Arthur N. Dunning

Arthur N. Dunning Named UGA Vice President for Public Service and Outreach

Arthur N. Dunning, a senior official of the University System of Georgia, was named The University of Georgia's new vice president for public service and outreach and associate provost, effective July 1. Dunning was among three finalists selected by a search committee following a national search. His appointment was approved by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents this Spring.

Dunning succeeds S. Eugene Younts, who stepped down December 31 after 28 years as vice president. Younts began serving as a Distinguished Public Service Scholar at the University in January of this year.

Since 1995, Dunning was the senior vice chancellor for human and external resources for the University System, responsible for legal affairs, human resources, economic development, legislative affairs, and external affairs. He was a key aide to System Chancellor Stephen Portch in strategic planning and policy development.

Before that position, Dunning served as acting executive vice chancellor of the System for a year, and from 1987-1992, was vice chancellor for services with responsibility for all matters related to public service, outreach, and international programs at the System's 34 institutions. He also managed the System's 18 study-abroad programs in 10 countries. He served three years as chief executive officer of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, Inc., and was on the executive committee of the Georgia Council on Economic Education, the boards of directors of the Center for Trade and Technology Transfer and the African Business Development Center, and the board of advisers of the European Center of Georgia. Dunning also served as a member of the advisory committee for the University System Center for Global Education. Dunning has held academic posts at Kennesaw State University and the University of Alabama, where he earned a bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology, a master's in counseling, and a doctorate in higher education administration.

As only the third person to hold the position of UGA vice president for public service and outreach, Dunning directs the largest campus-based outreach program in the nation. More than 400 service staff members annually deliver more than 6 million contact hours to Georgia citizens and reach many thousands in other states and nations. The service program includes 14 individual units, plus outreach activities in UGA's colleges and schools.

For more information:

Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
300 Old College
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-1692
phone: 706-542-3352
www.uga.edu/services.