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What you need to know about the slew of recent changes in University administration
WCONTRIBUTED PHOTO Provest and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeff Vitter is a top choice for the chancellor position at the University of Mississippi.
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This semester has seen its share of public presentations for open administrator jobs and rumors of administrators leaving. In case you missed it, here's what's been going on in KU administration.
Arkansas.
Provost
The University Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Jeff Vitter is considered a top choice for the chancellor position at the University of Mississippi. He is also considered at the University of
Although it has not been confirmed, Vitter will likely go to Ole Miss. He is scheduled to visit the campus on Oct. 29 to interview with faculty and staff before the board makes its final vote.
Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies
Back in July, former Vice Provost Ann Cudd left for Boston University. Since then, three candidates presented about student academic success.
DeAngela Burns-Wallace, the assistant vice provost of undergraduate studies at the
University of Missouri, addressed student behaviors institutional conditions and demographics as key factors of student success.
University Psychology Department Chair Ann Atchley, who has been with the University for 17 years, presented about meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse student population.
A new dean has yet been
The final presentation was by Anne Birbeick, the current vice provost at Northern Illinois University. She discussed changing educational practices and focusing on what employers look for in graduates.
announced.
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The University named Carl Lejuez as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The interim position was held by geology professor Don Steeples after Danny Anderson, the former CLAS dean, left for Trinity University in San Antonio.
Back in early September, Lejuez presented about addressing the challenges to the liberal arts curriculum.
Lejuez will leave his current position as associate dean of research for the College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland and start in February 2016.
Dean of Libraries
Paul Bracke, the associate dean for research and assessment at Purdue University, emphasized student engagement and librarian involvement in his presentation for the dean of KU Libraries. Three other candidates will present in the coming weeks before the University announces the new dean of KU libraries.
- Edited by Rebecca Dowd
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