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Presidential search down to four
04/03/2009
The search for the next president of Pittsburg State University moved into its final phase on April 3 with the announcement that four finalists have been invited for on-campus interviews over the next two weeks. The candidates are Diana B. Carlin, a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas; Thomas L. Keon, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida; Fletcher M. Lamkin, vice president for institutional advancement at Dominican University of California; and Steven A. Scott, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Pittsburg State University.
The four finalists were selected by a search committee selected by the Kansas Board of Regents and led by former regent Bill Docking.
The candidates will meet with various campus and constituent groups and participate in open campus interviews in the following order: Thomas Keon, April 7; Steve Scott, April 9; Fletcher Lamkin, April 14; and Diana Carlin, April 17. A detailed schedule will be posted later today.
Brief biographies of the candidates follow. More complete biographies as well as the application letters submitted by each candidate mab be found at http://www.kansasregents.org/psusearch.html.
Diana B. Carlin holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in education from KU and a Ph.D. in speech communication from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has been a member of the KU faculty since 1987 and a full professor at KU since 1999. She has served as acting department chairperson, and interim assistant provost and as dean of the Graduate School and International Programs from 2000 until 2007. Carlin is past president of the Kansas and Central States Communication Associations and currently serves as chairperson of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools.
Thomas L. Keon holds a B.S.A. from Bentley University, an M.Ed. from Suffolk University, an M.B.A. from Babson College, and a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. From 1988 until 1990, he served as chairman of the Department of Management, then as director of graduate studies in the School of Business and finally as associate dean in the College of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri. Keon was associate dean of the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University from 1990-1994. He was dean of the College of Business and Administration at Southern Illinois University from 1995-97. He joined the University of Central Florida in 1997.
Fletcher M. Lamkin holds a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, an M.S. degree from the University of California at Berkley, an M.A. degree from Salve Regina College, and a Ph.D., from the University of Washington in Seattle. He was a career Army officer from 1964 until 2000. Lamkin was a member of the faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1987 until 1995 when he was named dean of the Academy’s Academic Board. From 2000 until 2007, Lamkin was president of Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. He joined Dominican University of California in 2008.
Steven A. Scott holds a B.S.Ed. degree from Pittsburg State University, an M.S. degree from Oklahoma State University, an Ed.S. degree from Pittsburg State University, and an Ed.D. degree from Oklahoma State University. Scott taught at Northeastern A&M College before joining the PSU faculty in the College of Education in 1989. Scott was named chairperson of the Department of Special Services and Leadership Studies in 1995 and dean of the College of Education in 1999. In 2006, Scott was named to his current position as provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Schedule for Dr. Steven A. Scott
Schedule for Dr. Thomas Keon campus visit
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