As you know, I will be stepping away from the Office of Admission and Student Financial Planning at Drake effective May 3. In addition, Laura Linn, director, admission, will move on to her new position on May 7. To ensure operational continuity between the timing of those departures and the time when Keith Summerville will assume the role of deputy provost (July 18), we have decided to name an interim dean to handle day-to-day operations in the office.

We are pleased to announce that Carrie Lewis will assume this role effective May 3. Carrie earned her bachelor’s degree from Drake in 1997. She assumed the role of international admission counselor in the fall of the same year. She was promoted to the role of assistant director of international admission in 1999, a role she has excelled in since. As part of her commitment to international admissions, she has traveled to more than 60 countries, territories, and foreign states. Carrie is a member of the International Association for College Admission Counseling and was invited to join the CIS Regional Service Committee for Latin America in 2015.

Her 17 years as a leader in the Office of Admission has her well poised to facilitate the transition between the current organizational structure of the Office of Admission and Student Financial Planning and the new structure that will have the Office of Admission reporting up through the deputy provost. Carrie will remain in the role of interim dean until the search for the dean of admission is complete.

Please join us in welcoming Carrie Lewis to her new role as Interim Dean of Admission.

—Tom Delahunt, Vice President for Admission and Student Financial Planning, and Keith Summerville, Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences