News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Rene Abadie Date: 1/11/05   SOUTHEASTERN TO FORM NEW ACADEMIC COLLEGE      HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University will reorganize its academic colleges to form a new College of Science and Technology effective summer 2005, the university announced today (Jan. 11).      The newly named College of Science and Technology will encompass the departments of Mathematics, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry and Physics, departments presently housed within the College of Arts and Sciences.  A new combined Department of Computer Science and Industrial Technology, two existing areas in the College of Business and Technology, will also become part of the new college.      “The change is designed to allow more effective management of Southeastern’s academic programs,” said Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs John Crain.  “In addition, this should provide a powerful opportunity for the pursuit and development of several exciting initiatives, including new degree programs.”      Under the reorganization plan, which has been approved by Southeastern’s governing board, the University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors, the College of Business and Technology will be renamed the College of Business. Additionally, the College of Arts and Sciences will be changed to the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.  It will encompass the departments of Communication, English, Foreign Languages and Literature, Music and Dramatic Arts, Visual Arts, History and Political Science, Sociology and Criminal Justice, and Psychology.      As Southeastern’s largest college, more than 3,500 students — almost one-quarter of the total student body — were enrolled in the College of Arts of Sciences in fall 2004.  “This reorganization results in administrative units that are more manageable in size and scope,” Crain said.      Tammy Bourg, current dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as dean of the new College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Daniel McCarthy, presently the head of the department of the Department of Chemistry and Physics, will assume the role of interim dean of the College of Sciences and Technology.      “Dr. McCarthy will head up a transition task force designed to ensure a smooth implementation of the new college,” Crain said.  He added that a national search for a permanent dean will be conducted next year after the college is fully operational.      The reorganization will result in six academic colleges at Southeastern and includes three areas not impacted by this change.  They are the College of Education and Human Development, College of General Studies, and College of Nursing and Health Sciences.