Integration Updates
November 2025:
Functional Integration Team (FIT) has launched, members include Karl Miller-Lugo, Sonia Vasquez, Abigail Risley, Cheri Wiese, Rebecca Anderson, and Sabrina York.
Seven working groups completed discovery work that led to the formation of three new cross-functional groups focused on key priorities:
- Advancement Systems & Data Strategy: assess and recommend paths for aligning systems, data, and reporting to support seamless operations and inform long-term planning, while ensuring continued functionality across both institutions.
- Donor Experience: evaluate and propose interim approaches to provide consistent and high-quality donor experiences across both institutions, ensuring coordinated stewardship, reporting, and frontline engagement during the campaign wind-down and bridge to the future state.
- Stakeholder Communications Engagement: develop and coordinate a unified internal and external communications and engagement strategy to ensure consistency of message, brand, and constituent experience across both institutions.
Previous Updates:
The merger prospectus was reviewed and approved by the SACSCOC Board in June 2025.
The Task Force submitted the prospectus to SACSCOC in March 2025. SACSCOC will vote to approve the prospectus at their June 2025 Board meeting.
Members focused on finalizing a prospectus for submission by mid-March 2025.
Based on positive feedback on the new, combined mission statement through each institution’s shared governance process, the university presented the statement to the UT System Board of Regents for approval on November 20, 2024. The new mission statement was approved, marking a key milestone.
