Chronological Review of University-Wide Communications Related to New Divisions & Vice President Positions

University of New Mexico Chronological Review of University-Wide Communications Related to New Divisions & Vice President Positions Contents: - Chronological Review - Timeline Matrix of Vice President Hires - State of New Mexico General Fund Financial Summary - Appendix Containing Related Communications February 13, 2009 University of New Mexico Vice President Hires VP Rio Rancho VP Institutional Diversity VP Enrollment Management EVP Provost Position Announcement December 2007 November 2007 November 2007 September 2007 Review Applications January 2008 January 2008 January 2008 Screen for Finalists January 2008 January 2008 February 2008 Interviews January 2008 March, April 2008 March, April 2008 March 2008 Recommendation February 2008 April 2008 April 2008 March 2008 Contract Signed March 2008 July 2008 August 2008 August 2008 Start Date July 2008 July 2008 August 2008 August 2008 Chronological Review of University-Wide Communications On the Divisions of Enrollment Management and Equity and Inclusion and New Vice President Positions February 13, 2007 President Schmidly visits campus for interview forums: Regent’s interview (transcript attached with noted sections flagged) - Page 1, question regarding how to balance access with excellence, “Manage enrollment. Build a freshman class that is as diverse as you can get.” - Page 3, question regarding improving representation of women and minorities, “ I created a division of institutional diversity to address…” , “Now is the time to change and improve diversity”. - Page 5, question regarding maximizing efficiency and effectiveness of administrative processes, “Have a VP for enrollment management.” - Page 7, question regarding how involved will be in day-to-day operation of Athletics, “My athletic director is also called the Vice President.” July 16, 2007 Two UNM Today on-line articles: (document attached) • “Martinez-Purson Named New Interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity.” • “Babbitt Appointed Interim Vice President for Enrollment.” July 30, 2007 President Schmidly’s Monday Morning Message (document attached) -Message contains the establishment of the Division of Enrollment Management, the appointment of Terry Babbitt as Interim Vice President of the new division, and the appointment of Rita Martinez-Purson as Interim Vice President of Institutional Diversity. August 14, 2007 Minutes of the Meeting of the Regents of the University of New Mexico – Page 6 section “Regents’ Goals and Evaluation Criteria for President Schmidly, Regent Koch.” (document attached with noted section flagged) -Outlines the Presidents’ Goals for his first year in office and motion to approve the goals. “UNM President’s Report – A Report to the University of New Mexico Board of Regents from the Office of the President” available in hard copy and on the President’s website. (document attached with noted section flagged) -Page 1, column 1, paragraph 3 – “Message from David J. Schmidly”, outlines the steps that have already been taken to support student success through the new division of enrollment management and the establishment of a new office of institutional diversity that will provide strategic leadership in initiatives related to increasing and maintaining diversity within the university system. -Page 2, column 2 – Article “Interim VPs for new divisions named”, article announces the establishment of the division of enrollment management and office of institutional diversity and names Terry Babbitt and Rita Martinez-Purson as interim VP’s in the new divisions. UNM in the 21st Century – A New President’s Vision published and posted to President’s website. Within this document are the following passages: (document attached with noted section flagged) -Page 11, paragraph 3 – “ To ensure success in the important challenge, we will form a Division of Enrollment Management and Student Success under the direction of a Vice President. This division will take the lead in developing an enrollment plan that is consistent with our overall institutional strategy, and the core of that plan will be to improve retention and graduation rates.” -Page 15, paragraph 4 – “To move in these directions, we will create a leadership position in this area that will report directly to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The Vice President for Diversity will provide leadership to bring the campus together to increase the diversity of students, staff, and faculty across all academic disciplines and units on campus”. Preamble to the Regents’ Goals for the President of University of New Mexico was officially released and posted to the President’s website. Within this document are the following passages: (document attached with noted section flagged) -Page 