UCD e-mail offline Dec. 26; Changes in OAVP for Academic Programs & Strategic Initiatives; NIFA director to speak at UC Davis

UCD e-mail goes offline Dec. 26

E-mail and other computing services that are hosted by the UC Davis Campus Data Center will be interrupted the day after Christmas.

The shutdown, to accommodate an upgrade to the Data Center’s power system, is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 26, and could last up to 48 hours.

Incoming and outgoing e-mail will be stored during the interruption and delivered afterward. This applies to all campus e-mail, even if your particular e-mail server is housed outside the Data Center, which routes all e-mail, regardless of server location on campus.

For more information, see http://www.dateline.ucdavis.edu/dl_detail.lasso?id=13117&fu=120310.

Changes in Office of AVP for Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives

In the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Joni Rippee has taken on additional duties. In her new role, Rippee will oversee ANR’s Office of Program Planning and Evaluation in Oakland and the Program Support Unit in Davis. Rippee is also responsible for coordinating workgroups/ coordinating conferences, professional society travel, Academic Assembly Council, reporting to Associate Vice President Barbara Allen-Diaz, and the research and extension centers (RECs), reporting to Associate Director Bill Frost.

The Program Support Unit (PSU) and the Office of Program Planning and Evaluation (OPPE) will be organized within the Program Development Unit, which supports the functions and responsibilities of the Associate Vice President for Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives. Allen-Diaz receives additional support in the Oakland office from Lorrie Mandoriao, executive assistant.

OPPE supports statewide program planning, ANR reporting systems, advocacy and outreach. PSU provides logistical and administrative support to the strategic initiatives, advocacy efforts, statewide programs, advisor/specialist faculty programs, ANR leadership, and other regional, statewide and national meetings.

Below are lists of the OPPE and PSU staff and their corresponding responsibilities.

OPPE (Oakland) http://ucanr.org/sites/anrstaff/Divisionwide_Planning/Program_Planning_and_Evaluation/

Julie Drouyor - ANR commodity coordinator, National Institutes for Water Research, and professional travel
Vanessa Gomez - program council, program evaluation, and programmatic/analytical support for AVP
Christopher Hanson - administrator for computer-based reporting systems (DANRIS-X, CRIS, EFNEP, FSNEP)
Pat Harrigan - administrative support to OPPE
Katherine Webb-Martinez - program planning and reporting (CRIS, DANRIS-X) and program evaluation

PSU (Davis) http://ucanr.org/sites/PSU/

Melanie Caruso - grant programs and grants administration
Sherry Cooper - office administrator and day-to-day operations manager
Janelle Kohl - event planning and logistical coordination
Heidi O’Guinn - strategic initiative support and event planning

NIFA director to speak at UC Davis

Roger N. Beachy, director of USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, is scheduled to speak at the UC Davis Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speakers Series on Jan. 12.

Beachy’s presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with faculty and policy experts.

The program will be held at 4 p.m. on Jan. 12 in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. The event is free and open to the public.

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