• Released from the Provost’s Office, January 7, 2015

Pullman, WA. The search for the new dean of the Carson College of Business is nearing completion. The search committee and Provost have selected four finalists who have been invited to visit the Pullman campus. All faculty and staff are invited to attend the open sessions that will be published in WSU Announcements as soon as schedules are finalized.

The four candidates are: Dr. Larry “Chip” Hunter, Senior Associate Dean for the Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Mark Weiser, Regents Service Professor and Founding Director, Center for Telecommunications and Network Security, Oklahoma State University; Dr. P. Chris Earley, James Brooke Henderson Chair in Management, Purdue University; Dr. David Whidbee, Interim Dean, Carson College of Business, Washington State University.

The search committee was appointed in August 2014. Darrel Muehling, Chair of the Department of Marketing and International Business and Jerman Rose, Interim Vice Provost for International Programs and Special Assistant to the Provost serve as co-chairs of the search committee.

The search committee members are: Chris Burdett, Vice Chair Carson College of Business National Board of Advisors and Senior Vice President CBRE Hotels; Jane Cote, Associate Professor of Accounting and Academic Director of Business WSU Vancouver; George Jiang, Professor and Brinson Chair, Department of Finance & Management Science; Mark Hansen, Chair, Carson College of Business National Board of Advisors and Principal, Bayview Arc, Inc.; Justin Marquart, Chief Development Officer, Carson College of Business; Marie Mayes, Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Department of Management, Information Systems and Entrepreneurship; Nancy Swanger, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Director School of Hospitality Business Management; and Arvin Sahaym, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship.

The search committee has been acting on behalf of the students, faculty and staff to identify candidates to come to Washington State University for interviews. There will be many opportunities for the candidates to interact with the community at large during their visits. Everyone is strongly urged to attend the interviews and provide feedback to the provost.