Rep. Gail Whitsett,
Oregon House
District 56, Klamath
and Lake Counties
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Appointed to Special
Committee on
University
Governance
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Salem, OR
– Representative
Gail Whitsett has
been appointed to
the newly created
eight-member Special
Committee on
University
Governance and
Operations.
Rep. Whitsett said,
“House Speaker Tina
Kotek recently
appointed me as the
only woman
legislator to serve
on this Special
Committee. We are
tasked with advising
the Legislature on
higher education
policy issues and
how our public
universities should
be operated as our
university system is
being transformed
toward more
autonomous,
self-managed
universities.”
The Special
Committee on
University
Governance and
Organization results
from legislation
passed during the
2013 session. SB 270
established
governing boards for
the University of
Oregon and Portland
State University.
Other Oregon
universities may opt
to establish their
own governing boards
as well.
Representative
Whitsett will join
Senate President
Peter Courtney
(D-Salem), Ways and
Means Committee
Co-Chair Senator
Richard Devlin
(D-Tualatin),
Senator Fred Girod
(R-Stayton), Senator
Bill Hansell
(R-Athena), and
Representatives
Peter Buckley
(D-Ashland), Michael
Dembrow
(D-Portland), and
Greg Smith
(R-Heppner) on this
new committee.
“The undergraduate
and graduate degrees
in Geology that I
earned at Oregon
State University
prepared me for a
successful career in
a very technical
industry. Currently,
more than half of
the students
enrolled in Oregon’s
seven public
universities are
women,”
Representative
Whitsett stated.
“It will certainly
be my privilege to
help establish
university policy
that will best serve
all of the
university system’s
students as well as
all of their current
and future
employers.”
For a copy of the
press release,
click here
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