3, Goal 3. Academics, Tactic 1 - “Establish the Division of Enrollment Management.” -Page 3, Goal 3. Academics, Milestone/Benchmark 1 – “The Division of Enrollment Management will be fully functional and an enrollment management plan will be presented to the Board.” -Page 4, Goal 4. Diversity of Leadership, Faculty, and Staff, Tactic 2 – “ Establish the Division of Institutional Diversity under the leadership of the Interim VP for Institutional Diversity.” -Page 4, Goal 4. Diversity of Leadership, Faculty, and Staff, Milestones, Benchmark 1 – “The following positions will be permanently filled: Provost/Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Vice Presidents for Enrollment Management and Institutional Diversity, and the Executive Vice President for Rio Rancho and Coordinator of Branch Campuses.” August 20, 2007 UNM Today on-line article “Visions, Goals to be Found on President’s Web Site”. (document attached) -This article announces that the President has posted several key documents on his website for easy access and viewing to bring more open lines of communication and bring more transparency to the operations of the University of New Mexico. The documents referred to in this article include “UNM in the 21st Center A New President’s Vision”, the goals and major milestones set for the President by the Board of Regents, and the President’s Report to the Board of Regents. The last paragraph of this article notes “President Schmidly urges university stakeholders to review each of these documents and offer suggestions via e-mail.” President Schmidly’s Monday Morning Message – August 20, 2007 (document attached with noted section framed with highlighter). -Paragraphs 2 and 3 – in this message President Schmidly announces the publication two documents, “UNM in the 21st Century – A New Presidents Vision” and the “goals and major milestones” set for the first year. The article notes that these two documents can be located on the President’s website and provides a link to the website. October 14, 2008 “UNM Accomplishments President David J. Schmidly’s Report to the Board of Regents” is released in hard copy at the Board of Regents Meeting and made available on the President’s website. (document attached with noted section highlighted) -Page 1, column 1 – Executive Accomplishments section outlines the establishment of the two new divisions of Enrollment Management and Institutional Diversity. November 12, 2007 UNM News Release posting the agenda for the UNM Regents meeting to be held November 14, 2008. Under Section III, Item B. - President’s Report is noted “Progress Report on Regents’ Goals, Carolyn Thompson, Consultant to President for Strategy and Goals. (document attached with noted section highlighted) The Key Dashboard Indicators of Progress Toward UNM Presidential Work Plan document was presented to the Board of Regents at their regularly scheduled public meeting. Carolyn Thompson presented a report on progress to-date on the goals that contained the following: (documents attached) - Page 1, Goal 3. Academics, first indicator – “Establish Enrollment Management Division.” Progress was reported as Achieved. - Page 2, Goal 4. Diversity of Leadership, Faculty, and Staff, first indicator – “Establish Division of Institutional Diversity.” Progress was reported as Achieved. - Page 3, Goal 9. UNM Rio Rancho Campus – “Recruit and hire RR Executive Vice President.” Progress was reported as Some Progress. - A pie chart graphic showing the progress on the Regents’ goals as of October 31, 2007. Following the report this report to the Board of Regents, the Key Indicators dashboard and pie chart was made available for viewing on the President’s web site. December 17, 2007 President Schmidly’s Monday Morning Message (document attached with noted section highlighted) -Paragraph 3 contains the following passages: “..we have commenced a regional search for a Vice President for Rio Rancho Operations and Branch Academic Affairs.”, “…intent is to have someone chosen by mid-February.” January 17, 2008 UNM Today on-line article “Open Forums Set for Vice President Rio Rancho and Branch Academic Affairs”. (document attached) -Article announcing open forums for this position to be held January 25th and January 31st. February 14, 2008 UNM Today News Release “Nigliazzo Named UNM VP for Rio Rancho, Branch Academic Affairs.” (document attached) -Article announces selection of Marc Nigliazzo, a UNM alumnus and notes “we want Marc to get Rio Rancho campus up and running”. February 15, 2008 UNM Today on-line article “Nigliazzo Named UNM VP for Rio Rancho, Branch Academic Affairs” – second university-wide communication released regarding position selection. (document attached) - Article announces the selection of the new Executive VP position with a start date of June

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