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<p class="MsoNormal">A search is now underway for the new <b><span style="text-transform:uppercase">Director, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension System</span></b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This leadership position is key to strategic Extension mission delivery. The director will be responsible for approximately 1/3 of the faculty and staff in the Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension.
Not only is our Extension work base-funded by separate state and federal budget lines, with explicit state and federal legislative intents, CES
<u>is</u> the UA’s strategic initiative 3.3D <i>Building on Excellence through Cooperative Extension</i>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>I would like to begin by inviting individuals to serve on the search committee.</b> The committee include representatives of our external stakeholders and the communities served by CES as well as faculty,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">I anticipate the work will begin in mid-August and continue through the fall semester. The committee will receive their charge from Vice President Burgess at the initial meeting.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">The University of Arizona and the Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension have an interest in ensuring that the search for the CES director is conducted using the highest
standards of integrity. Committee members will be asked to use their best professional judgment while assisting in the identification of qualified finalists. Each committee member is also charged with disclosing to the committee chair and Vice President Burgess
whether they may be unable to remain fair and objective as to any individual candidate under consideration during the process.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>If you would like to nominate somebody for the search committee, please email their name to me at
<a href="mailto:rutledge@cals.arizona.edu">rutledge@cals.arizona.edu</a> and include a brief rationale (2-3 sentences) for their selection.</b> Self-nominations are welcome. All are confidential.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your time and input into this important search.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bethany Rutledge<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0C234B">Bethany S. Rutledge, M.A.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#495057"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Director of Administration and Communications</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#495057"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Office of the Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension and the Charles-Sander Dean of the College of Agriculture and
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#495057"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Forbes Building, Room 306<br>
P.O. Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>
Office: 520-621-7198 </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#767676">| </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057">Cell: 520-403-6668 <br>
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