ASU News - Administration

Middleton appointed to lead new education vision

sjkeele1 — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:23 -0600

ASU will be creating and executing a new vision for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in Arizona, and James Middleton, professor of mathematics education, curriculum and instruction, will lead the charge.

Middleton, a member of the ASU faculty for 14 years, has been appointed associate senior vice provost for STEM education improvement. He will be working with George Hynd, senior vice provost for education and innovation and dean of the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, on facilitating new directions for STEM education across the university.

Most recently director of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Middleton was responsible for leading approximately 100 faculty members in a department that is ranked 14th nationally and fourth nationally in research productivity.

“Dr. Middleton is exactly the right person to lead this ASU effort as he recognizes the critical economic and social importance of attracting more highly qualified students into the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplnes,” Hynd says. “As an internationally recognized mathematics educator who has a reputation for attracting external funding to study best educational practices, he understands the critical importance of educating students in the P-12 arena so that they maintain their natural curiosities in science and mathematics.”

“Together with our teacher education colleagues at the West and Poly campuses, Dr. Middleton will work to bring together the intellectual resources in teacher education across ASU to increase the number of highly qualified teachers in mathematics and science education,” says Betty Capaldi, ASU Provost. “Our goal is a university wide vision that fosters new directions in STEM education in ways that benefit both the university and the larger public community.”

In the short term, Middleton will be meeting with faculty groups to learn about existing projects and explore new opportunities to design and deploy STEM teacher education programs.

Middleton’s office also will lead the university’s long-range planning regarding funding and research opportunities in STEM education and will support faculty in the procurement of external funding

“ASU is a unique place in this country. Nearly everywhere you look you find renowned faculty engaged in trying to improve our P-20 learning, instruction and public awareness of STEM principles and new scientific discoveries.” Middleton says. “I want my office to be a venue for faculty to dream up solutions to the problems of STEM education and to invent new possibilities for innovation in teaching, learning and technology. We will be a system of support ready to plug them into partnerships, will offer seed funding to pilot new ideas, and will provide an infrastructure so that faculty can offload some of the burden of administration and get to what makes them happy -- doing the intellectual and creative work of STEM improvement.”

In addition to working internally, Middleton will lead efforts to coordinate STEM outreach and community engagement in collaboration with research and academic units and will work with ASU Foundation to build private investment.

“ASU was a great place when I came here as an assistant professor, and it has gotten better each and every year,” Middleton says. “There is no other place that gives such license to take risks for the sake of innovation. We are designing my office to embody this sense of collegiality and commitment to creativity and impact.”

Administrative appointments target student support

lccampb — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:51:17 -0600

Effective April 1, three University Student Initiative administrators have been appointed to new roles to bolster support for students.

The new roles are:

• Mistalene Calleroz White has been appointed dean of student affairs at ASU’s Tempe campus.

• Georgeana Montoya, who had served as interim dean since 2007, will oversee the ASU student experience as the new dean of student affairs at the Downtown Phoenix campus.

• Safali Patel-Evans has been named assistant vice president and chief of staff for University Student Initiatives.

All three administrators will report to James Rund, ASU’s vice president of University Student Initiatives.

As dean of student affairs at the Tempe campus, Calleroz White will ensure the university provides a welcoming, engaging experience for all students.

“Mistalene’s experience in guiding and engaging students will serve students well,” Rund says. “Her commitment to excellence and access will ensure that student success and engagement is central to students’ ASU experience.”

Since 2005, Calleroz White has served as assistant vice president for University Student Initiatives. She also has held positions in student affairs and served as a policy analyst for the Arizona Board of Regents.

“This is a great opportunity to work directly with students as we move forward as the New American University,” Calleroz White says. “All students should connect in a meaningful way with their university, both inside and outside of the classroom. I look forward to student affairs taking an integral role in that connection.”

Calleroz White received her master’s degree in higher education, in addition to her doctoral degree in educational leadership and policy studies, from ASU.

