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       President Todd reported that there would be a Commission for Diversity. The University
of Kentucky has as made some good headway over the last ten years, but, in his opinion, it has
not done as much as should have been done for the last two years. He said he and his wife,
Patsy, had attended a reception with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jackson, the African American
community and the town leaders, not just the University of Kentucky faculty. He said that he
had also talked with Drs. Loretta Byars and John Harris and discussed underlying concerns about
the climate, that will be one of the charges to that Committee. He reported that the Commission
on Diversity would report directly to him for whatever period it takes or until he feels the
University exceeds its objectives. The charge to the Committee will be presented later in the
presentation.

       President Todd reported that the administration had trimmed down. He explained that he
added some new positions to show his strategic interests on economic outreach, and he added the
two commissions. These are not direct management positions reporting to him. His
management team will be primarily the Provost, Senior Vice President For Administration and
Senior Vice President and Chancellor of the Medical Center. He will have meetings, in many
cases following his management team meetings, with the Vice President for Research and other
Vice Presidents that he will discuss later in his presentation.

       President Todd reported that he had moved the Director of the University Press position
under the Provost. The University Press is one of the university's most scholarly activities. It is
campus-wide and is well recognized as an academic and scholarly activity; therefore, it is under
the Provost.

       President Todd mentioned the following positions: Associate Provost for Undergraduate
Education Phillip Kraemer, Associate Provost for Minority Affairs Loretta Byars, and Associate
Provost for Student Affairs Jim Kuder. Those positions will report to Provost Nietzel.

       He said that Dr. Connie Ray had been asked to be the Vice Provost for Planning and
Institutional Effectiveness. She has a long history with the University and is well recognized on
the campus for institutional research. Given his opinion -- having been in engineering -- for the
level of research and the level of decision-making based on research analysis, he said he is
pleased that Dr. Ray is going to be taking that position.

       President Todd reported that the libraries, under the direction of Mr. Paul Willis, would
be reporting to the Provost to enhance the Provost model. Paul Willis has done an outstanding
job, and the University of Kentucky has the number one endowment of all public universities in
the United States, only second to Harvard in all universities. Mr. Willis has done a phenomenal
job with the libraries. This takes into consideration some recommendations and consolidations
that have been made by committees over time. The Education Outreach and Distance Learning
have been consolidated into one reporting line. Dr. Bill Pfiefle will be in charge of that area, but
Dr. Phil Greasley will continue to be Dean of the University Extension. That brings together two
areas that have been reporting separately.