{"id":10735,"date":"2022-10-06T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/?p=10735"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:57:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:57:32","slug":"walsh-named-umaine-machias-dean-and-campus-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/06\/walsh-named-umaine-machias-dean-and-campus-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Walsh named UMaine Machias dean and campus director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Orono, Maine \u2014 Megan <span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span>, a professor of English and administrative leader at St. Bonaventure University, has been named dean and campus director of the University of Maine at Machias, effective Dec. 19, and will join the University of Maine President\u2019s Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe University of Maine welcomes Dr. <span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span> as the dean and director of our regional campus,\u201d says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. \u201cShe is joining us at a particularly exciting time for UMaine Machias, with the excellent work of faculty, staff and students, and ongoing advances in unified accreditation. I look forward to working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span> has been a member of the St. Bonaventure community for more than a decade. In addition to being a professor, she has served in several administrative roles, most recently as director of St. Bonaventure\u2019s Honors Program.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In 2021\u201322, <span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span> was acting dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. She helped secure external funding to support computer science and cybersecurity technology upgrades, and to build a technological literacy learning module into the first-year general education curriculum.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As chair of the Department of English, <span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span> led multiple curricular revisions, including<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">the development of a new Literary Publishing and Editing B.A. Program.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span>\u2019s research focuses on early U.S. literary culture. She earned a Ph.D. from Temple University.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUMaine Machias will benefit from her administrative leadership and depth of experience in the liberal arts and the humanities,\u201d says John Volin, UMaine executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. \u201cDr. <span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span> will build on the excellent work of Heather Ball and Dan Qualls to advance UMaine Machias as a critical partner and resource in the Down East region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI believe deeply that universities have an opportunity and a responsibility to be active members in their communities,\u201d <span class=\"il\">Walsh<\/span> says. \u201cI am absolutely thrilled to be moving to the Down East region to serve UMaine Machias and look forward to building many new relationships there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orono, Maine \u2014 Megan Walsh, a professor of English and administrative leader at St. Bonaventure University, has been named dean and campus director of the University of Maine at Machias, effective Dec. 19, and will join the University of Maine President\u2019s Cabinet. \u201cThe University of Maine welcomes Dr. Walsh as the dean and director of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":10743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"academic-area":[],"umaine-feed":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-10735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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