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Guide to the University of California, Irvine, Office of Innovation in Student Life Records
AS.009
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Title: University of California, Irvine, Office of Innovation in Student Life records
Identifier/Call Number: AS.009
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
13.8 Linear feet
(15 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1967-1973
Abstract: The Office of Innovation in Student Life Records document the Office of Innovation in Student Life on the University of California,
Irvine campus, and, more generally, the field of ombudsmanry. The records cover the tenure of the first ombudsman on the UCI
campus, Dr. Jack Little, beginning in 1967 when the position of ombudsman was first being created in schools, cities and other
organizations, and ending in 1973, shortly after Little left the campus.
creator:
University of California, Irvine. Office of Innovation in Student Life..
This collection is open for research.
Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the University Archivist.
Office of Innovation in Student Life Records, University of California, Irvine. AS-009. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquired in 1976 from the Office of Ombudsman.
Processed by Mary Ellen Goddard and Madelyn Kim in January, 1993.
The Office of Innovation in Student Life began in May 1967 when Dr. Jack Little was hired as Assistant to the Vice Chancellor
of Student Affairs for Co-Curricular Learning. The position of Ombudsman was created within the Office of Innovation in Student
Life, and Little served in this role as student advocate and counsellor at large on the campus, and to work to resolve grievances.
The name of the office was changed in 1973 to Office of the Ombudsman.
The cases handled by the ombudsman and the Office of Innovation in Student Life ranged from personal problems such as with
the selective service to academic and administrative problems. Little was given a free hand, but at first, no office, so he
met with students in their territory-generally the snack bar. He was eventually assigned an office, and a part-time student
work force. The position of ombudsman was a new one in schools, cities and organizations at this time and Little, with support
of ombudsmen at San Diego State, hosted the first meeting of what became an ongoing association of practicing campus ombudsmen
in California. At the University of California, Irvine, Little encouraged students to be apprentice ombudsmen. Volunteer ombudsmen
were trained and served with token pay. In 1970, a formal course for ombudsmen was sponsored in the Program in Social Ecology.
| 1967 | · In May, Dr. Jack Little is hired as Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs for Co-Curricular Learning. |
| 1973 | · Name of the office is changed to Office of the Ombudsman. |
| 1973 | · Ernestine Ransom becomes Acting Ombudsman. |
| 1978 | · R. Ronald Wilson is appointed Ombudsman, reporting to the Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs. |
| 1982 | · University hierarchy is restructured, and Wilson reports to the Vice Chancellor (called the Executive Vice Chancellor after 1985). |
| 1999 | · Kathleen H. Canul is named University Ombudsman. |
This collection is arranged in 3 series:
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Office of Innovation in Student Life records document the Office of Innovation in Student Life on the University of California,
Irvine campus, and, more generally, the field of ombudsmanry. The records cover the tenure of the first ombudsman on the UCI
campus, Dr. Jack Little, beginning in 1967 when the position of ombudsman was first being created in schools, cities and other
organizations, and ending in 1973, shortly after Little left the campus.
Other topics in the files include campus administration, Academic Affairs and Student Affairs. Student activities, including
activism, student organizations, and drug use, are also represented.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Little, Jack -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Archives.
University of California, Irvine -- Students -- Archives..
College students -- California -- Irvine -- Archives
College students -- Counseling of -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century
College students -- Services for -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century
Ombudspersons -- California -- Irvine -- Archives