Forums Put CHaSS Dean Candidates in Front of Students

Two open forums next week [May 1-5] will allow students and faculty to meet candidates for the open position of dean for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

John C. Allen, CHaSS dean since 2010, will retire June 30.

Professor Elaine K. Carey of St. John’s University will be available for questions and discussion at 4 p.m. Monday, May 2, at the David B. Haight Alumni House. She is the chair of the Queens, N.Y.-based university’s Department of History.

Professor Joseph P. Ward will be introduced at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 5, also at the Alumni House. Ward is professor and chair of the Arch Dalrymple III Department of History at the University of Mississippi.

The third candidate, Brad Hall, chairman of the Department of Languages, Philosophy and Communications Studies in USU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, held an open forum April 21.

Each open forum will be broadcast via aggiecast.usu.edu. Those viewing the open forums remotely can submit questions ahead of time via email to Kim Doyle, assistant to the provost, at kim.doyle@usu.edu.

Writer and contact: Janelle Huatt, CHaSS public relations and communications coordinator, 435-797-0289, janelle.hyatt@usu.edu