Five
candidates for the position of dean of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural,
Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas and
associate vice president for agriculture-academic programs, for the statewide University
of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, have been selected by the search committee
for campus interviews and public presentations.
Candidates will visit the campus in February and March for interviews with the
search committee chaired by Dean Jeff Shannon, School of Architecture, and
others. Bumpers College faculty and staff are invited to a reception for each
candidate. Each candidate will make a presentation to the greater campus
community followed by a question-and-answer session. The public is welcome to
attend the presentations.
All receptions will be in the Arkansas Union, Room 404MC. All presentations
will be in Giffels Auditorium in Old Main. The candidates and the dates of
receptions and presentations are as follows:
- Kevin
Heinz, head of the entomology department, Texas A&M University, College Station:
Bumpers College reception from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Presentation from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11.
- Donn Shilling, head of the department of crop and soil sciences at the
University of Georgia, Athens: Bumpers College reception from 2:45 to 3:45
p.m. Monday, March 1. Presentation from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 2.
- Mike
Vayda, associate dean for administration, College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences; associate director, Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station; and
professor of plant biology, University of Vermont, Burlington: Bumpers College
reception 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. Thursday, March 4. Presentation from 4
to 5:15 p.m. Thursday, March 4.
- William
Forsythe, professor and chair, department of nutrition and dietetics, East
Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.: Bumpers College Reception, 9:05
to 10:05 a.m. Tuesday, March 9. Presentation from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday,
March 9.
- Lalit Verma, interim
dean, Bumpers College, and interim associate vice president-academic programs, Division
of Agriculture, University of Arkansas: Reception, 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
Thursday, March 11. Presentation, 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Thursday, March 11.
See the online resume of each candidate.