ua's response to questions concerning dean rickel's cv

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Response to questions concerning Dean Todd Rickels CV

In response to your various questions about acknowledged inaccuracies in Dean Rickels

listing of three presentations made and/or panel discussions in which he participated, the

University has the following to offer:

Thencandidate Dr. Todd Rickel was notified by Provost Mike Sherman on February 13,

2015 of some questions about several presentations listed on his curriculum vitae (CV);

later that afternoon, Dr. Rickel replied to Provost Sherman acknowledging the mistakes,

offering his apologies for those errors and correcting the CV, which now shows Last

updated: 14 February 2015. (SeeattachedFebruary13,2015email.)

Through discussions with Dr. Sherman and others within the university, Dr. Rickel has

accepted responsibility for those mistakes, provided documentation of the corrected

presentations and repeatedly expressed his regret for the errors that he made, including in

prior responses to your earlier questions. He did attend and present/participate at thesessions listed on the corrected CV. The university has determined that there was no intent

to deceive and that Dr. Rickel did not gain any advantage as a result of the mistakes, and

considers the matter resolved and closed.

As for the inquiry about Dr. Rickel being a member of the Review Committee regarding the

online nursing RFP and selection of Academic Partnerships, we inadvertently provided

incorrect names of the group that reviewed the submission from Academic Partnerships.

As you are aware, even though this was a public bid and sent to many vendors, UA only

received one response to the RFP. Thus, there was not a traditional review committee in

comparing multiple bids to make a selection.

However, the submission by Academic Partnerships was reviewed internally to determine

if it was a viable option for the University. The group that reviewed the submission by

Academic Partnerships was Dr. Rex Ramsier, Denise Cool, Dr. David Gordon, Marlene Huff

and others from the School of Nursing. We had originally listed the group as including

Denise Cool, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Ramsier, Dr. Todd Rickel, Dr. Stacey Moore, and Ms. Lauri

Thorpe, but Dr. Rickel, Dr. Moore and Ms. Thorpe did not participate in that review.


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