229-333-2157 May 28, 2003
College of Arts and Sciences Dean Named
After completing an extensive national search, President Ronald
M. Zaccari has submitted the name of Dr. Linda Calendrillo as dean
of the College of Arts and Sciences, for approval from the Board of
Regents of the University System of Georgia.
Pending final approval at the Board of Regents June meeting,
Calendrillo will assume her position effective July 1, 2003.
She is currently serving as head of the English Department at
Western Kentucky University. Previously she was director of Eastern
Illinois University s Writing Across the Curriculum Program and
director of the Writing Center.
Calendrillo received a master s degree in English and a doctorate
in Rhetoric/Composition from Purdue University and a bachelor s
degree in English from St. John s University, in Staten Island, NY.
She is the recipient the Unit Productivity Award (English) from
Western Kentucky University for three consecutive years (2000-2002)
and the Faculty Achievement Award in Teaching, Service and
Publication from Eastern Illinois University.
