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Tarleton in transition
Several positions vacant after retirements
Ashlee Watson, Texan News Service
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: News
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For decades the big purple "T"in Tarleton State University symbolically stood for the traditions its students revere. Today, however, the T could as easily stand for transition.
Tarleton, which many still think of as a rural agricultural college, is undergoing as much if not more change as anyone on campus can remember.
Dr. Dennis P. McCabe, Tarleton's president since 1991, recently announced that he is retiring next June. McCabe's departure will follow those of the university's chief academic officer, its vice president for institutional advancement, three of eight deans, and its police chief. Further, the changes come at a time when the university, long known for its rodeo prowess and
well-regarded agricultural program.
"These people are not being thrown out on their ears because they are going in almost every case to teaching," said McCabe.
The recent retirement of Dr. Gary Peer, the university's provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, came after only six years on the Stephenville campus of some 7,500 students but after four decades in higher education.
"I have been considering retirement for several years now and have thoroughly enjoyed my six years at Tarleton," Peer explained in an e-mail. Peer is being replaced temporarily by Dr. Brad Chilton, head of the Computer Information Systems Department, while the university
conducts a search for someone to fill the position long-term.
Additionally, Dr. Koy Floyd, vice president for Institutional Advancement for the last 15 years, retired from his administrative job and is returning to the classroom.
He began new duties this semester as a research professor in the doctoral program of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. As head of Institutional Advancement, Floyd oversaw Alumni Relations, public information and major fund raising campaigns for Tarleton. The university has not yet named his successor.
One more rung down the ladder, three deans have also stepped down since the beginning of last year and each, like Floyd, returned to the classroom.
Tarleton, which many still think of as a rural agricultural college, is undergoing as much if not more change as anyone on campus can remember.
Dr. Dennis P. McCabe, Tarleton's president since 1991, recently announced that he is retiring next June. McCabe's departure will follow those of the university's chief academic officer, its vice president for institutional advancement, three of eight deans, and its police chief. Further, the changes come at a time when the university, long known for its rodeo prowess and
well-regarded agricultural program.
"These people are not being thrown out on their ears because they are going in almost every case to teaching," said McCabe.
The recent retirement of Dr. Gary Peer, the university's provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, came after only six years on the Stephenville campus of some 7,500 students but after four decades in higher education.
"I have been considering retirement for several years now and have thoroughly enjoyed my six years at Tarleton," Peer explained in an e-mail. Peer is being replaced temporarily by Dr. Brad Chilton, head of the Computer Information Systems Department, while the university
conducts a search for someone to fill the position long-term.
Additionally, Dr. Koy Floyd, vice president for Institutional Advancement for the last 15 years, retired from his administrative job and is returning to the classroom.
He began new duties this semester as a research professor in the doctoral program of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. As head of Institutional Advancement, Floyd oversaw Alumni Relations, public information and major fund raising campaigns for Tarleton. The university has not yet named his successor.
One more rung down the ladder, three deans have also stepped down since the beginning of last year and each, like Floyd, returned to the classroom.
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