Chancellor Kirwan Appoints Towson University President Search and Screening Committee
Adelphi, MD (February 18, 2011)
-- William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the Â鶹´«Ã½ (USM),
today announced the appointment of the search and screening committee for the
president of Towson University, one of the university system's 12 institutions.
Robert Caret, president of Towson
University for seven years, announced earlier this month that he is leaving the
university to become president of the University of Massachusetts System. The
new appointment is effective July 1.
The chair of the search and
screening committee is Louise Michaux Gonzales of the Hylton and Gonzales Law
Firm. She also is a member of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Board of
Regents.
The other members of the committee
are:
Tommy
Appel-Schumacher
Vice President,
Graduate Student Association
Graduate student
majoring in business administration
Jennifer Ballengee
President, Towson
University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors
Associate
Professor, Department of English
Lou Dollenger
Chairperson, Towson
University Alumni Board
Vice President
Sales and Engineering, Nelson White System
Diana Emanuel
Audiology Graduate
Program Director
Audiology,
Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies
Angela Hong
Vice President,
Student Government Association
Undergraduate
student majoring in philosophy
Catherine
Horta-Hayden
Associate
Professor, Department of Dance
Katherine Kazinski
Vice Chairperson,
Towson University Staff Council
Library Technology
Coordinator
Jung-Sook Lee
Associate
Professor/Unit Coordinator, Department of Mass Communication and Communication
Studies
David Nevins
Former USM Board of
Regents Member
Founder, Nevins and
Associates
Molly Shock
Chairperson, Towson
University Foundation Board
Member of Towson
University Board of Visitors
Lisa Smith
Administrative
Assistant to the Assistant Vice President/Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Ellen Stokes
Associate Vice
President, University Marketing
Timothy Sullivan
Chairperson, Towson
University Senate
Associate
Professor, Department of Economics
David A. Vanko
Dean, Science and
Mathematics
The Jess and
Mildred Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
Ocie
Watson-Thompson
Associate
Professor/Chairperson, Department of Early Childhood Education
Donn Worgs
Associate Professor,
Department of Political Science
Director,
Metropolitan Studies Program
Liaison to the USM
Board of Regents
Regent Gary L.
Attman
President of
FutureCare Health and Management Corporation
Liaison to the
Office of the USM Chancellor
Katie Ryan
Senior Advisor to
Chancellor Kirwan
Staff to the
Committee
Cassy Bennett
Office of the
Towson University President
Kirwan anticipates that the search
process will be completed within six months. The committee's work will conclude
with its recommendation of finalists for consideration by the chancellor and
the USM Board of Regents. The board will make the final selection.
Under Caret's leadership, Towson has
earned recognition as one of the nation's best public regional universities. With
more than 21,000 students, the university is one of the largest universities in
Maryland. It offers more than 100 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree
programs in the liberal arts and sciences, and applied professional fields. As
a metropolitan university, it combines research-based learning with practical
application.
"I want to again thank Dr. Caret for
his outstanding leadership of Towson over the past seven years," said
Chancellor Kirwan. "His departure is a huge loss for our university system and
for our state. He leaves an exceptional institution poised to rise to even
greater heights of excellence."
Once Caret announces his departure
date, Kirwan will announce the appointment of an interim president.
For more information about Towson
University, visit: www.towson.edu.
Contact: Anne Moultrie
Phone: 301.445.2722
Email: amoultrie@usmd.edu
Contact: Anne Moultrie
Phone: 301.445.2722
Email: amoultrie@usmd.edu
