Appointments

Valerie Haywood, senior instructor in the Department of Biology, recently joined the governing board of the Ohio-Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), a region network of the national organization. Haywood will be part of the Ohio-PKAL mission to promote and enhance learner-centered STEM (science,…

The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) elected Amanda Shaffer, director of the Office of Faculty Development, to serve a two-year term as vice-chair of the Central Advisory Board. She began her term Oct. 26. Case Western Reserve University is the lead institution for the Ohio, Western…

Stephanie Steiner, director of the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing, was recently voted onto the Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) Board of Directors. ASTNA is a nonprofit member organization that provides resources to transport nurses to advance their…

When President Barbara Snyder told Mark Griswold to keep standing after his presentation last week, he didn’t argue. It wasn’t only because it was her house and 75 guests were watching. The last time Snyder made a request without an explanation, Griswold ended up getting an advance look at…

Case Western Reserve today announced the appointment of the university’s first executive director for public safety and security, Frank Demes. A 26-year veteran of the George Washington University Police Department, Demes will oversee the university’s police and security operations, as well as…

Case Western Reserve University’s Office of Research and Technology Management (ORTM) has added Associate Vice President for Research Stephanie Endy as a key member to its administrative team. Endy, who began her new position Oct. 1, brings extensive career experience at top research universities,…

The Case School of Engineering recently appointed Robert X. Gao as the Cady Staley Professor of Engineering and the chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Gao joins Case Western Reserve University from the University of Connecticut. There, he served as the Pratt and…

Case Western Reserve President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that the Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf as deans of the School of Law. The two have led the school on a temporary basis since the fall of 2013; since then, the school has made…

The 2014-15 annual report on promotions and emeritus status is now available. This report lists faculty who were appointed to emeritus status since last year’s report or who were promoted to associate professor or professor or awarded tenure on July 1. Download the list.

Peter Gerhart, professor of law and former dean of the School of Law, was selected as the interim president of Lake Erie College. He began his yearlong term Aug. 1, but still will teach a seminar this fall. He will return to Case Western Reserve next June. Gerhart served as law school dean from…