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Today's Program Highlights

• General session: James Duderstadt, "Preparing for the Revolution: Redux" (8:15–9:45 a.m., Exhibit Hall A). Sponsored by Campus Management Corporation.
• Today at the EDUCAUSE Booth (#446): Brian Hawkins (10:00–11:00 a.m.), Teddy Diggs and Nancy Hays (1:00–2:00 p.m.), Carole Barone (2:00–3:00 p.m.)

EDUCAUSE WELCOMES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS AND OFFICERS

Joining the EDUCAUSE board of directors on January 1, 2005, for four-year terms are David L. Smallen, Vice President, Information Technology, Hamilton College; Rebecca L. King, Director for Information Systems and Services, Baylor University; and Margaret F. Plympton, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Lehigh University. Smallen and King were elected during the recent board election; Plympton was appointed by the current board. Read more about them in the press release.

In addition, board officers for the coming year have just been announced:

• Chair
  Perry O. Hanson, III
  Chief Information Officer and Associate Provost for Academic Technology
  Brandeis University
• Vice Chair
  Kathleen Christoph
  Director, DoIT Academic Technology Solutions
  University of Wisconsin–Madison
  
• Sectretary
  Robyn R. Render
  Vice President for Information Resources and CIO
  University of North Carolina, Office of the President
• Treasurer
  John E. Bucher
  Director of Information Technology
  Oberlin College

Snapshot from Yesterday's Award Reception

At Tuesday evening’s award reception, M. Stuart Lynn, associate vice president (retired) of Information Resources and Communications at the University of California Office of the President, was honored with the 2004 EDUCAUSE Excellence in Leadership Award (sponsored by SunGard SCT, An EDUCAUSE Platinum Partner). From left to right: Brian Hawkins, EDUCAUSE president; Annie Stunden, Recognition Committee chair; M. Stuart Lynn; Brian Madocks, SunGard SCT; Andy Cooley, SunGard SCT

News Briefs

• Stop by the EDUCAUSE booth (#446) to learn about the association’s latest programs, services, and publications. Also, meet EDUCAUSE leadership there at scheduled times throughout the conference:
  • Carole Barone, Senior Fellow
  • Teddy Diggs, Editor, EDUCAUSE Review, and Nancy Hays, Editor, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, and Director of Publishing
  • Cynthia Golden, Vice President and head of professional development
  • Brian Hawkins, President
  • Richard Katz, Vice President and head of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research
  • Mark Luker, Vice President and head of Net@EDU
  • Diana Oblinger, Vice President and head of the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII)
• Would you like an opportunity to meet informally with other attendees to discuss a particular higher education IT issue? Check out the Birds-of-a-Feather session bulletin board in the registration area to organize and sign up for such meetings, which will be held during lunches Wednesday and Thursday in the exhibit hall.
• If family or friends have come with you to Denver, you can purchase guest tickets for meals and special events at the registration desk. Guests can find out about site-seeing in the Denver area from the City Information Desk in the conference center’s main concourse.
• A job postings bulletin board is located in the registration area for viewing or posting information about job openings related to information services in higher education.
• Find out about dining options and points of interest in the area at the City Information Desk in the conference center’s main concourse.