Dean's Office Staff Directory

 

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Leadership | Administrative Support | Advisors | Communications and Marketing | Information Technology | Recruitment | Shared Services for Human Resources and Financials

Arts and Sciences organizational Chart (pdf)

Leadership

Dr. Cynthia Warrick
Dr. Cynthia Warrick
Interim Dean

  • Chief Academic and Administrative Officer
  • Strategic academic and budget planning
  • College advocate with central administration, external constituencies, and for fundraising

Dr. Scott Tanona
Dr. Scott Tanona
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Planning

  • Curriculum planning and development
  • Academic program review
  • International programs coordinator
  • Budget planning
  • Academic promotion and tenure
  • Faculty Affirmative Action issues

Dr. Mary Cain
Dr. Mary Cain
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

  • Foster research, scholarship, creative and discovery activities; interdisciplinary collaboration; early-career faculty development
  • Interface with Office of the Vice President for Research
  • Support college strategic planning and data analysis
  • Manage instructional fees and faculty enhancement programs
  • Assoc Dean for Research Council and Graduate School liaison

Dr. Christie Launius
Dr. Christie Launius
Associate Dean for Student Success, Engagement and Undergraduate Studies

  • Academic advising and student success
  • Grade appeals, withdrawals, Academic Fresh Start and Forgiveness, SPARK, reinstatements, graduation, study abroad, complex transfer issues
  • Strategic Enrollment Management
  • Admissions, including high school concurrent
  • College Academic Standards Committee
  • Committee for Academic Policy and Procedure
  • Coordinate with Division of Academic Success & Student Affairs and Offices of Recruitment and Admissions and Registrar

Dr. Kimathi Choma
Dr. Kimathi Choma
Assistant Dean for Student Success, College Health Initiatives, and Retention

  • Liaise with student success-related offices throughout the university
  • Support applied learning and professional and career development opportunities for students
  • Work closely with at-risk students
  • Develop and implement initiatives to improve student satisfaction, engagement and graduation rates
  • Coordinate scholarship procedures

Ben Stark
Ben Stark
Assistant Dean for Infrastructure and Faculty Support

  • Research facilitation, compliance, safety, instructional technology, space, renovations, migration, IT, and infrastructure
  • Review departmental promotion and tenure documents
  • Advise on faculty workloads
  • Coordindate faculty and staff awards
  • Support and align faculty with resources

Cath Harris
Cath Harris
Budget/Fiscal Officer

  • College budget officer
  • College personnel specialist

 

Administrative Support (in alphabetical order)

Frank Bailey
Frank Bailey
Student Services Assistant
Sonya Baker
Sonya Baker
Manager of Curriculum Integrity
Jami Harrison
Jami Harrison
Degree Analyst
Laura Hohenbary
Laura Hohenbary
Grant Specialist and Assistant to Associate Dean for Research
Lori LaVezzi
Lori LaVezzi
Assistant Director I, Academic Student Services
Caitlin Leiker
Caitlin Leiker
Student Services Assistant
Stacy Johnson Mikhail
Stacy Johnson Mikhail
Assistant to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Planning
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Becky O'Donnell
Manager of Curriculum Development
Carmen Thurlow
Carmen Thurlow
Executive Assistant to the Dean

 

Academic Advisors

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Communications and Marketing

Marcia Locke
Marcia Locke
Director of Communications and Marketing

 

Information Technology (in alphabetical order)

Arts and Sciences IT Ticketing
it-help-artsci@k-state.edu
785-532-6961

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Darin Engle
Senior Computer/Systems Specialist
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Bob Lehew
Administrative Consultant
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Larry McFeeters
IT Service Shop Manager
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Liam McFeeters
IT Support Specialist I
Matthew Spears
Matthew Spears
Director of Information Technology
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Vacant

 

Recruitment (in alphabetical order)

Paige Altwegg
Paige Altwegg
Recruitment Coordinator
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Victoria Hensley
Recruitment Representative
Zac Malcolm
Zac Malcolm
Director of Recruitment

 

Shared Services for Human Resources and Financials

Human Resources (in alphabetical order)

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Melissa Bruce
HR Representative
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Alicia Cribbs
HR Analyst
Erin Moomaw
Erin Moomaw
Accountant II and HR Liaison
Dedra Schweir
Dedra Schweir
Senior HR Representative

Financial (in alphabetical order)

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Samantha Campbell
Budget Fiscal Coordinator
Cindy Carlyon
Cindy Carlyon
Accountant I
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Darcy Douglas
Accountant I
Kimberly Elliott
Kimberly Elliott
Business Manager
Coty Gilman
Coty Gilman
Budget/Fiscal Coord. and Assistant to the Asst. Dean for Infrastructure and Faculty Support
Erin Lacey
Erin Lacey
Accountant I
Kaci Smith
Kaci Smith
Business Manager
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Debbie Webb
Accountant I
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John Webb
Accountant I
Eve Wilson
Eve Wilson
Grants and Start-Up Specialist
Yiheng Wu
Yiheng Wu
Grant/Scholarship Specialist
Naaz Yasmin
Naaz Yasmin
Business Manager II
Kathy Zimmerman
Kathy Zimmerman
Accountant I