deans

Three science dean candidates to visit in August

PULLMAN – Three finalists for the position of dean of the WSU College of Science will be separately visiting the Pullman campus in August.   The three candidates are Ellen Fisher, professor and department chair of Chemistry at Colorado State University; Daryll DeWald, professor and department head of Biology at Utah State University; and Peter […]

Priorities, budgets, mergers, updates

WSU may be going back to the future. It is considering merging the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences, 15 years after the original College of Sciences and Arts was split.   These discussions are occurring at the same time the university ponders refreshing its strategic plan and debates program priorities and […]

New deans reflect on year

Last summer, six deans were appointed at WSU. Below are their answers to a few questions WSU Today posed about their first year:1. You’ve been in the dean’s position for about a year. In that time, has your perspective changed about the college or this position? * James P. Kehrer, College of Pharmacy: Yes. I […]