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USI Alumni Association

Issue 15: September 2005
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Academic units are “colleges” effective July 1

USI’s five academic units, were designated “schools,” are now being called “colleges” to better reflect the intent of the units.

The five units are:

• College of Business
• Bower-Suhrheinrich College
   of Education and Human
   Services
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Nursing and Health
   Professions
• Robert H. and Elaine H. Pott
College of Science and
Engineering

Linda L. M. Bennett, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, said that the designation of “school” usually denotes a narrowly focused professional program with limited degree offerings.

The five academic schools at USI offer a complex array of undergraduate programs and four of the five schools offer graduate programs. The change to the college designation will offer greater flexibility in future organizational planning.

Each college is led by a dean who reports to the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

The USI Board of Trustees, following recommendation by the Faculty Senate, the Academic Affairs Council, and President H. Ray Hoops, approved the change at the meeting in January 2005.

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