VANCOUVER, Wash. – Suzanne Smith, academic director for Human Development at Washington State University Vancouver, has assumed an additional role as interim academic director for the WSU College of Education on the southwestern Washington campus.
Smith will be responsible for leadership, management, planning, curriculum, personnel and facilities in the College of Education for the 2012-13 academic year. Academic Affairs will maintain responsibility for two areas: Bob Bates, director for research and graduate education, will be responsible for research-related needs, and graduate student support and mentoring; Karen Schmaling, vice chancellor for academic affairs, will provide approvals and oversight of budgets, working closely with Smith.Smith replaces Professor June Canty, who was academic director for the College of Education for eight years. Canty stepped down from administrative duties, choosing to focus on research and teaching, said A.G. Rud, dean of the college.
Smith, an associate professor, received her Ph.D. in child and family development from the University of Georgia.
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Contact:
Julie Titone, jtitone@wsu.edu, 509-335-6850.