FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 28, 2001
University of California Office of the President

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UCLA VICE CHANCELLOR WINSTON DOBY APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT
FOR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Dr. Winston C. Doby was named vice president for educational outreach today (Nov. 28) replacing UC Irvine vice chancellor for student affairs Manuel N. Gómez, who has served in the post on an interim basis for the past six months.

When Doby assumes his new position on Jan. 1, 2002, he will head an extensive educational outreach effort designed to prepare larger numbers of students for admission to the university. The systemwide outreach office also coordinates the university's efforts to work with K-12 educators and other segments of higher education across the state to improve teacher quality and student performance.

"Dr. Doby brings a wealth of knowledge in the field of educational outreach," said University of California President Richard C. Atkinson, who made the appointment with Board of Regents Chairman S. Sue Johnson under interim authority. "He is an experienced administrator who has earned respect and admiration in the university community and beyond for his commitment to improving educational opportunities for California students from all backgrounds. I know he will do an outstanding job."

Doby's career at UCLA spans more than three decades. For the past 20 years, he has served as vice chancellor of student affairs overseeing the welfare of 23,000 undergraduate and 11,000 graduate students. Doby has agreed to delay his retirement from the University in order to assume the challenges of this position. He will play an important role in the search for a long-term successor, which will occur during the 2003-04 year.

"The opportunity to have an impact on a systemwide level is a challenge that I welcome," Doby said. "I look forward to working closely with my colleagues in the Office of the President and on the campuses, in K-12, and in the community colleges to improve educational access and opportunity for all students in California."

Gómez extended a warm welcome to his successor: "Dr. Doby brings to the Office of the President a campus understanding of admissions and outreach issues. He has hands-on experience in creating and implementing effective outreach programs, and he enjoys the trust of his campus colleagues in carrying out this important systemwide initiative. I am pleased to cede this crucial job to him."

After graduating from UCLA with a degree in mathematics, Doby fulfilled a commitment to his high school mentor by returning to his alma mater, Fremont High School in Los Angeles, as a mathematics teacher. In 1968, Doby returned to UCLA to pursue graduate studies. After a one-year stint as Assistant Track Coach, he joined the administration full time and held a variety of positions while completing work on his master's degree in education, with a focus on measurement and statistics, and his doctorate in higher education administration at UCLA.

Over the years, Doby has chaired numerous task groups including one charged with developing a plan for addressing the impacts of Proposition 209. He currently serves as co-chair of the UCLA outreach steering committee in addition to leading systemwide task forces focused on the delivery of student services in the next decade and on enhancing the synergy between UC admissions and outreach policies.

Doby has also been an active "UCLA ambassador" in the larger community, particularly in the area of K-12 education. For more than a decade, he served as an external member of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Evaluation Planning Team, with a special focus on issues of student achievement, school desegregation, busing, and overcrowding. During the past year, he conducted multiple interviews at 12 elementary schools in LAUSD as part of a comprehensive evaluation of its Ten Schools Program.

Doby co-founded the community-based Young Black Scholars Program, which has helped to prepare thousands of young students for college in its 14-year history. In the early '90s, he founded the Black Male Achievement Project at Ralph Bunche Elementary School and launched the Los Angeles Sports Academy, designed to promote academic achievement through sport. He also founded a charter school for high school dropouts and was a key contributor to a middle school pilot program developed to improve mathematics competency.

Gómez, meanwhile, will return to his vice chancellor for student affairs post at UC Irvine. For the last 10 years, Gómez has also administered the systemwide California Alliances for Minority Participation. Under the National Science Foundation-funded grant program, one of only 30 in the nation, faculty members provide mentorships and laboratory research experiences to undergraduate students. It is regarded as a model for engaging faculty to work directly with underrepresented minority students.

Gómez leaves his interim post as vice president with high marks. "Dr. Gómez's leadership has been nothing less than extraordinary," Atkinson said. "The entire UC community is indebted to him for his lasting contributions to outreach and to the well-being of this institution. The University is fortunate to have someone of his caliber and commitment."

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