{"id":4779,"date":"2017-04-21T09:49:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T13:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:34:29","slug":"umpi-reorganization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2017\/04\/21\/umpi-reorganization\/","title":{"rendered":"UMPI Reorganization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/01\/Ray-Rice-20161129_104629-e1484677669517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4580\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/01\/Ray-Rice-20161129_104629-e1484677669517-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/01\/Ray-Rice-20161129_104629-e1484677669517-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/01\/Ray-Rice-20161129_104629-e1484677669517-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/01\/Ray-Rice-20161129_104629-e1484677669517-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/01\/Ray-Rice-20161129_104629-e1484677669517-1200x2133.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/01\/Ray-Rice-20161129_104629-e1484677669517.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy thanks to all who participated in and\/or provided feedback regarding the proposed organizational structure of the university.\u00a0 My special thanks to the task force that led us through this process, which included the following individuals:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Administration, Faculty and Staff : Gregg Bouchard, David Buckingham, Lorne Gibson, John Haley, Deborah Hodgkins, Jason Johnston, Dan LaLonde, Vanessa Pearson, Nancy Pierce and Tracy Rockwell.<\/li>\n<li>Student Reps Katharine Waldron and Joshua Williams.<\/li>\n<li>BOV Member Steve Richard.<\/li>\n<li>Notes: Lisa Pucci.<\/li>\n<li>Carolyn Dorsey (Assoc. Prof. of Business) and Deborah Roark (Executive Director of Institutional Advancement), Co-Chairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I noted at the Open Forum on April 4, I have recommended a model based upon the work produced by the task force, along with input from cabinet, to Chancellor Page.\u00a0 The chancellor will be asking the board of trustees to comment upon\u2014and authorize\u2014the organizational model at the board of trustees meeting being held this May 21 and 22 here at the university.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the chancellor will be visiting the UMPI campus on May 5 to receive further input directly from the task force about the process, which developed five different models, from which this final recommendation was drawn.\u00a0 Please look for more information regarding the chancellor\u2019s visit soon.\u00a0 For those who may have not yet seen the model, I include a copy of it along with this document.\u00a0 Please keep in mind that this is intended to be a permanent but \u201cliving\u201d organizational structure, and that we will be making appropriate adjustments to it as further information unfolds as we go through our upcoming process improvement projects!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill Lothrop, Ave at Vale!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is with great sadness that we announced the loss of William J. \u201cBill\u201d Lothrop, 82, retired assistant professor of mathematics, on April 9.\u00a0 Bill started his teaching career at UMPI in 1967, teaching courses such as Algebra-Trigonometry, Principles of Mathematics and College Mathematics I.\u00a0 His guidance and curricular expertise shaped the lives of generations of education majors\u2014and his legacy is found today in nearly every Aroostook County school (and far beyond).\u00a0 Bill was tenured in 1974 after several years of exemplary service, for which President Stanley Salwak made a direct (and exceptional) appeal on his behalf.\u00a0 He retired from full-time teaching in 2008.\u00a0 Bill received his B.S. in mechanical engineering, as well as his master\u2019s degree, from the University of Maine.\u00a0 He lived in Ashland for most of his teaching career, where he was all the closer to the lakes and ponds upon which he so loved to fish.\u00a0 A registered Maine guide, Bill\u2019s dedication to his students in the classroom was matched only by his love of the natural beauty and wonders of Aroostook County.\u00a0 He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Joan Lothrop, his daughter, Carrie Reed, and son, Ben.<\/p>\n<p>In lieu of flowers, Ben and Carrie ask that donations in their father\u2019s memory be provided to the university in support of the Mathematics-Science Academic Achievement Scholarship.\u00a0 Please contact Debbie Roark (deborah.roark@maine.edu) for further information.\u00a0 Truly, there can be no more appropriate remembrance of his accomplishments than supporting students in the discipline that he loved so much.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/04\/bill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4780\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/04\/bill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>And Thank You for a <\/strong>HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA\u00a0BTHUTHDY*<strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, my thanks (I think!) to all who gave up a portion of their afternoon to plan, prepare for and\/or stop by last Wednesday at my \u201csurprise\u201d half-century birthday party.\u00a0 The 20 years I\u2019ve been at UMPI truly feel as if they have gone by in the blink of an eye (perhaps that\u2019s because my memory isn\u2019t what it used to be, ha ha?).\u00a0 I\u2019m still recovering from the pretext that got me up to the Campus Center, but it truly was an unexpected and wonderful celebration.\u00a0 I\u2019m told you can access much of the \u201croast,\u201d which includes commentary from a wide range of university and community people, including Joe Zubrick, Lea Allen and her family, Mike Knopp and Rich Zuras (AKA, the Don Rickles of Aroostook County!), Provost Joe Szakas (UMA), President Don Zillman, BOT Chair Sam Collins and Rachel Rice (!) at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dqENr3kZff4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/dqENr3kZff4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(*Winne the Pooh)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thanks to all who participated in and\/or provided feedback regarding the proposed organizational structure of the university.\u00a0 My special thanks to the task force that led us through this process, which included the following 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