HR Notices From November 9

EMU Names VP For Advancement, Foundation: Tom Stevick has been named vice president for advancement and executive director of the foundation at Eastern Michigan University. The appointment is effective Dec. 20. Stevick previously worked at Eastern Michigan from 2002-2006 as interim vice president for advancement and executive director of development for the foundation. He joins Eastern from Ohio Northern University, where he has served as vice president for university advancement since 2006. At Ohio Northern, he directed a 30-person staff in fundraising, alumni relations and marketing for the 3,600 student, private university and served as a member of the president's cabinet and executive decision-making team. As the VP for Advancement at Eastern Michigan, Stevick will oversee all development and alumni relations strategies, operations and campaign planning processes needed to help the university achieve its short- and long-term goals. Prior to his work at Ohio Northern and Eastern, Stevick was assistant dean of development for the Arizona State University College of Law from 1999-2002, and senior development officer for the University of Michigan Law School from 1996-1999.  For six years before that he was an attorney in Ann Arbor, practicing with the law firms of Dykema and Malley & Fett, and also served for eight years as grant manager for the City of Fairmont in West Virginia. Stevick earned his juris doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School; a master's degree in public administration from West Virginia University; and a bachelor's degree in political science from Fairmont State College in Fairmont, W.V. He was hired following a nationwide search that began in June 2010. Linda McGill, who served as interim vice president of advancement while the search was under way, will return to her primary responsibilities as special assistant to the president. Stevick's annual salary will be $220,000, and he will be eligible for incentive-based compensation to a maximum of $10,000 annually, based on criteria established by the President. The "Invest, Inspire." campaign was launched in April 2010. So far, it has reached more than $36.7 million of its $50 million goal.

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