellor Robert Hemenway has announced full membership of three task forces that will create Initiative 2015, a university-wide strategic plan. The task forces were presented at a kickoff event Jan. 29.

Members of the committees are:

TEACHING AND LEARNING:

Co-chairs: Heidi Chumley, associate chair for undergraduate education, family medicine, and Greg Simpson, professor and chair, psychology.
Members: Dan Bernstein, professor of psychology/director, Center for Teaching Excellence; Ann Brill, dean and associate professor, journalism; Maurice Bryan, associate vice provost for diversity and equity; Helen Connors, associate dean and professor, nursing; Glendon Cox, associate dean, KU School of Medicine, professor of educational and academic affairs, radiology; Chris Haufler, professor, ecology and evolutionary biology; Joe Heppert, professor and chair, chemistry; Paul Koch, professor of business; Adam McGonigle, student, strategic communications; Garold Minns, associate dean, professor, academic and student affairs/internal medicine; Yajaira Padilla, assistant professor, Spanish and Portuguese; Lori Reesor, associate vice provost for Student Success; Sara Rosen, associate vice provost and dean/professor, Research and Graduate Studies, linguistics; Kelly Summers, student, nursing; Patricia Thomas, associate dean/professor and chair, cultural enhancement and diversity/pathology and laboratory medicine; Susan Twombly, professor and chair, educational leadership and policy studies; Milton Wendland, graduate student, American studies; Yan Bing Zhang, assistant professor, communication studies; Deb Teeter, director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning.

DISCOVERING AND LEARNING:

Co-chairs: Rick Barohn, professor and chair/program director, neuromuscular clinic /General Clinical Research Center; Steve Warren, vice provost for Research and Graduate Studies.
Members: Elizabeth Asiedu, associate professor of economics; Victor Bailey, director, Hall Center for the Humanities, Distinguished Professor of History; Michael Engel, associate professor of entomology; Lisa Friis, associate professor of mechanical engineering; Diane Goddard, associate vice provost, comptroller's office; Bob Goldstein, professor and chair, geology; Janet Hamburg, professor of music and dance; Ebony Howard, student, African and African-American studies/American studies; Jill Hoover, graduate student, child language; Kevin Latinis, assistant professor, allergy, clinical immunology and rheumatology; Lisa Stehno-Bittel, chair and professor, physical therapy and rehabilitation sciences; Joe Steinmetz, dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biosciences; John Schott, assistant director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning.

WORKING FOR KANSAS:

Co-chairs: Gary Doolittle, professor, Center for Telemedicine and Telehealth, Hematology and Oncology; Doren Frederickson, interim chair and professor, preventative medicine and public health; Barbara Romzek, associate dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, professor of public administration.
Members: Mike Bleich, professor and chair/associate dean, health policy and management/clinical and community affairs; Rex Buchanan, deputy director for outreach and public service, Kansas Geological Survey; Bill Carswell, associate professor of architecture and urban planning; Michael Chavez, student, communication studies; Amy Farmer, graduate student, dietetics and nutrition; Bill Gabrielli, professor and chair, psychiatry and behavioral sciences/general and geriatric medicine; Susan Gronbeck-Tedesco, director, Office of Study Abroad; Saralyn Reece Hardy, director, Spencer Museum of Art; Ngondi Kamatuka, director, educational opportunity programs; Rick Levy, Distinguished Professor of Law; Jack Martin; deputy director, University Communications; Lori Messinger, associate professor of social welfare; Karen Miller, dean, Schools of Nursing and Allied Health; Mary Ryan, associate dean for academic affairs, Edwards Campus; John Staniunas, chair and associate professor, theatre and film; Paul Stevens, assistant professor of music and dance; Bill Tsutsui, chair and professor of history, director, Confucius Institute; Stacey Swearingen White, associate professor of architecture and urban planning; Linda Luckey, assistant to the provost.

NOTABLE ALUMS

Roseann Runte, a French scholar who earned her doctorate at KU, is the new president - and first woman executive - of Carleton University, Canada's "capital university" in Ottawa. A dual resident of the U.S. and Canada, she was previously president of Old Dominion University. She also is president of the American Council of Education's Commission on International Education and a member of the International Parliament of Cultures.