Wallace Shawn

Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.

American Actor

Michelle Obama

Throughout my 20s and early 30s, I had jobs that I loved. I worked in city government. I ran a youth organization. I served as an associate dean at a university. And I couldn't imagine how a baby would fit into all of that.

American First Lady

Noam Chomsky

John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he's regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship, the leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.

American Activist

I. King Jordan

I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At the time of the presidential search, I was the dean.

American Educator

Drew Gilpin Faust

One of the major jobs of the Harvard president is to choose the deans. I've had the opportunity to choose a considerable number of deans already, so I've learned a lot in the process in doing it.

American Historian

Narciso Rodriguez

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

American Designer

Irvine Welsh

Dean Owens is Scotland's most engaging and haunting singer-songwriter.

Scottish Novelist

John Quelch

To be a dean, you have to be a salesman as well as a scholar.

Joe Mantegna

Glen Campbell

American Musician

A dean in a university is a top leader, often overseeing multiple departments or aspects of student life.

Academic Leadership

A dean makes important decisions about curriculum, staff, and budget within their area of responsibility.

Decision Maker

A dean can also address students' academic concerns and assist with resources and counseling.

Student Advocacy

In religious context, a dean leads spiritual activities and manages the administration of the church or cathedral.

Religious Leader

As a religious figure, the dean may be involved in community events and hold influence in local matters.

Community Figure

Used informally, a dean signifies someone with the most experience or longest tenure in a group.

Seniority Status

Recognizes a person's deep knowledge and expertise in their field, implying respect and admiration.

Expertise Recognition

 and non-students, people who had nothing to do with the university, were also coming into this space. So you had this rich mix of people, people who think differently from one another, and this always is really good for innovation. I was really proud of what we were seeing. So you can imagine my surprise when one day the dean of engineering came and said to me,

Success stories from...

 months they have a very short life i've often referred to them as the james dean of the sea they they live fast and die young but they do a lot in that amount of time and one of the most remarkable things about squid is their skin not only can they change color like some animals can but they can actually form patterns body

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 And certainly, no, it doesn't look a thing like my office. I mean, there's no paper on the desk. We want this golden world. And some people get rich enough, and if they have their ideals -- in a sort of domestic sense, they get to acquire their perfect world. Dean Koontz built this fabulous home theater, which is --

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 There was one black professor and one black assistant dean. Things weren't a lot better on campus. Well, I wasn't OK with this. And so, I started writing things. And then I started yelling things. And after about three years of that,

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 I went to her office hours. I ended up getting kicked out of her office. I went to the dean. The dean finally told me, "I can't force her to teach anything." And I knew in that moment if I wanted to understand this history,

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 dean keith simonton he studies human intelligence creativity and greatness at uc davis and this genius was like your guardian angel and this angel followed you around your entire life and kind of looked out for you and

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 And they recommend against crossing that line. But I had just seen the line crossed between a high-powered dean and assault with a pastry. And I kinda liked it." Uri OK, so now let's look into your brain

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 It's a full-circle moment. I'm going to get it right. So I take the mic, I introduce myself and I say to my peers, to deans and to faculty members that I'm here to tell you that marijuana matters.

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 the deans real-life cheeky monkeys baboons are boisterous playful characters with personality to spare

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 Dean said altogether I'm gonna jump on top of you