University of Akron taps Missouri academic as dean of Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Mitchell McKinney is slated to be the next dean of the University of Akron s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences. (Courtesy of the University of Akron)
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AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron announced Wednesday that Mitchell S. McKinney has been named as the dean of the university’s largest college, the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences.
McKinney currently works at the University of Missouri as a communication professor and director and founder of its Political Communication Institute. If approved by UA’s Board of Trustees at its Feb. 10 meeting, McKinney would begin on July 1.
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