(apologies for cross-posting)
Effective July 1, Dr. Richard E. Rubin, director of Kent State University’s
School of Library and Information Science since 1999, will assume a new
position as associate provost for extended education. In this role he will
oversee the Office of Continuing and Distance Education, University Press and
Summer Programs.
Rubin, a resident of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, had previously served as interim
dean for Kent State’s College of Communication and Information, associate
professor and assistant professor at Kent State. Before joining Kent State,
Rubin served as visiting assistant professor for the Graduate School of Library
and Information Science and research assistant for the Library Research Center
of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Rubin earned his doctor of philosophy from the University of Illinois. He
earned a Master of Library Science from Kent State and a Bachelor of Arts from
Oberlin College.
“Rick’s high level of insight into the educational process,
combined with his operational administration background, will bring us to a new
level of success in our extended education and summer programs,” said Dr.
Robert G. Frank, Kent State Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic
Affairs. “I look forward to the impact he will have in this important
role.”
An interim director for the school will be named shortly.
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Flo Cunningham
Director, Marketing Communications and Public Relations
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University
330-672-0003
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of
library. -- Jorge Luis Borges