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The sessions are designed to provide faculty and staff opportunities to meet the candidates and assess their qualifications, said Wendy Ford, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the search committee. At the end of the sessions, which will be held in Room 104 of the Killian Building, attendees will be given the opportunity to complete feedback forms to share their perspectives on the finalists.
“We encourage all to come and participate in the sessions,” said Ford.
The candidates and campuswide sessions are:
# Tony Wayne Johnson, dean of the School of Education at The Citadel – 1 p.m. Thursday, April 24.
# Dale Carpenter, associate dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions at WCU – 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 28.
# Cheryl A. Fountain, executive director of the Florida Institute of Education – 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1.
The new dean will fill a vacancy being created by Michael Dougherty, who will enter phased retirement this fall. Dougherty, who joined the faculty in 1976, has served as dean of the college since 1998.
WCU was founded as a teacher’s college, and the College of Education and Allied Profession continues to grow and earn national recognition, including the 2007 Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award presented by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the 2006 Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award presented by the Association of Teacher Educators.
The college hosts the following academic departments: human services; elementary and middle grades education; psychology; health, physical education and recreation; and educational leadership and foundations. The college also is home to the Center for Math and Science Education, the Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers, the Reading Center, the Center for Rural Education, and the School and University Teacher Education Partnership.
Additional information on the finalists and schedules for their upcoming visits will be available on the provost’s Web site.
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