Dear Infrastructure and Resilience team,
I hope you saw Pat���s announcement and my follow-up email about our office���s name change a few weeks ago. We have entered a new era as Infrastructure and Resilience (I&R). The chancellor���s announcement of a new vice chancellor for sustainability meant that the sustainability part of our title needed to change to avoid confusion between the two offices.
The decision on a new name is not something that our leadership team took lightly. We went through an extensive process of discussing all our options and chose Infrastructure and Resilience. ���Infrastructure��� describes what we build, maintain, clean, keep safe, heat, etc. ���Resilience��� means the ability to bounce back quickly from disruption with an improved status.
Although ���sustainability��� is no longer in our title, it will continue to inform the work we do. In fact, the chancellor also announced a new director of sustainable operations position that will work within I&R. This role will support our efforts to integrate sustainability into our programs alongside the new vice chancellor for sustainability.
We are working on transitioning our name and I ask that you take a moment to update your email signature. A signature template and guidance is available on our I&R website. If you have any questions about this transition, please reach out to your supervisor.
With gratitude,
Chris Ewing, vice chancellor for infrastructure and resilience