Montoya’s position as dean of student affairs at the Downtown Phoenix campus will involve helping students cultivate new traditions and enjoy the dynamic, urban student experience at the newest ASU campus.

“Georgie has been involved from the very beginning in the conceptualization and development of student services downtown,” Rund says.

“She is uniquely qualified to serve as the dean of students there, and will play an important role in developing programs and services that positively shape the student experience.”

“I look forward to new challenges and opportunities as we build upon a stimulating learning environment at the Downtown Phoenix campus,” Montoya says. “I will strive to ensure that our students have the most integrated experience possible through community engagement both downtown and across the university, creating a world-class ASU experience focused on excellence, access and impact.”

As the campus grows with the addition of Taylor Place, the new student housing facility in downtown Phoenix, Montoya will work to ensure that students have state-of-the art living and learning environments, resources and facilities available to them.

“We’re so embedded in our community, and we consider the entire downtown community as our campus,” Montoya says. “This enables us to be engaged and connected in a unique way with the downtown Phoenix area, and our students benefit from that.”

Montoya came to the new Downtown Phoenix campus as director for Student Affairs in 2006. She was appointed interim dean for student affairs this past August. In her position as dean, she is responsible for creating holistic student experiences, resulting in student success, learning and development.

Montoya began her career at ASU in 1993 and has worked in various roles within Intercollegiate Athletics and Residential Life. She earned her master’s degree in higher education and her doctoral degree in higher and adult education from ASU in 2001.

As assistant vice president and chief of staff, Patel-Evans will be responsible for advancing strategic priorities in USI.

“The university has ambitious goals to move forward, and we need the 900-plus staff in USI focused on the same objective: student success,” Rund says. “Safali’s past experience in the W. P. Carey School of Business and within student affairs will serve us well as we advance our agenda of developing and educating our rapidly growing student body.”

Before this appointment, Patel-Evans served as assistant to the vice president in University Student Initiatives. Evans began her career at ASU in 1995 and has worked in residential life, the Memorial Union, undergraduate admissions and the W. P. Carey School of Business. She earned her master’s degree in higher education from ASU.

“I look forward to moving the university forward as we further develop the student experience,” Patel-Evans says. “There has never been a more exciting time to be an ASU student.”

Fairfax to lead Center for Global Education Services

isanche1 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:02:21 -0600

Kathleen Fairfax has been named associate vice president for global engagement and director of the Center for Global Education Services in ASU’s Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement. She will assume the role July 1.

Fairfax comes to ASU from Michigan State University, where she administers more than 260 academic programs in 66 countries as director of the Office of Study Abroad. She also serves as a member of the dean’s leadership team within MSU’s Office of International Studies and Programs, developing new strategic initiatives including a visiting international students program and international experiences for first-year students.

“I was attracted to the innovative and forward-thinking leadership at Arizona State, and I am excited to be joining a team that brings together concepts of globalization and the New American University,” Fairfax says. “ASU’s international profile and presence have increased dramatically over the past few years. I believe it’s a place where new ideas and initiatives can flourish.”

Fairfax’s passion for and commitment to international and cross-cultural understanding began with a semester in Bogotá, Colombia, as an undergraduate student. She later returned to Colombia as a translator for a medical service learning program.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a tenured foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency, serving in Washington, D.C., as a Fulbright program officer for six European countries, and at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City as an assistant cultural attaché and embassy liaison to Mexican private-sector organizations.

Since leaving government service, Fairfax also has been director of study abroad at Purdue University and at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

“Fairfax brings an impressive track record to Arizona State,” says Anthony “Bud” Rock, ASU’s vice president for global engagement. “She’s known in her field as an innovator and a thoughtful leader – characteristics that will be invaluable as we work to enhance and expand ASU’s global programs and presence.”

Fairfax believes students need more exposure to people, ideas and cultures different from their own to be successful global citizens.

