The search for the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is nearing its end as members of the search committee meet this afternoon to discuss their impressions of the three final candidates. The committee will make its final recommendation Sunday.
The committee's recommendation will be submitted to President Nancy Dye, who will make the final decision. The search committee can recommend more than one candidate.
The three candidates, Geoffrey Feiss from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robert Marks from Whittier College, and Clayton Koppes, currently Oberlin's acting dean of the college of Arts and Sciences, were interviewed by administrators and faculty, and met with students in open forums during the past three weeks.
Because of low student turnout at each forum, the candidates concentrated on presenting a description of the dean's position at the student forums, according to Marcia Colish, chair of the dean search committee and professor of history.
According to Colish, the search committee plans to discuss two main factors, the person nominated and the strengths they bring to the position.
The duties of the dean have been restructured to cover a more administrative role, expanding the job to overseeing libraries and computing, as well as traditional responsibilities such as faculty and curriculum. Colish said that administrative experience will be important in determining the dean recommendation.
Colish said that student input would be appreciated and can be done via e-mail to search committee members.
Marjorie E. Wiesman, curator of Western Art before 1850 and acting curator of modern and contenporary art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, has agreed to replace Anne Moore, director of the museum, upon her resignation at the end of the year.
Moore has been director since 1993, and prior to that she was the museum's director of education. She announced her resignation earlier this fall. Moore said she is leaving to join her husband in New York City.
Before coming to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Wiesman worked for the Department of Art History at Smith College and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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