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2008-09 Fellows: Staff fellows, independent projects approved

The Staff Fellows Program recently completed its inaugural year and has named fellows for the 2008-09 academic year. The program is directed by Danny Anderson, vice provost for academic affairs, and is planned by an advisory committee. The fellows are chosen from applications made in the spring. During the course of their fellowship year they will meet with senior administrators, participate in professional development activities and complete an independent project.

Travis Berkley, director of IT physical infrastructure. Institute a program in which managers throughout the university can shadow other managers, exposing them to new parts of their division and university, and receive feedback on management style.

Kristi Billinger, assistant manager, proposal services, Research and Graduate Studies and Susan Sloop, associate director, Higuchi Biosciences Center (team project). Streamline procedures to reduce administrative costs for research. Conduct a needs assessment of stakeholders and recommend/develop new data management projects.

Daniel DePardo, engineering technician senior, Information and Telecommunications Technology Center. Complete a technical overview of emerging wireless technologies and how they can be implemented to assist research.

Carol DiVilbiss, administrative associate senior, University Career Center. Develop a central location for frequently used resources for Student Success staff.

Allyson Flaster, academic services coordinator, McNair Scholars Program/Educational Opportunities Program. Create a recruitment strategy to allow the McNair Scholars Program to attract the most highly qualified low-income, first-generation, underrepresented minority students.

Justine Hamilton, program coordinator, Study Abroad. Explore reasons for a lack of minority students participating in Study Abroad, and develop a plan to raise awareness of and recruit more minority students to the program.

Gretchen Heasty, associate director/program coordinator, Academic Programs for Excellence. Implement a program to track former Supportive Education Services students who enroll in graduate school, and start a program to help prepare the students for success in graduate school.

Debra McAferty, accountant, Gerontology Center. Explore a way to gather information from affiliated faculty throughout the year and develop a network on aging interest across campus.

Parveen Mozaffar, academic services coordinator, engineering management graduate program, Edwards Campus. Assist students in better understanding the engineering management program before applying.

Amanda Ostreko, coordinator of research and graduate programs, engineering. Help increase the number of doctoral students to support research, and develop a graduate student retention plan.

Andi Witczak, director, Center for Service Learning. Investigate the feasibility of a career-changing program for individuals between ages 50 and 70 to transition from corporate work to a service career.

Julie Wolf, publications coordinator, University Relations. Review commencement publications produced by campus units with the goal of implementing a visual identity system to unite publications with the official commencement publications produced by University Relations.

More information on the program can be found at: Staff Fellows Program.

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