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Mrs. Cecelia L. Chamberlain

Executive Officer for Finance, Emeritus

WHEREAS Mrs. Cecelia L. Chamberlain served the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks with distinction in administrative and financial positions from 1989 to 1990 and from 1991 to 2023; and

WHEREAS Mrs. Chamberlain most recently played an invaluable role in managing the financial operations of the College of Indigenous Studies, where her expertise and institutional knowledge guided and informed critical decisions; and she has provided stability and enhanced the management of multiple rural campuses and their infrastructure; and

WHEREAS Mrs. Chamberlain has recruited, trained and mentored countless staff, acting on her conviction that ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ should develop its own fiscal professionals; and she has provided career and professional development opportunities to student employees who later moved into long-term career positions; and she helps everyone who works with her understand the ebb and flow of life at the university; and

WHEREAS Mrs. Chamberlain has served on countless committees for planning and budget issues, business services, recruitment initiatives, and leadership and management teamwork, including the rural campus directors council;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks expresses its deep appreciation to Mrs. Cecelia L. Chamberlain for her extensive contributions to the state of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ and to the university; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks, in further recognition of the invaluable services rendered by Mrs. Chamberlain and as evidence of the university’s desire that her identification with the university be maintained, hereby salutes the appointment of Mrs. Cecelia L. Chamberlain as executive officer for finance, emeritus; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be appropriately engrossed and signed by the chancellor of the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks as further evidence of the esteem and respect in which he holds Mrs. Cecelia L. Chamberlain, and conveyed to Mrs. Chamberlain on this sixth day of May, 2023.