August 27, 2008 — Special Notice

Dear Faculty & Staff,

Later this week the University of Louisiana System will hold its monthly meeting in Baton Rouge. I am emailing you today to keep you informed about agenda items that affect our university.  I will seek the board’s approval to broaden the responsibilities and change the title for Dr. Steve Landry to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.  I will also request approval to name Dean Edward Pratt as Interim Vice President for Student Affairs.

Based on the input we received during the transition and the impact of the retirement of key senior administrators, I am also asking the board’s permission to begin making some initial organizational changes. I will be working with Dr. Randy Moffett, UL System President, on these organizational changes. No final decisions have been made at this time. I will keep you informed of this process and I pledge that the decisions we make will occur only after careful consideration and always with the best long-term interest of the university in mind.

I hope you’ll find email a good means of open communication. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to share this information in this fashion.

Dr. E. Joseph Savoie
President
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
president@louisiana.edu