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Eastern Mennonite University has named long-time campus leaders to three new academic dean positions, effective July 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Brubaker<\/strong>, Sue Cockley<\/strong> and Tara Kishbaugh<\/strong> now each lead one of three schools as part of EMU\u2019s new academic structure.  The design, developed after a year of study and discussion, will enhance opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and will streamline undergraduate-graduate tracks, among other objectives. It is being phased in and will be fully implemented by the start of the fall 2020 semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am so pleased that leaders of this caliber were willing to step up to serve as inaugural deans in our new academic structure. They will help to ensure its success, and I am looking forward to working with them as an academic leadership team,\u201d said Provost Fred Kniss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administration of Eastern Mennonite Seminary will be housed within the School of Theology, Humanities and the Performing Arts, and will retain its independent identity and brand, Kniss noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appointment of the three new academic deans coincides with the addition of a new dean of students position, responsible for the co-curricular aspects of learning and living on campus. In July, <\/a>Shannon W. Dycus<\/a><\/strong>, was appointed to this role<\/a>. Among her responsibilities is supervision of student life operations and various directors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long records of EMU service <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Brubaker<\/a>, dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professions, has directed and taught in EMU\u2019s MBA<\/a> and MA in Organizational Leadership<\/a> programs. In addition to various other roles since beginning at EMU in 2004, <\/strong>he has been a practicum director, academic director and member of the leadership team for the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a>, as well as Faculty Senate co-president and vice president and faculty sustainability task force co-chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In prior years he served with various community development and conflict transformation organizations, including as associate director of Mennonite Conciliation Service and assistant director of Mennonite Central Committee\u2019s Brazil program. He has authored numerous books and articles, and has independently trained or consulted with over 100 organizations on six continents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cockley<\/a>, dean of the School of Theology, Humanities and Performing Arts, has served at EMU since 1996. She has directed the adult degree completion and MA in Organizational Leadership programs, and has been dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary<\/a> and of graduate and professional studies. She will continue as seminary dean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously she was an adult education specialist and director of the adult educator\u2019s research network for the Virginia Department of Education, designed community education projects in Haiti and Kentucky for Mennonite Central Committee, served as a national trainer for Literacy Volunteers of America, and volunteered in basic adult education in West Virginia with VISTA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At EMU since January 2004, Kishbaugh<\/a>, dean of the School of Sciences, Engineering, Art and Nursing, has chaired EMU\u2019s biology and chemistry departments since 2013. An organic chemist, she has taught  chemistry courses and seminars on ethics, land use and food chemistry. In addition to various committee and council roles at EMU, she has served on undergraduate council executive and chaired the pre-professional health services and intellectual life committees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has received multiple honors, awards and grants, and has organized and offered a variety of chemistry symposiums and workshops.
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