An open meeting to provide input for the WSU School of Medicine dean's position description will be held today, Jan. 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Scott Hall's Blue Auditorium. All faculty, students and staff are invited.

Dr. Gary Abrams, chair of the Search Committee for the Dean of the WSU School of Medicine, recently announced that Provost Nancy Barrett and the committee have selected Witt/Kieffer to assist with the search. Witt/Kieffer is one of the nation's largest and most experienced search firms that specializes in the education and not-for-profit sectors.

Two representatives of Witt/Kieffer, Anne Zenzer and Dr. Richard von Rueden, are visiting Wayne State University this week to meet with Provost Barrett, members of the search committee and representatives of other key constituencies to generate a position description and specifications, Dr. Abrams said. Ms. Zenzer and Dr. von Rueden will be on hand for the open meeting as well.

For more information on Witt/Kieffer, please visit http://www.wittkieffer.com/education/. To follow updates on the search for a new WSU School of Medicine dean, please continue to read future issues of Prognosis and visit a new website dedicated to the search at http://www.med.wayne.edu/admin/deansearch/index.asp.