April 27, 2011

Schedules set for engineering dean finalists

by Tim Crosby

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Students, faculty and staff will have opportunities to meet with and listen to four finalists for the position of dean of the College of Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale during public events set for their campus visits and interviews during the next few weeks.

The times for public events, in chronological order, are:

• John J. Warwick, acting vice president for academic affairs and executive director of the Division of Hydrologic Sciences at the Desert Research Institute, Nevada System of Higher Education, is scheduled to interview at SIUC Thursday and Friday, April 28-29. His public event is set for 9:30-10:45 a.m. Thursday, April 28 at the University Museum Auditorium.

•Demetrios Kazakos, director of the Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology at the National Science Foundation, is scheduled to interview at SIUC Monday and Tuesday, May 2-3. His public event is set for 9:30-10:45 a.m. Monday, May 2, in the John C. Guyon Auditorium at Morris Library.

•Darrell W. Pepper, professor and director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nevada Center for Advanced Computational Methods, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, is scheduled to interview at SIUC Thursday and Friday, May 5-6. His public event is set for 9:30-10:45 a.m. Thursday, May 5, at the Student Center Auditorium.

•Lizette R. Chevalier, acting associate dean of the SIUC College of Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering, is scheduled to interview Monday and Tuesday, May 9-10. Her public event is set for 9:30-10:45 a.m. Monday, May 9, at the John C. Guyon Auditorium in Morris Library.