Integration Updates

November 2025:

Functional Integration Team (FIT) launched, members include Chelsea Trotter, Reuben Amaro, Mary Anthony, Derrick Ozuna, Vanessa Lofton, Carol Lizcano, Georgina Martinez, Teresa Sandoval, Travis Brown, Emily Bettancourt, Kathryn Keeton, Matt Scott, Bob Neuhard and Kimberly Maldonado.

Five working groups have been established to focus on key priorities:

  • Executive Support & Special Projects: evaluate current VIP services, donor & visitor concierge, and event support, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and recommending future service models.
  • Executive Communications: evaluate current executive-level communications in the Office of the President, including an assessment of roles and responsibilities to ensure aligned effort across divisions, while recommending structures, processes, and frameworks to strengthen and scale these efforts.
  • Administration & Operations: evaluate current administrative and operational support, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and recommending streamlined processes and systems.
  • Presidential Initiatives: evaluating current support for Presidential initiatives, communications, and strategic projects, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and recommending future processes for alignment and delivery.
  • SEVP Engagement & Support: evaluate how the Office of the SEVP for Health Affairs and Health Services coordinates with institutional leadership and future frameworks to strengthen collaboration, including an assessment of roles and responsibilities to ensure alignment with the Office of the President and the development of structures that enhance strategic coordination across the enterprise.

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.

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