{"id":2167,"date":"2020-11-30T13:41:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=2167"},"modified":"2020-11-30T13:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:42:25","slug":"recast-interim-dean-search-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2020\/11\/recast-interim-dean-search-update\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAST | Interim Dean Search Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a><strong>From:<\/strong><\/a> McAvity, David &lt;mcavityd@evergreen.edu&gt; <br><strong>Sent:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 24, 2020 8:49 AM<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Colleagues,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am pleased to announce that Abir Biswas has\nagreed to serve as Interim Dean beginning in January and continuing through the\n21-22 academic year. In this role, Abir will lead several initiatives,\nincluding co-leading the New Academic Directions certificates team; student\nlearning outcomes assessment planning; and the completion of Evergreen\u2019s\nmid-cycle accreditation report. He will also share responsibilities that are\ndivided amongst the deans, including conducting faculty reviews.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abir has been a member of the faculty at Evergreen\nsince 2010. He has taught with a range of interdisciplinary teams across the\narts, humanities, and sciences and is currently teaching in <em>Geology and\nMathematics<\/em> with Rachel Hastings<em>. <\/em>Abir has served the College in a\nvariety of governance roles, including as Faculty Chair, Faculty Representative\nto the Board of Trustees, First-Year Experience Workgroup, Planning Unit\nCoordinator for Scientific Inquiry and, currently, as co-Path Convener for Mathematical,\nPhysical, and Computer Sciences.&nbsp; He earned his A.B. in Geology\/Chemistry\nand Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College, and his Ph.D. in Geology from\nthe University of Michigan.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d like to thank Karen Gaul, Larry Geri, Miranda\nMellis, and Eric Thuesen, who served with me on the review committee, for their\nthoughtful work within a very short timeframe.&nbsp; And finally, I\u2019d like to\nthank several of our colleagues who seriously considered this position and\nprovided thoughtful communication with me and the deans about this leadership\nrole.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join me in welcoming Abir to this important\nleadership role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best wishes,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David McAvity<\/strong> | he-him | Interim\nProvost and Vice President for Student &amp; Academic Life | The Evergreen\nState College | 360.867.6400<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: McAvity, David &lt;mcavityd@evergreen.edu&gt; Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 8:49 AM Dear Colleagues,&nbsp; I am pleased to announce that Abir&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2778,"featured_media":1715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}