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Note from the Dean

After a very long grey winter we are relieved to see spring on campus.  With commencement around the corner, the campus is looking verdant and lush.  We have had an array of wonderful recognitions.  Scott Morris and Kemp Ellington were the recipients of the College of Psychology senior and junior faculty awards, respectively.  Kemp was further honored with the University Bauer Family Award for teaching excellence.  This year Joyce Hopkins was nominated by her students for the Julia Beveridge Award and selected to receive this prestigious honor awarded by IIT recognizing extraordinary women contributing to and strengthening the IIT community.  Roya Ayman provided Leadership training for a group of Chinese managers and professionals from Inner Mongolia in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia China.  She also was awarded the leadership fellow by Leadership Trust, U.K. for her contribution to culture and leadership research.  In the newsletter you also will find news of research grants and publications.  The faculty deserve recognition for increasing scholarship and helping to elevate Psychology and the University.  Our students are active all over campus and also are receiving recognition that you can read about on the other pages.  Kudos to all.

This is the time of year when we also have changes.  Ruthanna Gordon will be leaving IIT to pursue a Policy Analysis Fellowship in Washington DC.  She has been a great contributor to the undergraduate program and we wish her the very best for her new Career.  Tammy Sher will be departing IIT to work at the Family Institute at Northwestern.  She has been here at IIT now for 17 years moving up from assistant professor, to associate professor and then full professor.  As well, she has led the clinical program as Director of Clinical training since 2006.  We are not saying good bye to her as we expect to remain in contact with her as colleagues on various projects.  We sincerely hope that she enjoys this next new chapter of her career and thank her for her service to psychology and the clinical program.  Michael Young will step up as the Director of Clinical Training in her stead.

In the fall we are expecting three new faculty, including two in the I/O program and one in the undergraduate program.  This is the headline; stay tuned for the full story in our fall issue of PsychLink.

I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge our alumni and friends who have been unflagging supporters of Psychology.  We are grateful for all gifts, at all levels as these make a difference in the lives of our students and faculty.  We are proud to the recipients of your largess.  Please know that we stretch each and every dollar to assure the greatest impact and we are pleased that this year, with the hard work of faculty and the munificence of donors, we funded students at a higher level than prior years.  Enjoy the summer and send us your news; we love to hear from friends and alumni .

--M. Ellen Mitchell, Ph.D., dean of IIT College of Psychology