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Appointments And New Hires

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Over the summer, administrative changes were made in several areas of the University, and new personnel were hired in several departments. Changes and new hires include:

Chancellor's Office

Ed Toomey has been appointed associate chancellor. In addition to retaining his duties as Chan-cellor's chief of staff, he will oversee the University's outreach activities and share coordination of the Administrative ReDesign Project. Donna Smerlas joins the University as executive assistant to the Chancellor. Prof. Kiran Verma has been appointed assistant chancellor. David Wilson has joined the university as ACE Fellow for 1999-2000.

Provost's Office

Prof. Thomas Ferguson of the Political Science Department has been appointed senior associate provost.

Institutional Research

Appointments include James Castiola, associate research analyst; Fernando Colina, data specialist; Melissa Fassel, administrative assistant; Daniel Horn, research analyst, Jennifer Wilton, senior research analyst, and Hailin Zhang, data specialist.

Administration and Finance

David MacKenzie has been appointed interim vice chancellor.

Institutional Advancement

Mary Welch was appointed director of major gifts for the College of Management. Charles Anderson was appointed director of major gifts for the McCormack Institute and the College of Liberal Arts. Gary Messinger was appointed director of major gifts for the Faculty of Science.

Enrollment Services and University Communications

Tony Holmes, Brian Middleton, and Anne Marie Kent of the Division of Continuing Education have joined the Enrollment Services and University Communications staff.

Student Affairs

Kelly Meehan was appointed director of the UMass Boston Child Care Center, and Joyce Sangrey Morgan has been appointed director of student life.

Healey Library

Daniel Ortiz has returned to the University as associate director of libraries. Sara Baron joined the staff as coordinator of library instruction, and Billy Kwan joined the staff as systems librarian.

Other new employees are: Aditi Pain, Auxiliary Services; Brooke A. Craveiro, Student Financial Management; Victoria Ladipoh, Academic Affairs; Patric McCormack and Rasheed Watson, Enrollment Marketing and Information Services; Erin Smith, Biology Department; Debbie Wade, Bursar's Office, Erica White, McCormack Institute; and Angela Zarella, University Advising Center.