EAU CLAIRE - Dr. David R. Lund was named associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He assumed the position Jan. 1.

Lund, who has been on UW-Eau Claire's faculty since 1966, served as acting associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences during 1995-96. From 1966-73 he was an assistant professor of mathematics. He was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and to professor in 1979. He served as chair of the mathematics department from 1990-95.

Lund earned his bachelor's degree at Carroll College, and master's degrees and doctorate from UW-Madison.

While at UW-Eau Claire, Lund has served on a number of department, university and UW System committees, as well as the councils and committees of several professional organizations.

As associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Lund works with leaders in 18 departments in the humanities, arts, natural sciences and social sciences. With nearly 350 faculty and more than 4,000 undergraduate majors, the College of Arts and Sciences is the largest academic unit at UW-Eau Claire.

Specific duties of the associate dean include working with department chairs to coordinate curricular offerings; advising the dean on issues of personnel actions and resource allocation; developing and administering the college's summer and Winterim sessions; administering the college budget and maintaining budget records; monitoring departmental student credit hour production, faculty workload and availability of classes; coordinate and evaluate use of space allocated to the college; and represent or act for the dean in the dean's absence.
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Updated: March 24, 1997