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Linda McCandless
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 19, 2003
Contact:
Linda McCandless, 315-787-2417
New
Director of Communications Named at Cornell's College of
Agriculture & Life Sciences
ITHACA, NY: Linda McCandless has
been named director of communications for Cornell University's
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). She will direct
the strategic planning, execution and maintenance of communication
efforts for CALS on both the Ithaca and Geneva campuses. The appointment
is effective January 5.
The position reflects a reorganization of communication efforts
by CALS central administration, and a commitment to providing a
more strategic response to the college's communication needs in
the form of news releases, reports, brochures and other communication
materials.
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As we embark on our centennial year, CALS is making it a top priority
to design and implement strategies that communicate the mission,
goals, priorities and accomplishments of the college to internal
and external audiences, and a wide variety of stakeholder groups," said
Susan A. Henry, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life
Sciences. "Linda brings to this position a strong background
in strategic communications, as well as a thorough knowledge of
the college and its key programs and priorities. We are happy to
have her aboard."
To help with the initiative, Dean Henry has established a college-wide
committee on Strategic Communication that will develop a blueprint
for the approach CALS needs to take to achieve effective, informative
communication to support the strategic goals and mission of the
College. The committee will identify themes, messages and audiences
around CALS' newly refined focus on Cornell's land grant mission,
the social sciences, the environmental sciences, and the new life
sciences.
McCandless will be a member of the college's Public Affairs office,
which is being renamed "Alumni Affairs, Development and Communications" to
better reflect its work for the college.
McCandless has been director of communications at the New York
State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY, since 1994,
and is a current member of LEAD New York Class X. She graduated
from Cornell University with a B.A. in 1974, and lives in Spencer,
NY.
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