Talk:Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Clean-up
In addition, I would like someone to tie this page to the acronym ORAU. The same holds true for ORISE (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education).

DO NOT COMBINE: My two cents on this... the ORAU is an organization that, together, operate the ORISE. Thus, I do not see cause to combine the two articles because the two institutions are seperate and distinct. I do agree, however, that we need to expand both articles. Streltzer 00:53, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, do not combine, they are separate. I attempted to contact ORAU to have them add more but apparently they were not interested and I did not receive any response from them. user:Rogerhenning 9 pm 16 August 2006 (PDT)

Membership
There are many members of the university consortium (link). I will try to do my best to add them to the category page (see Category:Oak Ridge Associated Universities) but any help would be appreciated. Streltzer 19:32, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Imperial College London
This is in London, UK so clearly isn't a US university - can anyone explain this anomaly? it is listed on its own wiki page as being a member


 * Most of the US universities are nowhere near eastern Tennessee, either - collaboration does not always require physical proximity, and plenty of projects involve partners in multiple countries. Anyway, Imperial College is listed here, so I am willing to believe it. - Eldereft (cont.) 08:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Consortium Membership and other info
I just wanted to offer some info here to the good folks who have constructed ORAU's entry on Wikipedia. As of February 2009, ORAU has one new sponsoring institution and two new associate members who have joined the consortium. Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., is ORAU's 100th sponsoring institution and the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas, and Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ky., are the two newest associate members.

I also wanted to offer any help I can provide in supplying information for keeping the ORAU and ORISE articles up to date. I read here on the discussion page that there was no response from ORAU previously when an inquiry was made. I'm not sure what e-mail address might have been non-responsive, but I am here to offer an apology for that and to give you my information as a contact for future inquiries. My name is Bryan Campbell and I work in the Communications and Marketing Department of ORAU. I can be reached at bryan.campbell (at) orau.org.

Thanks again to all the authors/editors who have put ORAU on the Wikipedia map and please let me know if I can be of any assistance.

Bryan.campbell (talk) 14:57, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

2009 Consortium & Leadership Changes
As of the summer of 2009, the ORAU consortium membership has changed again. San Diego State University, Meharry Medical College, and the University of Puerto Rico - San Juan are no longer Sponsoring Institutions and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez is no longer an Associate Member. This makes the total number of sponsoring institutions 97.

Also, as of June 29, Harry Anderson (Andy) Page, has begun his term as ORAU's newest president. He succeeds Ron Townsend who served ORAU from 1997 to 2008 and is now overseeing global laboratory operations for Battelle. Page previously served as Vice President and Director, National Security and Emergency Management, for ORAU.

Thanks again to all for your interest in ORAU and in keeping this page up to date.

Bryan Campbell —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryan.campbell (talk • contribs) 13:53, 10 August 2009 (UTC)