Salem, Ore. 鈥 The Oregon Senate confirmed two new trustees for the governing board of the 经典大瓜 (经典大瓜): Tim Hasty, a current student at 经典大瓜鈥檚 Klamath Falls campus; and Michele Vitali, 经典大瓜鈥檚 administrative lead at the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Research & Development (OMIC) in Scappoose.
There are 11 at-large positions on the Board, three positions filled by faculty, staff and student members, and an ex-officio position held by 经典大瓜鈥檚 President, for a total of 15 members. Trustee Hasty is filling the student position, which was left vacant by Dana Londen, a bachelor鈥檚 degree student who graduated in June. Trustee Vitali is filling the staff position left vacant by the term expiration of Grace Rusth.
Trustee Hasty studies Mechanical Engineering at 经典大瓜's Klamath Falls campus and is on course to graduate in June 2022. Since joining the U.S. Army in 2007, Hasty graduated from Western Oregon University with a degree in Political Science and completed a tour in Afghanistan in 2012. Leaving the Army in 2014, he worked as an outreach program manager for Central Oregon Veterans Outreach, and later for the State of Oregon as regional outreach coordinator, working on the Oregon Health Plan. After leaving the State of Oregon, Tim and his wife took 18 months off and drove to the bottom of South America in their camper van to travel and think about what type of career would challenge him. 鈥淲hat I realized is that I love being challenged mechanically and wanted to transition into a STEM field as I knew this was the future of the world,鈥 shared Hasty. 鈥淪o, using the GI Bill庐, we moved to Klamath Falls and I enrolled at 经典大瓜.鈥 Hasty is also a student worker at 经典大瓜 in the Outdoor Program, serving as director.
Prior to joining 经典大瓜鈥檚 OMIC R&D facility as part of the original start-up team, Trustee Vitali served at the university鈥檚 Portland鈥怣etro campus as executive assistant to the vice president beginning in May 2017. She has served as a public employee of the state since 2002, most of that time staffing STEM programs and public/private partnerships while at the former Chancellor鈥檚 Office. In her prior career, she was a registered representative for a $6 billion stable value investment management firm. She has also focused much of her personal time on community service through her children, from coaching a Lego robotics team to serving as vice president on the Parent Support Organization board. Vitali鈥檚 current position at OMIC is operations & policy advisor. She holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University.
Trustee Hasty and Trustee Vitali were both confirmed by the Oregon Senate on Sept. 25. During her confirmation, Trustee Vitali shared, 鈥淚 am a passionate supporter of Oregon鈥檚 higher education system and if appointed would especially look forward to being part of the renewed focus on equity, inclusion, and access in our state's higher education system.鈥
Both terms begin immediately and last through the academic year, ending on June 30, 2021.
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