Welcome Keith Vargo!
An announcement from Kyla Wahlstrom, director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI), and Rich Weinberg, director of the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED):
Together, CAREI and CEED are pleased to welcome Keith Vargo as our newly hired administrative director, whose work and position is now shared between our two centers. Keith comes to CEHD from the University’s Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs, where he has worked for the past 14 years. He has a broad range of administrative experience, including budget forecasting and financial reporting, staff hiring and supervision, print and Web publication production and oversight, and event management. He has a bachelor’s degree from Macalester College and has completed graduate work in cultural anthropology here at the University.
We are excited to have Keith engage in the work of shaping the shared administration for our two centers, and hope that you will join us in welcoming him to our college and into the Continuous Quality Improvement Group (CQIG). Keith’s e-mail address is vargo001@umn.edu.
Welcome to the College, Keith!