This portion of the newsletter is devoted to keeping you informed about changes among our colleagues such as moves to new positions and/or institutions, newly hired colleagues, professional recognition honors, retirements, deaths, etc. To include an announcement in “The Changing Scene,” send a note with the key facts to Marne Einarson (mke3@cornell.edu).

Loretta Seppanen (lseppanen@sbctc.edu) is retiring April 2, 2010 after 25 years at the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, with earlier IR work at Anchorage Community College and Lower Columbia College (WA). Prior to taking a policy assignment in 2001, Loretta had been an active member in PNAIRP, NCCCRP and AIR. She has continued to keep up with members’ activities by reading e-AIR and attending an occasional regional conference or national forum. Loretta and her husband, Rick Sandler, plan to stay in Olympia, Washington.

Fred Curran (fred.curran@uvm.edu) will retire from the University of Vermont in June, 2010. Fred has served at UVM since 1969, and has been Director of Institutional Research for the last 33 years. For 40 years, Fred has been an invaluable asset to the UVM community and has built and sustained a remarkable bank of institutional data. His unwavering commitment to accuracy and consistency, coupled with wonderful personal qualities, have made him one of the University’s most highly-regarded colleagues.