[Vision2020] UI to Furlough Employees

[Kenneth Marcy]

On Thursday 04 March 2010 14:49:05 Tom Hansen wrote:
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> As a sidebar of interest:  As a student at UI, I sat on (and was a
> voting member of), Dr. David VanOver's (Management Information
> Systems) tenure committee.

Was that an interesting experience?

> Yes.  Students are selected to be voting members on tenure
> committees at the rate of two students per committee.

Three dozen years ago the Board of Regents approved student 
participation in the tenuring and tenure review process.

> Dr VanOver was an excellent professor and I was extremely fortunate
> to have him for a few classes.
>
> However, ever since UI's problems developed a cancer, Dr. VanOver
> moved on to the University of Texas where upper management actually
> gives a sh*t about faculty retention.

Here is information from the website of the University of Wollongong 
in Dubai regarding the gentleman whose tenure you considered. He 
appears to be enjoying an interesting career.

Dr. David Van Over
BA, MA, MBA, PhD Houston

Dr. David Van Over is the Dean, Faculty of Business and Management and 
teaches courses in Information Technology. He received a PhD in 
Information Systems, an MBA in Market Research, an MA in Psychology, 
and a BA in Psychology all from the University of Houston (USA). 
Prior to joining UOWD, Dr. Van Over held similar positions in 
American universities, including University of Georgia, University of 
Idaho, University of Houston, and Texas A&M University.

Dr. Van Over has written extensively in the areas of group decision 
making, simulation, and pedagogical issues of the IT field. He has 
won several teaching awards including being named “Teacher of the 
Year” at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Van Over is a corporate consultant, trainer, and group 
facilitator. He was employed by both Deloitte & Touche and IBM as a 
business consultant. He also has extensive industry experience in the 
oil and gas and engineering fields. He has worked as a systems 
analyst and system designer (6 systems) and was the director of IT 
for an international oil and gas services company. 

http://tinyurl.com/ylr3dbh 


Ken