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Oregon University System
hires new vice chancellor
Jay Kenton, who has 15 years of previous experience
working within OUS, will start the position April 1
BY ADAM CHERRY
NEWS REPORTER
The Oregon University System se
lected a new vice chancellor for fi
nance and administration Wednesday.
Jay Kenton is leaving his position
as vice president for finance and ad
ministration at the University of Ida
ho and will begin the OUS job on
April 1. Kenton’s appointment con
cludes a four-month selection
process, according to an
OUS press release.
Kenton’s resume in
cludes more than 15 years
of experience at Portland
State University in various
finance and administra
tive jobs, including two
years as the institution’s
vice president for finance
and administration.
Ron Bolstad, who holds
the same position at
Southern Oregon Univer
sity, chaired the selection
JAY KENTON
OUS VICE CHANCELLOR
FOR FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION
committee for OUS. He said the state
organization needed someone who
could support the team as it lobbies
in the state legislature.
“Jay will have a major role in poli
cy development,” Bolstad said. “His
understanding of the Oregon Univer
sity System in his prior service will
serve him well in terms of helping to
guide that policy development.”
Several dozen candidates met the
minimum qualifications. Kenton’s ex
perience along with his ability to
build relationships and handle finan
cial and management situations were
the basis for his appointment,
Bolstad said.
“We have an exceptionally strong
team now that will be looking after
the requirements and needs of the
seven uregon institutions
and doing their best to
support our faculty and
students through the
classroom,” Bolstad said.
“I’m very excited about
Jay being appointed. ”
OUS Acting Chancellor
George Pernsteiner said
the new vice chancellor
will help to improve
the organization’s finan
cial reporting and
analysis practices.
“I believe he will work
very cooperatively with U
of O,” Pernsteiner said in an inter
view. “I think he’ll work very hand
in-glove with all of the campuses.”
As part of the vice chancellor job,
Kenton will be responsible for infor
mation services, planning, human
resources and the controller’s office.
He will also chair the OUS
Administrative Council.
Kenton attended Oregon State Uni
versity and PSU. He has held profes
sional positions at three OUS institu
tions: PSU, the Oregon Institute of
Technology and Eastern Oregon Uni
versity. He left his post at PSU for his
current position at the University of
Idaho in July 2004.
“We are very pleased to have Dr.
Kenton back in Oregon to help the
University System achieve its impor
tant goals for students across the
state,” Henry Lorenzen, president of
the State Board of Higher Education,
said in a press release.
“This position is a vital one in the
on-going (sic) restructuring of the
Chancellor’s Office towards (sic)
greater accountability in the OUS and
broader coordination with all public
education sectors in the state,”
Lorenzen added. “Dr. Kenton knows
how to operate in a tight fiscal envi
ronment and still manage to keep a
large institution united and on track
to accomplish its objectives.”
“(Kenton) also will work closely
with the leaders of the seven cam
puses to help achieve the vision the
State Board has developed,” Pern
steiner said in the release. “This is
an important role as the OUS
implements its strategy to work col
laboratively across sectors to ad
dress the critical issues affecting
college access and affordability
for Oregonians.”
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State of Willamette highlights
conflict between river, humans
Peter Sorenson and Floyd Prozanski were among the
speakers at the OSPIRG-sponsored function
BY EVA SYLWESTER
NEWS REPORTER
“It’s no exaggeration to say the
Willamette is the lifeblood of our state,
but unfortunately, we seem to have a
love-hate relationship with it,” Rhett
Lawrence, toxics and clean water ad
vocate for Oregon Student Public Inter
est Research Group, said at the group’s
second-annual State of the Willamette
address Saturday afternoon, explaining
that the conflict between human be
ings and the Willamette River has
been going on since the 1800s.
Oregon State University professor
r
Stanley Gregory said that in 1850, a
forest seven miles wide flanked the riv
er from Eugene to Portland, and
95 percent of the river ran through
forests or scrubland.
Gregory said only 50 percent of the
river still runs through forests, the re
mainder through agricultural and resi
dential areas. Efforts to straighten the
river also led to the loss of 100 miles of
river channel.
Travis Williams, executive director
of the nonprofit river restoration or
ganization Willamette Riverkeeper,
said restoring these lost channels is a
high priority for the organization, as
well as the riparian areas that, when
properly vegetated, provide shade to
cool the river.
Since much of the property along
the river is privately owned, Williams
said it is necessary to involve
landowners in the process, adding
that some are already willing to make
property improvements.
“You’ve got to figure out how to
work with these people,” Williams
said. “That takes resources.”
The river’s condition improved dra
matically during the 1970s after being
in notoriously toxic condition since the
1930s, because of the efforts of then
Gov. Tom McCall, Gregory said.
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