Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Trustees:      With the start of the new fiscal and academic year upon us, I am pleased to announce those who have been promoted at DRI. I congratulate each of you for this achievement, which is the result of the grants and contracts you have earned and the peer-reviewed publications you have produced.             Here is the list of promotions effective July 1: ·        Lynn Karr: from Rank 1 Staff Environmental Scientist to Rank 2 Assistant Research  Evironmental Scientist (DHS-S) ·        Steven Bacon:  from Rank 1 Staff Geomorphologist to Rank 2 Assistant Research Geomorphologist (DEES-N) ·        Beth Hall: from Rank 2 Assistant Research Scientist to Rank 3 Associate Research Scientist (DAS-N) ·        John Gillies:  from Rank 3 Associate Research Professor to Rank 4 Research Professor (DAS-N) ·        P. Ross Edwards:  from Rank 2 Assistant Research Professor to Rank 3 Associate Research Professor (DHS-N) ·        Kelly Redmond:  from Rank 3 Associate Research Professor to Rank 4 Research Professor (DAS-N) ·        Hampden Kuhns:  from Rank 3 Associate Research Professor to Rank 4 Research Professor (DAS-N) ·        Douglas Boyle:  from Rank 2 Assistant Research Professor to Rank 3 Associate Research Professor (DHS-N) ·        James Thomas:  from Rank 3 Associate Research Professor to Rank 4 Research Professor (DHS-N)             In addition I'm proud to announce two reclassifications: ·        Samuel Earman:  from Postdoctoral Fellow to Rank 2 Assistant Research Professor (DHS-N) ·        Donald Matthew Reeves:  from Postdoctoral Fellow to Rank 2 Assistant Research Professor (DHS-N) Technologist Manual approved by Board of Regents                          I am also pleased to announce that after two years of review, the revised Technologist Manual was approved by the Board of Regents at the June meeting.  The new manual can be found in the Administrative Manual under Policies on DRI's internal web site with links to the Human Resources web site and the TAC website.  Information in the manual is current as of the June approval date and all previous versions of the manual are null and void. All technologists will be sent a hard copy of the manual and supervisors can request a manual from the Human Resources Office.              The manual was reorganized to better align topics that were related to each other, and some policy changes were made that will be described in an e-mail to technologists and supervisors from the HR Office. Once technologists and supervisors have an opportunity to review the new manual, they can address any questions to the HR Office.

Until next time, Dr. Stephen Wells

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