Moxley's service, contributions extend past job as dean of 1xbet online games login ecology
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
MANHATTAN -- Virginia 1xbet online games login retires as 1xbet online games login of Kansas State University's College of 1xbet online games login Ecology in June after serving the college for more than 25 years. She is a fifth-generation Kansan with three degrees from the university and a fierce dedication to the people-centered, science-based mission of 1xbet online games login ecology.
A reception in her honor, which is open to the public, will be in Hoffman Lounge in Justin Hall from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 9. A short program will begin at 4 p.m.
1xbet online games login has been dean since January 2006 and was associate dean from 1985 to 2005. She will enter a one-year phased retirement, working with the Institute for Academic Alliances, a Kansas State University institute she had led since its inception. It provides consultation and management support for higher education alliances worldwide.
"I have been privileged to serve as dean at an extraordinary time," 1xbet online games login said. "Our teaching and research accomplishments have been among the top in the nation. Our facilities are a model of sustainable and functional design."
The 1xbet online games login always advises freshmen to arrive on campus with a computer, a bicycle, and a passport.
"We know that graduates need to be technologically savvy, physically fit and culturally competent to succeed in the professions for which this college prepares them," she said. Moxley advocates international experiences for students to study topics as diverse as the built environment, cuisine, couture design, 1xbet online games login justice and conflict resolution.
Today the College of 1xbet online games login Ecology consists of four departments, one school, nine centers and institutes, two clinics and a museum.
During Moxley's tenure as dean the 1xbet online games login has:
* Built a -million expansion to Justin Hall, paid for with private funds;
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* Created the Physical Activity and Nutrition Clinical 1xbet online games login Consortium at the Lafene Health Center;
* Expanded 1xbet online games login offerings to both the Salina and Olathe campuses;
* Seen annual 1xbet online games login funding grow to more than million;
* Increased enrollment to a record more than 3,000 students.
The dean is a founder of the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance, a multi-institutional group sponsoring undergraduate and graduate academic programs. She has served as national president of Omicron Nu Honor Society, now Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society; co-founded the Undergraduate Research Community for the 1xbet online games login Sciences; and helped establish a 1xbet online games login sciences program at the National University of Asuncion in Paraguay.
Moxley was honored by the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities' Board on 1xbet online games login Sciences as the recipient of the 2009 Public Service Award.
Prior to the publication of the 2000 Classification of Instructional Programs by the National Center for Educational Statistics, Moxley led a team of representatives from six professional associations and two federal agencies to implement a major redefinition of the fields of study within the 1xbet online games login sciences -- the first major correction in four decades.
After she announced last year that she planned to retire, a Virginia Munson Moxley Excellence Fund was established in recognition of her contributions to the college and the academic community locally and nationally. The fund will be used to continue pursuit of the college mission to advance 1xbet online games login health and well-being through education and research.
For information about the fund, contact Jennifer Rettele-Thomas, senior director of development at the Kansas State 1xbet online games login Foundation, at 785-532-7592 or jenniferr@found.ksu.edu.
