Category: Memos
March 23, 2016
Rue Mapp – May 14, Commencement Speaker
From: Melik Khoury Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 8:11 AM To: Employee-News Subject: Rue Mapp – May 14, Commencement Speaker College Community, I am pleased to announce that Rue Mapp will be our speaker for Unity College Commencement 2016 on May 14. Mapp is founder of the nonprofit organization Outdoor Afro, which has chapters… Read more »
March 02, 2016
Open Letter to the Unity College Community
Open Letter to the Unity College Community January 14, 2016 Unity College Family and Friends, As I begin my term as Unity College President I want to express my appreciation for your ongoing support of this office and for me personally. Having been part of the Unity community for three years and understanding the challenges… Read more »
February 10, 2016
Leadership in Abundance: Chief Fundraising Officer
TO: Employee-news FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury DATE: February 10, 2016 SUBJECT: Leadership in Abundance: Chief Fundraising Officer — Effective February 14th 2016 ATTACHMENT: Chief Fundraising Officer Job Description Colleagues, Leadership in Abundance requires that we add capacity and skills where institutional need requires, but also that we build pathways to leadership development from within. As… Read more »
January 15, 2016
Have a Great Semester
TO: Employee-news FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury DATE: January 15, 2016 SUBJECT: Have a Great Semester ATTACHMENT: None Dear Unity College employees. Thank you all for your work and participation at the State of the College Event. We all work hard, and I am glad we could take a few hours and have a bit… Read more »
January 15, 2016
My First Week as Unity College President
TO: Students; Employee-news FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury DATE: January 15, 2016 SUBJECT: My First Week as Unity College President ATTACHMENT: None Dear Unity College Students, As you may know, as of January 3rd, I began my tenure as Unity College’s President. I am both grateful and humbled for the responsibility of this leadership,… Read more »
January 06, 2016
Happy New Year!
TO: Employee-news FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury DATE: January 4, 2016 SUBJECT: Happy New Year! ATTACHMENT: None Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! As I start my first day as Unity College’s president, I just wanted to send out a quick note and let you all know how excited I am to steward this chapter of… Read more »
December 09, 2015
New Chief Officers: DeHart and Zavodny
I’m writing today to announce the latest Chief Officer appointments: Chief Sustainability Officer and Chief of Staff. These will likely be the last of the internal appointments to Chief Officer positions. As with all Chief Officer appointments, these roles will take effect in January.
December 09, 2015
Functional Leadership in Abundance – Organizational Structure Process
TO: Employee-news FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury DATE: December 9, 2015 SUBJECT: Functional Leadership in Abundance – Organizational Structure Process ATTACHMENT: Functional Leadership in Abundance (9.2.2015) email Colleagues, I know everyone is extremely busy with final projects, beginning the in-between-semester business processes, and prepping for next semester. Before you know it we’ll all be gathered… Read more »
November 25, 2015
A Heartfelt Thank You to You and Yours
As we prepare to give thanks and kickoff the holiday season, please allow me to share with you a heartfelt thanksgiving tribute.
November 11, 2015
New Chief Officers: Bert, Julie, and Dan
TO: Employee-news FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury DATE: November 11, 2015 SUBJECT: New Chief Officers: Bert, Julie, and Dan ATTACHMENT: Chief Facility Management Officer Job Description; Chief Information Officer Job Description; Chief Fundraising Officer Job Description Colleagues, As promised, I¹m writing to announce three more Chief Officers to take the role in January. In my… Read more »
September 09, 2015
Academic Space Planning
The growth models we’ve worked through together in the last several months provide hundreds of thousands of dollars for increased instructional space as enrollments increase. In support for measured growth beyond 625 over the next couple of years, I will soon be commissioning an ad hoc committee to plan for academic and instructional space capacity and needs.
September 09, 2015
Chief Student Success Officer – Internal Interest a Priority
I think we all agree that there is nothing more important to Unity College than student success and well-intentioned measures over several years have realized temporary improvements in retention, persistence, and graduation rates–enough to show us the promise of concerted effort, but not enough to secure those gains as lasting trends.
September 04, 2015
Interim CAO to Start Oct 1st
TO: Employee-news FROM: Dr. Melik Peter Khoury DATE: September 4, 2015 SUBJECT: Interim Chief Academic Officer to Start October 1st ATTACHMENT: CAO Job Description Colleagues, Please join me in welcoming Robert Frank Scott, Jr., Ph.D. to the Unity College community. Rob will be joining the College on October 1st as the Interim Associate CAO, and… Read more »
September 02, 2015
Leadership in Abundance
I’m writing today to outline the plan and approach to organizational structure at Unity College. If you attended the strategic priorities session during the State of the College professional development day, you heard most of this.
