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Chancellor’s update

Chancellor Domenico Grasso provided the following university updates: 

• Shared news of the 2025 State of the University address, including highlights of strong strategic plan key performance indicators 
• Reported the campus earned Carnegie R2 designation based on significant growth in research and high doctorate production, first time in university history 

The following personnel appointments were approved:

New appointment of regular instructional staff

Guiherme Viera Hollweg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CECS, Jan. 1, 2025 – April 30, 2028.

Promotions, joint appointments, transfers or discipline changes of regular instructional staff 

Faird Hallouche, from Lecturer I in Information and Operations Management, COB to Lecturer I in Information and Operations Management, COB and Lecturer I in Computing, College of Innovation and Technology, ������-Flint, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Jeremy D. Lynd, from Lecturer I in Biological Sciences, CASL to Lecturer I in Biological Sciences, CASL and Lecturer I in Biology, College of Innovation and Technology, ������-Flint, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Joint or additional appointments or transfers of regular associate or full professors and selected academic and administrative staff

Matthew P. Heinicke, associate dean, CASL, effective Jan. 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027 (also professor of biology, with tenure).

New appointments of instructional staff represented by the Lecturers’ Employee Organization

Shahad Atiya, J.D., Lecturer I in Criminal Justice, Department of Behavioral Sciences, CASL, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Mohamad Baydoun, Ph.D., Lecturer I in Physical Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, CASL, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Gary Carone, M.S., Lecturer I in Education Operations, CEHHS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Audrea Dakho, J.D., Lecturer I in Criminal Justice, CASL, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Anthony J. Daniel, M.S., Lecturer I in Health and Human Services, CEHHS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Deirdre C. Devlin, M.S., Lecturer I in Biological Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, CASL, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

David N. Dilley, D.SC., Lecturer I in Mechanical Engineering, CECS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Mark A. Hill, Ph.D., Lecturer I in Anthropology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, CASL, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Eric N. Horst, Ph.D., Lecturer I in Mechanical Engineering, CECS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Leonardo P. Kattari, M.S.W., Lecturer I in Health and Human Services, CEHHS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Kurt Kosmowski, B.A., Lecturer I in Health and Human Services, CEHHS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Aruna K. Tripathy, Ph.D., Lecturer I in Mechanical Engineering, CECS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Feng Zhou, Ph.D., Lecturer I in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, CECS, Jan. 1 – April 30, 2025.

Committee Appointments

Citizens Advisory Committee: Kelli Vanden Bosch, President, Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce, four-year term, Feb. 1, 2025 through Jan. 31, 2029.

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