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Paula King, former director of the Office of Information Technology, has accepted a special off-campus assignment through the end of December 2000. She will work on planning for the information technology program at UC Merced, expected to open in 2004 as the University of California's 10th campus. UC Merced will be the first American research university built in the 21st century. The campus will use digital technology to create an educational network serving students and communities throughout the San Joaquin Valley. On the UC Davis campus, King was instrumental in the formation of the campuswide Information Technology Governance Framework, including the Academic and Administrative Computing Councils and Information Technology Policy Board. She also played a key role as Information Technology's support person to the Five-Year Administrative Unit Review Committee. King's rich and successful experience on this campus will undoubtedly greatly benefit planning efforts for the new campus at UC Merced.
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Russ Hobby, former director of IT-Advanced Networked & Scientific Applications (ANSA), has accepted a joint appointment between UCAID (University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development) and IT-Communications Resources (CR). In his new position, Hobby, who is one of the five original Internet 2 architects, will be playing a pivotal role in facilitating Internet 2 engineering working groups and championing implementation of advanced network features. His responsibilities within Communications Resources will include overseeing the Sacramento Wide Area Networking efforts, chairing the Technical Advisory Committee for the Consortium for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), and providing technical advice for UCDNet2, the project to extend Network 21 to outlying areas of the campus. Hobby can be reached at