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Jones becomes interim dean of Honors
Stephanie Takach
Issue date: 7/25/08 Section: News
David Jones has accepted the appointment of interim dean of the Pennoni Honors College after former Dean Mark Greenberg took the position of interim provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs. Jones is committed for one year to the position.
"I'm just an interim dean and won't impose major changes. I'm filling in so Dr. Greenberg doesn't have to deal with that."
"Dave Jones' abundant intellect, imagination and experience will serve the Honors College well," Greenberg wrote in a University-wide e-mail.
"Mark [Greenberg] will be a tough act to follow, so I probably won't be sending as many e-mails out," Jones said. "I do hope to be accessible. I love interacting with students and I enjoy the one-on-one," he added.
He hopes to help continue to improve and enhance honors events.
"We try to provide just a little extra opportunity and most of what I'll do is indirect," Jones said.
Jones has been a part of the Honors College by teaching courses and chairing the group that designed the Great Works Symposia, according to Greenberg.
"I've taught several times, about 7-8 courses," Jones said. "It's been very, very positive. I've benefited very, very much."
According to Jones, the best job is a full professor and no administrative duties.
"There's an overrated importance of deans," Jones said. "The faculty are more important."
Greenberg said Jones shares his philosophy about why they are administrators: "To help teach and guide the lives of young people; to enhance their education; and to prepare them always to love learning and become life-long learners," he wrote in an e-mail.
Jones said honors students have a high degree of intellectual curiosity.
"They're a little more adventurous than the typical student, and on average they are very interested in learning things that don't impact their career," Jones said.
Jones has been a part of Drexel for 30 years and has served as a department head three different times, once in the College of Arts and Sciences and twice in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design.
He also writes book reviews regularly and still makes films. In 2005 he made a documentary titled "Over the Wall," about the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Prisoners' Art Show.
At Drexel, Jones said he has gotten the most satisfaction from good hiring decisions.
"Hiring is the most important thing to do administratively," he said. "It takes reputation to make reputation."
He also believes that Drexel's reputation has been "on the map" in recent years.
"I think [Drexel] will be more prominent than now [in five years] and more nationally represented than now," Jones said.
"I'm just an interim dean and won't impose major changes. I'm filling in so Dr. Greenberg doesn't have to deal with that."
"Dave Jones' abundant intellect, imagination and experience will serve the Honors College well," Greenberg wrote in a University-wide e-mail.
"Mark [Greenberg] will be a tough act to follow, so I probably won't be sending as many e-mails out," Jones said. "I do hope to be accessible. I love interacting with students and I enjoy the one-on-one," he added.
He hopes to help continue to improve and enhance honors events.
"We try to provide just a little extra opportunity and most of what I'll do is indirect," Jones said.
Jones has been a part of the Honors College by teaching courses and chairing the group that designed the Great Works Symposia, according to Greenberg.
"I've taught several times, about 7-8 courses," Jones said. "It's been very, very positive. I've benefited very, very much."
According to Jones, the best job is a full professor and no administrative duties.
"There's an overrated importance of deans," Jones said. "The faculty are more important."
Greenberg said Jones shares his philosophy about why they are administrators: "To help teach and guide the lives of young people; to enhance their education; and to prepare them always to love learning and become life-long learners," he wrote in an e-mail.
Jones said honors students have a high degree of intellectual curiosity.
"They're a little more adventurous than the typical student, and on average they are very interested in learning things that don't impact their career," Jones said.
Jones has been a part of Drexel for 30 years and has served as a department head three different times, once in the College of Arts and Sciences and twice in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design.
He also writes book reviews regularly and still makes films. In 2005 he made a documentary titled "Over the Wall," about the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary Prisoners' Art Show.
At Drexel, Jones said he has gotten the most satisfaction from good hiring decisions.
"Hiring is the most important thing to do administratively," he said. "It takes reputation to make reputation."
He also believes that Drexel's reputation has been "on the map" in recent years.
"I think [Drexel] will be more prominent than now [in five years] and more nationally represented than now," Jones said.
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