Open forums scheduled for LAS dean candidates

An anthropologist, a statistician, a mathematician and a professor of communication have been selected as the four finalists for the position of dean of the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The candidates will each be presented at public forums for faculty and staff, beginning at 2:45 p.m. Monday, March 19, in Room 305 of the Holmes Student Center.

The four finalists to lead the university’s largest college were selected from a pool of candidates from across the nation. They are vying to fill the job vacated when Dean Frederick Kitterle died in May of 2005. Joe Grush has served as acting dean in the interim.

“We hope that the campus community will take advantage of the opportunities to meet and question the candidates first-hand,” Provost Raymond Alden said. “All those who attend will be asked to fill out a survey so that they can express their opinions, and that information will be weighed as we choose an individual to fill this important position.”

The schedule of visits, as well as a thumbnail biography and links to more information about each candidate, is available below. Their vitas are available online at http://www3.niu.edu/provost/news.htm.

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