EXECUTIVE DEAN CANDIDATES TO BE INTERVIEWED

Four individuals have been selected to interview for the position of Executive Dean at the Emmetsburg Campus of Iowa Lakes Community College.

Those to be interviewed (in order of their interview dates) are Glen Williams, Dee Ann Wilcox, Larry Griffin and Thomas Brotherton.

Glen E. Williams, is currently the Dean of Transportation Occupations at Southeast Community College in Milford, Neb., where he has worked for the past five years. Prior to that, he was self-employed as a co-owner of Williams Sales and Service in Ashland, Neb. He also has experience working as a service director for Classic Cadillac out of Omaha as well as experience with the Chevrolet Motor Division in numerous locations in several Midwest offices. Williams started his career as a Vocational Education teacher at Tekamah Herman High School in Tekamah, Neb. Williams received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln; his master’s degree from the University of Central, Okla.; and, is currently working on his Ph.D. at UNL. He will be in Emmetsburg Sept. 22-23 for his interview.

On Sept. 23-24, Dee Ann Wilcox, Ph.D., will be interviewed for the position of Executive Dean. Wilcox is the Dean of Arts and Sciences at William Penn University in Oskaloosa.  Prior to that, she was the Chair of Academic Affairs at Montgomery County Community College in Pottstown, Penn., for six years. She also worked at Harrisburg Area Community College as the Director of Educational Services for five years; was an Assistant Dean at Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science in Philadelphia, Penn., for three years; and, was an Associate Dean at St. Louis University for four years. Wilcox received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan., and her Ph.D., from Washington University in St. Louis. 

The third person to be interviewed will be Larry D. Griffin, Ph.D., on Sept. 25-26. Griffin has served as the Dean of Arts and Sciences as well as a Professor of English at Dyersburg State Community College in Dyersburg, Tenn., for the past six years. In 1973, Griffin began his career as a Graduate Teaching Associate in the English Department at the University of Oklahoma. He was promoted and took a job as Assistant Director to the Film Program at the University of Oklahoma. He has also taught at a correctional center to prepare clients to pass their GED. He returned to the college level in 1981 when he became an English Instructor at Midland College and was later promoted to Chair of Fine Arts and Communications Studies at Midland. Griffin received his bachelor’s degree in English from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. His master’s degree was earned at the University of Oklahoma.  He also achieved his Ph. D. at the University of Oklahoma.

Thomas Brotherton is currently a Director of Arts and Sciences at Southwestern Community College in Creston. Prior to that, he was an instructor of Biological Sciences at Southwestern. He also taught at the middle school/high school level in the Shelby-Tennant Community School District; and, worked for Iowa State University’s Extension Service.   Brotherton earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa in botany education.  He also attended the Graduate College at the U of I in Secondary Science Education.  Brotherton’s master’s degree is in Biology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He will interview for the Executive Dean position Sept. 30-Oct. 1.

These individuals were selected to be interviewed following a nationwide search. Currently, Val Newhouse, Vice President of Administration, is serving as the Interim Executive Dean of the Emmetsburg Campus.