Oakland University has selected a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, pending approval by trustees.<\/p>\n
Bradley J. Swanson joins OU from Central Michigan University, where he currently serves as interim vice president for research and innovation and professor of biology.He starts on Aug. 1. His faculty assignment will be as professor in the biology department with tenure.<\/p>\n
Joseph Shively, senior associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as acting dean from July 2 through July 31.<\/p>\n
During his 25-year career at CMU, he established a record as a scholar, teacher, researcher and academic leader, with a strong commitment to student success, shared governance, and the value of a liberal arts and sciences education.<\/p>\n
In his current role, Swanson helped lead CMU to a record- setting year of $38 million in competitively awarded grants.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout the search process, faculty, staff and university leaders emphasized the<\/p>\n
importance of identifying a dean who could champion the liberal arts and sciences, strengthen research and creative activity, support student success and lead with transparency and integrity,\u201d said OU Provost Amy Thompson. \u201cDr. Swanson\u2019s experience, accomplishments and leadership philosophy align strongly with those aspirations, and I\u2019m confident he\u2019ll be an outstanding leader for the College of Arts and Sciences.\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also served in numerous academic leadership roles, including as chair of the academic senate, director of graduate studies, director of the neuroscience program and director of the environmental studies program.<\/p>\n
Swanson earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology from the University of Michigan, a master\u2019s degree in Zoology from the University of Idaho, and his doctorate in biology from Purdue University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oakland University has selected a new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, pending approval by trustees.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,143907],"class_list":["post-352057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-university-central-michigan-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}