Dear Colleagues:
Consistent with a firm commitment to growing interdisciplinary research and teaching on campus, efforts to establish an integrated College of Health Sciences are taking another step forward with the appointment of a transition planning group. The College of Health Sciences will include the School of Public Health, the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and a proposal for a newly formed School comprised of the existing Department of Health and Sports Sciences. The new College of Health Sciences is actually the realization of an idea that has been considered for several years now, initially discussed in 2008. The new college will allow for greater interdisciplinary collaboration in the health sciences, along with improved administrative efficiency, including not only administrative staffing but also space utilization. A decision was made to leave the Loewenberg School of Nursing autonomous given its unique opportunities for growth and expansion in the local clinical health services delivery community. The executive dean for the new College of Health Sciences will be Dr. Don Wagner. Dean Wagner was engaged in similar restructuring efforts at the University of Cincinnati.
Transition team members for the College of Health will include:
Dr. Donald Wagner – Workgroup Chair
Dr. Linda Jarmulowicz, Associate Dean, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dr. Robin Roach, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Dr. Marian Levy, Assistant Dean, School of Public Health
Dr. Richard Bloomer, Professor of Exercise Science and Chair, Department of Health and Sport Sciences
The College of Education will consist of the departments and programs currently in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, with the exception of HSS. The transition team for the College of Education will include:
Dr. Sutton Flynt-Chair
Dr. Ernie Rakow
Dr. Deborah Lowther
Dr. Larry McNeal
Dr. Doug Strohmer
The transition planning teams will identify and address issues critical to the transitions.
Sincerely,
M. David Rudd, Provost