“Universities have an obligation to provide students with educational opportunities and experiences that will allow them to better understand the interconnected world in which they will live and work,” she says. “We need to increase communication with departments and faculty to determine how those international educational opportunities can fit into each student’s curriculum – and, beyond that, how we can work to internationalize the student experience at ASU.”

McHenry to retire after 45-year career in higher education

lccampb — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:22:01 -0600

Growing up in north central Louisiana, music was a strong focal point for ASU professor Albert McHenry, and it’s a hobby that has helped him harmonize throughout his career in higher education. After more than 30 years of serving the university in various administrative and academic leadership positions, including chair, dean, executive vice provost and vice president, he is retiring.

His love of music, in a way, helped him determine his course of study when he was a student and put him on the road to a 45-year career in higher education.

“At that time, the electronic age was beginning to flower, and a major focus of the new electronics technology was music recording and reproduction,” McHenry says. “I had become an audiophile with interests in high-fidelity audio equipment, and electronics fulfilled my interests.”

Before becoming the founding dean of the College of Science and Technology at ASU’s Polytechnic campus, McHenry served on the Tempe campus as professor of technology and chair, for 11 years, of the Department of Electronics and Computer Technology and director, School of Technology. During his tenure as dean, enrollment in the college increased nearly 55 percent.

As the executive vice provost and vice president of the Polytechnic campus, he continued to help develop the professional and technological programs offered in the academic units at the Polytechnic campus.

“Al has a long history with ASU and is well-regarded by the Polytechnic campus, the university and the East Valley community,” says Elizabeth D. Capaldi, ASU’s executive vice president and provost. “He will be greatly missed.”

The majority of McHenry’s research effort has been focused on the implementation of contextual education as a process with special interest in high-technology preparation and re-education. Even after retirement, he plans to stay active in this aspect.

“I will continue executing sponsored projects that are aimed at facilitating an increased number of Americans in achieving doctoral degrees in STEM fields and then assuming positions in the professorate,” McHenry says.

McHenry is recognized nationally as an expert and leader in engineering technology education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has been honored by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), receiving the 2002 James H. McGraw Award and the 1995 Frederick J. Berger Award for “major contributions to the advancement of engineering technology education.” In 2001, he was elected a fellow grade member of ASEE, and he is serving as vice president for public affairs for the organization.

The city of Mesa named McHenry its 2004 Man of the Year in recognition of his volunteer activities. He has served on the Mesa United Way and Mesa Senior Services boards, chaired the technology committee for the East Valley Partnership and worked to bring a new YMCA to eastern Mesa. In 2006, the East Valley Partnership presented McHenry the Dwight Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his significant lifelong contributions to the community.

“I hope that ASU and the communities have been positively influenced by my contributions,” McHenry says. “I wish to express my gratitude to the people of ASU who have and continue to contribute much to my life and its fulfillment.”

Friends and colleagues will have a chance to wish McHenry well at a retirement reception from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., April 29, at the Student Union Cooley Ballrooms at the Polytechnic campus.

Interested persons can pay tribute to McHenry by contributing to the Albert L. McHenry Scholarship for College of Technology and Innovation students, an effort co-founded with his wife, Annette. For more information, contact the Development Office at the Polytechnic campus at (480) 727-1897.

Westerhoff named chair of engineering department

jkullman — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:46:12 -0600

Professor Paul Westerhoff has been named chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.

He will lead a growing department in which half the faculty members have been hired in the past five years. The undergraduate enrollment has grown from about 350 to almost 600 students in that same time, and the department expects to award 118 undergraduate degrees this year, more than double the number five years ago.

Westerhoff says his goal is to continue increasing the numbers of faculty, largely to “address critical issues related to sustainable civil infrastructure systems.”

Westerhoff came to ASU in 1995 and became a full professor in 2007. His research focus is on water quality and treatment. He has led the department’s environmental and water faculty group for the past six years.

“His demonstrated abilities in leading research and mentoring students will bring even stronger leadership to the engineering school,” says Deirdre Meldrum, dean of the school.

