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AESEDA News :: Furman Named CIC Fellow for 2006-07

Dr. Tanya Furman, Professor of Geosciences and Associate Director of AESEDA, in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been named an Academic Leadership Program Fellow of the Consortium for Institutional Cooperation (CIC) for the academic year 2006-07.

The CIC is a consortium of 12 research universities, including the 11 members of the Big Ten Conference and the University of Chicago. The mission of the CIC is to advance academic excellence by sharing resources and promoting and coordinating collaborative activities across the member universities. The CIC is guided by the Provosts of the member universities.

Established in 1987, the Academic Leadership Program (ALP) is designed to develop the leadership and managerial skills of faculty on CIC campuses who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise.