Open forums announced for College of Arts and Sciences dean search finalists

Ohio University Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Chaden Djalali emailed the following message to the Ohio University community on Wednesday, March 27, 2019:

Dear OHIO students, faculty and staff: 

Four finalists for the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences will interview on Ohio University’s Athens Campus during the week of April 1. 

As part of the interview process, the University community will have an opportunity to interact with the candidates during open forums where they will deliver a brief presentation and answer questions from students, faculty and staff. 

Open forums for all students, faculty and staff will take place on the following dates and times. All of these events will also be live-streamed to anyone with a University ID and password, and ASL interpreters will be provided. (To request other accommodations to attend this event, please contact Laura Risler in the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost at risler@ohio.edu no later than March 29):
  
  • Tuesday, April 2 from 3:30 p.m. -5 p.m. in Bentley 227
  • Wednesday, April 3 from 3:30 p.m. -5 p.m. in Bentley 227
  • Thursday, April 4 from 10:30 a.m. -noon in Friends of the Libraries Room
  • Friday, April 5 from 3 p.m. -4:30 p.m. in Bentley 227
      
Feedback on each candidate will be solicited anonymously of all students, faculty and staff via an online survey.

The search firm is allotting time for finalists to notify their employers of this opportunity. We will share more information about each candidate in the coming days.

Your input into the search for our next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is vitally important to the success of the search. I encourage you to put the above forum opportunities on your calendar and plan to participate in our on-campus interview process.

Cordially,
Dr. Chaden Djalali, Executive Vice President & Provost
Dr. Chaden Djalali
Executive Vice President and Provost
Published
March 27, 2019
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