The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine has announced four finalists for the position of dean. One of the four candidates is a woman.
Ina Dobrinski is professor of reproductive biology and chair of the department of comparative biology and experimental medicine in the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary in Canada. She also serves as a visiting professor at Inner Mongolia University. Previously, she held an endowed professorship and was the director of the Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Dobrinski hold a veterinary medicine degree from the Hannover College of Veterinary Medicine in Germany. She also earned a doctorate from Cornell University.
Dr. Soufleris, a three-time alumna of the State University of New York System, has more than 35 years of higher education experience spanning student affairs, enrollment management, retention, and student success initiatives.
Most recently, Dr. Van Vlerah served as vice president for student success and institutional strategy at Manchester University in Indiana. She is slated to become the fifteenth president of Notre Dame of Maryland University on July 6.
Dr. Egan comes to her new role as president of Bennington College from Connecticut College, where she has been serving as the Fuller-Maathai Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies, dean of the faculty, and chief academic officer.
Dr. Pfluger has spent the past year as Bakersfield College's interim president. She previously served as vice chancellor of educational services and student success at the Kern Community College District.
Dr. Geneco comes to her new role from Tufts University in Massachusetts, where she has served as provost for the past four years. She is slated become the University at Buffalo's first woman president on August 10.