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Kim Faks, Assistant Director of Student Involvement and Belonging, joined the Board of Trustees of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ on October 1. The staff position was previously held by Michele Vitali, who provided leadership from 2021 to 2025.

 

Kim joined ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ in 2019, originally as Program Assistant in Student Services at the Portland-Metro campus. Kim continues to be based at the Portland-Metro campus, and now as Assistant Director, she leads all Student Involvement and Belonging programs and initiatives on the Portland-Metro campus, collaborating with partners across the university to ensure a student-centered approach to creating and implementing programming that enhances students' sense of belonging and increases their leadership development and cultural competency.

 

Before joining ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Kim spent 10 years in public and private Pre-K through 12th-grade school administration, working closely with students and families from diverse cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds. Kim spent the previous 10 years as Advertising and Marketing Manager at a hi-tech furniture manufacturer with customers in the corporate, healthcare, and multimedia sectors.