Gannon University Announces Two New Deans
Posted: May 21, 2013Gannon University has announced the appointment of deans to head
two of the University's three academic Colleges. William L. (W.L.)
Scheller II, Ph.D., has accepted the position of Dean of the
College of Engineering and Business and Steven A. Mauro, Ph.D.,
will become the Dean of the Morosky College of Health Professions
and Sciences. The two new Deans join Linda M. Fleming, Ph.D. who is
Dean of the College of Humanities, Education and Social
Sciences.
Scheller currently serves as the department head of industrial
& manufacturing engineering, and interim department head of
business at Kettering University, Flint, Mich. He has held several
posts since joining Kettering University in 1996. Scheller is
associate professor of manufacturing engineering and previously was
thesis director for the university. He earned a Ph.D. and a Master
of Science in Industrial Engineering at the University of Nebraska,
Lincoln and a Bachelor of Science in industrial and operations
engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Scheller
brings a wealth of experience in both the engineering and business
sectors through his work in developing collaborative academic
programs, formation of meaningful industry partners, and a strong
record of engagement within the community.
At Kettering, Scheller worked closely with his industrial &
manufacturing engineering faculty to revitalize the plastics
processing laboratory and to create an interdisciplinary minor in
plastics engineering. The minor is being developed in cooperation
with Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. A
master's program in quality engineering that was developed under
his leadership is awaiting approval by Kettering's board of
trustees.
Mauro currently holds dual faculty appointments at both the
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and at
Mercyhurst University. He serves as both the chair of the biology
department and the director of the pre-health professions program
at Mercyhurst University and as a research assistant professor at
the University of Buffalo, where he received his bachelor's degree
and doctorate, both in biology. Mauro was also a NIH Ruth
Kirchstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
from 2003-05. Mauro has a strong faculty research background and a
successful grant procurement record.
Mauro created five new affiliation agreements with health
professional schools while at Mercyhurst and was a major
contributor to the establishment of experiential learning
opportunities that took students to New Mexico, Ireland and the
Galapagos Islands. Under his leadership, the biology department
became one of the fastest-growing majors at Mercyhurst, and
placement rates of graduates into health professional programs
increased every year.
Scheller succeeds Melanie L. Hatch, Ph.D. who in January became
chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State University's
DuBois campus. Mauro succeeds Carolynn Masters, Ph.D. who had
served as Dean of the Morosky College of Health Professions since
2008 before becoming the University's provost and vice president
for academic affairs. During the search process Rick Diz, Ph.D.,
chair of the University's environmental science and engineering
department, served as interim dean of the College of Engineering
and Business and Michele Roth-Kauffman, Esq., chair of the
physician assistant program, served as interim dean of the Morosky
College of Health Professions and Sciences.