Candidates for dean of CST to visit campus, hold university-wide forums
The committee leading the search for a new dean of the College of Sciences and Technology at Western Washington University has concluded its review and evaluation of applications and has selected four strongly qualified finalists to invite for campus for interviews, WWU Provost Catherine Riordan announced Tuesday.
Each of the candidates will be visiting the WWU campus later this month and early next, and open forums have been scheduled with each candidate.
Mary S. Hubbard, vice provost of the Office of Global Engagement at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, will be on campus May 16 and 17. A university-wide open forum presentation is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, May 16, in Science Lecture Hall Room 110.
More information about Hubbard:
Ph.D. in Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Administrative Positions:
- Vice Provost of Global Engagement, Utah State University, 2009-present
- Dean, College of Science, Utah State University, 2007-2009
- Head, Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 2001-2007
Jeff R. Wright, founding co-director of the CITRIS (Computer and Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Research Institute at the University of California, Merced in Merced, Calif., will be on campus May 19 and 20. A university-wide open forum presentation is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, May 19, in SL Room 110.
More information about Wright:
Ph.D. in Geography & Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
Administrative Positions:
- Founding Co-Director, University of California Research Institute (Computer & Information Technology in the Interest of Society), 2001-present
- Founding Dean of College of Engineering, University of California-Merced, 2001-2010
- Interim Director, UC-Merced Energy Research Institute, 2004-2008
- Inaugural Dean, College I (Campus General Education Initiatives), UCMerced, 2004-2007
- Associate Dean of Engineering, Purdue University, 2000-2001
- Assistant Dean of Engineering, Purdue University 1997-2000
Kathleen L. Kitto, associate dean of the College of Sciences and Technology and director of the Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Center at WWU will be on campus May 23 and 24. A university-wide open forum presentation is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, in SL Room 110.
More information about Kitto:
M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
Administrative Positions:
- Associate Dean, CST, Western Washington University, 2003-present
- Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, WWU, 2003
- Director, Advanced Materials Science & Engineering Center, WWU, 2010-present
- Chair, Department of Engineering Technology, WWU, 1996-2002 (Acting Chair, 1995-1996)
Dale A. Ostlie, dean of the College of Science at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, will be on campus June 2 and 3. A university-wide open forum presentation is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, June 2, in Parks Hall Room 146.
More information about Ostlie:
Ph.D. in Physics/Astrophysics, Iowa State University
Administrative Positions:
- Dean, College of Science, Weber State University, 2003-present
- Chair, Department of Physics, Weber State U., 1996-2003