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Fine Arts and Communication
Schultz will lead college
Russ Shultz, chair of the department of
music at Central Washington University, has
assumed duties as dean of the College of
Fine Arts and Communication. He succeeds
Jimmy Simmons, who becomes Lamar pres-
ident Sept. 1 after seven years as dean of the
college.
“Dr. Schultz brings not only a wealth of
experience in leading academic programs,
but also the energy, vision and desire to lead
the College of Fine Arts and Communica-
tion along a path of excellence and high
achievement,” William Cale, executive vice
president for academic affairs, said.
“We are excited about Ross’s conta-
gious enthusiasm for Lamar and for the col-
lege. He understands the multiple roles the
college plays in serving our students, the
university and the community. Dr. Schultz is
a nationally renowned musician and scholar,
an individual whose personal achievements
reflect the qualities valued within the col-
lege....”
Schultz has served since 1990 in his posi-
tion on the Ellensburg campus of Central
Washington, which has an enrollment of
7,400 — comparable to Lamar’s 7,800.
Ellensburg is in Washington state, about 100
miles east of Seattle. Schultz was a tenured
professor and an accomplished trombonist,
whose educational accomplishments range
from fund-raising and recruitment to strate-
gic planning and curriculum innovation. In
1999, the student government organization
there honored him as professor of the year.
“After Dr. Cale called, my wife and I
did a little dance because we are very excit-
ed about my appointment to this position,”
said Schultz, whose career in higher educa-
tion began three decades ago. Having met
many of the people down here, I was
impressed with the way everyone gets along
and the fact Lamar has such a positive envi-
ronment.
“We are excited to be part of the Lamar
family. Lamar does a wonderful job of sell-
ing the university. And the positive relation-
ship with the community is really something
to behold.”
Schultz’s Lamar appointment comes
after a nationwide search that attracted
more than 40 applications. Four candidates,
including Schultz, visited Beaumont and the
Lamar campus in July to meet with Lamar
faculty, staff and students as well as mem-
bers of the community.
With an enrollment of almost 700 stu-
dents, Lamar’s College of Fine Arts and
Communication comprises four depart-
ments: art, communication, communication
disorders and music, theatre and dance.
Brock Brentlinger, who was dean of the col-
lege from 1969 through 1992, returned as
interim dean after regents of The Texas
State University System announced
Simmons’ selection as president last
February.
“I believe I will bring an enthusiasm for
the promotion of the departments within the
college,” Schultz said. “One of the blessings
about taking this position is that all the
departments are in very good shape.
Whereas a new dean often is in the position
of undoing and fixing things before he can
take the first step forward, I will be in the
enviable position of moving to the next
level: more and better students and promo-
tion on a larger scale — areas in which I
have been successful throughout my career.
The department Schultz chaired at
Central Washington has the largest music
major enrollment in that state, having boost-
ed its student population 50 percent during
his tenure. His department has been singled
out as one of that university’s flagships and
was the first on campus to institute long-
range planning.
He initiated a department chairs’ orga-
nization, chaired fund-raising activities and
served as faculty representative to the
Washington Legislature. He also served on
the university’s personnel and governance
committees and he performed with the fac-
ulty brass quintet.
“The first thing I’m going to do is learn
the job,” he said. “I will read through a lot of
things and learn the history, meet the peo-
ple, find out what the people think — what
goals they see, what strengths they want to
see enhanced.
Ihis kind of interchange will help us
develop a vision for where we need to go. I
plan to learn and listen. That’s a good way to
get together so everyone’s singing from the
same page in the hynm book.”
Schultz served from 1985 until 1990 as
chairman and professor in the music depart-
ment at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio.
He has also been head of the music depart-.
ment and director of instrumental music at
Shelby State Community College in
Memphis, Tenn.
He earned a doctorate from North
Texas State University in Denton, complet-
as new dean
Russ Schultz
ing his degree while serving as a teaching
fellow. He earned a master’s from
Memphis State University, and a bachelor’s
from the Eastman School of Music in
Rochester, N.Y.
He has done post-graduate studies in
computer science and completed work-
shops in leadership and fund-raising.
Schultz has been active in the National
Association of Schools of Music, the
Washington Music Educators Association
and the Washington State Advisory
Council on Arts Education.
His community involvement includes
serving as chair of the Ellensburg Chamber
of Commerce Leadership Development
Committee, on the board of directors of
Leadership Ellensburg, on the chamber’s
Governmental Affairs Committee and on
the board of his regional hospital district. ,
His wife, Susan Schultz, an elementary
school teacher and librarian, is a musician,
playing the flute and piccolo.
Their daughter is a senior year at Smith
College. Although she will complete her
pre-medical degree in neuroscience, she is
also a musician who earned state high
school honors as a clarinet soloist.
