NDSU Provost J. Bruce Rafert has announced the search committee to help select the next dean of the College of Science and Mathematics. He charged the committee with identifying candidates of the high caliber of outgoing dean Kevin McCaul.
McCaul plans to return to a psychology teaching position on July 1, 2012. At that time, he will have served as dean for six years.
Charles Peterson, dean of the College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences, will chair the 19-member search committee. “The College of Science and Mathematics has always represented some of the best of what NDSU has to offer,” Peterson said. “We are hoping to recruit an outstanding individual who can bring the college to the next level of excellence for where it needs to be in the future in serving students, conducting research and offering outreach programs that significantly impact the community and state.”
The targeted timetable for the committee calls for applicant screening to begin Jan. 16, with names of finalists sent to Provost Rafert by March 1. During March and April, finalists will participate in on-campus interviews, and the committee’s final recommendation is anticipated by May 10. Provost Rafert is expected to select the new dean by June 1, and the person should begin work at NDSU on July 1.
Other committee members include Shannon (Cumiskey) Anderson, graduate student in chemistry; Alyssa Artz, undergraduate student in psychology; Barbara Blakeslee, research professor of psychology; Benton Duncan, associate professor of mathematics; Victoria Gelling, associate professor of coatings and polymeric materials; Diane Goede, administrative projects coordinator; Sivaguru (Siva) Jayaraman, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry; Kenneth Lepper, associate professor of geosciences; Rhonda Magel, chair of statistics; Sylvio May, associate professor of physics; Jennifer Momsen, assistant professor of biological sciences; William Perrizo, professor of computer science; Donald Schwert, director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education; Brian Slator, head of computer science; Brent Chisholm, senior research scientist at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering; and Randy Gerhold, research and development site leader for Microsoft Corp., Fargo. Non-voting members include R.S. Krishnan, associate vice president for academic affairs, and Angela Bachman, assistant for faculty searches in the Office of the Provost.
McCaul joined the NDSU faculty in 1978. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Southern Methodist University, and his master’s degree and doctorate in social psychology at the University of Kansas.
According to the position advertisement, the College of Science and Mathematics has approximately 1,400 undergraduate students and 400 graduate students. It has about 120 tenure track faculty, a $12.5 million appropriated budget and average annual grant expenditures of $8 million.