Hollibaugh Appointed Dean of Academic Planning and Administration

Lisa Hollibaugh GSAS’05 will join the College as the dean of academic planning and administration, effective July 1. Hollibaugh, who since June 2014 was Barnard’s dean for international and global strategy in the Office of the Provost, previously spent seven years as Barnard’s first-year class dean in the Office of the Dean of Studies and has also taught both Literature Humanities and Logic and Rhetoric. In this new role, Hollibaugh will oversee College academic administration and the Core Curriculum as well as the James H. and Christine Turk Berick Center for Student Advising. Noted Dean James J. Valentini, “Lisa has 15 years of experience as an instructor, adviser and administrator within the Columbia community and is committed to providing faculty and students with the support and resources they need to have the greatest undergraduate experience. We are looking forward to welcoming her to Hamilton this summer.”