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REXBURG,
Idaho –
Brigham Young University-Idaho has announced five leadership changes that
will take effect on Jan. 1, 2005.
Kelly
Burgener will serve as dean of the College of
Performing and Visual Arts; Jerry Scrivner as the
associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Keith
Patterson as department chair for the Department of Accounting; Vaughn
Stephenson as department chair of the Department of Humanities and
Philosophy; and Lynn Perkes as department chair
of the Department Health Sciences.
Burgener came to BYU-Idaho in 1990. He previously
served as the director of Graphic Services and as department chair of the
Department of Art. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Art
Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. and a master’s degree from Utah State University.
“I love the performing and
visual arts and the influence for good that they have on our everyday
lives,” he said. “It will be a wonderful opportunity to
participate in the great work being done by talented students and
colleagues across the various artistic disciplines in this College. It is
hard to find a more energetic and committed group anywhere.”
Scrivner came to BYU-Idaho in 1994 to teach biology.
After receiving both his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Brigham Young
University, he obtained a
doctorate degree from Texas
A&M University.
Following the completion of his education, Scrivner
performed research for the University of California at Hopland
Field Station and Perkin Elmer Inc., formerly
EG&G Inc.
“I am honored to have been asked to serve in this new
capacity as Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the
college and hope that I can do a good job serving them,” Scrivner said.
He
will be replacing Lynn Perkes who will now serve
as the department chair of the Department of Health Science.
Perkes came to BYU-Idaho in 1998. He recieved his bachelor’s and master’s degrees
from BYU and went on to work in the hospital industry.
“I look forward to working with
the faculty in Health Sciences [Department] and those in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,”
Perkes said.
Patterson has been teaching at BYU-Idaho since 1989. He attended Ricks College for his associate degree and
BYU for his bachelor’s degree.
He is currently a certified public accountant and a member of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Before coming to BYU-Idaho, Patterson taught at Western Wyoming
College in Rock Springs, where he was also the
budget director. Over the years
he has done financial consulting and maintained a small tax practice.
“It
is an honor and a pleasure to work at such a wonderful institution and to
be associated with such great people,” Patterson said.
Stephenson received both his bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from BYU and recently obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Idaho.
Prior to teaching at BYU-Idaho, he taught at Minidoka County
High School in Rupert
where he taught drama, debate and directed multiple choirs.
In these last few years, Stephenson has been involved in the BYU-Idaho
Humanities Western Europe study program.
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