Candidate for College of Education and Health Professions Dean to Visit Campus

Michael McLendon
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Michael McLendon

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Michael McLendon, associate dean of the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University, will visit the University of Arkansas campus this week to speak with faculty, staff and students as a candidate for the position of dean of the College of Education and Health Professions.

McLendon will give a public presentation from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in the Graduate Education Building auditorium (Room 166). He will speak on the topic “Vision for the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas” during the open forum.

Tom Smith, who has been dean of the college since 2010, will return to the special education faculty this fall. He holds the rank of University Professor of special education and served one year as interim dean before being appointed to the position.

More information about McLendon is available at these links: CV in PDF format and brief bio in PDF format. Two additional candidates for the dean’s position – Jacqueline Edmondson of Penn State University and Thomas Koballa of Georgia Southern University – will visit campus in subsequent weeks.

U of A faculty, staff and students who are not able to attend the presentation can view it live online. U of A email credentials (username – not including @uark.edu portion – and password) are required to view the presentation online. A separate link to a recording of the presentation will be available soon after it is over.

A form for use in evaluating the candidate is also available online.

For questions about the search process, contact Todd Shields, dean of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the search committee, at tshield@uark.edu.

Additional information about the position and the candidates can be viewed on the College of Education and Health Professions website

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Contacts

Heidi Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138, heidisw@uark.edu

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