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Dean search down to three

Middletown native among finalists for Miami University spot.

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By Meagan Engle, Staff Writer Updated 12:42 AM Saturday, January 30, 2010

OXFORD — Miami University has named its three finalists for dean of its regional campuses in Hamilton and Middletown and the Voice of American Learning Center in West Chester Twp.

Finalists are:

• Kevin Corcoran, professor of the department of psychological science at Northern Kentucky University. Corcoran oversees the largest college at a state university in Kentucky. He previously worked at the University of Cincinnati as the head of the psychology department.

• David Pearson, special assistant to the provost of the University of Texas Brownsville. Pearson works at a rapidly growing regional comprehensive university with 12,000 students and thousands more participating in a dual enrollment program.

• G. Michael Pratt, associate vice president for academic affairs at Heidelberg University. Pratt, a Middletown native, attended Miami University Middletown and graduated from the Oxford campus in 1973. He went on to earn a master’s and doctorate at Case Western Reserve University. He’s been working at Heidelberg since 1983 with increasingly senior positions.

Miami University President David Hodge said the candidates will meet the regional campus advisory committees and the communities at large in the coming weeks.

“I think we’ve got three very strong finalists with different types of experience, but they’re all very experienced administrators,” Hodge said.

“We’ll be having some open forums for the community in a place where anybody who wants to can come,” he said.

The regional campuses are located in Hamilton, Middletown and West Chester Twp.

Hodge said everyone is invited to read the candidates’ letters of interest and resumes posted at muohio.edu/secretary. The university is also arranging several opportunities for the community to interact with the candidates and to ask questions.

After the forums, the search committee will compile all feedback and evaluate what they see as the candidates’ strengths and weaknesses.

»Learn about the finalists Article on A5

»Friends of Miami University Hamilton disappointed  Article on B2

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