Dean Weick to retire

Ann T. Weick, who has been dean of KU’s top-ranked School of Social Welfare since 1988, has announced her retirement effective in summer 2006, 30 years after she joined the KU faculty.

“ Ann Weick has been the ‘senior dean’ for several years. Her colleagues and I will miss her sound judgment, her perspicacity and her willingness to mentor new administrators and to collaborate with experienced ones,” said Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Shulenburger.

During Weick’s tenure, the social welfare school was ranked eighth in the nation among public universities in U.S. News and World Report, and was recognized internationally for social work theory development.

Weick was inducted into the KU Women’s Hall of Fame in 1992 and received the Outstanding Social Work Faculty Award in 1987.

For more information visit www.news.ku.edu/2005/May/May13/weick.shtml.