Beagen named to lead presidential search

Eastern Michigan University Regents Jan Brandon and Steve Gordon, presidential search coordinators, announced Oct. 14 that Dennis Beagen, head of the department of communication and theatre arts, has been selected to chair the Regents' Advisory Committee for the selection of the president.

"Dennis is a highly-regarded member of the University community whose experience and knowledge of Eastern will be invaluable as we conduct this very important search," Brandon said.

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Gordon said Brandon and he decided to select the advisory committee chair now so that that person could be involved in the selection of the search firm. "Selecting the right firm to help us attract the best candidates for president of EMU is the first critical step in our process. We wanted the chair to be involved from step one," Gordon said.

"I am honored to serve as chair of the advisory committee and look forward to working with Regents Brandon and Gordon. I've had the opportunity to spend several hours discussing the search process with them and look forward to selecting the search firm so that we can move forward," Beagen said.

Beagen has been a member of the Eastern Michigan University community for more than 37 years. His roles have included lecturer, faculty member, department head, interim associate provost and interim dean of Continuing Education.

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