Meldrum cites Westerhoff’s awards for research on the environmental implications of nanotechnology and studies of inorganic and organic contaminants in water.

He has earned some of the leading research awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Water Environment Federation.

More than 65 of his research articles have been published in peer-reviewed science and engineering journals, and he has made more than 200 conference presentations.

Westerhoff earned a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University, a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a doctorate from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

University appointments beef up staff

cderra — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:55:52 -0700

In an effort to bolster its office and meet changing needs of the university, ASU’s Office of Vice President for Research and Economic Affairs (OVPREA) is adding several key members to its staff. The changes include:

• Julia Rosen will become the associate vice president for innovation and entrepreneurship.

• Todd Hardy will become associate vice president for corporate engagement.

• Beth Israel will be associate vice president for research administration.

They join Stephen Goodnick, who is associate vice president for research in OVPREA.

“As research and economic affairs opportunities have grown in number and complexity, we’ve refined our organization to reflect President Michael Crow’s goals of excellence, access and impact,” says R.F. “Rick” Shangraw Jr., ASU’s vice president for research and economic affairs. “Now we can pursue more opportunities, encourage greater innovation, facilitate additional strategic partnerships and ultimately provide enhanced service to the ASU community.

“We are focused on bolstering four areas: stimulating and supporting sponsored research, identifying and nurturing strategic research opportunities, promoting ASU research and economic growth opportunities, and connecting ASU with the drivers of the business community.

We recognize these areas are connected so the associate vice presidents of research, research administration, innovation and entrepreneurship, and corporate engagement will work closely together and integrate their activities.”

Rosen and Hardy’s appointments will emphasize the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as corporate engagement. Israel will add support in research administration as ASU works to expand its research base.

Rosen will be the primary ASU person responsible for driving specific initiatives in innovation and entrepreneurship forward, including connecting global companies with SkySong and advancing the work of entities such as ASU Technopolis and the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative.

Rosen also is co-principal investigator on Entrepreneurship at ASU, which is funded by the Kauffman Foundation. She served as assistant vice president of economic affairs before assuming her new position.

Hardy’s role is to connect ASU with strategic players in the business community. His background is in corporate development and management.

Hardy has experience in business planning, operations management and government relations. He comes to ASU from g. inc., where he was president, and from Columbia University, where he headed a unit responsible for the development of digital learning initiatives and alliances.

Israel will help support ASU’s expanding research operations. She comes to the OVPREA office with more than 30 years experience in research administration. She served various functions in that capacity while rising to the level of associate vice president in the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at Columbia University. She had been at Columbia since 1974 before arriving at ASU in January.

Israel has significant managerial experience, including personnel responsibilities, budget supervision and accounting.

Shangraw says each of the appointees bring specific attributes to their new jobs, but they also share some common qualities that will help them advance the strategic mission of OVPREA.

“They bring proven leadership from their fields and a passion for continuous improvement,” Shangraw says. “They understand the power of collaboration and partnership, and they’re committed to superior research support and economic growth. They have the right skills and the right team perspective to make a significant difference.”

Melnick’s appointment boosts sustainability efforts

cderra — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:12:52 -0700

Sustainability efforts at ASU have grown significantly in the nearly three years since the university’s president, Michael Crow, made it a priority. Now the institutions that embody sustainability, such as the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) and the School of Sustainability, are getting a boost organizationally with the appointment of Rob Melnick as executive director and chief operating officer of GIOS.

Melnick, who will continue as the director of ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy and as a research scientist in the School of Public Affairs, takes on his additional duties at GIOS after serving as ASU’s associate vice president for economic affairs.

For a list of some of Rob Melnick’s accomplishments at ASU click here.

“As a pan-university program, GIOS is one of our most important assets for differentiating ASU as the New American University,” Crow says.

