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Hossler assumes new campus role\nDon Hossler, vice chancellor for enrollment services, welcomed the freshman class into the IU family.\nBloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm welcomed Hossler into her family.\nHossler was named assistant vice president for academic affairs. He will assist Brehm, Bloomington's chancellor and vice president for academic affairs.\nIn making the appointment, Brehm cited IU's ongoing effort -- beginning in 1998 -- to redesign its student information systems and the administrative structures required to support the new system.\nAs part of the efforts, Hossler will work with University Information Technology Services to coordinate the functional implementation of the new student information system across all campuses and manage the transition into the new information environment.\n"This initiative is one of the most important administrative efforts the university has undertaken in the last two decades," Hossler said. "Upon its successful completion, this project will enable student service offices across all the Indiana University campuses to be more effective in providing services to students and academic units. I look forward to serving Indiana University in this new role."\nBrehm said she is happy to have Hossler working with her.\n"Don Hossler is exceptionally well qualified to undertake this new role," Brehm said in a press release, "and I am very grateful for his being willing to accept this appointment."\nIn addition to his new position, Hossler will continue to direct the Office of Enrollment Services for Bloomington, which includes the offices of admissions, financial aid, orientation, and registration and records.\nIUSA launches judicial program\nThe IU Student Association launched a program Saturday to help students through the campus judicial system. \nThe Student Judicial Program provides a trained student to provide information on the IU judicial system. The program gives students a partner through the process to answer questions, attend J-Board Meetings and help connect the student with other campus agencies.\nIUSA is still looking for case managers to assist students. The job will require a maximum of five hours per week. Case Manager applications are available at the Indiana Memorial Union Room 387.\nGraduate student awarded fellowship\nBrian Barrett, a graduate student in the School of Informatics, has been awarded a Department of Energy High-Performance Computer Science fellowship. The highly competitive program provides fellows with a monthly stipend and payment of all tuition and fees.\nIn return, fellows must complete a coursework in high-performance computing. Fellows in the program also complete a three-month practicum at one of the nation's top energy laboratories.\nThey study at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratories.