Of Note Written by Logan Buckley ’14, Erich Burnett, and Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84.
An Oberlin administrator since 2005, Andrea Kalyn has played a key role in developing entrepreneurial programs such as the Creativity & Leadership Project.
TANYA ROSEN-JONES ’97
Andrea Kalyn Named Dean of the Conservatory Andrea Kalyn, a longtime associate dean of the Oberlin Conservatory and the institution’s top officer for academic affairs, was named dean of the conservatory in February 2014. The announcement came seven months after Kalyn had assumed the role of interim dean. Kalyn’s appointment concluded an extensive search conducted by a committee of Oberlin Conservatory faculty members. She is the 13th permanent chief administrator in the conservatory’s 149-year history. “It is my great honor to welcome Andrea Kalyn to her new role on campus,” Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov says. “Andrea has very clearly demonstrated her OBERLIN CONSERVATORY MAGAZINE 2014
vision for shaping students who are uniquely prepared to meet the challenges faced by young graduates everywhere. She is keenly aware of the incredible synergy between our college and conservatory, and I look forward to carrying out the mission of this great institution with her for years to come.” An associate dean at Oberlin since 2005, Kalyn has been highly effective as the conservatory’s top administrator for academic affairs. Among other achievements, she led a team of faculty and administrators in the creation of the Creativity & Leadership Project, a cross-campus initiative dedicated to fostering student entrepreneurship. Kalyn was instrumental in securing more than $2 million in startup funding for the project and in creating a companion business-accelerator program called LaunchU, which debuted in 2013.
“I am deeply honored to serve as dean of the Oberlin Conservatory,” says Kalyn. “Oberlin is a truly extraordinary institution—a remarkable community of performers, composers, and scholars who share a fundamental commitment to the pursuit of excellence, a deep belief in the transformative power of both music and education, and an ethos of innovation and impact. It is a tremendous privilege to work with such an exceptional group of people to advance the mission of the conservatory.” Kalyn succeeds David H. Stull, a 1989 graduate of Oberlin who was dean of the conservatory for nine years before becoming president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in July 2013. Kalyn served as the Oberlin Conservatory’s interim dean since Stull’s departure. 3