“Rob will work closely with Jon Fink, the Julie Ann Wrigley director of GIOS, and Chuck Redman, director of the School of Sustainability, to advance our goal of making ASU an internationally renowned leader in research, innovation, teaching and solutions in sustainability.”
Melnick will add experience to GIOS in the areas of public policy, strategic planning, corporate and government relations, and management.

“While a number of us have been working to create a broad vision for sustainability at ASU over the past several years, we now recognize that we need somebody with Rob Melnick’s organizational skills and insights to make sure that we make steady progress to accomplish our goals,” says Fink, director of the Global Institute of Sustainability. “Rob is the missing link to greatly accelerate the growth of ASU’s sustainability initiatives.”

Fink says Melnick will have three primary roles:

• Chief of staff for the growing GIOS organization.

• Primary strategist for implementing the sustainability vision developed by ASU faculty, Crow and the GIOS board of trustees.

• Point person within GIOS for engaging the corporate sector.

Melnick says that, in his new position, he will focus on “turning the GIOS vision into reality.”

Because GIOS is so large and cuts across all four ASU campuses, Melnick will be working to determine how to optimize the benefits to GIOS from this large, diverse talent pool while respecting the requirements and motivations that individual faculty have in their “home” units.

“Another challenge will be finding the balance between the ‘R’ and the ‘D’; that is, between discovery and practical application,” Melnick says.

“Corporations, public institutions and individuals are hungry for learning new ways to make their environment, economy and society more sustainable. We want them to look to ASU and GIOS as a leading problem-solver in this space.”

Melnick has been a highly visible ASU researcher and administrator for nearly three decades. Among his contributions to ASU, Melnick established ASU’s Office of Economic Affairs, and has led the development of hundreds of funded policy research reports as director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy (a position he has held since 1987) and as a research scientist in the School of Public Affairs.

Before coming to ASU, Melnick was a senior fellow and vice president of the Hudson Institute, where he was in charge of policy studies on employment and education. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Melnick conducts research on urban growth management and economic development. He is the co-author of three books on these subjects and frequently contributes to the institute’s policy research studies.

Most recently, Melnick was co-principal author of major reports titled “Sustainability for Arizona: The Issue of our Age”; “The Treasure of the Superstitions: Scenarios for the Future of Superstition Vistas”; “Arizona’s Premier State Trust Land” and “Seeds of Prosperity: Public Investment in Science and Technology Research.”

Melnick has been appointed to numerous government commissions and task forces on a wide range of pubic policy issues. He has a bachelor’s degree in government from Dartmouth College, and he earned his master’s degree and doctorate from ASU.

Journal citations reflect Hackett’s lasting impression

jnewberg — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:24:30 -0700

Gail Hackett recently learned that several of her articles published in the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Counseling Psychology are among the journal’s most cited works.

Two of her articles were in the top 25 articles cited since the journal’s inception in the 1950s, while another two were top citations during the past 10 years. The publication is the leading research journal in the field of counseling psychology.

“The Journal of Counseling Psychology has published more than 4,200 articles since its first issue in 1954,” says Brent Mallinckrodt, the editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology. “From this huge body of work, Dr. Hackett has published the sixth- and the 22nd-most-cited articles. Together, these two articles have been cited in nearly 450 other published articles.”

The citations reflect Hackett’s influential research in the field.

“This is evidence of her tremendous influence, not only on the field of counseling psychology but on psychology more generally,” Mallinckrodt says. “To be cited this often, an article must capture the interest of scholars outside a professor’s narrow field of expertise.”
Hackett’s works expand on Albert Bandura’s self-efficacy theory, which says that cognitive judgments of one’s capabilities are more predictive of behavior than any other factor, including past behavior. Bandura is renowned in the psychology field and has been described as America’s top psychologist.

“It was a simple concept, but it was embedded in a complex theory,” Hackett says.

