Will Cantrell is getting ordeals garnered for the duration of nearly two many years at Michigan
Technological College into his new job as associate provost and dean of the Graduate
School—a work he phone calls “a privilege.”
Last month, Jacqueline Huntoon, provost and senior vice president for educational affairs,
announced that Cantrell, then the associate dean of the Graduate College and exiting
director of the Earth, Planetary and Room Sciences Institute (EPSSI), would believe his new job as dean on July one.
“It is a privilege to be entrusted with this position,” said Cantrell. “I am grateful for the support and mentorship that I have obtained from my mates
and colleagues more than the earlier 19 decades at Michigan Tech. I would not have been in the
position to do well in this hard work with out that support.”
He succeeds Pusphalatha Murthy, who is doing the job with Cantrell to assure a smooth transition.
When no for a longer time Graduate College dean, Murthy will keep on to serve on the Graduate
Schooling Advisory Board of the American Chemical Society and continue to be energetic with the
Council of Graduate Educational institutions and the National Science Foundation.
A background of management
As Cantrell commences his 20th 12 months at Michigan Tech, points glance a large amount various than
they did in 2001. You could even say that the condition of affairs is considerably various
than in 2019. But, as the University plans for a slide semester beginning for the duration of the
COVID-19 pandemic, Cantrell’s friends are confident in his talents as a chief and
an educator.
“Dr. Cantrell has a lengthy background of delivering considerate management that, put together
with his effectively-attained name as an helpful researcher and trainer, make him effectively
organized to believe this crucial job,” Huntoon said in her June announcement.
A impressive mixture
Cantrell said the Graduate College plays an crucial job at the College, noting that graduate schooling at Michigan
Tech is a exclusive mixture of the concerns “Why?” and “How?” with theory and observe. “That’s a impressive mixture, and our pupils are valued
by sector and by other educational establishments for the reason that of it,” he said.
Cantrell has viewed his share of troubles for the duration of his tenure at Michigan Tech, but
potentially none as dramatic as the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the pandemic is a sizeable
trial from many perspectives.
“Of course, there are the financial pressures,” he said. “Our pupils and their people are going through them, the condition is going through them and as a
consequence, so is Michigan Tech.”
Cantrell’s other case in point is a thing that will be taking place all through MTU’s campus
this slide.
“The social distancing that is important to preserve the safety of our pupils, staff members
and college also helps make instruction in the classroom and the lab far more challenging. But
we ought to keep on to are living into our shared values of neighborhood, regard, diversity and
inclusion,” he said.
Cantrell joined Tech’s Physics Division in 2001 just after earning his PhD from the College of Alaska Fairbanks and finishing
a postdoc in chemistry at Indiana College. His analysis interests involve atmospheric
science, cloud and aerosol physics and chemistry. He is a member of the Michigan Tech
team that created and constructed the Pi Cloud Chamber, which simulates cloud disorders and makes it possible for for experimentation which include turbulence
and varying aerosol dimensions and compositions.
In 2013, Cantrell was named Distinguished Professor of the 12 months by the Presidents
Council, Point out Universities of Michigan.
Michigan Technological College is a public analysis university, property to far more than
seven,000 pupils from fifty four countries. Established in 1885, the College features far more than
one hundred twenty undergraduate and graduate degree plans in science and technological innovation, engineering,
forestry, small business and economics, wellbeing professions, humanities, mathematics, and
social sciences. Our campus in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway
and is just a number of miles from Lake Exceptional.
