FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Suzanne Ernst
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LAS VEGAS –- The Board of Regents recently approved the naming of Davan Weddle as the new Vice Chancellor for Technology for the University and Community College System of Nevada. This new title reflects Weddle’s increasing responsibilities in coordinating the many technology initiatives currently underway throughout Nevada involving the public universities and colleges, as well as the recognition of the critical role that technology now plays in educational policy and decisions.

Weddle, who had served as the Executive Director of System Computing Services since 1997, will retain those responsibilities. As the Vice Chancellor for Technology, Weddle is responsible for policy, planning and services at the public higher education level in all areas of information technology. This position works directly with the Chancellor and all of the higher educations institutions in Nevada.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Weddle holds a baccalaureate degree in business administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a master’s degree in public administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California.

In 1987, he was recruited by the University and Community College System of Nevada as production services manager of computer operations and systems software for System Computing Service, Southern Site. He was later promoted to assistant director of computer operations, telecommunications and system software for the Southern Data Center. In 1990, Weddle was promoted to director of System Computing Services, Southern Site. He was named interim executive director of System Computing Services (statewide) in 1996 and executive director in 1997.

Comprising two doctoral-granting universities, four comprehensive community colleges and one environmental research institution, the University and Community College System of Nevada serves the educational and job training needs of the nation’s fastest growing state. As Nevada’s only system of higher education, the UCCSN provides educational opportunities to nearly 100,000 students.