COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — A 15-member committee of university faculty, staff, students and community business leaders will be charged with conducting a search and making recommendations regarding the selection of a permanent dean for the College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Rogers Redding, vice chancellor, Academic Affairs, announced the committee membership. The committee will work throughout the fall semester with the goal of announcing a selection by spring 2004.
The search committee members are:
Jeremy Haefner, dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science, chair; Kathy Abeyta, program assistant, College of Business; Rick Peterson, assistant professor, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences; Ann Hickey, assistant professor, Business; Daphne Greenwood, professor, Economics; Ben Martz, associate professor, Business; Jim Rothe, professor, Business; Sally Von Breton, instructor, Business; Charles Beck, associate professor, Business; Kirk Wilcox, associate professor, Business; Danny Bristol, store manager, Bookstore; Robert Wonnett, director, Student Auxiliary Services; Heather Wuebker, student; Beth Lee, Federal Express Corporation; and Nina Polok, business human resources manager, Agilent Technologies.
Gary Klein, Couger professor, Information Systems, is serving as interim dean. Previous dean Joe Rallo accepted the position of provost at Western Illinois University in June.
The College of Business and Administration at CU-Colorado Springs enrolls about 800 students annually in programs of study such as accounting, business administration, finance, information systems, international business, marketing, organizational management, personnel and service management. The college has 33 full-time faculty members and 20 staff.
CU-Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs, is the fastest growing university in Colorado and one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The university offers 25 bachelor’s degrees, 17 master’s and two doctoral degrees. The campus enrolls more than 7,400 students annually.