David P. Cordle named new dean of UNCW’s College of Arts and Sciences
2/22/2005 9:50:00 AM
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Wilmington, N.C. – David P. Cordle, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, effective July 1.
P. Nelson Reid has been serving as interim dean since Jo Ann Seiple stepped down in June 2004 to return to teaching. The announcement of the new dean was made by Provost Paul Hosier Friday, Feb. 18 following a national search.
“The dean’s position in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNCW is an exceptional leadership opportunity,” Cordle said. “The higher education community has taken notice of the great strides forward that the university and the college have made in recent years. It’s an honor to be selected, and I look forward to being a part of UNCW's bright future.”
Cordle is in his seventh year as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Longwood University, a public comprehensive (Master’s I) university. He will bring to UNCW over 21 years of administrative service, demonstrated knowledge of key academic issues in the liberal arts and sciences, experience with curriculum development, and a deep commitment to the centrality of liberal learning to the mission of higher education.
In announcing Cordle’s acceptance of the position, Hosier noted Cordle’s successive advancement to positions of increasing responsibility over an academic career of administrative accomplishment and professional achievement during “a period of rapid growth and expansion for the college at Longwood.”
Among the goals the new dean will address at UNCW will be expansion of both research funding and private gifts to support programs emerging nationally as centers of academic excellence and faculty-led scholarship, as well as curricular content within the college, growth and enrollment management, internationalization, diversity, and regional engagement and outreach.
Concerning the announcement, Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo said, “We are extremely fortunate to have recruited Dr. Cordle to the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He brings to the university and the college a demonstrated leadership style emphasizing teamwork and collaboration. His enthusiasm for the mission of higher education and his dedication to learning, teaching and research scholarship match the values of this university."
The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest academic unit at UNCW. Central to the core of the undergraduate mission, the college administers 21 departments and four academic programs supporting 68 percent of the total enrollment of the university, including freshmen and sophomores fulfilling basic studies requirements. Forty-six percent of undergraduate declared majors and 45 percent of graduate students in the university are enrolled in the college.
Cordle earned both his Ph.D. (1984) and his master’s (1977) degree in music, piano performance from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music degree, piano performance, summa cum laude, from Shorter College in 1976.
He has served as dean of Longwood University and professor of music at Longwood since 1998. Prior to that, he served as chair of the Department of Music at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1989 to 1998, associate professor in 1995 and assistant chair and assistant professor of music at VCU from 1986 to 1989. He was chair and assistant professor in the Department of Music at William Woods College from 1983 to 1985.
Provost Hosier praised the search committee chaired by Dean Larry Clark of the Cameron School of Business, which identified and brought to campus five outstanding candidates from 99 applicants. The provost also expressed the university’s indebtedness to Interim Dean Nelson Reid for his service and leadership during the past year.
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