Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The administration has made a commendable choice by appointing Joseph Steinmetz, current dean of liberal arts and sciences, as the interim provost.
The University is going through a transitional leadership period as both Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost Richard Lariviere are leaving their positions. Steinmetz is highly qualified and has the experience necessary to ensure the transition is a smooth one.
Steinmetz plans to focus on the challenging financial difficulties facing the University.
“In my role as dean, I’ve had to manage budget cuts we’ve already seen,” Steinmetz said. “We can’t predict what’s going to happen down the road in the national and world economy. This will require long-term effort.”
Though he has been the dean of CLAS only since 2006, he had 19 years of experience at Indiana University, where he was the associate dean for the College of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the department of psychology. Since coming to the University, he has been the leader of the 17,000 students and 53 departments that comprise CLAS.
Being named interim provost adds more work to his already extensive number of responsibilities. To balance the two jobs, he said he wanted to work closely with Hemenway and Lariviere to “ensure that there is a continuation in the knowledge base and the policy and procedures going on right now at KU.”
He also has other leaders to assist him in CLAS.
“I have a great set of associate deans, program directors, and chairs that I will depend on during the transitional period to step up and help in running the college,” Steinmetz said. “My leadership model here in the college is a team-based model. The deans are very involved in the decision-making that goes on. I’ve already been able to delegate while I’ll still provide the oversight.”
Steinmetz will serve in this position until at least July 1, 2009, which is also when Chancellor Hemenway is stepping down. It will be up to the new chancellor to elect a permanent provost.
“I want to move forward in developing research, teaching and developing academic programs,” Steinmetz said. “This is not a time to sit on the sidelines and be passive. We should be developing new ideas.”
Even though he is filling this position at arguably one of the most strenuous times for the University, he remains optimistic about the future. He is the best choice for this position because he represents the largest portion of the student body and thus the students’ interests.
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