Schedule for Dr. Brad Colwell COE Dean Candidate April 25-27, 2010 Search Committee Co-Chairs: Dr. Elana Joram, 319.404.2834 Dr. Susan Etscheidt, 319.269.5458 Sunday, April 25 12:46 P.M. Arrival at Cedar Rapids airport Transport to Cedar Falls/Black Hawk Hotel: Co-Chair[s] Check-in Black Hawk Hotel [Room 217] 115 Main Street 5:45 P.M. Meet in hotel lobby 6:00 P.M. Dinner with Drs. Susan Etscheidt and Elana Joram, Search Committee Co-Chairs Brown Bottle Restaurant 1111 Center Street Monday, April 26 7:30 8:30 A.M. Breakfast with Dr. Gloria Gibson, Executive Vice President And Provost Black Hawk Hotel Transport to campus: Dr. Gibson Escort from Seerley to Schindler: Co-Chair[s] 9:00 9:50 A.M. Meet with Faculty Leaders Facilitator: Dr. Victoria Robinson COE Senate Dr. Windee Weiss, Chair Mr. Rick Vanderwall, Vice Chair Dr. Suzanne Freedman Dr. Leigh Zeitz Dr. Jan Bartlett Dr. Chris Kliewer Dr. Elizabeth Zwanziger Dr. Rod Dieser
Dr. Kim Knesting Dr. Robin Lund COE Curriculum Committee Ms. Barbara Heitzman Dr. Linda Nebbe Dr. Kim Knesting Dr. Todd Evans Dr. Amy Staples Ms. Karen Couch-Breitbach COE Graduate Studies Committee Dr. Robert Boody, Chair Dr. Deborah Tidwell Dr. Darcie Davis-Gage Dr. Sam Lankford Dr. Frank Kohler Dr. Elizabeth Zwanziger 9:50 10:00 A.M. Break 10:00 10:50 A.M. Meet with College of Education Leadership Team Facilitator: Dr. Nadene Davidson Dr. Mary Herring, Interim Associate Dean Dr. Jill Uhlenberg, Interim Department Head, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Victoria Robinson, Interim Department Head, Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, And Postsecondary Education Dr. Chris Edginton, Director, School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services Dr. Frank Kohler, Interim Department Head, Department of Special Education Dr. Nadene Davidson, Interim Department Head, Department of Teaching Dr. Betty Zan, Director, Regents Center for Early Developmental Education Dr. Melissa Heston, Interim Director of Teacher Education Ms. Bridgette Wagoner, Interim Director, Malcolm Price Laboratory School Ms. Dianna Briggs, Interim Director, Office of Student Field Experience Dr. Windee Weiss, Chair, COE Faculty Senate Ms. Becky Hawbaker, Coordinator, Professional Dev. Schools Ms. Andrea Elliott, Constituent Development Officer 10:50 11:00 A.M. Break
11:00 12:00 P.M. Meet with Teacher Education Faculty and Governance Representatives Schindler Education Center, Room 247 Facilitators: Dr. Lawrence Escalada and Dr. Elizabeth Zwanziger Teacher Education Faculty Council on Teacher Education Faculty, Malcolm Price Laboratory School 12:00 12:20 P.M. Break 12:20 12:30 P.M. Transport to Seerley Hall: Dr. Lawrence Escalada 12:30 1:15 P.M. Lunch with Academic Affairs Council Seerley Hall, Room 119 Dr. Farzad Moussavi, Dean, College of Business Administration Dr. Philip Mauceri, Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Kent Johnson, Acting Dean, Continuing Education and Special Programs Dr. Sue Joseph, Interim Dean, The Graduate College Ms. Marilyn Mercado, Dean, Library Ms. Virginia Arthur, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs Ms. Christy Twait, Assistant Provost for Sponsored Programs Dr. Kurt Meredith, Interim Assistant Provost for International Programs Mr. Steve Moon, Interim Assistant Provost for Information Technology 1:15 1:30 P.M. Transport to Malcolm Price Laboratory School: Dr. Elizabeth Zwanziger 1:30 2:00 P.M. Tour of Malcolm Price Laboratory School Facilitators: Dr. Nadene Davidson and Dr. Elizabeth Zwanziger 2:00 2:15 P.M. Transport to Schindler Education Center: Dr. Elizabeth Zwanziger 2:15 3:00 P.M. Meet with UNI Deans Facilitator: Dr. Joel Haack Dr. Farzad Moussavi, Dean, College of Business Administration Dr. Joel Haack, Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts And College of Natural Sciences Dr. Philip Mauceri, Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences 3:00 3:15 P.M. Break/Presentation preparation
