Merritt, Frizado appointed interim deans

Two interim deans have been selected to fill upcoming vacant positions, Provost John Folkins has announced.

In the College of Business Administration, Associate Dean Nancy Merritt, a professor of marketing, will serve as interim dean following Dean Robert Edmister’s decision to return to teaching and research as a member of the finance faculty.

Merritt served as associate dean for undergraduate studies in the college from June 1995-December 2000 and again from May 2002 to the present. As interim dean, she will be responsible for providing academic and fiscal leadership for the college, Folkins said.

In addition, Dr. Joseph Frizado, a professor of geology, has been appointed interim dean of the College of Technology beginning July 1. Dean Ernest Savage will retire June 30.

Frizado has extensive administrative experience, having served for eight years as chair of the geology department and, most recently, as interim director of the School of Communication Studies.

“We will begin planning soon for deans for both colleges,” Folkins said.