This week in higher education news, Lane Community College President Mary Spilde was awarded the Association of Community College Trustees CEO of the year award, the eight housing complexes on campus kicked off their three-week energy conservation competition, “Do It In the Dark” and the Obama Administration announced a new initiative to help students with their loan debt.
Here are a few stories that didn’t make print:
The University has just appointed a new senior associate athletic director, Lisa Peterson. She has 17 years of intercollegiate athletic administration experience. She will begin at her position next week, concluding the University’s national search to fill the position.
The Office of Multicultural Academic Success (OMAS) is being closed by the vice president of student affairs, Robin Holmes, and will be replaced by the Center for Multicultural Access and Excellence.@@http://www.uomatters.com/@@ Along with the new name, some major changes will be implemented within the new program and some students aren’t happy about it.
The University’s Materials Science Institute has made progress on research being conducted on nanoparticles and how they affect human health. Now, with the help of high-powered transmission electron microscopes, chemists captured never-before-seen views of minuscule metal nanoparticles naturally being created by silver articles such as wire, jewelry and eating utensils in contact with other surfaces.
The Register Guard’s Greg Bolt recently did a report on how the University affects the job market here in Lane County. Since 2008, the University has added about 400 jobs to the 9,000 staff and faculty already employed by the university.