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Currently a professor, department chair and associate dean, Zerr has extensive experience in shared governance at UND<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ryan Zerr, a longtime professor, department chair and associate dean at UND and former University Senate chair, has been appointed to the position of associate vice president for Strategy & Implementation at the University.<\/p>\n

In this position, Zerr will serve as the chief administrator charged with implementing, tracking and reporting on UND LEADS, the University\u2019s new strategic plan. He also will help lead and support other institutional efforts to integrate strategic planning across the institution.<\/p>\n

The appointment was made by UND President Andrew Armacost.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled that Ryan Zerr will fill this important new role on our campus,\u201d Armacost said. \u201cHe has been an extraordinary leader who has connected many parts of UND. In addition to his role as department chair and associate dean, Ryan has been instrumental in key initiatives, including accreditation and Essential Studies. These experiences make him an ideal fit for the important role of leading and implementing the UND LEADS strategic plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zerr expressed his enthusiasm for taking on this new assignment at UND.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited to be able to serve the institution in this new role,\u201d he said. \u201cThe UND LEADS strategic plan represents the hard work and input of hundreds of individuals on and off campus, and it will be an honor to help turn their ideas and aspirations for the institution into next steps. Jim Mochoruk and Lynette Krenelka, who co-chaired the planning committee, deserve particular credit for their leadership in developing UND LEADS, and my hope is that through this new role, I can do credit to the work they started.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also incredibly grateful to President Armacost for giving me this opportunity to contribute to UND\u2019s future direction,\u201d Zerr said.<\/p>\n

In addition to his leadership role with the Strategic Plan, Zerr also will work with UND\u2019s director of Institutional Effectiveness to maintain the University\u2019s strong standing with the Higher Learning Commission \u2014 the institutional accreditor for colleges and universities in the central United States \u2014 and related accrediting bodies.<\/p>\n

Zerr will start in his new position sometime this summer.<\/p>\n

Zerr is a professor of mathematics at UND, where he has served as a faculty member for the past 20 years. His experience in university shared governance stretches from the departmental to the institutional level. Besides serving as the chair of the UND University Senate, he has chaired or co-chaired multiple university-wide committees and working groups.<\/p>\n

His present shared governance work includes membership on the University Senate, and he is a member of the institutional reaccreditation executive committee. He is currently the chair of the Department of Theatre Arts; in a Q&A published a week ago, UND Today talked with Zerr<\/a><\/strong> about the fascinating circumstances that led a math professor to become the University\u2019s Theatre Arts chair.<\/p>\n

Currently, Zerr also serves as an associate dean in the UND College of Arts & Sciences. He previously has served as the director of Essential Studies and as associate chair within the Department of Mathematics.<\/p>\n

Zerr earned his doctorate in Mathematics from Iowa State University. He also holds a master\u2019s degree in Mathematics and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Meteorological Studies from UND.<\/p>\n

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