Kansas University should have two new deans selected by the end of the spring semester.
Search committees are reviewing applications for two deans, one in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the other in the School of Engineering.
Both committees plan to hire a dean to start work July 1.
“I think we’re on target still for meeting that deadline,” said Rich Givens, the assistant provost and chemistry professor who leads the CLAS panel.
About 60 applicants sent rmto KU for the CLAS opening, Givens said. The position was first advertised in September, with a Nov. 1 cutoff for applications.
The dean will replace Sally Frost-Mason, who left last spring to become provost at Purdue University. The previous dean, James Muyskens, left in July 1995 to take a position with the Georgia Board of Regents.
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost, has served as interim dean since Frost-Mason left. The CLAS dean oversees about 16,000 students and about 550 faculty members.
Givens said the committee plans a series of public meetings with various campus groups to introduce finalists. Those meetings likely will begin in late February.
“It will depend on the availability of candidates at that point,” Givens said.
Meanwhile, nominations for the School of Engineering dean are due Jan. 22, but search committee chairman Tom Mulinazzi, professor of civil and environmental engineering, said applications will be accepted until the position is filled. So far, about 20 people have applied.
“We’re hoping to get 35 or 40 applicants,” he said. “If you don’t have a good pool, you can’t get a good candidate.”
The current dean, Carl Locke, is stepping down after 16 years in the position. He oversees about 2,300 students and about 95 faculty members.
Mulinazzi said campus meetings with finalists likely will begin in early March.
“We’re hoping to have somebody picked by the end of March or mid-April,” he said.
Kansas University should have two new deans selected by the end of the spring semester.
Search committees are reviewing applications for two deans, one in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the other in the School of Engineering.
Both committees plan to hire a dean to start work July 1.
“I think we’re on target still for meeting that deadline,” said Rich Givens, the assistant provost and chemistry professor who leads the CLAS panel.
About 60 applicants sent rmto KU for the CLAS opening, Givens said. The position was first advertised in September, with a Nov. 1 cutoff for applications.
The dean will replace Sally Frost-Mason, who left last spring to become provost at Purdue University. The previous dean, James Muyskens, left in July 1995 to take a position with the Georgia Board of Regents.
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost, has served as interim dean since Frost-Mason left. The CLAS dean oversees about 16,000 students and about 550 faculty members.
Givens said the committee plans a series of public meetings with various campus groups to introduce finalists. Those meetings likely will begin in late February.
“It will depend on the availability of candidates at that point,” Givens said.
Meanwhile, nominations for the School of Engineering dean are due Jan. 22, but search committee chairman Tom Mulinazzi, professor of civil and environmental engineering, said applications will be accepted until the position is filled. So far, about 20 people have applied.
“We’re hoping to get 35 or 40 applicants,” he said. “If you don’t have a good pool, you can’t get a good candidate.”
The current dean, Carl Locke, is stepping down after 16 years in the position. He oversees about 2,300 students and about 95 faculty members.
Mulinazzi said campus meetings with finalists likely will begin in early March.
“We’re hoping to have somebody picked by the end of March or mid-April,” he said.
Kansas University should have two new deans selected by the end of the spring semester.
Search committees are reviewing applications for two deans, one in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the other in the School of Engineering.
Both committees plan to hire a dean to start work July 1.
“I think we’re on target still for meeting that deadline,” said Rich Givens, the assistant provost and chemistry professor who leads the CLAS panel.
About 60 applicants sent rmto KU for the CLAS opening, Givens said. The position was first advertised in September, with a Nov. 1 cutoff for applications.
The dean will replace Sally Frost-Mason, who left last spring to become provost at Purdue University. The previous dean, James Muyskens, left in July 1995 to take a position with the Georgia Board of Regents.
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost, has served as interim dean since Frost-Mason left. The CLAS dean oversees about 16,000 students and about 550 faculty members.
Givens said the committee plans a series of public meetings with various campus groups to introduce finalists. Those meetings likely will begin in late February.
“It will depend on the availability of candidates at that point,” Givens said.
Meanwhile, nominations for the School of Engineering dean are due Jan. 22, but search committee chairman Tom Mulinazzi, professor of civil and environmental engineering, said applications will be accepted until the position is filled. So far, about 20 people have applied.
“We’re hoping to get 35 or 40 applicants,” he said. “If you don’t have a good pool, you can’t get a good candidate.”
The current dean, Carl Locke, is stepping down after 16 years in the position. He oversees about 2,300 students and about 95 faculty members.
Mulinazzi said campus meetings with finalists likely will begin in early March.
“We’re hoping to have somebody picked by the end of March or mid-April,” he said.
Kansas University should have two new deans selected by the end of the spring semester.
Search committees are reviewing applications for two deans, one in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the other in the School of Engineering.
Both committees plan to hire a dean to start work July 1.
“I think we’re on target still for meeting that deadline,” said Rich Givens, the assistant provost and chemistry professor who leads the CLAS panel.
About 60 applicants sent rmto KU for the CLAS opening, Givens said. The position was first advertised in September, with a Nov. 1 cutoff for applications.
The dean will replace Sally Frost-Mason, who left last spring to become provost at Purdue University. The previous dean, James Muyskens, left in July 1995 to take a position with the Georgia Board of Regents.
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost, has served as interim dean since Frost-Mason left. The CLAS dean oversees about 16,000 students and about 550 faculty members.
Givens said the committee plans a series of public meetings with various campus groups to introduce finalists. Those meetings likely will begin in late February.
“It will depend on the availability of candidates at that point,” Givens said.
Meanwhile, nominations for the School of Engineering dean are due Jan. 22, but search committee chairman Tom Mulinazzi, professor of civil and environmental engineering, said applications will be accepted until the position is filled. So far, about 20 people have applied.
“We’re hoping to get 35 or 40 applicants,” he said. “If you don’t have a good pool, you can’t get a good candidate.”
The current dean, Carl Locke, is stepping down after 16 years in the position. He oversees about 2,300 students and about 95 faculty members.
Mulinazzi said campus meetings with finalists likely will begin in early March.
“We’re hoping to have somebody picked by the end of March or mid-April,” he said.
