Fr. Tom Curran (Rockhurst University president) announced in late August that our very own Ellen Spake (PT, PhD) will become the Assistant to the President for Mission and Ministry at the beginning of the next academic year (August 2012).
While we are tremendously sad to lose Ellen from our department, we recognize that this is a tremendous opportunity for her and that she will serve the University magnificently in this role.
This was a very tough decision for Ellen to make. While the opportunities of her new position are wonderful, she struggled with leaving the program, faculty, staff and students that she loves so much. For anyone who doesn't know, Ellen was one of the original architects of our program and served as the first (and only) program chair from 1983 until she stepped back into a regular faculty role in 2003.
Congratulations to Ellen on this exciting new chapter of her faculty career! As she reminded us when she informed the department faculty and staff of the change, she will still be "right across campus" in her new role (and we will make sure that she doesn't lose touch with PT). :-)
We have begun a national search to recruit a new member of the faculty. Our goal is to have someone ready to assume full faculty responsibilities in August of 2012.
The complete job announcement is available online at:
http://www.rockhurst.edu/services/hr/facultyjobs.asp
Many thanks to Ellen Spake
for all she's done for the PT Department
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