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L to R: Eric Bishop von Wettberg, Stephanie Hurley, Asim Zia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Congratulations to Eric Bishop von Wettberg<\/a> as the new director of UVM\u2019s Agricultural Experiment Station, Stephanie Hurley<\/a> as the new associate dean of faculty and curricular affairs, and Asim Zia<\/a> as the new associate dean of research and postgraduate education.<\/p>\n

While Zia continues as interim chair of the Community Development and Applied Economics Department, CALS Dean Leslie Parise will share some duties until a new chair is identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Eric Bishop von Wettberg as the new director of UVM\u2019s Agricultural Experiment Station, Stephanie Hurley as the new associate dean of faculty and curricular affairs, and Asim Zia as the new associate dean of research and postgraduate education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28,14],"tags":[131,17],"class_list":["post-4052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-faculty","category-research","tag-agriculture-experiment-station","tag-cdae"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1960,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/noaa-grant-water-hazard-forecast-design-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":4052,"position":0},"title":"NOAA Grant Awarded for Water Hazard Forecast Design Center","author":"CALS Communications","date":"September 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Community Development and Applied Economics Professor Chris Koliba announced a new grant from NOAA via the University of Alabama, to develop a Water Hazard Forecast Design Center. 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