Hackett and Nancy E. Betz first detailed the potential applications of Bandura’s theory to understanding women’s career choices in a 1981 article in the Journal of Vocational Behavior, another top research journal, then tested their theoretical propositions in articles such as “The Relationship of Career-Related Self-Efficacy Expectations to Perceived Career Options in College Women and Men,” published in 1981 in the Journal of Counseling Psychology.

“It was Dr. Hackett and Betz’ brilliant insight to apply an established theory from one field of (social) psychology in a new way to a very different area (counseling psychology). We often see that such innovations have a tremendous capacity to move the second field forward, and that has been the case with Dr. Hackett’s work,” Mallinckrodt says.

The work is ranked sixth among the top 25 cited in the journal’s history.

“Nancy Betz and I were both interested in women’s career development because, at the time (the late 1970s and early 1980s), there wasn’t a lot of attention being paid to how women made vocational choices,” Hackett says.

They felt that Bandura’s theory was particularly useful in explaining some of the anomalies that they saw in women’s career development, such as women’s career achievements being so far below their academic achievements and women’s under-representation in some career fields.

Through their groundbreaking research, Hackett and Betz found that females reported higher levels of self-efficacy (confidence and ability to succeed at something) in traditional occupations, and significantly lower levels of self-efficacy in nontraditional occupations. They discovered that self-efficacy expectations were produced by differences in socialization. This research was the first of its kind to be published that showed explicitly how socialization operates to undermine women’s confidence in the work world.

“This is why this article is so pivotal,” Hackett says.

Another article that is ranked 22nd in the journal’s history is the “Role of Mathematics Self-Efficacy in the Choice of Math-Related Majors of College Women and Men: A Path Analysis.” This 1985 study by Hackett used statistical causal modeling analyses to test hypotheses from self-efficacy theory demonstrating how socialization and educational experiences related to math and science affects self-efficacy, which then directly affects the choice of math-related college majors.

“This was one of the first examinations of mathematics self-efficacy and how crucial it is in predicting women’s math and science-related career choices,” Hackett says.

Another article – “Contextual Supports and Barriers to Career Choice: A Social Cognitive Analysis” by Robert W. Lent, Steven D. Brown and Hackett – applied an expanded version of Bandura’s theory (now called social cognitive theory) to career decision-making, career behavior and academic achievement. The article, which is among the top 25 cited within the last 10 years, attracted peer attention through its focus on environmental effects, barriers and supports on career decision-making when it was published in 2000.

“A Causal Model of the Educational Plans and Career Expectations of Mexican American High School Girls” (1998) that is cited in the top 25 of the journal’s articles in the past 10 years by Ellen Hawley McWhirter, Deborah L. Bandalos and Hackett focuses on educational and career expectations of Mexican-American high school girls.

Researchers have focused on these works because the articles are part of a part of a research program of related studies testing a robust theoretical model.

“Our social cognitive career theory, rooted in self-efficacy theory, is now considered one of the four or five major career theories in the field,” Hackett says.

The findings from these studies can also be used by educators and counselors working with young women and men.

“Most of the work we do is directly applicable,” Hackett says. “Our findings alert career counselors and other educators who are helping youth, adolescents or even adults that they need to pay close attention to people’s beliefs about their abilities when predicting future performance and choices. Many students underestimate their actual capabilities, and thereby cut themselves off from viable educational and career options.”

Since the research was conducted, more women are entering nontraditional fields.

“There’s been a lot of progress,” Hackett says.

But there still are disproportionately fewer women entering fields such as engineering, and females still are under-represented at the top of the career ladder, she says.

Hackett, who most recently was dean of University College, is leaving ASU to become provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Crow names Friedman university vice president

lccampb — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:27:22 -0700

As part of the school-centric model, ASU President Michael M. Crow has named Debra Friedman as university vice president in addition to her position of dean of the College of Public Programs. This appointment gives ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus the same organizational structure as the other three ASU campuses.

