Spotlight on Ohlone
Carli named interim Health Sciences dean
By Andrew Cavette, Staff writer.
Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Monitor.
Nursing Director Gale Carli.
— Photo by Daniel Yuan.
Nursing Director Gale Carli will serve as the Interim Dean of Health Sciences while the college searches nationwide for a new, full-time dean. The College Board of Trustees approved Carli’s appointment on Nov. 15, and she will hold the position until May 2008.
“I think this is going to be very challenging and very rewarding at the same time,” said Carli. “It’s a very opportune time since we [Health Sciences] are moving to the new campus . . . I am looking forward to the continuity of the move between here and there.”
During her appointment as interim dean, Carli will continue to act as director of Ohlone’s nursing program. Ohlone has had a nursing program for 33 years and Carli said one of her objectives as interim dean will be “to make sure we maintain the excellence we’ve always had.”
In the Spring of this year the previous Dean of Health Sciences, Sharlene Limon, retired after working for the college for more than 30 years. According to Carli and Vice President of Instruction Jim Wright, the administration conducted a search for a full-time replacement last summer. Though some people interviewed for the position, no one was hired.
Wright himself has been the acting Dean of Health Sciences for this semester. Wright said of Carli, “She indicated an interest in doing it, so we made the appointment and the board approved it. ”
“I’m glad she stepped forward,” said President Doug Treadway. “She’s an excellent choice.”
When asked whether she would consider becoming the full-time Dean of Health Sciences if the position were offered to her, Carli said it was too soon to know. She added, “This position is something that is new to me. I’m in the best of all worlds right now, because I get to try it out and see if I like it. I’m not going to discount the idea.”
Ohlone will reopen the search for a new, full-time dean of Health Sciences in January 2008.
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