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Western’s Department of
public and private school
Center for Computational
new deans to the Schools
Management in the busi-
districts across the United
Biomedicine Imaging and
of Business, Education, and
ness school, following a
States and abroad. A for-
Modeling at Rutgers. Her
Graduate Studies.
seven-year term as an
mer president of the
academic experience
outhern has made
College of the Bahamas.
years, developing partner-
Resource Economics and
three key academic
Durnin also chaired
ships with more than 30
an associate director of the
appointments, naming
assistant professor of man-
Texas Association for the
includes an associate
agement at Southern.
Improvement of Reading, he
deanship at the Rutgers
is also a widely published
School of Engineering, and
author of children’s books.
assistant professorships in the institution’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies.
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World Views Southern is one of
Dean Ellen Durnin
only 32 institutions of high-
Ellen Durnin, the new dean of the School of Business, comes to
er learning chosen by the Dean Michael Sampson
Association of American
Michael Sampson,
Colleges and Universities Dean Holly Crawford
Southern from Western
the newly named dean of
Connecticut State University,
the School of Education,
where she served as dean
was most recently at the
’84, M.S. ’94, the new dean
Global Century,” a national
of Graduate Studies and
University of South Florida,
of the School of Graduate
project focused on infusing
External Programs. She
where he was the coordi-
Studies, developed and
global learning into the
played an integral role in
nator of Reading Education
oversaw the Office of
general education curricu-
developing a range of grad-
and chairman of the
Research at Rutgers
lum. Southern was select-
uate-level programs,
Graduate Council.
University. As associate
ed out of a pool of more
including Western’s Ed.D.
Previously, he served at
dean for research, she led
than 140 institutions that
in instructional leadership
Texas A&M University as
an office responsible for all
applied to be part of the
and the proposed collabo-
doctoral programs director,
external competitive grant
project, which is funded by
rative Ed.D. in nursing with
overseeing an Ed.D. in cur-
activities — a $40 million
the Henry Luce Foundation.
Holly Crawford,
(AAC&U) to participate in “General Education for a
Southern. In earlier roles
riculum and instruction and
portfolio — for the School
with Western, she served
a Ph.D. in reading. He also
of Environmental and
tion in the global learning
as dean of the first
headed the institution’s
Biological Sciences and
initiative is in step with the
Connecticut State University
Department of Elementary
several affiliated programs.
university’s strategic plan,
System extension campus
Education. Sampson was
Crawford also has been an
which includes as one of
Southern’s participa-
at Waterbury and managed
executive director of the
associate research profes-
12 overarching goals
the university’s first overseas
International Institute of
sor in the Department of
preparing students and
graduate program at the
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