The Ombuds Blog: University of Kansas Names Faculty Ombuds

August 23, 2019

University of Kansas Names Faculty Ombuds

Ada Emmett has been selected as the next Faculty Ombuds at KU. She joins University Ombuds DA Graham and succeeds Maria Orive, who served in the role for over a decade. Emmett is expected to serve an initial, renewable three-year, renewable term. The Faculty Ombuds position is a 20% appointment and Emmett continues as a Librarian and the director of a campus center that provides online tools for faculty, staff, and students to share scholarly work and educational resources.
Emmett graduated from the University of Michigan and earned her MLIS from the University of Washington. (Maria Orive Twitter; LinkedIn.)

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