3:30 4:45 P.M. Presentation to COE Faculty, Staff, and Students Addressing Key Opportunities and Challenges in Public Higher Education: Leading the College of Education, Collaborating with Other Colleges, and Connecting with the Broader Community. Schindler Education Center, Room 247 4:45 5:00 P.M. Break/tour of College of Education Dean s Office Schindler Education Center, Room 205 5:00 5:30 P.M. Informal Reception Dr. David Stoakes, Superintendent, Cedar Falls Comm. Schools Dr. Gary Norris, Superintendent, Waterloo Comm. Schools Dr. Mary Stevens, Area Education Agency 267, Special Education Director Ms. Nancy Scoggins Rose, UNI CUE Director Dr. Troyce Fischer, School Administrations of Iowa Mr. Julio Almanza, Chair, Iowa Urban Network Dr. Nancy Sebring, Chair-Elect, Iowa Urban Network Dr. Lew Finch, Executive Director, Iowa Urban Network Ms. Inez Murtha, Director, UNI Academic Learning Center Ms. Jessica Moon, Director, University Honors Program Dr. Jeff Weld, Director, Iowa Math & Science Educ. Partnership Dr. Mark Grey, Professor, Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology Dr. Michael Blackwell, Director, Center for Multicultural Education Ms. Mary-Sue Bartlett, Secretary, COE Dean s Office Ms. Maxine Davis, Director, Instructional Resources and Technology Services Ms. Deb Jacobs, Secretary, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations Ms. Candice York, Director, UNI Child Development Center Dr. Merrie Schroeder, Director, Alternative Licensure Program 5:45 6:45 P.M. Pick up in Schindler for tour of Cedar Falls with Sarah Johnson [269.6709], Realtor 6:45 P.M. Realtor returns to Black Hawk Hotel 6:45 7:10 P.M. Free time 7:10 P.M. Meet Dr. Elizabeth Zwanziger in hotel lobby and walk to Montage 7:15 P.M. Dinner with Search Committee Montage Restaurant [2 nd floor, private room] 222 Main Street
Monday, April 26 continues 9:00 P.M. Returns to hotel with Co-Chair[s] Tuesday, April 27 7:30 A.M. Check out of hotel [take luggage] Transport to Piazza: Co-Chair[s] 7:45 8:45 A.M. Continental Breakfast with Student Leaders Piazza Facilitators: Abbey Doering & Darnell Cole-Taylor 8:45 9:00 A.M. Transport to Wellness Recreation Center: Dr. Windee Weiss 9:00 9:30 A.M. Meeting with School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services Chairs, Faculty, and Program Representatives Wellness Recreation Center, Room 252 Facilitator: Dr. Windee Weiss 9:30 10:00 A.M. Tour of Wellness Recreation Center, Human Performance Center, And McLeod Center Facilitators: Dr. Windee Weiss and Dr. Chris Edginton 10:00 A.M. Transport to Seerley Hall: Dr. Windee Weiss 10:15 10:45 A.M. Meet with President Allen Seerley Hall, Room 20 10:45 11:00 A.M. Meet with Mr. William Calhoun, Vice President for University Advancement and President of the UNI Foundation Seerley Hall, Room 1 11:00 12:00 P.M. Meet with Dr. Gloria Gibson Seerley Hall, Room 1 12:00 1:00 P.M. Tour of campus with Nikola Todorovic [515.771.1135], UNI Student Ambassador 1:15 2:15 P.M. Exit Interview and Lunch with Search Committee Seerley Hall, Great Reading Room 2:15 P.M. Transport to Cedar Rapids airport: Co-Chair[s] 4:18 P.M. Flight out of Cedar Rapids airport