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Robyn East will join UNC on Dec. 28 as deputy chief information officer and associate vice chancellor for Information Technology Services (ITS). East is currently executive director of the administrative applications department in Information Systems and Services at George Washington University.

"I sincerely love working with technology in higher education and am dedicated to maximizing the exciting potential that is available to us with today's technology," said East, who will manage ITS daily operations.

Dr. Daniel A. Reed, vice chancellor and chief information officer, said creation of a deputy CIO post is part of an ongoing reorganization of ITS aimed at creating a more nimble and flexible organization better able to serve the expansive UNC community.

"Robyn brings broad experience in academic IT management, and I am delighted that she will be joining us at UNC," Reed said in announcing her appointment to departmental staff this week.

Historically, UNC’s central IT organization consisted of three groups: "ATN" (Academic Technology and Networks), "AIS" (Administrative Information Services) and "S&P" (Systems and Procedures).

In October, all ITS members were organized by service skills into eight key groups, each headed by an assistant vice chancellor. The entire organization is now known as ITS.

East earned her bachelor’s degree from the Mississippi University for Women and completed graduate work at North Texas State University. She was awarded the 2003 EDUCAUSE Excellence in Administrative Systems Award.

Photo URL:  http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/staff/east_robyn.jpg

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The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host "Letters from Home: The Art of Michael D. Harris."

The exhibit will run in the Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum through Jan. 29. Harris is an associate professor of art history at UNC.

The collection consists of digital prints, low-relief sculptures and mixed-media installations that tell stories, not only of a personal ancestry, but of a collective ancestral voice.

The Stone Center will host a reception for the exhibit Sunday, Jan. 14 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit the Stone Center’s Web site at http://ibiblio.org/shscbch/.

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James W. "Mike" Page has been named director of planned giving in the Office of University Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

A Carolina graduate, Page joined the development office this fall after five years in the same post at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.

In Chapel Hill, Page joins efforts focused on Carolina First, a comprehensive, multi-year $1.8 billion private fund-raising campaign to support Carolina’s vision of becoming the nation’s leading public university.

Page served as an attorney in private practice and as a trust officer in Winston-Salem prior to joining The Citadel.

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