Lindsay tapped as dean of reorganized college at LSU

LSU announced today that Laura Lindsay, who is currently serving as the interim dean of LSU’s College of Education, will be staying with the university as the founding dean of LSU’s reorganized College of Human Sciences and Education. Lindsay was named to the interim appointment in July 2010; she will help lead the transition of six academic units that are realigning into the College of Human Sciences and Education, while a committee conducts a full search for a long-term successor. Lindsay is a professor emeritus in the Manship School of Mass Communication and has worked in academia for 43 years, holding various faculty and administration positions. She is an LSU alumna with a bachelor’s, a master’s and a Ph.D., and has been with the university since 1979. She has previously served in the positions of interim provost, vice provost and associate vice chancellor, and she has also served as executive assistant to the chancellor and interim executive director of the LSU Museum of Art. She was associate dean and dean of LSU’s Junior Division, now known as the University College, from 1982 to 1989. To save money and increase efficiency, six separate academic units from the College of Education, College of Agriculture, School of Social Work, School of Library & Information Science, School of Human Resource Education and Workforce Development, School of Kinesiology, as well as the University Laboratory School were aligned to form the new college. The college will house approximately 117 faculty members and offer 17 undergraduate and 18 graduate programs.