WHITE
NAMED INTERIM DEAN OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
 Bonnie
J. White, the Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor
in the Auburn University Department of Curriculum and Teaching,
has been named interim dean of the AU College of Education.
White replaces Fran Kochan, who has served as interim dean since
July 2001 and will return to a faculty position within the college.
AU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Thomas Hanley
said a committee has been formed to search for a permanent dean
in the College of Education and will meet later this month.
White came to Auburn in 1976 as an instructor in what was formerly
known as the Department of Vocational and Adult Education, which
she later also served as chair. Upon completion of her doctoral
work at the University of Tennessee in 1979, she was made an
associate professor.
White was named Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor
in 2002.
White is a member of the U.S. chapter of the International Society
for Business Education, which she served as president in 2003-04,
and the National Business Education Association, which she has
served as a member of the executive board and the strategic
planning and membership committees.
The author or co-author of more than 60 publications related
to research and best practices in education, White is the co-author
of The Office: Procedures and Technology, a textbook currently
in its fifth edition. White has received two awards for textbook
excellence --- the William Holmes McGuffey Award and the Textbook
Excellence Award for Accounting, Business, Economics and Management.
In addition to her teaching, research and publications, White
has served on several campus committees related to accreditation
and as graduate program officer and program coordinator for
career and technology education and business education in the
Department of Curriculum and Teaching.
Auburn University is a comprehensive research institution with
more than 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked
among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama's
largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate,
graduate and doctoral degree programs.
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