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Please send provide your <b>feedback on the impact of IT centralization on your research and teaching ASAP</b>, and we will be sure to forward the info to the Faculty Council and Dean Burgess.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 20, 2024 2:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Armstrong Florian, Traci L - (tarmstro) <tarmstro@cals.arizona.edu>; Quailes, Cory - (qcq) <qcq@arizona.edu>; Barreto Munoz, Armando - (abarreto) <abarreto@arizona.edu>; Dontsova, Katerina M - (dontsova) <dontsova@arizona.edu>; Kennedy, Kathleen
J - (kjkennedy) <kjkennedy@arizona.edu>; Cooper, Kerry K - (kcooper) <kcooper@arizona.edu>; Bonine, Kevin E - (kebonine) <kebonine@arizona.edu>; Linares-Gaffer, Ashlee L - (alinares) <alinares@arizona.edu>; Lopez, Gerardo U - (lopezg3) <lopezg3@arizona.edu>;
Ottusch, Timothy - (ottusch) <ottusch@arizona.edu>; Mitchell, Rachel M - (rachelmm) <rachelmm@arizona.edu>; Yadegari, Ramin - (yadegari) <yadegari@arizona.edu>; Stewart, Rosie E - (rosies) <rosies@arizona.edu>; Schlenke, Todd A - (schlenke) <schlenke@arizona.edu>;
Snider, Ashley J - (ashleysnider) <ashleysnider@arizona.edu>; Rahman, Tauhidur - (tauhid) <tauhid@arizona.edu>; Torres, Robert M - (rtorres1) <rtorres1@arizona.edu>; Xiong, Zhongguo - (zxiong) <zxiong@arizona.edu>; Zeiders, Katharine Hunsdon - (zeidersk) <zeidersk@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Urgent request for input. IT Centralization on TEACHING AND RESEARCH DELIVERY, ONLY.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues- Please see Shane’s urgent request below and send me any thoughts you would like me to pass forward ahead of Shane’s meeting tomorrow with the President and Provost to discuss
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Burgess, Shane C - (shaneburgess) <shaneburgess@arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 20, 2024 1:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> UH listserv (unitheads-cales@list.arizona.edu) <unitheads-cales@list.arizona.edu>; Staten, Michael E - (statenm) <statenm@arizona.edu>; Chorover, Jon - (chorover) <chorover@arizona.edu>; Rutherford, Janis KM - (jmathias) <jmathias@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Linares-Gaffer, Ashlee L - (alinares) <alinares@arizona.edu>; Doty, Rachel Lauren - (racheldoty) <racheldoty@arizona.edu>; Ratje, Jeffrey M - (jmratje) <jmratje@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Urgent request for input. IT Centralization on TEACHING AND RESEARCH DELIVERY, ONLY.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Good afternoon, everyone, I have literally just found out I have the opportunity to meet with the president and provost tomorrow at 2pm about IT Centralization.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I do understand the short notice, I am sorry, and I do apologize, but I do need to request that you provide me with your perspectives (positives and not just negatives) on the impact of IT Centralization on
<b>TEACHING AND RESEARCH ONLY. </b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Bullet points would be ideal, but I need a single document from you all as a whole please.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Regards</p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#495057">Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension</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">Charles-Sander Dean of the College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#495057"><br>
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PO Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721<br>
Office: 520-621-7621<br>
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