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365 DAYS OF HART
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UA PRESIDENT HART answers questions from campus community members during a townhall meeting in October 2012. Along with the meetings, Hart also started a breakfast club to better connect with UA students.
One year later, UA president still striving for greatness
STEPHANIE CASANOVA Arizona Summer Wildcat
Since she first arrived on campus one year ago, UA President Ann Weaver Hart has worked to better the university, impressing administration, government and business leaders along the way. Named the UA’s first female president on July 1, 2012, Hart has appointed multiple senior administrators, helped to create a new academic plan and gotten to
know a variety of business leaders and Arizona legislators, including the Arizona Board of Regents and Gov. Jan Brewer. Her academic plan, which has had input from more than 4,000 people, is intended to help students apply what they learn outside of the classroom, as well as encourage students and faculty members to find new ways to apply knowledge. “The academic plan … is very much structured around what we do best at the University of Arizona,” Hart
said, adding that executing the new academic plan is her biggest goal in moving forward as president of the UA. One goal is to increase partnerships between the UA, other businesses and the city of Tucson, in order to meet goals for the community. The plan is now in its execution phase, and Hart, administrators and faculty members have started to work on a budget that will ensure these goals will be met. J.C. Mutchler, executive director
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