Three out of the four colleges at Eastern’s campus are under new leadership.

The new administrators at Eastern will lead the College of Education and Professional Studies, the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences and the College of Sciences.

“I don’t foresee the new deans having any problems; we’re very pleased to have concluded the search for those collegiate units. I have great confidence in their abilities and I look forward to working with them,” said Blair Lord, vice president for academic affairs.

Charles Rohn, a familiar face at Eastern who served as the chair of the Department of Educational Administration since 2000, is the new dean of CEPS. Rohn received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Springfield, and a doctorate from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and additional study at Springfield. In his professional career, Rohn has worked as the superintendent of schools for both Lebanon and Waverly school districts and has been a principal for junior and senior high schools.

Diane B. Hoadley is the new dean for the LCBAS. Hoadley earned a master’s degree in business administration for finance, her juris doctorate in commercial law and her undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hoadley later worked at the University of South Dakota as associate professor, department chair, dean, and director of both the Masters of Science in Administrative Studies and MBA programs.

Mary Anne Hanner is an Eastern graduate with a bachelor’s in speech pathology and audiology who later earned a master’s in speech pathology. Hanner, who has served as the acting dean of the College of Sciences since September of 2000, has been permanently hired for the position. During her career at Eastern, Hanner has served as chair and vice chair of the Speech Pathology and Audiology Board of the Department of Professional Regulation from 1990 to 2000.

“In some ways it isn’t a great difference from acting dean to dean, but now I recognize the responsibilities are indeed mine, my vision of the college is to move forward,” said Hanner.

The search for a COS dean concluded in the spring 2002 semester and Hoadley and Rohn were hired this summer.

Rohn and Hoadley were unavailable for comment.