Kentucky Virtual University names CEO and CIO
FRANKFORT, KY (December 20, 2001) - Gordon Davies,
president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education,
announced the appointment of Daniel A. Rabuzzi as the chief
executive officer of the two-year-old Kentucky Virtual University.
Rabuzzi, appointed acting CEO in June, will also continue to
serve as the council’s vice president for economic initiatives.
“During the past six months, Daniel has improved the systems
of the Kentucky Virtual University and the Kentucky Virtual
Library. During this time the number of degree programs offered
and the number of students enrolled has continued to increase,”
explained Davies.
Kentucky’s popular cyber university has grown since opening
its virtual doors in the fall of 1999. Today’s enrollment
is over 5,500 students in over 50 credit and non-credit programs.
Students in 24 states and 10 foreign countries are enrolled
in KYVU.
Kentucky Virtual University is targeting new markets statewide
to promote access to online learning. They include partnerships
with the Kentucky Educational Professional Standards Board to
provide online learning for Kentucky educators and the Kentucky
Department for Adult Education and Literacy to provide free
access to online tutoring and curriculum in preparation for
the GED tests.
“Daniel and the KYVU/KYVL staff continue to develop a sense
for where the Kentucky market is in web-based postsecondary
education ,” said Davies.
Before coming to the CPE in 1999 to head economic initiatives,
Rabuzzi was a faculty member at Luther College in Iowa where
he was in the pilot group for teaching history and English online.
Earlier, he was a vice president at a multinational bank, based
in New York and Norway. Rabuzzi holds degrees from Harvard,
Tufts and Johns Hopkins.
In another appointment, Ling-yuh (Miko) Pattie, the founding
director of the Kentucky Virtual Library, has been promoted
to chief information officer at KYVU. In her new position, Pattie
will be responsible for improving the KYVU’s information
technology infrastructure to better serve the online learning
needs of Kentucky citizens. She will also continue as director
of the KYVL.
Since 1996, Pattie has worked with library directors from public
universities and hundred of librarians across the state to plan
the Kentucky Virtual Library. Launched on Nov. 1, 1999, the
KYVL provides free statewide information services to all Kentuckians
from its website at www.kyvl.org <http://www.kyvl.org>.
The KYVL was recently named as the Outstanding Library Program
of the Southeast by the Southeastern Library Network.
In making the announcement, CEO Daniel Rabuzzi praised Pattie
for building a virtual library that is viewed as one of the
best nationally. “Miko Pattie not only has the technology
skills and leadership, but she is a visionary in online learning,”
said Rabuzzi. “Under her leadership, the KYVL has leveled
the playing field to information resources for all Kentuckians,”
he added.
Pattie holds a master’s of library science. She received
the 2000 Outstanding Alumna Award from the School of Library
and Information Science at the University of Kentucky.
KYVU was formed by the 1997 General Assembly to
help make Kentucky’s postsecondary education more efficient,
responsive and accessible to the state’s citizens and employers.
Students have free access to 24 x 7 tutors, Kentucky
Virtual Library, tech support and a call center.
Contacts:
Sue Patrick, KYVU
(502) 573-1555
sue.patrick@kyvu.org
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