Franklin News

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Writer: Frank DiGiacomo, 706/542-7908, frankd@uga.edu
Contact: Garnett Stokes, 706/542-1538, gstokes@franklin.uga.edu

Finalists named for associate provost for international education at UGA

Athens, Ga. – Four finalists have been named for the position of associate provost for international education at the University of Georgia. They will be on campus starting June 10 for interviews and meetings with faculty and staff.

Each candidate will lead a presentation open to the public from 9 to 10 a.m. in room 214 of the Miller Learning Center. To ensure that sufficient seats are provided, please contact the Executive and Faculty Search Group at execsrch@uga.edu or Matthew Reiter at 706/542-3283 if you plan to attend.

Finalists and the dates they will be on campus are:

June 10: Tanya Saunders, dean of interdisciplinary and international studies/director of international programs, Ithaca College;

June 15: Larry Gales, academic director for international programs, College of Business, University of Cincinnati;

June 17: Douglas Kincaid, vice provost for international studies, Florida International University; and

June 22: Steve DePaul, director of global initiatives, University of Texas.

Garnett Stokes, dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, chaired the search committee that recommended the finalists.

“These four finalists were selected out of an extremely competitive group of more than 156 candidates,” said Stokes. “The committee was pleased with the depth and backgrounds among the candidates in the pool and deemed these finalists to be the most highly qualified.”

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