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| Milan Shipka Dave Valentine |
The School of Natural Resources and Extension has promoted
two professors. Dave Valentine has been named director of academic programs,
and Milan Shipka will become director of research and the Agricultural and
Forestry Experiment Station.
The half-time administrative appointments are effective July
1, 2015. The university created the
positions following the announced departure of Interim Dean and Director
Stephen Sparrow, who will retire June 30. Both positions will report to Fred
Schlutt, the vice provost for outreach and Extension.
Valentine will direct and evaluate the school’s academic programs,
and Shipka will oversee the faculty research programs and work with faculty to
develop a long-term strategy for research. Both professors will continue to
teach and conduct research, and Shipka will work with Extension.
Sparrow is pleased that Dave and Milan have agreed to their
new roles. “Based on their wide work experience inside and outside the school,
they are highly qualified for these positions,” he said.
Valentine, a forestry soils professor, has taught at university
since 1996. He earned a doctorate from Duke University in 1990. Shipka, a professor of animal science and
Extension livestock specialist, has been with the university since 1999 and
earned a doctorate from Utah State University in 1996.
