Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs AFFAIRS Announced posted 6/19/08

ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian College is pleased to announce Dr. Agnes Caldwell, Associate Professor of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, will be promoted to the new position, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, on July 1st.

In her eleven years at Adrian College, Dr. Caldwell has distinguished herself as an outstanding educator and mentor. She has demonstrated this most recently by winning The Exemplary Teaching Award sponsored by the Board of Higher Education of the United Methodist Church at Adrian College in 2006.

"I am excited to join Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Dale Nesbary as he moves the academic side through Renaissance II, the enhancement of the academic experience at Adrian College,” says Caldwell. “We have an excellent faculty and staff here at Adrian College and it will be a pleasure to work closely with everyone in realizing Renaissance II.”

Caldwell is the two time recipient of Adrian College's Outstanding Service Learning Award given through Michigan Campus Compact and was nationally recognized for her work in academic service learning at the International Conference on Teaching, Learning and Technology in 2007. Most recently, Dr. Caldwell served as coordinator of the College's self study process for re-accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission.

Dr. Dale Nesbary, Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, is eager for Caldwell to start in her new position.

“I am very excited to be working with her,” says Nesbary. “She is one of the most talented faculty members currently on board at the College.”

In her new position, Caldwell will help enhance the relationships between the faculty and administration. She will also coordinate responses to accreditation and evaluation agencies, establish innovative academic programs including a faculty mentorship program, and lead effective faculty and staff training techniques. She will serve as Dean when Dr. Nesbary is not on campus.

Caldwell earned her Ph.D. from Wayne State University. She is a specialist in race and ethnic relations, colonialism, social movements, community organizing and development and Northern Ireland. She is also the editor of the ASA's Teaching Guide to Higher Order Thinking in the Classroom and former chair of the Midwest Sociological Society Committee on Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Caldwell resides in Toledo, Ohio with her family. She is married to Timothy Wilson and they have two children Abigail and Owen.