This annual summary of the most important stories about Organizational Ombuds news comes in three parts. It starts with a review of people who retired and passed away, and a recap of new and closed programs. Two more posts will follow before the end of the year.
Retirements -- Many notable Ombuds retired last year, including:
- Soucila Badaroudine, Sherbrooke University;
- Lydia Cummings, Harvard University;
- Glenda L. Dickson, Clemson University;
- Monique Laforest, University of Montréal;
- Steven Madden, Coastal Carolina University;
- Anita L. Pouliot, University of Western Ontario;
- Conchita Serri, Pomona College; and
- Charles Walcott, Cornell University.
In Memoriam -- Colleagues remembered several current and former Ombuds who passed away in 2021:
- Sharon R. Bailey: Denver Public Schools;
- Lynda Dunham-Wilke, University of Victoria;
- Laurie Mesibov, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill;
- Frances Gates Rhodes, Texas A&M International University;
- Sig Stautland: San Diego State University; and
- Liz Tomaszewski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
New and Expanded Offices -- This year, 58 organizations created or increased the scope of their Ombuds programs. This was an increase of 23% from 47 new/expanded Ombuds programs in 2020. With a nearly four-fold increase in job postings in 2021, this trend looks to continue. The following organizations created or expanded (indicated in parentheses) their Ombuds programs:
- Acsenda School of Management;
- Allegheny College;
- American Chemical Society;
- American Literary Translators Association;
- Association for Conflict Resolution;
- Association for Social Economics;
- Association for the Study of Higher Education;
- Auckland University of Technology;
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard;
- Boston Children’s Hospital;
- California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation;
- Canadian Improv Games;
- Carnegie Mellon University;
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District;
- Columbia University (School Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology);
- Dakota State University;
- Denver Public Schools;
- East European University;
- Eastern Virginia Medical;
- Eindhoven University of Technology;
- Franklin University Switzerland;
- Gallaudet University;
- German Studies Association;
- Georgetown University (Students);
- Grand Valley State University (Employees);
- Iowa City Community School District;
- Johns Hopkins University;
- Kansas State University(Students);
- Khazar University;
- Linguistic Society of America;
- Loyola University Chicago;
- MacEwan University;
- Midwestern University;
- Northern Virginia Community College;
- Northwestern University;
- The Ohio State University;
- Omaha Public Schools;
- Pennsylvania State University (Graduate Students);
- Pinterest;
- Radboud University;
- Sandia National Labs [restarted];
- Society for Research in Child Development;
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology;
- Texas State University;
- Twitter;
- Union of Concerned Scientists;
- University of California, Office of the President;
- University of Hawai'i, School of Medicine
- University of Iceland;
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, College of Engineering;
- University of Luxembourg;
- University of Michigan-Dearborn (Staff);
- University of Pittsburgh (School of Medicine);
- University of Texas Arlington (College of Engineering);
- U.S. Green Building Council;
- Utrecht University;
- Wake Forest University;
- Wesleyan University; and
- World Wildlife Fund.
- University of Arizona.
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Do add Gallaudet University to the list of New/Expanded Offices. Thrilled to see the long list and want to see it a bit longer.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Liz. Done!
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