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Middletown dean to transition into new community liaison post
Mary Kate Linehan
Issue date: 6/19/09 Section: Campus
"We now have the opportunity to offer bachelor degrees, our enrollments are up, we're back in the black budgetarily and I do think we could benefit from an external viewpoint," Cowan said.
Toennisson described the improvements Cowan accomplished over her four-year term as dean.
"She balanced our budget and that really was a big deal," Toennisson said. "She has always been working more toward the increased alignment of the regional campuses, so that the Hamilton, Middletown and now the Voice of America work more closely together now than they did before."
Herbst praised Cowan's work and said he is responsible for selecting an interim dean for next year.
"She has laid a really strong foundation given the work she has done over the past four years and hopefully the interim dean will build on that. I also believe the campus will continue to go from strength to strength," Herbst said. "She's been a longstanding faculty member; she first was interim dean of Middletown for two years and then she was appointed the regular dean two years ago so this was her fourth year as dean. I think she did an outstanding job."
Toennisson described the improvements Cowan accomplished over her four-year term as dean.
"She balanced our budget and that really was a big deal," Toennisson said. "She has always been working more toward the increased alignment of the regional campuses, so that the Hamilton, Middletown and now the Voice of America work more closely together now than they did before."
Herbst praised Cowan's work and said he is responsible for selecting an interim dean for next year.
"She has laid a really strong foundation given the work she has done over the past four years and hopefully the interim dean will build on that. I also believe the campus will continue to go from strength to strength," Herbst said. "She's been a longstanding faculty member; she first was interim dean of Middletown for two years and then she was appointed the regular dean two years ago so this was her fourth year as dean. I think she did an outstanding job."
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