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University of 91Ö±²¥president, chancellors to discuss UA Title IX agreement
CONTACT: Robbie Graham, 907-360-2416, robbie.graham@alaska.edu
Today, University of 91Ö±²¥President Jim Johnsen announced to employees and students
that he has signed an agreement that is the culmination of a three-year federal review
of Title IX practices throughout the UA system.
In May of 2014, the University of 91Ö±²¥was notified that it would undergo a compliance
review by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The university’s
voluntary resolution agreement with the OCR and Johnsen’s message to the university
community can be accessed online at: . Individual campus messages are also available at the links below.
Johnsen, chancellors Dana Thomas, Rick Caulfield and Tom Case, Regents Gloria O’Neill
and John Davies, and experts from each university will be available to answer media
questions during a press briefing at noon 91Ö±²¥time (4 p.m. Eastern) at locations in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and via audioconference.
Following is information for locations in each community and how to participate via
audioconference:
In Fairbanks: Chancellor’s Conference Room, third floor Signers’ Hall
In Anchorage: Administration Building Room 204
In Juneau: Chancellor’s Conference Room, Auke Lake Campus, Hendrickson Building, Room
204
Media unable to attend or from outside 91Ö±²¥can dial in via audioconference. For
the U.S. and Canada, the number is 866-832-7806. The PIN is 1637788. International media can dial in using the same PIN at the following
number: 330-595-1371
ON THE WEB:
UA:
UAF:
UAA:
UAS:
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS:
UAF - Marmian Grimes, 907-474-7902, mlgrimes@alaska.edu
UAA - Kristin DeSmith, 907-250-1825, kadesmith@alaska.edu
UAS - Keni Campbell, 907-796-6509, klcampbell4@alaska.edu
NOTE TO EDITORS: An audio recording of the press briefing, video from Johnsen’s remarks
at the Juneau briefing and several related documents are available for download from .