For Immediate Release April 7, 2005

For More Information Contact: Rich Schneider, 317-278-4564 rcschnei@iupui.edu

Warner Named Interim Vice Chancellor for External Affairs at IUPUI

INDIANAPOLIS - IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz has appointed Amy Conrad Warner as interim vice chancellor for external affairs at IUPUI.

Warner returns to the post she filled on an interim basis in 2004 when then-Vice Chancellor for External Affairs Cheryl Sullivan was away from campus on a leave of absence. Sullivan returned to IUPUI in December 2004, but left the university last week to become policy director for U.S. Senator Evan Bayh.

Warner has been executive director of the Community Learning Network at IUPUI since 1996 and has carried the additional title of associate vice chancellor for lifelong learning since August 2003.

Her career at IUPUI began in 1985 when she joined the academic affairs staff as director of special media projects. In that capacity, she managed external grants designed to increase Hoosiers' access to postsecondary educational opportunities at IUPUI. One grant project included the establishment of the Community Learning Network, which brings college courses to students in the home and workplace. As executive director of this unit, she has been responsible for all noncredit offerings, all off-campus credit programs, and a number of community educational programs offered by IUPUI or by IUPUI in partnership with other institutions such as Ivy Tech State College.

"Amy Conrad Warner is an experienced IUPUI leader. She has ably led the Community Learning Network. When I asked Amy led External Affairs during 2004. She has experience, energy, talent, and exemplifies the can-do-attitude of IUPUI. I am very pleased she is willing to lead External Affairs," said Bantz.

Warner was granted one-year's leave from IUPUI in 1994 when she was asked to serve as the executive director of the State of Indiana's Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism, for which she received the Sagamore of the Wabash in February 1996. In this role, she directed the state's implementation of AmeriCorps, developed a statewide community service plan (which is still the blueprint for Indiana), and created several advisory boards, including a youth advisory commission which captured national attention for its ability to engage young people in the administration as well as implementation of community service projects. ###