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- Joins line of succession in the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
- He starts as secretary of the Council of Presidents, a member of the executive committee
- Dana Topousis, chief marketing and communications officer, also serves on the APLU board
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, or APLU, board of directors elected Chancellor Gary S. May to its executive committee this weekend in San Diego.
Voting Sunday (Nov. 10) amid the APLU鈥檚 annual meeting, the board also awarded an executive committee seat to Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She and May serve on the board of directors as representatives of the APLU鈥檚 Council of Presidents, Blank as the council chair and May as the secretary.
Robert Jones, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, took office today (Nov. 11) as the chair of the board, which is the governing and ultimate policymaking body of the APLU. May鈥檚 position as council secretary on the executive committee puts him in line to be the board chair in three years.
Founded in 1887, the is North America鈥檚 oldest association of institutions of higher education. The association, with a membership of 243 institutions, is dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the United States, Canada and Mexico, through research, policy work and advocacy.
鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled to have Gary May join the APLU board of directors and the board鈥檚 executive committee,鈥 APLU President Peter McPherson said. 鈥淎s a higher education leader and engineer by training, we鈥檙e looking forward to his vast analytical ability and strategic vision.
鈥淭he board of directors plays an essential role in shaping APLU鈥檚 work to advance the education, research and engagement missions of public higher education. We are so pleased that Gary will be at the table helping to provide a national direction.鈥
新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis has another leader at the APLU table: Dana Topousis, chief marketing and communications officer, who is chair of the APLU鈥檚 Council on Strategic Communications, and, as such, serves on the board of directors.
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