Mernoy Harrison, whose task was to construct the Downtown Phoenix campus, will continue as vice president and executive vice provost, but with the new responsibility of building what might be considered ASU’s “fifth campus.” This covers the university’s continuing education programs, including its online programs and face-to-face programs throughout the Valley for nontraditional students, with degree completion, bachelor’s and master’s degrees available. The ultimate goal is to have 100,000 individual student enrollments.

Both appointments are pending Arizona Board of Regents approval.

“I am delighted that Debra has agreed to take on this additional responsibility, and that Mernoy was willing to take on a challenge of building a virtual campus – a challenge as great as the one he just accomplished in building a concrete-and-steel campus,” Crow says.

Provost Elizabeth D. Capaldi adds that this administrative structure reflects the nature of the university’s academic structure.

“Each of our campuses or learning environments is anchored by a college at the core of the campus’s academic mission, and the dean of that college also functions as a vice president of the university, responsible for coordinating university academic functions among the deans at that location,” she says.

In Tempe, Quentin Wheeler serves as the vice president and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science. At the West campus, Elizabeth Langland serves as vice president and dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. At the Polytechnic campus, Keith Hjelmstead serves as vice president and dean of the College of Technology and Innovation.

The vice president and dean on each campus reports directly to the university provost and holds no supervisory role or authority over the other deans on his or her campus. All 22 deans and school directors continue to report directly to the provost. Non-academic functions have been centralized for economies of scale. The position of campus-based vice provost and executive vice president, which previously coordinated university academic functions on each campus, no longer exists.

“The ASU Downtown Phoenix campus serves as ASU’s portal to the city and expression of its civic responsibilities,” Friedman says. “I look forward to joining with deans Callahan, Corey and Melnyk to create an academically rigorous environment rooted in social embeddedness.

Together with our public, private and nonprofit partners, we will work to make Phoenix a city unparalleled in its dedication to the social, economic and educational advancement of all.”

“It has been a great pleasure working with the many partners that have made the creation of the downtown Phoenix campus a success, especially our partners in the city of Phoenix,” Harrison says. “I now look forward to the development of many new partnerships as we create ASU’s virtual campus and expand its face-to-face for nontraditional students.”

Friedman joined ASU in 2005, when she was named dean of the College of Public Programs, one of three colleges that established the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus in 2006. Friedman led the relocation of the college to downtown, refined its vision and strategic plan, and has secured new funds during her tenure as dean.

She has mobilized a Phoenix Futures Board and Dean’s Investment Board, comprising influential and highly visible community leaders.

Three schools and eight centers comprise the College of Public Programs, including the Schools of Public Affairs, Social Work, and Community Resources and Development. More than 30 undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees or certificate programs are offered through the college.

The College of Public Programs also plays a key role in ASU’s social embeddedness initiative, with more than 100 ongoing community partners in public, nonprofit and private sectors. In recognition of its location on the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus, the college offers new undergraduate and graduate degrees in public policy, urban and metropolitan studies, nonprofit studies, and tourism development and management, among others.

Before coming to ASU, Friedman served as associate dean of undergraduate education and associate provost for academic planning at the University of Washington. In these roles, she was responsible for managing university-wide innovation programs, enrollment planning and strategic visioning initiatives.

She is the author of numerous scholarly articles and a book.

Friedman has taught at the universities of Iowa, Arizona and Washington, and she has won distinguished teaching awards at the University of Washington and the University of Arizona. She was a national fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and a visiting scholar at the Australian National University and the Russell Sage Foundation.

Friedman earned her doctorate in sociology from the University of Washington.

Harrison served as vice president and executive vice provost at the Downtown Phoenix campus from 2004 to 2008. He oversaw the opening of the campus in fall of 2006, with 300,000 square feet of academic space serving 6,299 students. University College, the College of Public Programs and the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation ushered in a new era of learning downtown when the campus opened.

Among the many amenities offered at the opening of the campus were student services, such as counseling and consultation, disability resources, a library and student clubs. About 250 beds were available at the first student residential complex at Residential Commons. A bookstore, recreation center at the Lincoln Family Phoenix Downtown YMCA and student union at Arizona Center were among services developed downtown.

