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COLORADO SPRINGS -- Tom Nycum returns to his home state this spring to be the new vice president of business and finance at Colorado College.

Nycum has held administrative posts at universities from coast to coast. The former vice president of administration services at the University of Utah, he has also been the vice chancellor for administration at the University of California-Riverside, assistant vice chancellor of facilities management at the University of California-Berkeley, the physical plant director at the University of Florida, and assistant director of the physical plant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

"Tom brings a wealth of experience to our ranks," says Kathryn Mohrman, college president. "His work in Utah and at other universities will help us implement our campus master plan."

Prior to his appointment at CC, Nycum was managing director of games services at Salt Lake City, overseeing several key areas of planning the 2002 Winter Olympics - spectator services, ticketing, accreditation, accommodations, medical services, food services and protocol.

He developed the Fort Douglas site that will double as the Olympic Village for up to 4,000 athletes and coaches in 2002. Nycum coordinated that project for the University of Utah and helped negotiate a contract that allows Olympic organizers to use the facility for a month in exchange for a $28 million contribution to construction costs.

Nycum also coordinated the expansion of the University of Utah's Rice Stadium, site of Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. And he has worked closely with Intermountain Health Care and University Hospital officials who will deliver Olympic medical services.

Originally from La Junta, Colo., Nycum missed working in academe. "I wanted to get back into higher education, preferably a private, smaller school setting. Colorado College is the perfect solution."

Nycum succeeds Jan Legoza, vice president since 1991, who will be the new vice president of business and finance at Whittier College in California.

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