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Dear Colleagues, As we prepare for the departure of Dean Ayanna Howard at the end of July, I’m pleased to share that I have appointed Professor Balasubramaniam Shanker as interim dean of the College of Engineering (COE), effective Aug. 1. In addition, we will launch a national search in the weeks ahead to find the college’s next exceptional dean. Details about the search advisory committee will be...

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Walline, OD, PhD, as dean of the College of Optometry, effective July 1, pending Board of Trustees approval. A distinguished professor, he currently serves as the college’s associate dean of Academic Affairs. Jeff has spent nearly 30 years at Ohio State in the College of Optometry, beginning as a graduate teaching associate in...

Dear Colleagues, Earlier today, June 23, the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) announced Elena Irwin’s appointment as the next dean of Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, effective Sept. 21. In addition to serving as a faculty member in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Elena serves as the director of the Sustainability Institute. Elena...

Dear Colleagues, Earlier today, June 5, Spelman College in Atlanta announced that Ayanna Howard, dean of The Ohio State University College of Engineering, will become Spelman’s next president, effective Aug. 1. She will be returning to Georgia, where she began her academic career at Georgia Tech following time working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and propelled her career as a leader in...

I am delighted to share that Kiely Fletcher has been selected to join Ohio State as our new vice provost for strategic enrollment management, effective June 15. She becomes the next leader of the Office of Strategic Enrollment Management following last summer’s departure of James Orr. Currently, Kiely serves as the vice provost for enrollment management at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)...