Harrison also oversaw initial construction of new downtown projects slated to open this year: the new Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication building, and new student housing in Taylor Place.

He has been with ASU since 1997.

Before his appointment downtown, Harrison served as executive vice president for administration and finance, and as the university’s chief financial and administrative officer.

Harrison previously served as vice president for administration and vice president for finance, among other varied positions, at California State University-Sacramento. He earned his doctorate degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Campbell to retire from ASU July 1

lccampb — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:48:45 -0700

Carol N. Campbell, ASU’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, has announced that she will retire, effective July 1, to devote more of her time and energy to her family. However, at ASU President Michael Crow’s urging, she has agreed to continue serve the university as a part-time consultant after her retirement.

Among Campbell’s many significant accomplishments at ASU, she:

• Oversaw the completion and opening of four new research facilities and a new police headquarters, and is responsible for several hundred million dollars in new construction that is in progress.

• Led campus sustainability efforts, including the construction of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified buildings, green purchasing policies and energy savings.

• Managed the development of two major student housing projects on the Tempe campus.

• Oversaw the issuance of nearly $200 million of new and refinanced bonds, while maintaining ASU’s credit rating at a level achieved by just one-quarter of public universities.

“No university has had a better chief administrative officer and CFO than ASU has had in Carol Campbell,” Crow says. “Her accomplishments in just a few short years have helped ensure the university’s future for decades to come. Although I am extremely sad that Carol has decided to step down, I know that she and her husband, Jack, have long looked forward to an active retirement, and that they finally will have the time to spend together.”

“This decision has been one of the hardest of my life,” Campbell says. “I can’t imagine a more exciting and rewarding position than the one I am leaving. Under President Crow’s leadership, ASU has become the envy of much of higher education, and its future will be even better and brighter. I’m delighted that President Crow has asked me to stay involved. But the time has come to join my husband in retirement, and to spend time with our grandchildren before it’s too late.”

Campbell also negotiated development of two major student housing projects on the Tempe Campus that will add more than 3,300 residential beds at no cost to the university. The first is Vista del Sol, an apartment-style living complex that includes a parking garage, retail shops, a community center and luxury pool. The second is Barrett College, which will house ASU’s honors college and will include classrooms, faculty offices, student social space and a dining room.

Campbell consolidated facilities management and other administrative functions across ASU’s four campuses. She reorganized the real estate management and development functions to maximize development opportunities and revenues for ASU.

Campbell also was responsible for changing the university’s focus from a campus “parking system” to a “transit system,” with emphasis on sustainability through mass transit and ride-sharing. Instead of subsidizing individual drivers and vehicles through low-cost parking, ASU now subsidizes mass transit solutions, including free bus passes for all faculty and staff members, and free shuttle service around and among ASU campuses, reducing traffic congestion, air pollution and the production of carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming. ASU students and staff will use free bus passes on nearly 2 million rides this year.

Campbell came to ASU from Texas Christian University, where she was vice chancellor for finance and administration, and treasurer. Before that, she was vice president and treasurer at Carleton College and served at the University of Minnesota as controller, associate vice president and treasurer – and, finally, as acting senior vice president for finance and operations.

She began her career at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) after graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota.

Her professional associations include: past director and chair of the investment committee, Independent 529 Plan; past director and vice president, Collegiate Association Resources of the Southwest; past chair, board of directors, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO); past president, Central Association of College and University Business Officers (CACUBO); and past chair, TIAA-CREF Advisory Council.

Campbell and her husband, Jack, are natives of Minnesota, where he retired from high school teaching in 1990. They have six children, including two in Phoenix, one in Los Angeles and three still residing in Minnesota. Their 10 grandchildren all live in Minnesota.

“Our Minnesota house is just minutes away from our children and grandchildren,” she says. “We will spend much of the summer there, but Arizona is our real home from now on.”