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Robin Beck, associate vice president, ISC, will assume responsibility on
August 1, as Deputy Vice President for Information Systems and Computing.
The senior staff of ISC will report to Ms. Beck and she will have overall
responsibility for planning, personnel, and budget in ISC. |
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Mike Palladino, executive director of ISC Networking, will be promoted to
associate vice president, Information Systems and Computing, as of July
1. Mr. Palladino will become chair of the Network Planning Task Force and
will have expanded responsibility in the areas of networking and telecommunication
for the University. |
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The realignment in ISC comes at a time when Vice Provost for Information
Systems and Computing Jim O'Donnell has accepted the opportunity to serve
as Visiting Professor of Classics at Yale University for the academic year
2000-2001. Dr. O'Donnell will continue in his capacity as Vice Provost,
involved in strategic issues in an advisory capacity to both Provost Robert
Barchi and EVP John Fry. Dr. O'Donnell will travel back and forth to Penn
and will also "telecommute" on a regular basis while at Yale.
He will remain particularly involved in issues involving academic policy
or practice.
"We have made great strides in building ISC into an IT organization
that ranks with the best," said Dr. O'Donnell. "The challenges
are, first, to keep it that way and to keep improving; and, second, to help
Penn now move aggressively to rethink itself as an institution of the information
age. The expanded roles for Robin and Mike recognize their extraordinary
contributions to our achievements of recent years and position them and
us for continued leadership, innovation and service delivery in the years
to come." |