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Reed Named Graduate School Dean
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AUGUST 13, 2004 -- Vice President for Research David Reed has received an additional appointment as dean of the graduate school, effective Aug. 6, President Glenn Mroz has announced.
The move does not permanently combine the two positions, which will continue to function independently, Reed said. Operations in the Graduate School will continue to report to the provost, while the research offices report to the president through Reed. His appointment as graduate dean expires June 30, 2005.
Reed is assuming the responsibilities of the former dean, Bruce Rafert, who left Michigan Tech to take a similar position at Clemson University.
"We'll continue to look at this arrangement through the year as we move to stabilize finances," Mroz said. "Bruce made a lot of progress in helping the units build enrollment and become nationally ranked, and we don't want to backslide."
"We fully intend to keep pursuing the goals outlined in the Strategic Plan regarding graduate enrollment," Reed said. "We will be reviewing functions and the way we do things in order to maximize the efficiency of both offices, but I don't anticipate any major changes."
In his 21 years at Michigan Tech, Reed has been a principal investigator or co-investigator on over $7 million in externally funded research. His work has involved researchers from a variety of disciplines at the university as well as from outside institutions, including the University of Michigan and Harvard University, and his many sponsors range from the National Science Foundation to Mead Paper.
In 2000, Reed received the Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations. This honor is given to no more than 10 scientists every five years worldwide and signifies international recognition of scientific achievement in forest research.
In addition, Reed has had several international research projects, particularly in cooperation with the Polish Academy of Sciences and similar organizations in Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania; and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Technical University of Lisbon in Portugal. |
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