Education taps Westerfield for top position
R. Carl Westerfield has been Westerfield comes from the
named dean of the College of University of Alabama in
Education and Human Tuscaloosa, where he was area
Development, filling a position head of professional studies and
opened by the retirement of 30- professor of health studies, over-
year Lamar veteran LeBland seeing programs in higher edu-
McAdams. She served as dean of cation administration, educa-
the .college from T992 to tional leadership, athletic train-
December 1998. Elvis Arterbury, ing, school psychology, coun-
professor of educational leader- selor education, educational psy-
ship, has been serving as interim chology, educational research,
dean. instructional technology and
Westerfield’s appointment
follows a national search in which
Lamar’s search committee,
chaired by Charles Burke, profes-
sor of professional pedagogy and
director of professional services
and advisement, “did an out-
standing job of identifying excel-
lent candidates for the position,” p p,j
said William Cale, executive vice
president for academic affairs. Westerfield
“During the screening and
interview process, it became very
clear that Dr. Westerfield’s
extensive experience in areas
closely related to our academic
mission and future direction
would make him an ideal dean,”
Cale said. “We are delighted that
he is joining Lamar.”
health studies. faculty to approximately 1,200
These professional studies undergraduate students and 250
programs are taught by 40 full- graduate students,
time faculty to approximately 400 In addition to his administra-
graduate students and 150 under- five experience, Westerfield has
graduate students developed several research-based
Westerfield also served as doctoral, master’s-level and bach-
director of teacher education at elor’s-level degree programs. He
the University of Alabama from has been recognized for his teach-
1996 to 1997, overseeing pro- ing and research, and has pub-
grams in 11 teaching specializa- lished more than 100 scholarly
tions, delivered by 50 full-time articles in medical, health, bio-
medicine, psychology, sports
medicine, and science journals,
Cale said.
Westerfield holds a doctoral
degree from the University of
Toledo, a master’s degree from
the University of Toledo, and a
bachelor’s degree from Eastern
Kentucky University.
From 1973 to 1978, he taught
at the University of Nebraska in
Omaha before joining the faculty
of the University of Alabama in
1978.
He is a veteran, having
served as a captain in the U.S.
Army corps of engineers during
the Vietnam era.
He and his wife, Dottie, have
two married daughters.
Hopper appointed
engineering head
Lamar University has
I named 30-year faculty veteran
j Jack Hopper as dean of the
I College of Engineering,
i Hopper has served as pro-
j fessor and chair of the depart-
I ment of chemical engineering
j and as director of the Texas
j Hazardous Waste Research
| Center and Gulf Coast
I Hazardous Substance Research
j Center; a nine-member univer-
! sity consortium based on the
i Lamar campus.
He succeeds Fred Young,
j who is returning to full-time
j teaching after more than 20
i years as dean.
“Dr. Hopper brings with
j him many new ideas for the col-
I lege, a focus on our students
j and tremendous enthusiasm,”
j William Cale, executive vice
j president for academic affairs,
j said. “Following a national
! search, Dr. Hopper emerged as
j the strongest candidate to lead
j our engineering program for-
ward.”
Cale said Hopper will work
I closely with Victor Zaloom,
I who has served as acting dean
I since June 1, to ensure a smooth
I transition in the college.
Hopper brings more than 40
j years of industrial, teaching and
I leadership experience to the
! position. As department chair,
I he has worked closely with
i industries across the state to
I create hands-on experiences for
I Lamar engineering students and
! career opportunities for engi-
! neering graduates. Lamar’s
i College of Engineering has
I more than 800 majors in seven
I departments: computer science,
! mathematics and chemical,
! civil, electrical, industrial and
i mechanical engineering. Engi-
i neering was the first field in
I which Lamar offered a doctoral
j degree.
“It’s a tremendous honor to
I be appointed dean of the
I College of Engineering because
j the college has distinguished
I itself — and has a lot of alumni
! who have distinguished them-
I selves,” Hopper said.
“I consider it a privilege to
j represent our current students
j as well as our graduates. We
j hope to increase and enhance
j the image of the College of
j Engineering through our
I recruiting and cooperative
j efforts and by building our
! graduate program.”
Hopper said one of his
j major plans is to enhance
recruiting, cooperative educa-
tion and internship programs
I for the college.
“We must develop close
relationships with high school
counselors and high school stu-
dents and their parents in our
recruiting efforts, and the col-
lege must also be able to place
our students in cooperative
education and internships after
they get here,” he said. *
As dean, Hopper said, he
will capitalize on his three
decades of teaching and admin-
istration at Lamar.
“I have observed the histo-
ry of Lamar for the past 30
years, and Lamar has treated
me extremely well,” Hopper
said. “I know the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and
missed opportunities. I know
the faculty, I know the depart-
ments and I know the industry,
so I hope to use that experience
to enhance the college and ben-
efit Lamar overall.”
A resident of Beaumont,
Hopper joined the Lamar facul-
ty in 1969 after earning a doc-
torate in chemical engineering
from Louisiana State Univer-
sity, a master’s degree from the
University of Delaware and a
bachelor’s degree from Texas
A&M University.
Hopper is a registered pro-
fessional engineer who holds
four patents and has more than
80 publications and presenta-
tions to his credit. In recent
years, Hopper’s interest has
focused on hazardous waste
management and pollution pre-
vention.
His involvement in these
fields has included participation
and service as chairman or
keynote speaker in programs,
workshops and symposiums on
pollution prevention sponsored
by the National Science
Foundation, the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency and
the American Institute of
Chemical Engineering.
His expertise spans a range
of other fields, including poly-
mer rheology, hydro sulfuriza-
tion, physical and thermody-
namic property correlation and
estimation, shale oil retorting,
zeolite catalyst development,
reaction rate modeling and the
study of fluidized beds
Hopper is co-editor of
Waste Management Journals
which is published by Pergamon
Press.
He also serves on the editor
rial board of the Journal of
Hazardous Substance Research
and on the board of the
Foundation for Chemical
Engineering Research Devel-
opment.
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