CSUN HIRES OFFICIAL SKILLED AT FUND RAISING.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer After a lengthy nationwide search, Cal State Northridge on Tuesday named William Outhouse of the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used its first vice president of university relations. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge President Blenda Wilson said she selected Outhouse for his fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. record. ``He sees us as having tremendous potential, as an exciting place with a great history,'' Wilson said. ``I think it's a good match.'' Traditionally, the vice president of university relations is a guru guru (g  `r, g r` of fund raising who can help attract major donors and sponsors for new
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In a telephone interview from his home in Fayetteville, Outhouse said he was impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with Wilson and her ties with the business community. ``She has a real reputation in the educational community,'' Outhouse said. Other finalists for the $125,000-per-year position were Michael Hammerschmidt, CSUN's director of university development, and Janis Ivie Cavin, director of development at the University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso, popularly known as UTEP, is a public, coeducational university, and it is a member of the University of Texas System. The school is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, in El Paso, Texas, and is the largest university in the . Outhouse will oversee development, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , media relations, alumni relations and legislative relations. Critics have blamed the university for dragging its feet in hiring a chief fund-raiser while other Cal State campuses appointed their executives and saw funds rise. The search process began about two years ago. The delay seemed especially troublesome to many in light of Wilson's decision this summer to drop four men's sports teams, due in part to lack of funding. ``This should've happened a long time ago . . . the fact that we haven't had one really hampered us,'' said Will Sylianteng, chief of staff for CSUN's Associated Students. Over the eight years at Arkansas, Outhouse, 53, built the school's fund-raising pot from about $3 million to a high of $43 million in 1993-94. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO William Outhouse To fill new vice president post |
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