Adrian College Announces Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs posted 6/5/09
Dr. Agnes Caldwell, current assistant dean of academic affairs, will serve new title immediately

ADRIAN, Mich. - Adrian College is pleased to announce Dr. Agnes I. Caldwell, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, will serve as Interim Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs effective immediately.

"I am excited to lead the Division of Academic Affairs at Adrian College,” says Caldwell. “We have an excellent faculty and staff here at Adrian College. It will be a pleasure to work closely with everyone in accomplishing our Renaissance II goals and further academic enhancements.”

In her 12 years at Adrian College, Dr. Caldwell has distinguished herself as a faculty development specialist, outstanding educator and mentor. Under her leadership, the College was recently re-accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and was invited by Wabash College to share the changes to the faculty development program. 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.

Dr. Jeffrey R. Docking, president at Adrian College, is eager for Caldwell to start in her new position.

“ I feel confident that Dr. Caldwell will continue the good work of her predecessor, Dr. Dale Nesbary, and lead the division of Academic Affairs in its development and implementation of further academic enhancements at Adrian College. “

Caldwell earned her Ph.D. from Wayne State University where she studied social movements and community organizing and development. She is currently the lead author of a book being piloted in the $100,000 Council of Independent College’s/Wal-Mart grant working with first generation college students at Adrian College. 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.