Finalists for position of Dean/Assistant Vice Chancellor will visit campus

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Posted: Feb 26, 2013

Dr. Elizabeth Davis
Dr. Elizabeth Davis
Dr. Nicole Constable
Dr. Nicole Constable
Dr. Anand Yang
Dr. Anand Yang
Dr. R. Anderson Sutton
Dr. R. Anderson Sutton
Four finalists have been identified for the position of Dean, School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS)/Assistant Vice Chancellor, Office of International and Exchange Programs (OIEP) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.  The four are scheduled to participate in a two-day period of visits that covers SPAS and OIEP department discussions; meetings with senior administrators, faculty, staff, students, and members of their respective professions; and a public presentation.

Campus and community members, as well as the general public, are encouraged to attend.

The campus visits of the four candidates have been scheduled as follows:

Dr. Elizabeth Davis, visiting March 4-5

Division Director of Liberal Arts and International Studies

Colorado School of Mines

Public Presentation:  Tuesday, March 5, 3:00-4:15 p.m./Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

 

Dr. Nicole Constable, visiting March 11-12

Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

School of Arts and Sciences

University of Pittsburgh

Public Presentation:  Tuesday, March 12, 3:00-4:15 p.m./Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

 

Dr. Anand Yang, visiting March 14-15

Director, South Asia Center

Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

University of Washington

Public Presentation:  Friday, March 15, 3:00-4:15 p.m./Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

 

Dr. R. Anderson Sutton, visiting April 4-5

Professor, School of Music

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Public Presentation:  Friday, April 5, 3:00-4:15 p.m./Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

“I would like to thank the Search Advisory Committee for identifying a pool of exceptional candidates,” said Chancellor Tom Apple.  “We encourage the UH community to come out and meet the candidates, and look forward to them providing input which will assist in hiring the best person for the position.”

Added Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Reed Dasenbrock, “this is one of the most important searches we have had here at Mānoa  as we set new goals for internationalizing the curriculum, for recruiting international students, and for playing the role on the international higher education stage that UH Mānoa can play.”

For more information about the search process, including a list of the members of the search advisory committee, the campus visit daily schedule and the candidate biographies, see the search website at http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/executivesearch/spasoiep.

For more information about the School of Pacific and Asian Studies, and the Office of International and Exchange Programs at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, please visit http://manoa.hawaii.edu/spas and http://manoa.hawaii.edu/international respectively.