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Inside Iowa State
October 22, 1999

Six will interview for Agriculture dean post

by Linda Charles
Six finalists for dean of the College of Agriculture have been selected and will inter-view on campus in November and December. The finalists are:

• Alan Bennett, associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis, since 1993.

• Cornelia Butler Flora, director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development at Iowa State since 1994.

• Joseph Jwu-shan Jen, dean of the College of Agriculture at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, since 1992.

• Gary Minish, head of the department of animal and poultry sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1994.

• Colin Scanes, executive associate dean of Agriculture and associate director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station at Iowa State since 1995. He recently was named interim director of the Plant Sciences Institute.

• Paul Wangsness, senior associate dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1997.

For more information on each candidate, visit this Web site: www.iastate.edu/news/releases/99/oct/agdean.html

Each candidate will make a presentation during a campus open forum from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and participate in another discussion, via the ICN, from 5:15 to 6 p.m. the same day. A reception will be held between the two events in the Kildee atrium.

All ICN events will originate from 9 Curtiss. Campus forums are in 1204 Kildee.

Following are the forum dates:

Wangness	Oct. 28
Minish	Nov. 1 (ICN)
	Nov. 2 (Campus Forum)
Scanes	Nov. 11
Jen	Nov. 15
Flora	Nov. 30
Bennett	Dec. 7

Each of the finalists also will meet for an hour with students in the College of Agriculture. Following is that schedule:

Wangsness	Oct. 29, 1-2 p.m.	142 Curtiss
Minish	Nov. 1, 2-3 p.m.	106 Curtiss
Scanes	Nov. 12, 1-2 p.m.	8 Curtiss
Jen	Nov. 16, 10-11 p.m.	8 Curtiss
Flora	Nov. 29, 1-2 p.m.	142 Curtiss
Bennett	Dec. 8, 1-2 p.m.	142 Curtiss

Lastly, the candidates will participate in a one-hour diversity forum hosted by the colleges diversity committee. Following is that schedule:

Wangsness	Oct. 29, 3-4 p.m.	142 Curtiss
Minish	Nov. 2, 11 a.m.-noon	8 Curtiss
Scanes	Nov. 12, 3-4 p.m.	142 Curtiss
Jen	Nov. 16, 3-4 p.m.	8 Curtiss
Flora	Nov. 16, 3-4 p.m.	142 Curtiss
Bennett	Dec. 8, 3-4 p.m.	142 Curtiss

Editors note: All ICN discussions will take place at these sites around the state:

DMACC	Building 6, Room 8	2006 S. Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny
Cedar Rapids Prairie High School	Room F203	401 76th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids
Lewis-Wallace Research Farm	ISU Extension Center	53020 Hitchcock Ave., Lewis
NIACC	Classroom 1, Activity Center 106	500 College Dr., Mason City
Indian Hills Community College	108 Advanced Tech Center	525 Grandview Ave., Ottumwa
Sioux City North High School		4200 Cheyenne Blvd., Sioux City
Waterloo CC (CART)	ICN classroom, Tama Hall	1501 E. Orange Rd., Waterloo

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