Friday, July 20, 2007

IU Gets a Vice President for International Affairs


Patrick O'Meara (left)has been named to the newly created position of Vice President for International Affairs at Indiana University by President Michael A. McRobbie, according to the IU News Bureau.

O'Meara is an internationally renowned scholar of international development and African politics. He has been serving as dean for international programs at IU Bloomington since 1993 and has been at IU since the 1960s.

With the promotion, O'Meara will continue to have oversight of international programs at all eight IU campuses, and he will have principal responsibility under McRobbie's direction for implementing a new, university-wide international strategic plan. He will provide leadership and coordination of all international directions and initiatives.

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