January 28, 2003

NEW DEAN SELECTED FOR BOISE STATE’S EXTENDED STUDIES

Michael Stockstill has accepted the position of dean of Extended Studies at Boise State University. His appointment is contingent upon approval by the State Board of Education.

Extended Studies, formerly called Continuing Education, offers regular academic courses and special programs such as workshops, certificates and teacher in-service programs, international programs, non-credit courses, a concurrent enrollment program for high school students and a special program for adults age 50 and over.

Stockstill currently serves as assistant vice president for higher education centers, weekend college and continuing education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. He received his Ph.D. in history from Mississippi State University, pursued post-postdoctoral studies at Jesus College at Oxford University, and is a former Fulbright Fellow. He has served as a legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives and has worked in private industry as well as in higher education. In the field of extended studies, he has served as director of the Office of Distance Learning at the University of Washington, as associate dean of the School of Extended Studies at Portland State University, and as executive director of the Division of Continuing Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University. Stockstill has extensive experience in distance education, credit and non-credit programming, and training.

Stockstill will succeed the current dean of extended studies, Joyce Harvey-Morgan, who is retiring in January. Stockstill expects to begin work at Boise State later in the spring semester. Until his arrival, Stephanie Witt will oversee the Division of Extended Studies in addition to her responsibilities as associate vice president for academic affairs.

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